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Film
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay
Hannah and Her Sisters, Written by Woody Allen
Blue Velvet, Written by David Lynch
Mona Lisa, Written by Neil Jordan, and David Leland
Platoon, Written by Oliver Stone
Salvador, Written by Oliver Stone, and Richard Boyle
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
A Room with a View, Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; based on the novel by E.M. Forster
Children of a Lesser God, Screenplay by Hesper Anderson, and Mark Medoff; based on the stage play by Mark Medoff
Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Screenplay by Paul Mazursky, and Leon Capetanos; based on the play by René Fauchois
Little Shop of Horrors, Screenplay by Howard Ashman; based on his musical play, and the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
Stand by Me, Screenplay by Raynold Gideon, and Bruce A. Evans; based on the novel by Stephen King
Television
Episodic Drama
"The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" - Moonlighting (ABC) - Debra Frank, and Carl Sautter
Remembrance of Things Past" - St. Elsewhere (NBC) - John Masius, Bruce Paltrow, and Tom Fontana
"What Are Friends For?" - Hill Street Blues (NBC) - Dick Wolf
"Remembrance of Hits Past" - Hill Street Blues (NBC) - Walon Green, Jeffrey Lewis, and David Milch
"Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" - Moonlighting (ABC) - Bruce Franklin Singer
Episodic Comedy
"Allie's Affair" - Kate & Allie (CBS) - Bob Randall
"I Can't Say No" - All Is Forgiven (NBC) - Ian Praiser, and Howard Gewirtz
"Best of Friends" - Night Court (NBC) - Howard Ostroff
"Theo's Holiday" - The Cosby Show (NBC) - John Markus, Carmen Finestra, and Matt Williams
"Blanche and the Younger Man" - The Golden Girls (NBC) - James Berg, and Stan Zimmerman
Daytime Serials
Ryan's Hope (ABC) - Tom King, Millee Taggart, William Burritt, Mardee Kravit, Eleanor Mancusi, Maura Penders, B.K. Perlman, Dorothy Ann Purser, Erik Wiklund, Claire Labine
One Life to Live (ABC) - Peggy O'Shea, S. Michael Schnessel, Craig Carlson, Lanie Bertram, Ethel Brez, Mel Brez, Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold, George Lefferts, Peter Swet, Don Wallace
Anthology Episode/Single Program
"Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost" - The Twilight Zone (CBS) - Harlan Ellison
"The Doll" - Amazing Stories (NBC) - Richard Matheson
"A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot" - The Twilight Zone (CBS) - George R.R. Martin
"Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton - The Twilight Zone (CBS) - Alan Brennert
Long Form - Original
Nobody's Child (CBS) - Mary Gallagher, and Ara Watson
The Execution of Raymond Graham (ABC) - Mel Frohman
Unnatural Causes (NBC) - John Sayles, Martin M. Goldstein, Stephen Doran, and Robert Jacobs
Miles to Go... (CBS) - Beverly Levitt, and Stuart Fischoff
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (CBS) - Bob Shayne
Long Form - Adapted
Peter the Great (NBC) - Edward Anhalt
Trapped in Silence - Vickie Patik
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Woody Allen
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Reginald Rose
Valentine Davies Award
William Froug
Morgan Cox Award
Jean Rouverol