Ka cika wannan magana: Domin bikin cika shekara 60 da aka ba da lambar yabo ta Academy, a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1987, makarantar ta ɗauki Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. wanda shi ne ya shirya fim ɗin ya kula da watsa shirye-shiryen a shekara ta biyu a jere. Watanni uku bayan haka, Goldwyn ya zaɓi ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Chevy Chase don yin bikin bikin 1988. Bugu da ƙari, bayan da aka gudanar a Dorothy Chandler Pavilion kusan kusan shekaru ashirin, AMPAS ta yanke shawarar canja wurin watsa shirye-shiryen zuwa Shrine Auditorium don karɓar ƙarin lokacin gwaji da kuma amfani da damar zama na babban wurin. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da aka yi amfani da kayan aiki a matsayin shafin don Oscars tun lokacin da
An gudanar da bikin na 20 a shekarar 1948. Bugu da kari, Goldwyn da Passetta sun fara shirin nuna hotunan da aka riga aka yi rikodin su na 'yan wasan kwaikwayo wadanda suka taka rawa a cikin' yan wasan kwaikwayo 59 da suka gabata. Koyaya, an sauke sashin gaba ɗaya saboda matsalolin zirga-zirga tsakanin baƙi da suka isa bikin.