The most nominated film in 1989, “Driving Miss Daisy”  received four Oscars out of its 9 nominations, including Picture, Screenplay, and Actress. The biggest scandal was that the film's director, Bruce Beresford, failed to receive recognition from his peers in the Directors Branch.

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Feb 19, 2007–Babel?¢¬Ä editors Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise tied with ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Departed?¢¬Ä editor Thelma Schoonmaker for best edited dramatic feature film at Sunday?¢¬Ä¬ôs ACE Eddie Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The most nominated film in 1988, “Rain Man” received four Oscars out of its 8 nods, including Picture, Director, and Actor. The other Best Picture nominees represented a mixed bag in genre and quality: “Dangerous Liaisons” and “Mississippi Burning,” each with 8 nominations, Mike Nichols's comedic fable “Working Girl” with 6; and Kasdan's literary adaptation “The Accidental Tourist” with 4.

Bertolucci's epic The Last Emperor swept most (nine) of the 1987 Oscars, and it's one of the few films in the Academy's history to have won in each and every nominated category. Bertolucci's win at his second nomination (the first was for Last Tango in Paris), made him the first and only Italian filmmaker to receive a competitive Oscar.

Two films in 1985 were nominated for 11 Oscars: Pollack's “Out of Africa,” which swept the awards, including Best Picture, and Steven Spielberg's “The Color Purple,” which lost in each of its 11 categories.