1991 Academy Awards Nomination

BEST PICTURE
Awakenings
Dances with Wolves
Ghost
The Godfather Part III
Goodfellas

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves
Robert De Niro, Awakenings
Gérard Depardieu, Cyrano de Bergerac
Richard Harris, The Field
Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kathy Bates, Misery
Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman
Meryl Streep, Postcards from the Edge
Joanne Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Bruce Davison, Longtime Companion
Andy Garcia, The Godfather Part III
Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves
Al Pacino, Dick Tracy
Joe Pesci, Goodfellas

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Annette Bening, The Grifters
Lorraine Bracco, Goodfellas
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
Diane Ladd, Wild at Heart
Mary McDonnell, Dances with Wolves

BEST ART DIRECTION
Ezio Frigerio (Art Direction); Jacques Rouxel (Set Decoration), Cyrano de Bergerac
Jeffrey Beecroft (Art Direction); Lisa Dean (Set Decoration), Dances with Wolves
Richard Sylbert (Art Direction); Rick Simpson (Set Decoration), Dick Tracy
Dean Tavoularis (Art Direction); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration), The Godfather Part III
Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration), Hamlet

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Allen Daviau, Avalon
Dean Semler, Dances with Wolves
Vittorio Storaro, Dick Tracy
Gordon Willis, The Godfather Part III
Philippe Rousselot, Henry and June

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Gloria Gresham, Avalon
Franca Squarciapino, Cyrano de Bergerac
Elsa Zamparelli, Dances with Wolves
Milena Canonero, Dick Tracy
Maurizio Millenotti, Hamlet

BEST DIRECTING
Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part III
Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
Stephen Frears, The Grifters
Barbet Schroeder, Reversal of Fortune

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
American Dream
Berkeley in the Sixties
Building Bombs
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Burning Down Tomorrow
Chimps: So Like Us
Days of Waiting
Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember

BEST FILM EDITING
Neil Travis, Dances with Wolves
Walter Murch, Ghost
Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman and Walter Murch, The Godfather Part III
Thelma Schoonmaker, Goodfellas
Dennis Virkler and John Wright, The Hunt for Red October

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
Journey of Hope (Switzerland)
Ju Dou (China)
The Nasty Girl (Germany)
Open Doors (Italy)

BEST MAKEUP
Michèle Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne, Cyrano de Bergerac
John Caglione, Jr. and Doug Drexler, Dick Tracy
Ve Neill and Stan Winston, Edward Scissorhands

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Randy Newman, Avalon
John Barry, Dances with Wolves
Maurice Jarre, Ghost
David Grusin, Havana
John Williams, Home Alone

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)", Music and Lyric by Stephen Sondheim, Dick Tracy
"Promise Me You'll Remember", Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis, The Godfather Part III
"Somewhere in My Memory", Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse, Home Alone
"I'm Checkin' Out", Music and Lyric by Shel Silverstein, Postcards from the Edge
"Blaze of Glory", Music and Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi, Young Guns II

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Creature Comforts
A Grand Day Out
Grasshoppers (Cavallette)

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
12:01 PM
Bronx Cheers
Dear Rosie
The Lunch Date
Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?)

BEST SOUND
Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins and Russell Williams II, Dances with Wolves
Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and Charles Wilborn, Days of Thunder
Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill and Thomas Causey, Dick Tracy
Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary and Richard Bryce Goodman, The Hunt for Red October
Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Nelson Stoll, Total Recall

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Charles L. Campbell and Richard Franklin, Flatliners
Cecelia Hall and George Watters II, The Hunt for Red October
Stephen H. Flick, Total Recall

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM)
Steven Zaillian, Awakenings
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
Donald E. Westlake, The Grifters
Nicholas Kazan, Reversal of Fortune

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)
Woody Allen, Alice
Barry Levinson, Avalon
Bruce Joel Rubin, Ghost
Peter Weir, Green Card
Whit Stillman, Metropolitan