1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

15th LAFCA Awards
Date	December 16, 1989
Highlights
Best Picture	Do the Right Thing

The 15th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 16 December 1989 and given on 16 January 1990.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Runner-up: Drugstore Cowboy
• Best Director:
  • Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
  • Runner-up: Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July
• Best Actor:
  • Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot
  • Runner-up: Morgan Freeman – Lean on Me, Johnny Handsome, Glory and Driving Miss Daisy
• Best Actress (tie):
  • Andie MacDowell – Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • Michelle Pfeiffer – The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Danny Aiello – Do the Right Thing
  • Runner-up: Martin Landau – Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Brenda Fricker – My Left Foot
  • Runner-up: Anjelica Huston – Enemies, a Love Story
• Best Screenplay:
  • Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost – Drugstore Cowboy
  • Runner-up: Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
• Best Cinematography:
  • Michael Ballhaus – The Fabulous Baker Boys
  • Runner-up: Robert Richardson – Born on the Fourth of July
• Best Music Score:
  • Bill Lee – Do the Right Thing
  • Runner-up: Elliot Goldenthal – Drugstore Cowboy
• Best Foreign Film (tie):
  • Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK
  • Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) • France
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Roger & Me
  • Runner-up: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Yuki Yukite shingun)
• Best Animation:
  • The Little Mermaid
• Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Gregg Araki – The Long Weekend (O' Despair)
• New Generation Award:
  • Laura San Giacomo – Sex, Lies, and Videotape
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Stanley Donen
• Special Citation:
  • The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

References

1. Spike Lee's 'Right Thing' Takes L.A. Film Critics

External links

• 15th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards