Recently, SAW decided to take it upon ourselves to redo the 1990 Academy Awards by starting with a clean slate of nominees in selected categories. We put together a highly educated and well respect panel to scour over the movie contenders from 1989 to announce what we felt were the best five nominees for nine different categories. We then put those nominees out for you, the SAW community, to cast your ballot for who you thought was the best of the best. Well, those votes have been tallied and we are proud to announce the winners of our RetrOscars!
Worst Movie of 1989:
Shocker
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Going Overboard
The Karate Kid Part III
No Holds Barred
And the loser is…
Shocker
Original Worst Movie: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees:
My Left Foot written by Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton
Field of Dreams written by Phil Alden Robinson
Batman written by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren
The Little Mermaid written by John Musker and Ron Clements
Glory written by Kevin Jarr
And the winner is…
Field of Dreams written by Phil Alden Robinson
Original Winner Best Adapted Screenplay: Driving Miss Daisy written by Alfred Uhry
Best Original Screenplay Nominees:
When Harry Met Sally… written by Nora Ephron
Parenthood written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
Dead Poets Society written by Tom Schulman
The Killer written by John Woo
Do the Right Thing written by Spike Lee
And the winner is…
When Harry Met Sally… written by Nora Ephron
Original winner for Best Original Screenplay: Dead Poets Society written by Tom Schulman
Best Director Nominees:
Spike Lee for Do the Right Thing
Tim Burton for Batman
Rob Reiner for When Harry Met Sally
Peter Weir for Dead Poets Society
Oliver Stone for Born on the 4th of July
And the winner is…
Spike Lee for Do the Right Thing
Original winner: Oliver Stone for Born on the Fourth of July
Best Supporting Actress Nominees:
Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot
Dianne West in Parenthood
Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias
Laura San Giacomo in Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Amy Madigan in Field of Dreams
And the winner is…
Dianne West in Parenthood
Original winner: Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot as Bridget Fagan Brown
Best Supporting Actor Nominees:
Jack Nicholson in Batman
Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Denzel Washington in Glory
Danny Aiello in Do the Right Thing
James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams
And the winner is…
Denzel Washington in Glory
Original winner: Denzel Washington in Glory as Pvt. Silas Trip
Best Actress Nominees:
Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally…
Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy
Sally Field in Steel Magnolias
Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys
Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
And the winner is…
Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Original winner: Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy as Daisy Werthan
Best Actor Nominees:
Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society
Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July
Kenneth Brannagh in Henry V
Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally
And the winner is…
Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
Original winner: Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot as Christy Brown
Best Picture Nominees:
Field of Dreams
When Harry Met Sally
Do the Right Thing
Glory
Dead Poets Society
And the winner is…
Do the Right Thing
Original winner: Driving Miss Daisy
Thanks to all who participated and voted. What do you think of our redo? Were we able to get it right this time around compared to the Academy?
