42nd British Academy Film Awards
# 42nd British Academy Film Awards

The 42nd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1989, honoured the best films of 1988.

Jeremy Thomas' and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

Academy Fellowship: Alec Guinness

| Best Film The Last Emperor – Jeremy Thomas and Bernardo Bertolucci Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle Babette's Feast – Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel A Fish Called Wanda – Michael Shamberg and Charles Crichton | Best Direction Louis Malle – Au revoir les enfants Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor Charles Crichton – A Fish Called Wanda Gabriel Axel – Babette's Feast |
| - | - |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role John Cleese – A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach Kevin Kline – A Fish Called Wanda as Otto West Michael Douglas – Fatal Attraction as Dan Gallagher Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer | Best Actress in a Leading Role Maggie Smith – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Judith Hearne Cher – Moonstruck as Loretta Castorini Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz Stéphane Audran – Babette's Feast as Babette Hersant |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Michael Palin – A Fish Called Wanda as Ken Pile David Suchet – A World Apart as Muller Joss Ackland – White Mischief as Jock Delves Broughton Peter O'Toole – The Last Emperor as Reginald Johnston | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Judi Dench – A Handful of Dust as Mrs. Beaver Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction as Beth Rogerson Gallagher Maria Aitken – A Fish Called Wanda as Wendy Leach Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck as Rose Castorini |
| Best Original Screenplay A World Apart – Shawn Slovo Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle A Fish Called Wanda – John Cleese Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley | Best Adapted Screenplay The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman Babette's Feast – Gabriel Axel Empire of the Sun – Tom Stoppard Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman |
| Best Cinematography Empire of the Sun – Allen Daviau Babette's Feast – Henning Kristiansen The Last Emperor – Vittorio Storaro Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Dean Cundey | Best Costume Design The Last Emperor – James Acheson The Dressmaker – Judy Moorcroft Empire of the Sun – Bob Ringwood White Mischief – Marit Allen |
| Best Editing Fatal Attraction – Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger A Fish Called Wanda – John Jympson The Last Emperor – Gabriella Cristiani Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Arthur Schmidt | Best Makeup and Hair The Last Emperor – Fabrizio Sforza Beetlejuice – Steve La Porte, Ve Neill and Robert Short A Handful of Dust – Sally Sutton RoboCop – Carla Palmer |
| Best Original Music Empire of the Sun – John Williams Bird – Lennie Niehaus The Last Emperor – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su Moonstruck – Dick Hyman | Best Production Design Tucker: The Man and His Dream – Dean Tavoularis Empire of the Sun – Norman Reynolds The Last Emperor – Ferdinando Scarfiotti Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Elliot Scott |
| Best Sound Empire of the Sun – Charles L. Campbell, Colin Charles, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe Bird – Alan Robert Murray, Robert G. Henderson, Willie D. Burton and Les Fresholtz Good Morning, Vietnam – Bill Phillips, Clive Winter and Terry Porter The Last Emperor – Ivan Sharrock, Bill Rowe and Les Wiggins | Best Special Visual Effects Who Framed Roger Rabbit – George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston and Edward Jones Beetlejuice – Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Robert Short and Ted Rea The Last Emperor – Giannetto De Rossi and Fabrizio Martinelli RoboCop – Rob Bottin, Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran and Rocco Gioffre |
| Best Documentary This Week: Death on the Rock – Chris Oxley The Duty Men: East Enders – Paul Hamann In from the Cold: A Portrait of Richard Burton – Tony Palmer Viewpoint Special: The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Nigel Turner | Best Film Not in the English Language Babette's Feast – Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle Dark Eyes – Silvia D'Amico Bendico, Carlo Cucchi and Nikita Mikhalkov Wings of Desire – Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman |
| Best Short Animation The Hill Farm – Mark Baker Clothes Animation – Osbert Parker Daddie's Little Piece of Dresden China – Karen Watson Rarg – Tony Collingwood | Best Short Film Defence Counsel Sedov – Evgeny Tsymbal Cane Toads: An Unnatural History – Mark Lewis The Unkindest Cut – Jim Shields Water's Edge – Suri Krishnamma |

## Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations :

| Nominations | Film |
| - | - |
| 11 | The Last Emperor |
| 9 | A Fish Called Wanda |
| 6 | Babette's Feast |
| 6 | Empire of the Sun |
| 5 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| 4 | Au revoir les enfants |
| 4 | Moonstruck |
| 3 | Fatal Attraction |
| 2 | Beetlejuice |
| 2 | Bird |
| 2 | Good Morning, Vietnam |
| 2 | A Handful of Dust |
| 2 | RoboCop |
| 2 | White Mischief |
| 2 | A World Apart |

Films that received multiple awards :

| Awards | Film |
| - | - |
| 3 | Empire of the Sun |
| 3 | The Last Emperor |
| 2 | A Fish Called Wanda |
