Cinema-Scene

—Movie Reviews by David L. Blaylock—

Cinema-Scene Awards

1990


Best Picture
#1: GoodFellas (dir: Martin Scorsese)
#2: Reversal of Fortune (dir: Barbet Schroeder)
#3: Miller's Crossing (dir: Joel Coen)
#4: Misery (dir: Rob Reiner)
#5: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (dir: John McNaughton)
#6: The Grifters (dir: Stven Frears)
#7: Cyrano de Bergerac (dir: Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
#8: Metropolitan (dir: Whit Stillman)
#9: The Hairdresser's Husband (dir: Patrice Leconte)
#10: Avalon (dir: Barry Levinson)

Honorable Mentions:
Hidden Agenda (dir: Ken Loach), Jacob's Ladder (dir: Adrien Lyne), Wild At Heart (dir: David Lynch), Life is Sweet (dir: Mike Leigh), Edward Scissorhands (dir: Tim Burton), Dances with Wolves (dir: Kevin Costner), Dick Tracy (dir: Warren Beatty), La Femme Nikita (dir: Luc Besson), The Godfather, Part III (dir: Francis Ford Coppola), and Back to the Future: Part III (dir: Robert Zemeckis).

Best Director
#1: Martin Scorsese (GoodFellas)

#2: Barbet Schroeder (Reversal of Fortune)
#3: David Lynch (Wild at Heart)
#4: Barry Levinson (Avalon)
#5: Stephen Frears (The Grifters)


Best Actor
#1: Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune)

#2: Robert De Niro (GoodFellas)
#3: Michael Gambon (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover)
#4: Ray Liotta (GoodFellas)
#5: Gabriel Byrne (Miller's Crossing)


Best Actress
#1: Glenn Close (Reversal of Fortune)
#2: Kathy Bates (Misery)

#3: Helen Mirren (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover)
#4: Joanne Woodward (Mr. & Mrs. Bridge)
#5: Angelica Huston (The Grifters)


Best Supporting Actor
#1: Joe Pesci (GoodFellas)

#2: Albert Finney (Miller's Crossing)
#3: Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves)
#4: Armin Muehler-Stahl (Avalon)
#5: Ian Holm (Hamlet)


Best Supporting Actress
#1: Lorraine Brocco (GoodFellas)
#2: Annette Bening (The Grifters)
#3: Diane Ladd (Wild at Heart)
#4: Joan Plowright (Avalon)
#5: Talia Shire (The Godfather, Part III)


Best Original Screenplay
#1: Miller's Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen)

#2: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway)
#3: The Godfather, Part III (Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo)
#4: Avalon (Barry Levinson)
#5: Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson)


Best Adapted Screenplay
#1: GoodFellas (Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese)

#2: Reversal of Fortune (Nicholas Kazan)
#3: The Grifters (Donald E. Westlake)
#4: Wild at Heart (David Lynch)
#5: Dick Tracy (Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr.)


Best Cinematography
#1: Michael Ballhaus (GoodFellas)

#2: Vittorio Storaro (Dick Tracy)
#3: Allen Daviau (Avalon)
#4:
Kazutami Hara, Takao Saitô, Masaharu Ueda (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams)
#5: Stefan Czapsky (Edward Scissorhands)


Best Film Editing
#1: GoodFellas

#2: Wild at Heart
#3: Reversal of Fortune
#4: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
#5: Dances with Wolves


Best Original Score
#1: Reversal of Fortune (Marc Isham)
#2: Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman)
#3: Miller's Crossing (Carter Burwell)

#4: Avalon (Randy Newman)
#5: The Godfather, Part III (Carmine Coppola)


Best Original Song
#1: "Sooner or Later" (Dick Tracy)
#2: "Promise Me You'll Remember" (The Godfather, Part III)
#3: "What Can You Lose" (Dick Tracy)
#4: "I'm Checkin' Out" (Postcards from the Edge)
#5: "Somewhere in My Memory" (Home Alone)


Best Production Design
#1: Dick Tracy
#2: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
#3: Avalon
#4: Hamlet
#5: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams


Best Costume Design
#1: Edward Scissorhands
#2: Dick Tracy
#3: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
#4: Cyrano de Bergerac
#5: Hamlet


Best Makeup
#1: Edward Scissorhands

#2: Dick Tracy
#3: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
#4: Cyrano de Bergerac
#5: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover


Best Sound
#1: Dick Tracy

#2: Days of Thunder
#3: Avalon
#4: Total Recall
#5: Edward Scissorhands


Best Visual Effects
#1: Total Recall

#2: Ghost
#3: Dick Tracy
#4: Back to the Future, Part III
#5: Edward Scissorhands

 

--The Honorary Awards--

Best Breakthrough Performance - Male
Graham Greene (Dancer with Wolves)


Best Breakthrough Performance - Female
Maria de Madeiros (Henry & June)


Best First Feature
Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves)


Worst Film of the Year
Graveyard Shift (dir: Ralph S. Singleton)
by David L. Blaylock