43rd British Academy Film Awards

43rd British Academy Film Awards
Date	1990
Highlights
Best Film	Dead Poets Society
Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot
Best Actress	Pauline Collins Shirley Valentine
Most awards	Mississippi Burning (3)
Most nominations	Dangerous Liaisons (10)

The 43rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1990, honoured the best films of 1989.

Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Dead Poets Society

• My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
• Shirley Valentine
• When Harry Met Sally...

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

• Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society
• Kenneth Branagh in Henry V
• Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man

Best Actress

Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine

• Jodie Foster in The Accused
• Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons
• Melanie Griffith in Working Girl

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ray McAnally in My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

• Jack Nicholson in Batman
• Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season
• Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liaisons

• Peggy Ashcroft in Madame Sousatzka
• Laura San Giacomo in Sex, Lies, and Videotape
• Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl

Best Direction

Henry V - Kenneth Branagh

• Dead Poets Society - Peter Weir
• Dangerous Liaisons - Stephen Frears
• Mississippi Burning - Alan Parker

Best Original Screenplay

When Harry Met Sally... - Nora Ephron

• Rain Man - Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
• Dead Poets Society - Tom Schulman
• Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Steven Soderbergh

Best Adapted Screenplay

Dangerous Liaisons - Christopher Hampton

• The Accidental Tourist - Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
• My Left Foot - Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan
• Shirley Valentine - Willy Russell

Best Film not in the English Language

Life and Nothing But

Best Animated Feature

A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit

Best Cinematography

Mississippi Burning - Peter Biziou

• Gorillas in the Mist - John Seale, Alan Root
• Henry V - Kenneth MacMillan
• Dangerous Liaisons - Philippe Rousselot
• The Bear - Philippe Rousselot

Best Editing

Mississippi Burning - Gerry Hambling

• Rain Man - Stu Linder
• Dead Poets Society - William Anderson
• Dangerous Liaisons - Mick Audsley

Best Original Score

Dead Poets Society - Maurice Jarre

• Working Girl - Carly Simon
• Dangerous Liaisons - George Fenton
• Mississippi Burning - Trevor Jones

Best Production Design

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Dante Ferretti

• Batman - Anton Furst
• Dangerous Liaisons - Stuart Craig
• Henry V - Tim Harvey

Best Makeup and Hair

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza

• Batman - Paul Engelen, Nick Dudman
• My Left Foot - Ken Jennings
• Dangerous Liaisons - Jean-Luc Russier

Best Sound

Mississippi Burning

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Batman
• Henry V

Best Visual Effects

Back to the Future Part II

• Batman
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Best Costume Design

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Gabriella Pescucci

• Batman - Bob Ringwood
• Dangerous Liaisons - James Acheson
• Henry V - Phyllis Dalton

Academy Fellowship

Alec Guinness

Source

"BAFTA Awards – Film in 1990". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved January 23, 2014.