1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards 1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 24th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 1990, honored the best filmmaking of 1989. 1. Drugstore Cowboy<br> 2. "Enemies, a Love Story"<br> 3. "Casualties of War" 1. Gus Van Sant – "Drugstore Cowboy"<br> 2. Paul Mazursky – "Enemies, a Love Story"<br> 3. Spike Lee – "Do the Right Thing" 1. Daniel Day-Lewis – "My Left Foot"<br> 2. Morgan Freeman – "Driving Miss Daisy"<br> 3. Tom Cruise – "Born on the Fourth of July" 1. Michelle Pfeiffer – "The Fabulous Baker Boys"<br> 2. Jessica Tandy – "Driving Miss Daisy"<br>
Spike Lee a budget of $175,000, he shot the film in two weeks. When the film was released in 1986, it grossed over $7,000,000 at the U.S. box office. Lee's 1989 film "Do the Right Thing" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1989. Many people, including Hollywood's Kim Basinger, believed that "Do the Right Thing" also deserved a Best Picture nomination. "Driving Miss Daisy" won Best Picture that year. Lee said in an April 7, 2006, interview with "New York" magazine that the other film's success, which he thought was based on safe stereotypes, hurt him more