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Best Film
Educating Rita - Lewis Gilbert
Heat and Dust - Ismail Merchant
Local Hero - David Puttnam
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards
Best Direction
Bill Forsyth - Local Hero
James Ivory - Heat and Dust
Sydney Pollack - Tootsie
Martin Scorsese - The King of Comedy
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Michael Caine - Educating Rita as Professor Frank Bryant
Michael Caine - The Honorary Consul as Charley Fortnum
Robert De Niro - The King of Comedy as Rupert Pupkin
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Julie Walters - Educating Rita as Susan White
Jessica Lange - Tootsie as Julie Nichols
Phyllis Logan - Another Time, Another Place as Janie
Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice as Zofia Zawistowski
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Denholm Elliott - Trading Places as Coleman
Bob Hoskins - The Honorary Consul as Colonel Perez
Burt Lancaster - Local Hero as Felix Happer
Jerry Lewis - The King of Comedy as Jerry Langford
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jamie Lee Curtis - Trading Places as Ophelia
Teri Garr - Tootsie as Sandy Lester
Rosemary Harris - The Ploughman's Lunch as Ann Barrington
Maureen Lipman - Educating Rita as Trish
Best Original Screenplay
The King of Comedy - Paul D. Zimmerman
Local Hero - Bill Forsyth
Trading Places - Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod
Zelig - Woody Allen
Best Adapted Screenplay
Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Betrayal - Harold Pinter
Educating Rita - Willy Russell
Tootsie - Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal
Best Editing
Flashdance - Bud S. Smith and Walt Mulconery
The King of Comedy - Thelma Schoonmaker
Local Hero - Michael Bradsell
Zelig - Susan E. Morse
Best Cinematography
Fanny and Alexander - Sven Nykvist
Heat and Dust - Walter Lassally
Local Hero - Chris Menges
Zelig - Gordon Willis
Best Production Design
La Traviata - Franco Zeffirelli and Gianni Quaranta
Heat and Dust - Wilfred Shingleton
Return of the Jedi - Norman Reynolds
WarGames - Angelo P. Graham
Best Costume Design
La Traviata - Piero Tosi
Fanny and Alexander - Marik Vos-Lundh
Heat and Dust - Barbara Lane
Tootsie - Ruth Morley
Best Makeup and Hair
Tootsie - Dorothy Pearl, George Masters, Romaina Ford and Allen Weisinger
Heat and Dust - Gordon Kay
Return of the Jedi - Phil Tippett and Stuart Freeborn
Zelig - Fred Buchner and John Caglione Jr.
Best Special Visual Effects
Return of the Jedi - Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Kit West
The Dark Crystal - Roy Field, Brian Smithies and Ian Wingrove
WarGames - Mike Fink, Joe Digaetano, Jack Cooperman, Don Hansard, Colin Cantwell and William A. Fraker
Zelig - Gordon Willis, Joel Hynek, Stuart Robertson and Richard Alan Greenberg
Best Original Music
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Flashdance - Giorgio Moroder
Local Hero - Mark Knopfler
An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche
Best Original Song
"Up Where We Belong" (An Officer and a Gentleman) - Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" (Flashdance) - Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
"Tootsie" (Tootsie) - Dave Grusin, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
"Every Sperm Is Sacred" (Monty Python's The Meaning of Life) - Andre Jacquemin, Dave Howman, Michael Palin and Terry Jones
Best Sound
WarGames - Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger
Flashdance - Jim Webb, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass and Don Digirolamo
La Traviata - Cesare D'Amico, Jean-Louis Ducarme, Claude Villand and Federico Savina
Return of the Jedi - Ben Burtt, Tony Dawe and Gary Summers
Best Film Not in the English Language
Danton - Margaret Ménégoz, Barbara Pec-Slesicka and Andrzej Wajda
Confidentially Yours - Armand Barboult and François Truffaut
Fanny and Alexander - Jörn Donner and Ingmar Bergman
La Traviata - Tarak Ben Ammar and Franco Zeffirelli
Best Documentary
Schindler - Jon Blair
Forty Minutes: Female Circumcision - Louise Panton
The Visit: Part 3: The Boy David - Alex McCall
Wildlife On One: Night Life - Dilys Breese
Best Short Film
Goodie Two Shoes - Ian Emes
The Crimson Permanent Assurance - Terry Gilliam
John Love - John Davis
Keep Off the Grass - Paul Weiland
Best Short Animation
Henry's Cat - Bob Godfrey
Danger Mouse - Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
Paddington Goes to the Movies - Barry Leith
The Wind in the Willows - Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Phyllis Logan - Another Time, Another Place as Janie
Greta Scacchi - Heat and Dust as Olivia Rivers
Julie Walters - Educating Rita as Susan White
Kevin Kline - Sophie's Choice as Nathan Landau