title: Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1989
text: # Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1989
  
  The 2nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on March 8, 1990 at an awards ceremony held in The Pump Room. They honor achievements in 1989 filmmaking. Twenty-seven of the CFCA members voted for the awards. Do the Right Thing earned three accolades, including Best Film, and its director Spike Lee commented that the awards made up for the lack of nominations at that year's Academy Awards. Actress Laura San Giacomo received two awards for her role as Cynthia Patrice Bishop in Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
  
  ## Winners
  
  The winners for the 27nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:
  
  ### Best Actor
  
  Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July
  
  ### Best Actress
  
  Michelle Pfeiffer – The Fabulous Baker Boys
  
  ### Best Director
  
  Spike Lee – Do the Right Thing
  
  ### Best Film
  
  Do the Right Thing
  
  ### Best Foreign Film
  
  Henry V
  
  ### Best Supporting Actor
  
  Danny Aiello – Do the Right Thing
  
  ### Best Supporting Actress
  
  Laura San Giacomo – Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  
  ### Most Promising Actor
  
  John Cusack – Say Anything...
  
  ### Most Promising Actress
  
  Laura San Giacomo – Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  
  