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TOP GROSSING FILMS

# '' Batman '', directed by Tim Burton , starring Michael Keaton , Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger
# '' Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade '', starring Harrison Ford
# '' Lethal Weapon 2 '', starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
# '' Look Who's Talking '', starring Kirstie Alley , John Travolta , Olympia Dukakis ,
# '' Twins '', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger , Danny DeVito , Kelly Preston
# '' Back To The Future Part II '', starring Michael J. Fox , Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
# '' Ghostbusters II '', starring Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray
# '' The Little Mermaid ''
# '' Driving Miss Daisy '', starring Jessica Tandy , Morgan Freeman , Dan Aykroyd , Esther Rolle
# '' Parenthood '', starring Steve Martin


AWARDS


Academy Awards :


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:Best Art Direction/Set Decoration: Anton Furst and Peter Young - '' Batman ''

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:Musical or comedy:
: Best Picture : ''Driving Miss Daisy''
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: Best Actress : Jessica Tandy - ''Driving Miss Daisy''

:Other
: Best Director : Oliver Stone, ''Born on the Fourth of July''
: Best Foreign Language Film : ''Nuovo Cinema Paradiso'' (''Cinema Paradiso''), Italy

Palme D'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
:'' Sex, Lies, And Videotape '', directed by Steven Soderbergh , United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
:'' A City Of Sadness '' (''Beiqing chengshi''), directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien , China

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
:'' Rain Man '', directed by Barry Levinson , United States


FILMS RELEASED IN 1989




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