1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Explained

15th LAFCA Awards
Date:	December 16, 1989
Award1 Type:	Best Picture
Award1 Winner:	Do the Right Thing
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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

External links

• 15th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Mathews. Jack. Spike Lee's 'Right Thing' Takes L.A. Film Critics' Top Award. 28 December 2017. Los Angeles Times. 18 December 1989.