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Golden Globes Gala

Celebrating the pinnacle of cinematic and television achievement from 1988.

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Event Overview

Date & Venue

The 46th Golden Globe Awards ceremony, recognizing excellence in film and television for the year 1988, convened on January 28, 1989. The prestigious event was hosted at the renowned Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.[1]

Esteemed Hosts

The evening's proceedings were expertly guided by the charismatic duo of George Hamilton and Joan Collins, ensuring a blend of glamour and engaging commentary throughout the ceremony.

Broadcast Milestone

This year marked a significant shift in the awards' broadcast history. For the first time, the Golden Globes aired exclusively on SuperStation TBS, moving from broadcast syndication to cable television after six years, signaling a new era for the event's distribution.[1][2]

Key Accolades

Best Film: Drama

The coveted award for Best Motion Picture โ€“ Drama was presented to Rain Man, a powerful portrayal of sibling relationships and autism.

Best Film: Musical or Comedy

In the Musical or Comedy category, Working Girl took home the top prize, celebrated for its sharp wit and commentary on ambition in the workplace.

Best Drama Series

The critically acclaimed series thirtysomething was honored as the Best Television Series โ€“ Drama, recognized for its realistic depiction of the lives of baby boomers.

Best Comedy Series

The Wonder Years captured the award for Best Television Series โ€“ Musical or Comedy, lauded for its nostalgic and heartwarming look at adolescence in the 1960s.

Film Achievements

Top Film Honors

The ceremony celebrated outstanding achievements across various film categories. Rain Man secured the Best Motion Picture โ€“ Drama award, while Working Girl triumphed in the Musical or Comedy category.

Leading Performances

Dustin Hoffman earned Best Actor for his transformative role in Rain Man. The Best Actress award for Drama saw an unprecedented three-way tie between Jodie Foster (The Accused), Shirley MacLaine (Madame Sousatzka), and Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist). Tom Hanks won Best Actor for his charming performance in Big, and Melanie Griffith took home Best Actress for Working Girl.

Supporting Roles

Martin Landau was recognized as Best Supporting Actor for Tucker: The Man and His Dream. In a remarkable feat, Sigourney Weaver also won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Working Girl, making her the first actress to win two Golden Globes in the same year.

Detailed Film Awards

Best Motion Picture

The competition for Best Motion Picture was fierce, highlighting the diverse cinematic landscape of 1988.

Drama Comedy or Musical
  • Rain Man
  • The Accidental Tourist
  • Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)
  • Gorillas in the Mist
  • Mississippi Burning
  • Running on Empty
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • Working Girl
  • Big
  • A Fish Called Wanda
  • Midnight Run
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Performances

Individual acting accolades recognized outstanding contributions across genres.

Best Actor โ€“ Drama:

  • Dustin Hoffman โ€“ Rain Man
  • Gene Hackman โ€“ Mississippi Burning
  • Tom Hulce โ€“ Dominick and Eugene
  • Edward James Olmos โ€“ Stand and Deliver
  • Forest Whitaker โ€“ Bird

Best Actress โ€“ Drama (Tie):

  • Jodie Foster โ€“ The Accused
  • Shirley MacLaine โ€“ Madame Sousatzka
  • Sigourney Weaver โ€“ Gorillas in the Mist
  • Christine Lahti โ€“ Running on Empty
  • Meryl Streep โ€“ Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)

Best Actor โ€“ Comedy or Musical:

  • Tom Hanks โ€“ Big
  • Michael Caine โ€“ Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • John Cleese โ€“ A Fish Called Wanda
  • Robert De Niro โ€“ Midnight Run
  • Bob Hoskins โ€“ Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Actress โ€“ Comedy or Musical:

  • Melanie Griffith โ€“ Working Girl
  • Jamie Lee Curtis โ€“ A Fish Called Wanda
  • Amy Irving โ€“ Crossing Delancey
  • Michelle Pfeiffer โ€“ Married to the Mob
  • Susan Sarandon โ€“ Bull Durham

Supporting Roles & Craft

Awards for supporting performances and key creative contributions.

Best Supporting Actor:

  • Martin Landau โ€“ Tucker: The Man and His Dream
  • Alec Guinness โ€“ Little Dorrit
  • Neil Patrick Harris โ€“ Clara's Heart
  • Raul Julia โ€“ Moon over Parador
  • Lou Diamond Phillips โ€“ Stand and Deliver
  • River Phoenix โ€“ Running on Empty

Best Supporting Actress:

  • Sigourney Weaver โ€“ Working Girl
  • Sรดnia Braga โ€“ Moon over Parador
  • Barbara Hershey โ€“ The Last Temptation of Christ
  • Lena Olin โ€“ The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • Diane Venora โ€“ Bird

Best Director:

  • Clint Eastwood โ€“ Bird
  • Barry Levinson โ€“ Rain Man
  • Sidney Lumet โ€“ Running on Empty
  • Mike Nichols โ€“ Working Girl
  • Alan Parker โ€“ Mississippi Burning
  • Fred Schepisi โ€“ Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)

Best Screenplay:

  • Running on Empty โ€“ Naomi Foner
  • Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) โ€“ Robert Caswell and Fred Schepisi
  • Mississippi Burning โ€“ Chris Gerolmo
  • Rain Man โ€“ Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow
  • Working Girl โ€“ Kevin Wade

Best Original Score:

  • Gorillas in the Mist โ€“ Maurice Jarre
  • The Accidental Tourist โ€“ John Williams
  • The Last Temptation of Christ โ€“ Peter Gabriel
  • Madame Sousatzka โ€“ Gerald Gouriet
  • The Milagro Beanfield War โ€“ Dave Grusin

Best Original Song:

  • "Two Hearts" (Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier) โ€“ Buster
  • "Let the River Run" (Carly Simon) โ€“ Working Girl
  • "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernard Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins and Johnny Mercer) โ€“ Bull Durham
  • "Kokomo" (Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips and Scott McKenzie) โ€“ Cocktail
  • "Why Should I Worry?" (Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight) โ€“ Oliver & Company
  • "Twins" (Skip Scarborough and Lorrin Bates) โ€“ Twins

Best Foreign Language Film:

  • Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark)
  • Babette's Feast (Denmark)
  • Hanussen (West Germany)
  • Salaam Bombay! (India)
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)

Television Excellence

Best Television Series

The drama category recognized thirtysomething, while the musical or comedy award went to The Wonder Years.

Leading TV Performances

Ron Perlman won Best Actor in a Drama Series for Beauty and the Beast, and Jill Eikenberry took Best Actress for L.A. Law. For Musical or Comedy Series, Michael J. Fox won Best Actor for Family Ties, and Candice Bergen won Best Actress for Murphy Brown.

Miniseries & Supporting Roles

War and Remembrance was named Best Miniseries or Television Film. Barry Bostwick and John Gielgud shared the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film for their work on War and Remembrance. Katherine Helmond won Best Supporting Actress for Who's the Boss?.

Detailed TV Awards

Best Series & Miniseries

The top television series and films were honored.

Drama Series Musical or Comedy Series
  • thirtysomething
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • L.A. Law
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • Wiseguy
  • The Wonder Years
  • Cheers
  • The Golden Girls
  • Murphy Brown
  • Roseanne

Best Miniseries or Television Film:

  • War and Remembrance
  • Hemingway
  • Jack the Ripper
  • The Murder of Mary Phagan
  • The Tenth Man

Best TV Performances

Individual acting awards for television.

Best Actor โ€“ Drama Series:

  • Ron Perlman โ€“ Beauty and the Beast
  • Corbin Bernsen โ€“ L.A. Law
  • Harry Hamlin โ€“ L.A. Law
  • Carroll O'Connor โ€“ In the Heat of the Night
  • Ken Wahl โ€“ Wiseguy

Best Actress โ€“ Drama Series:

  • Jill Eikenberry โ€“ L.A. Law
  • Susan Dey โ€“ L.A. Law
  • Sharon Gless โ€“ Cagney & Lacey
  • Linda Hamilton โ€“ Beauty and the Beast
  • Angela Lansbury โ€“ Murder, She Wrote

Best Actor โ€“ Musical or Comedy Series:

  • Michael J. Fox โ€“ Family Ties
  • Judd Hirsch โ€“ Dear John
  • Richard Mulligan โ€“ Empty Nest
  • Ted Danson โ€“ Cheers
  • Tony Danza โ€“ Who's the Boss?
  • John Goodman โ€“ Roseanne

Best Actress โ€“ Musical or Comedy Series:

  • Candice Bergen โ€“ Murphy Brown
  • Beatrice Arthur โ€“ The Golden Girls
  • Roseanne โ€“ Roseanne
  • Tracey Ullman โ€“ The Tracey Ullman Show
  • Betty White โ€“ The Golden Girls

Best Actor โ€“ Miniseries or Television Film:

  • Michael Caine โ€“ Jack the Ripper
  • Stacy Keach โ€“ Hemingway
  • Richard Chamberlain โ€“ The Bourne Identity
  • Anthony Hopkins โ€“ The Tenth Man
  • Jack Lemmon โ€“ The Murder of Mary Phagan

Best Actress โ€“ Miniseries or Television Film:

  • Ann Jillian โ€“ The Ann Jillian Story
  • Vanessa Redgrave โ€“ A Man for All Seasons
  • Jane Seymour โ€“ War and Remembrance
  • Jane Seymour โ€“ The Woman He Loved
  • JoBeth Williams โ€“ Baby M

Best Supporting Actor โ€“ Series, Miniseries or Television Film:

  • Barry Bostwick โ€“ War and Remembrance
  • John Gielgud โ€“ War and Remembrance
  • Armand Assante โ€“ Jack the Ripper
  • Kirk Cameron โ€“ Growing Pains
  • Larry Drake โ€“ L.A. Law
  • Derek Jacobi โ€“ The Tenth Man
  • Edward James Olmos โ€“ Miami Vice

Best Supporting Actress โ€“ Series, Miniseries or Television Film:

  • Katherine Helmond โ€“ Who's the Boss?
  • Jackรฉe Harry โ€“ 227
  • Swoosie Kurtz โ€“ Baja Oklahoma
  • Rhea Perlman โ€“ Cheers
  • Susan Ruttan โ€“ L.A. Law

Special Honors

Cecil B. DeMille Award

The prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry, was presented to the legendary Doris Day.

Miss Golden Globe

The honor of Miss Golden Globe was bestowed upon Kyle Atletter, daughter of actors Frank Aletter and Lee Meriwether, continuing a tradition of emerging talent.

Awards Statistics

Film Nominations & Wins

Analysis of the nominations and wins highlights the most recognized films of the year.

Films with Multiple Nominations:

Nominations Title
6Working Girl
5Running on Empty
4Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
3Bird
A Fish Called Wanda
Gorillas in the Mist
2The Accidental Tourist
Big
Bull Durham
The Last Temptation of Christ
Madame Sousatzka
Midnight Run
Moon over Parador
Stand and Deliver
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Films with Multiple Wins:

Wins Title
4Working Girl
2Gorillas in the Mist
Rain Man

Television Nominations & Wins

The television landscape was dominated by several key series and films.

Programs with Multiple Nominations:

Nominations Title
7L.A. Law
4War and Remembrance
3Beauty and the Beast
Cheers
The Golden Girls
Jack the Ripper
Roseanne
The Tenth Man
2Hemingway
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Murder, She Wrote
Who's the Boss?
Wiseguy
Murphy Brown

Programs with Multiple Wins:

Wins Title
3War and Remembrance

Distinguished Presenters

Notable Figures

A constellation of stars graced the stage to present awards, adding to the night's glamour.

  • 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

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