60th Academy Awards
Name ( s ) Role Performed
Bill Conti Musical arranger Orchestral
Academy Awards Chorus Performers I Hope I Get It from A Chorus Line
Willy DeVille Performer Storybook Love from The Princess Bride
Starship Gloria Estefan Performers Nothing 's Gon na Stop Us Now from Mannequin
George Fenton Jonas Gwangwa Performers Cry Freedom from Cry Freedom
Little Richard Performer Shakedown from Beverly Hills Cop II
Bill Medley Jennifer Warnes Performers ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing
Presenters and performers -- Performers
The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 22 categories honoring films released in 1987. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Actor Chevy Chase hosted the show for the second consecutive year. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Shirley Jones. The Last Emperor won nine awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Bernardo Bertolucci. For their performances in Moonstruck, Cher and Olympia Dukakis won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Michael Douglas won Best Actor for his role in Wall Street; Sean Connery won Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables. The telecast garnered 42.2 million viewers in the United States. As of 2020[update], this is the most recent Academy Awards ceremony to take place in April.