Oscars - Season 37 / Year 1989
Season 37 / Year 1989
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The 61st Annual Academy Awards
The 61st Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC. There was no host. Rain Man won four awards, including the Best Picture. Other winners included Who Framed Roger Rabbit with four awards, Dangerous Liaisons with three, and The Accused, The Accidental Tourist, A Fish Called Wanda, The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, Beetlejuice, Bird, Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, The Milagro Beanfield War, Mississippi Burning, Pelle the Conqueror, Tin Toy, Working Girl, and You Don't Have to Die with one. The telecast garnered over 42 million viewers in the United States, making the most viewed ceremony up to that point until it was surpassed by the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, which garnered a viewership of over 57 million.[
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