Saltzman Sees...Stand and Deliver (1988)

Stand and Deliver was nominated for my Best Picture, Best Director (Ramón Menéndez), Best Actor (Edward James Olmos) and Best Screenplay (Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca) in 1988.

Saltzman Sees...Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard was nominated for my Best Picture, Best Actor (Bruce Willis), Best Supporting Actor (Alan Rickman), Best Supporting Actress (Bonnie Bedelia) and Best Screenplay (Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza and Roderick Thorp) in 1988. 

Saltzman Sees...Big (1988)

Big was nominated for my Best Director (Penny Marshall), Best Supporting Actress (Elizabeth Perkins) and Best Screenplay (Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg) in 1988.

Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia playing "Chopsticks"

Saltzman Sees...Rain Man (1988)

Rain Man won my Best Supporting Actor (Dustin Hoffman) and was nominated for Best Picture for 1988.

Saltzman Sees...Bull Durham (1988)

Bull Durham won my Best Actress (Susan Sarandon) for 1988.

Saltzman Sees...Scrooged (1988)

Scrooged won my Best Supporting Actress (Alfre Woodard) and was nominated for Best Actor (Bill Murray) for 1988.

Saltzman Sees...1988 Oscars

1988 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

Coming To America
Die Hard
Rain Man
Stand and Deliver


• Best Director

Richard Donner (Scrooged)
John Landis (Coming To America)
Penny Marshall (Big)
Ramon Menendez (Stand and Deliver)


• Best Family Picture

The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Land Before Time
Oliver & Company
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


• Best Screenplay

Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca (Stand and Deliver)
Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg (Big)
David Sheffield (Coming To America)
Jeb Stuart (Die Hard)


• Best Actor

Eddie Murphy (Coming To America)
Bill Murray (Scrooged)
Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver)
Bruce Willis (Die Hard)


• Best Actress

Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard)
Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda)
Elizabeth Perkins (Big)
Susan Sarandon (Bull Durham)


• Best Supporting Actor

Tom Berenger (Shoot to Kill)
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda)
Alan Rickman (Die Hard)


• Best Supporting Actress

Kirstie Alley (Shoot to Kill)
Jodie Foster (Stealing Home)
Glenne Headly (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Alfre Woodard (Scrooged)

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Saltzman Sees...Coming to America (1988)

Coming to America won my Best Picture, Best Director (John Landis), Best Actor (Eddie Murphy), and Best Screenplay (Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein) and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Allison Dean) in 1988.

Saltzman Sees Presents...The Funniest Movie of 1988: Coming to America

Paul Bates singing "She's Your Queen To Be"

Saltzman Sees...Oliver and Company (1988)

Oliver & Company is the story of an orphaned kitten who tries to find a family with the help of a gang of dogs.  Musicians Billy Joel and Bette Midler head a strong musical cast in this Disney Classic.  Cheech Marin, Dom DeLuise, and Robert Loggia are part of an impressive supporting cast.  Is it certainly one of the most charming movies Disney has ever produced, and has gotten lost in the shuffle of Classics.

This movie is one of the best examples of how the need for love and family brings out the best in oneself. (or in this case dogs and cats)

It is my choice for Best Family Picture of 1988.

Saltzman Sees...Stealing Home (1988)

Stealing Home is the story of a washed-up baseball player, played by Mark Harmon, who is called back home to handle the ashes of his childhood sweetheart/ first love who had committed suicide. As he searches for what to do with them, he remembers the past and the relationship they had. In doing so he finds himself again.  Jodie Foster is magnificent as Katie Chandler.

Despite a very strong cast and even more compelling storyline, it only grossed $7 million at the box office.  Most people have never heard of this movie, which is sad.  It is a terrific movie and the Most Underrated Movie of 1988.

Saltzman Sees...1988 Top Ten List

1988

1. Coming To America


2. Die Hard


3. Stand and Deliver


4. Rain Man


5. Big


6. Mississippi Burning


7. Bull Durham


8. A Fish Called Wanda


9. Oliver & Company


10. Eight Men Out

For a list of all the movies I have seen from 1988, Go to: http://saltinuts40.tripod.com/movies1988.html