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Oscars Rematch: 1983

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  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)

    1. The Right Stuff

    19833h 13mPG91Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd Harris
    Best Picture!

    Winner: The Right Stuff!

    Nominees:
    The Big Chill
    The Dresser
    Tender Mercies
    Terms of Endearment
  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)

    2. The Right Stuff

    19833h 13mPG91Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd Harris
    Best Director!

    Winner: Philip Kaufman!

    Nominees:
    Peter Yates - The Dresser
    Mike Nichols - Silkwood
    Bruce Beresford - Tender Mercies
    James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
  • Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, and Allan Hubbard in Tender Mercies (1983)

    3. Tender Mercies

    19831h 32mPG76Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
    DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsRobert DuvallTess HarperBetty Buckley
    Best Actor!

    Winner: Robert Duvall!

    Nominees:
    Michael Caine - Educating Rita
    Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben
    Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
    Albert Finney - The Dresser
  • Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment (1983)

    4. Terms of Endearment

    19832h 12mPG79Metascore
    7.4 (68K)
    Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.
    DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack Nicholson
    Best Actress!

    Winner: Shirley MacLaine!

    Nominees:
    Jane Alexander - Testament
    Meryl Streep - Silkwood
    Julie Walters - Educating Rita
    Debra Winger - Terms of Endearment
  • Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment (1983)

    5. Terms of Endearment

    19832h 12mPG79Metascore
    7.4 (68K)
    Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.
    DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack Nicholson
    Best Supporting Actor!

    Winner: Jack Nicholson!

    Nominees:
    Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be
    John Lithgow - Terms of Endearment
    Sam Shepard - The Right Stuff
    Rip Torn - Cross Creek
  • Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

    6. The Year of Living Dangerously

    19821h 55mPG65Metascore
    7.1 (24K)
    A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsMel GibsonSigourney WeaverLinda Hunt
    Best Supporting Actress!

    Winner: Linda Hunt!

    Nominees:
    Cher - Silkwood
    Glenn Close - The Big Chill
    Amy Irving - Yentl
    Alfre Woodward - Cross Creek
  • Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, and Allan Hubbard in Tender Mercies (1983)

    7. Tender Mercies

    19831h 32mPG76Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
    DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsRobert DuvallTess HarperBetty Buckley
    Best Original Screenplay!

    Winner: Horton Foote!

    Nominees:
    Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek - The Big Chill
    Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
    Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen - Silkwood
    Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes - WarGames
  • Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment (1983)

    8. Terms of Endearment

    19832h 12mPG79Metascore
    7.4 (68K)
    Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.
    DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack Nicholson
    Best Adapted Screenplay!

    Winner: James L. Brooks!

    Nominees:
    Harold Pinter - Betrayal
    Ronald Harwood - The Dresser
    Willy Russell - Educating Rita
    Julius J. Epstein - Reuben, Reuben
  • Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve in Fanny and Alexander (1982)

    9. Fanny and Alexander

    19823h 8mR100Metascore
    8.1 (69K)
    Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina Adolphson
    Best Foreign Language Film!

    Winner: Fanny and Alexander!

    Nominees:
    The Ball
    Carmen
    Entre Nous
    Job's Revolt
  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)

    10. The Right Stuff

    19833h 13mPG91Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd Harris
    Best Film Editing!

    Winner: The Right Stuff!

    Nominees:
    Blue Thunder
    Flashdance
    Silkwood
    Terms of Endearment
  • Children of Darkness (1983)

    11. Children of Darkness

    198357m
    7.9 (463)
    A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and emotional problems, leading them to isolation from society while treating their issues in mental health facilities. But there's no end in sight for those young individuals when they face obstacles and mistreatments in inadequate places under the supervision of careless and inexperienced professionals. The documentary follows some of those public mental institutions and another private center dealing with troubled kids and reveals what's wrong with their procedures, and the irreparable harm they cause in those patients.
    DirectorsAra ChekmayanRichard KotukStarsPeter ThomasRichard KotukJohn Brooks
    Best Documentary Feature!

    Winner: Children of Darkness!

    Nominees:
    First Contact
    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
    The Profession of Arms
    Seeing Reds
  • Flamenco at 5:15 (1983)

    12. Flamenco at 5:15

    198329mShort
    6.9 (227)
    For a few weeks each year, in the depths of winter, senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada are treated to a style of dance that is unlike any other - flamenco.
    DirectorCynthia ScottStarsSusana RobledoAntonio RobledoRita Bozi
    Best Documentary Short!

    Winner: Flamenco at 5:15!

    Nominees:
    In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
    Sewing Woman
    Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
    You Are Free
  • Boys and Girls (1983)

    13. Boys and Girls

    198322mShort
    6.4 (111)
    A girl growing up on a fox farm in rural Canada must deal with the gender roles she is expected to conform to by her loving - yet unobservant parents.
    DirectorDon McBreartyStarsMegan FollowsDavid FoxClare Coulter
    Best Live Action Short!

    Winner: Boys and Girls!

    Nominees:
    Goodie-Two-Shoes
    Overnight Sensation
  • Wayne Allwine, Dick Billingsley, and Alan Young in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

    14. Mickey's Christmas Carol

    198326mGShort
    8.0 (17K)
    The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
    DirectorBurny MattinsonStarsAlan YoungWayne AllwineHal Smith
    Best Animated Short!

    Winner: Mickey's Christmas Carol!

    Nominees:
    Sound of Sunshine
    Sundae in New York
  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)

    15. The Right Stuff

    19833h 13mPG91Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd Harris
    Best Original Score!

    Winner: The Right Stuff!

    Nominees:
    Cross Creek
    Return of the Jedi
    Terms of Endearment
    Under Fire
  • Yentl (1983)

    16. Yentl

    19832h 13mPG68Metascore
    6.6 (17K)
    A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
    DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy Patinkin
    Best Song or Adaptation Score!

    Winner: Yentl!

    Nominees:
    The Sting II
    Trading Places
  • Flashdance (1983)

    17. Flashdance

    19831h 35mR39Metascore
    6.2 (62K)
    An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael NouriLilia Skala
    Best Original Song!

    Winner: "Flashdance... What a Feeling", Flashdance!

    Nominees:
    "Maniac" - Flashdance
    "Over You" - Tender Mercies
    "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" - Yentl
    "The Way He Makes Me Feel" - Yentl
  • Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve in Fanny and Alexander (1982)

    18. Fanny and Alexander

    19823h 8mR100Metascore
    8.1 (69K)
    Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina Adolphson
    Best Costume Design!

    Winner: Fanny and Alexander!

    Nominees:
    Cross Creek
    Heart Like a Wheel
    The Return of Martin Guerre
    Zelig
  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)

    19. The Right Stuff

    19833h 13mPG91Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd Harris
    Best Sound Mixing!

    Winner: The Right Stuff!

    Nominees:
    Never Cry Wolf
    Return of the Jedi
    Terms of Endearment
    WarGames
  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)

    20. The Right Stuff

    19833h 13mPG91Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd Harris
    Best Sound Editing!

    Winner: The Right Stuff!

    Nominees:
    Return of the Jedi
  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

    21. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    19832h 11mPG58Metascore
    8.3 (1.2M)
    After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempts to destroy the second Death Star while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
    DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie Fisher
    Best Art Direction!

    Winner: Return of the Jedi!

    Nominees:
    Fanny and Alexander
    The Right Stuff
    Terms of Endearment
    Yentl
  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)

    22. The Right Stuff

    19833h 13mPG91Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd Harris
    Best Cinematography!

    Winner: The Right Stuff!

    Nominees:
    Fanny and Alexander
    Flashdance
    WarGames
    Zelig

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