The 46th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1988, were held on January 28, 1989, at the Beverly Hilton and was televised in the United States by SuperStation TBS. This marked the first time the awards show aired exclusively on cable after six years on broadcast syndication. The nominations were announced on January 4, 1989.
Winners and nominees
Film Best Motion PictureDramaComedy or MusicalRain Man The Accidental Tourist Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) Gorillas in the Mist Mississippi Burning Running on Empty The Unbearable Lightness of BeingWorking Girl Big A Fish Called Wanda Midnight Run Who Framed Roger RabbitBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActress Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man as Raymond Babbit Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson Tom Hulce – Dominick and Eugene as Dominick Luciano Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver as Jaime Escalante Forest Whitaker – Bird as Charlie "Bird" ParkerUnusually, there was a three-way tie for this award.
Jodie Foster – The Accused as Sarah Tobias Shirley MacLaine – Madame Sousatzka as Madame Sousatzka Sigourney Weaver – Gorillas in the Mist as Dian Fossey Christine Lahti – Running on Empty as Annie Pope Meryl Streep – Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) as Lindy ChamberlainBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActress Tom Hanks – Big as Josh Baskin Michael Caine – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Lawrence Jamieson John Cleese – A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach Robert De Niro – Midnight Run as Jack Walsh Bob Hoskins – Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Eddie Valiant Melanie Griffith – Working Girl as Tess McGill Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz Amy Irving – Crossing Delancey as Isabelle Grossman Michelle Pfeiffer – Married to the Mob as Angela de Marco Susan Sarandon – Bull Durham as Annie SavoyBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture Supporting ActorSupporting ActressMartin Landau – Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Abe Karatz Alec Guinness – Little Dorrit as William Dorrit Neil Patrick Harris – Clara's Heart as David Hart Raul Julia – Moon over Parador as Roberto Strausmann Lou Diamond Phillips – Stand and Deliver as Angel Guzman River Phoenix – Running on Empty as Danny PopeSigourney Weaver – Working Girl as Katharine Parker Sônia Braga – Moon over Parador as Madonna Mendez Barbara Hershey – The Last Temptation of Christ as Mary Magdalene Lena Olin – The Unbearable Lightness of Being as Sabina Diane Venora – Bird as Chan Parker OtherBest DirectorBest Screenplay Clint Eastwood – Bird Barry Levinson – Rain Man Sidney Lumet – Running on Empty Mike Nichols – Working Girl Alan Parker – Mississippi Burning Fred Schepisi – Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) Running on Empty – Naomi Foner Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) – Robert Caswell and Fred Schepisi Mississippi Burning – Chris Gerolmo Rain Man – Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow Working Girl – Kevin WadeBest Original ScoreBest Original SongGorillas in the Mist – Maurice JarreThe Accidental Tourist – John Williams The Last Temptation of Christ – Peter Gabriel Madame Sousatzka – Gerald Gouriet The Milagro Beanfield War – Dave Grusin | valign="top" |"Two Hearts" (Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier) – Buster "Let the River Run" (Carly Simon) – Working Girl "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernard Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins and Johnny Mercer) – Bull Durham "Kokomo" (Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips and Scott McKenzie) – Cocktail "Why Should I Worry?" (Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight) – Oliver & Company "Twins" (Skip Scarborough and Lorrin Bates) – TwinsBest Foreign Language FilmPelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark) Babette's Feast (Babettes gæstebud) (Denmark) Hanussen (West Germany) Salaam Bombay! (India) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (Spain) The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle6Working Girl5Running on Empty4Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)Mississippi BurningRain Man3BirdA Fish Called WandaGorillas in the Mist2The Accidental TouristBigBull DurhamThe Last Temptation of ChristMadame SousatzkaMidnight RunMoon over ParadorStand and DeliverThe Unbearable Lightness of BeingWho Framed Roger Rabbit The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle4Working Girl2Gorillas in the MistRain Man
Television Best Television Series Drama Musical or Comedythirtysomething Beauty and the Beast L.A. Law Murder, She Wrote WiseguyThe Wonder Years Cheers The Golden Girls Murphy Brown RoseanneBest Performance in a Television Series – Drama Actor ActressRon Perlman – Beauty and the Beast as Vincent Corbin Bernsen – L.A. Law as Arnie Becker Harry Hamlin – L.A. Law as Michael Kuzak Carroll O'Connor – In the Heat of the Night as William O. "Bill" Gillespie Ken Wahl – Wiseguy as Vinnie Terranova Jill Eikenberry – L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey Susan Dey – L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen Sharon Gless – Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney Linda Hamilton – Beauty and the Beast as Catherine Chandler Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote as Jessica FletcherBest Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Actor ActressMichael J. Fox – Family Ties as Alex P. Keaton Judd Hirsch – Dear John as John Lacey Richard Mulligan – Empty Nest as Dr. Harry Weston Ted Danson – Cheers as Sam Malone Tony Danza – Who's the Boss? as Tony Micelli John Goodman – Roseanne as Dan ConnerCandice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak Roseanne – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner Tracey Ullman – The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose NylundBest Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film Actor Actress Michael Caine – Jack the Ripper as Frederick Abberline Stacy Keach – Hemingway as Ernest Hemingway Richard Chamberlain – The Bourne Identity as Jason Bourne Anthony Hopkins – The Tenth Man as Chavel Jack Lemmon – The Murder of Mary Phagan as Gov. John M. SlatonAnn Jillian – The Ann Jillian Story as herself Vanessa Redgrave – A Man for All Seasons as Alice More Jane Seymour – War and Remembrance as Natalie Henry Jane Seymour – The Woman He Loved as Wallis Simpson JoBeth Williams – Baby M as Mary Beth WhiteheadBest Supporting Performance - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Barry Bostwick – War and Remembrance as Carter "Lady" Aster John Gielgud – War and Remembrance as Aaron Jastrow Armand Assante – Jack the Ripper as Richard Mansfield Kirk Cameron – Growing Pains as Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver Larry Drake – L.A. Law as Benny Stulwicz Derek Jacobi – The Tenth Man as The Imposter Edward James Olmos – Miami Vice as Martin "Marty" Castillo Katherine Helmond – Who's the Boss? as Mona Robinson Jackée Harry – 227 as Sandra Clark Swoosie Kurtz – Baja Oklahoma as Doris Steadman Rhea Perlman – Cheers as Carla Tortelli Susan Ruttan – L.A. Law as Roxanne Melman Best Miniseries or Television Film War and Remembrance Hemingway Jack the Ripper The Murder of Mary Phagan The Tenth Man The following programs received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle7L.A. Law4War and Remembrance3Beauty and the BeastCheersThe Golden GirlsJack the RipperRoseanneThe Tenth Man2HemingwayThe Murder of Mary PhaganMurder, She WroteWho's the Boss?WiseguyMurphy Brown The following programs received multiple wins: WinsTitle3War and Remembrance
Ceremony
Presenters
Anne Archer James Brolin Phil Collins Michael Douglas Clint Eastwood Valeria Golino Linda Gray Harry Hamlin Dennis Hopper Shelley Long Carrie Mitchum Christopher Mitchum Robert Mitchum Randy Quaid Eric Roberts Gena Rowlands Peter Strauss Richard Widmark
Cecil B. DeMille Award Doris Day
Miss Golden Globe Kyle Atletter (daughter to Frank Aletter & Lee Meriwether)
See also 61st Academy Awards 9th Golden Raspberry Awards 40th Primetime Emmy Awards 41st Primetime Emmy Awards 42nd British Academy Film Awards 43rd Tony Awards 1988 in film 1988 in American television
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