55th Academy Awards
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Date | April 11, 1983 |
Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Hosted by | Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor and Walter Matthau |
Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Gandhi |
Most awards | Gandhi (8) |
Most nominations | Gandhi (11) |
TV in the United States | |
Network | ABC |
Duration | 3 hours, 15 minutes |
The 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1983, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau. Louis Gossett Jr. became the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the tough and principled drill instructor Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman. Bhanu Athaiya also became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gandhi. This marked the first of 28 consecutive years where a Barbara Walters interview special aired before the ceremony. Walters had previously aired an interview special in 1981 and, in subsequent years, her special aired prior to the Academy's formal broadcast of celebrities walking the red carpet. It was also the only time George C. Scott attended an Oscars ceremony.
Gandhi won eight awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with four awards, An Officer and a Gentleman with two, Begin the Beguine, If You Love This Planet, Just Another Missing Kid, Missing, Quest for Fire, A Shocking Accident, Sophie's Choice, Tango, Tootsie, and Victor/Victoria with one.
Awards[]
Nominations were announced on February 17, 1983. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().[1][2]
Best Picture | Best Director |
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Best Actor | Best Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
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Best Foreign Language Film | Best Documentary Feature |
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Best Documentary Short Subject | Best Live Action Short Film |
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Best Animated Short Film | Best Original Score |
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Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | Best Original Song |
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Best Sound Effects Editing | Best Sound |
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Best Makeup | Best Costume Design |
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Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
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Best Film Editing | Best Visual Effects |
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Honorary Academy Award[]
- Mickey Rooney
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[]
- Walter Mirisch
Presenters and performers[]
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters[]
Name(s) | Role |
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Hank Simms | Announcer for the 55th Academy Awards |
Fay Kanin (AMPAS President) | Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony |
Luise Rainer Jack Valenti |
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film |
Christopher Reeve Susan Sarandon |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor |
Jane Russell Cornel Wilde |
Presenters of the award for Best Makeup |
Matt Dillon Kristy McNichol |
Presenters of the Short Films awards |
Charlton Heston | Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Walter Mirisch |
Cher Plácido Domingo |
Presenters of the Music Awards |
Steve Guttenberg Ann Reinking |
Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design |
Elizabeth McGovern Eddie Murphy |
Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects |
Jamie Lee Curtis Carl Weathers |
Presenters of the award for Best Sound Effects Editing |
JoBeth Williams David L. Wolper |
Presenters of the Documentary Awards |
Margot Kidder William Shatner |
Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction |
Michael Keaton Nastassja Kinski |
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography |
Bob Hope | Presenter of the Honorary Award to Mickey Rooney |
Lisa Eilbacher David Keith |
Presenters of the award for Best Sound |
Tom Selleck Raquel Welch |
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing |
Olivia Newton-John | Presenter of the award for Best Original Song |
Robert Mitchum Sigourney Weaver |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress |
Philip Dunne | Presenter of the awards for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
Billy Wilder | Presenter of the award for Best Director |
Sylvester Stallone | Presenter of the award for Best Actress |
John Travolta | Presenter of the award for Best Actor |
Carol Burnett | Presenter of the award for Best Picture |
Performers[]
Person | Role | Performed |
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Bill Conti | Musical arranger and conductor | Orchestral |
Walter Matthau Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor |
Performers | "It All Comes Down to This" |
The Temptations Sandahl Bergman |
Performers | "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III |
Patti Austin James Ingram |
Performers | "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends |
Joe Cocker Jennifer Warnes |
Performers | "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman |
Stephen Bishop | Performer | "It Might Be You" from Tootsie |
Peter Allen Bernadette Peters Academy Awards Chorus |
Performers | Salute to Irving Berlin: "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "I Love a Piano", "Play a Simple Melody", "It's a Lovely Day Today", "Blue Skies", "I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)", "Let's Face the Music and Dance", "Let Yourself Go", "Puttin' On the Ritz", "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails", "Steppin' Out with My Baby", "Shakin' the Blues Away", "What'll I Do", "A Pretty Girl Is like a Melody" and "There's No Business Like Show Business" |
Melissa Manchester | Performer | "If We Were in Love" from Yes, Giorgio |
Academy Awards Chorus | Performers | "That's Entertainment" |
Multiple nominations and awards[]
These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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See also[]
- 40th Golden Globe Awards
- 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards
- 1982 in film
- Submissions for the 55th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
- 25th Grammy Awards
- 34th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 35th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 36th British Academy Film Awards
- 37th Tony Awards
References[]
- ^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1982" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".
- Academy Awards ceremonies
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