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Stone has received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express (1978), ] for Platoon (1986) and the Best Director twice for Platoon (1986), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989), He has also received a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild of ...
During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories honoring films released in 1986. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. [2] [3] Actors Chevy Chase, Paul Hogan, and Goldie Hawn co-hosted the show.
Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp.
Dafoe made his film debut in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980) before earning his first Academy Award nomination for Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). In 1988 he starred as Jesus Christ in Martin Scorsese 's religious epic The Last Temptation of Christ and as an FBI Agent Alan Parker 's racial drama Mississippi Burning .
History was made last Oscar season, with two women getting nominated for best director, yet the upcoming awards race doesn’t have the depth of female voices we would hope for following such a ...
If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non-competitive award will be shown in brackets next to the ...
Won First women to win in costume categories. Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories. Edith Head: The Emperor Waltz: Nominated Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories. Shared with Gile Steele. 1949: Black-and-White: Edith Head The Heiress: Won First woman to win for Best Costume Design (B&W).
American actress Holly Hunter has received numerous accolades throughout her career.. Hunter achieved her breakthrough in 1987, taking on the lead role of Jane Craig in the film Broadcast News, [1] earning her first nominations at the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards, while also winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival.