DK's Best Achievements in Cinema - 1986


Best Director
David Cronenberg    The Fly
Oliver Stone    Platoon
Jean-Jacques Annaud    The Name of the Rose
Also worth mentioning
John Hughes    Ferris Bueller's Day off

Best Actor
Jeff Goldblum    The Fly
Also worth mentioning
Ray Liotta    Something Wild
Sean Connery    The Name of the Rose
Ron Perlman    The Name of the Rose
William Hurt    Children of a Lesser God
Tom Berenger    Platoon
Willem Dafoe    Platoon
Christian Slater    The Name of the Rose

Best Cinematography
Mark Irwin    The Fly
Tonino Delli Colli    The Name of the Rose

Best Score
Howard Shore    The Fly
James Horner    The Name of the Rose
Also worth mentioning
John Barry    Howard the Duck

Best Writing
David Cronenberg,
Charles Edward Pogue
   The Fly
Umberto Eco,
Andrew Birkin,
Gerard Brach,
Howard Franklin,
Alain Godard
   The Name of the Rose
Also worth mentioning
John Hughes    Ferris Bueller's Day off
Best Picture
The Fly
The Name of the Rose
Platoon
Also worth mentioning
Ferris Bueller's Day off

Best Actress
Geena Davis    The Fly
Also worth mentioning
Marlee Matlin    Children of a Lesser God

Best Makeup
Chris Walas,
Stephan Dupuis
   The Fly
Also worth mentioning
?    Howard the Duck
Hasso von Hugo    The Name of the Rose
?    Platoon

Best Visual Effects
Also worth mentioning
Phil Tippett    Howard the Duck

Best Production Design
The Name of the Rose
The Fly

Leading movies:
The Fly:   Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Score, Writing, Makeup, Production Design.

Movies that were considered (28):
Armed and Dangerous | At Close Range | Back to School | Captain Eo | Castaway | Children of a Lesser God | David Cronenberg: Long Live the New Flesh | Devil in the Flesh | Down by Law | Ferris Bueller's Day off | Flodder | Gung Ho | Heartburn | Highlander | Howard the Duck | Manhunter | Platoon | Poltergeist II | Psycho III | Sid and Nancy | Something Wild | The Fly | The Golden Child | The Money Pit | The Name of the Rose | The Whoopee Boys | Three Amigos! | Tough Guys | Wise Guys.

Movies that were not considered (and should have):
Aliens | Hannah and her Sisters | Labyrinth | Little Shop of Horrors | The Hitcher |