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56th Academy Awards

April 9, 1984 · Honoring films from 1983

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
BEST ACTOR
Photo of Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Poster for Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Category:
1983 (56th)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Robert Duvall
Mac Sledge, Tender Mercies
Michael Caine
Dr. Frank Bryant, Educating Rita
Tom Conti
Gowan McGland, Reuben, Reuben
Tom Courtenay
Norman, The Dresser
Albert Finney
Sir, The Dresser
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jack Nicholson
Garrett Breedlove, Terms of Endearment
Charles Durning
Col. Erhardt, To Be or Not to Be
John Lithgow
Sam Burns, Terms of Endearment
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager, The Right Stuff
Rip Torn
Marsh Turner, Cross Creek
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Shirley MacLaine
Aurora Greenway, Terms of Endearment
Jane Alexander
Carol Wetherly, Testament
Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood, Silkwood
Julie Walters
Rita, Educating Rita
Debra Winger
Emma Horton, Terms of Endearment
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Linda Hunt
Billy Kwan, The Year of Living Dangerously
Cher
Dolly Pelliker, Silkwood
Glenn Close
Sarah, The Big Chill
Amy Irving
Hadaas, Yentl
Alfre Woodard
Geechee, Cross Creek
Best Art Direction
Anna Asp
Fanny & Alexander
Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James Schoppe, Michael Ford
Return of the Jedi
Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter Romero, Pat Pending, George R. Nelson
The Right Stuff
Polly Platt, Harold Michelson, Tom Pedigo, Anthony Mondello
Terms of Endearment
Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins, Tessa Davies
Yentl
Best Picture
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Michael Shamberg
The Big Chill
Peter Yates
The Dresser
Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
The Right Stuff
Philip S. Hobel
Tender Mercies
Best Cinematography
Sven Nykvist
Fanny & Alexander
Don Peterman
Flashdance
Caleb Deschanel
The Right Stuff
William A. Fraker
WarGames
Gordon Willis
Zelig
Best Costume Design
Marik Vos
Fanny & Alexander
Joe I. Tompkins
Cross Creek
William Ware Theiss
Heart Like a Wheel
Anne-Marie Marchand
The Return of Martin Guerre
Santo Loquasto
Zelig
Best Director
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Peter Yates
The Dresser
Ingmar Bergman
Fanny & Alexander
Mike Nichols
Silkwood
Bruce Beresford
Tender Mercies
Best Documentary (Feature)
Emile Ardolino
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Richard Kotuk, Ara Chekmayan
Children of Darkness
Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
First Contact
Michael Bryans, Tina Viljoen
The Profession of Arms
James Klein, Julia Reichert
Seeing Red
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Cynthia Scott, Adam Symansky
Flamenco at 5:15
Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Eric Thiermann
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
Arthur Dong
Sewing Woman
Robert Eisenhardt
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Dea Brokman, Ilene Landis
You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei)
Best Film Editing
Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
The Right Stuff
Frank Morriss, Edward Abroms
Blue Thunder
Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery
Flashdance
Sam O'Steen
Silkwood
Richard Marks
Terms of Endearment
Best Foreign Language Film
Sweden
Fanny & Alexander
Spain
Carmen
France
Entre Nous
Hungary
Job's Revolt
Algeria
Le Bal
Best Original Score
Bill Conti
The Right Stuff
Leonard Rosenman
Cross Creek
John Williams
Return of the Jedi
Michael Gore
Terms of Endearment
Jerry Goldsmith
Under Fire
Best Original Song Score or Best Adaptation Score
Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Yentl
Lalo Schifrin
The Sting II
Elmer Bernstein
Trading Places
Best Original Song
Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
“Flashdance...What A Feeling”, Flashdance
Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky
“Maniac”, Flashdance
Austin Roberts, Bobby Hart
“Over You”, Tender Mercies
Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
“Papa, Can You Hear Me?”, Yentl
Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
“The Way He Makes Me Feel”, Yentl
Best Animated Short Film
Jimmy Picker
Sundae in New York
Burny Mattinson
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Eda Godel Hallinan
Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain
Best Live Action Short Film
Janice L. Platt
Boys and Girls
Ian Emes
Goodie-Two-Shoes
Jon N. Bloom
Overnight Sensation
Best Sound
Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
The Right Stuff
Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom, David Parker
Never Cry Wolf
Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe
Return of the Jedi
Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Jim Alexander
Terms of Endearment
Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton
WarGames
Best Sound Effects Editing
Jay Boekelheide
The Right Stuff
Ben Burtt
Return of the Jedi
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett
Return of the Jedi
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Harold Pinter
Betrayal
Ronald Harwood
The Dresser
Willy Russell
Educating Rita
Julius J. Epstein
Reuben, Reuben
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Horton Foote
Tender Mercies
Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek
The Big Chill
Ingmar Bergman
Fanny & Alexander
Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
Silkwood
Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
WarGames