Best of 1983
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- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd HarrisThe 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.BEST PICTURE
The Right Stuff
The South (El Sur)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Videodrome
Terms of Endearment
Danton
Educating Rita
The Big Chill
Scarface
A Christmas Story - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.BEST DIRECTOR
James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
David Cronenberg - Videodrome
Víctor Erice - The South (El Sur)
Philip Kaufman - The Right Stuff
Andrzej Wajda - Danton
Lewis Gilbert - Educating Rita
Brian De Palma - Scarface - DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsGérard DepardieuWojciech PszoniakAnne AlvaroIn 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.BEST ACTOR
Gérard Depardieu - Danton
Wojciech Pszoniak - Danton
James Woods - Videodrome
Tom Conti - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Michael Caine - Educating Rita
David Bowie - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Al Pacino - Scarface - DirectorLewis GilbertStarsMichael CaineJulie WaltersMichael WilliamsAn alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.BEST ACTRESS
Julie Walters - Educating Rita
Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
Debra Winger - Terms of Endearment
Meryl Streep - Silkwood
Barbra Streisand - Yentl
Arielle Dombasle - Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage) - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
Darren McGavin - A Christmas Story
Ed Harris - The Right Stuff
Sam Shepard - The Right Stuff
William Hurt - The Big Chill
Takeshi Kitano - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Ian McDiarmid - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - DirectorMike NicholsStarsMeryl StreepKurt RussellCherA worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cher - Silkwood
Michelle Pfeiffer - Scarface
Glenn Close - The Big Chill
Melinda Dillon - A Christmas Story
Mary Jo Deschanel - The Right Stuff
Icíar Bollaín - The South (El Sur)
Debbie Harry - Videodrome - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.BEST CASTING
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
Silkwood
The Right Stuff
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Educating Rita
Scarface - DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsTom BerengerGlenn CloseJeff GoldblumA group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Big Chill
Videodrome
Silkwood
Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage) - DirectorLewis GilbertStarsMichael CaineJulie WaltersMichael WilliamsAn alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Educating Rita
A Christmas Story
Terms of Endearment
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Danton
The South (El Sur)
The Right Stuff - DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreMaud AdamsLouis JourdanA fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Octopussy
A Christmas Story
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Flashdance
Videodrome
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Terms of Endearment - DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd HarrisThe 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.BEST EDITING
The Right Stuff
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Videodrome
Flashdance
Terms of Endearment
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Silkwood - DirectorVíctor EriceStarsOmero AntonuttiSonsoles ArangurenIcíar BollaínA woman reflects on her childhood relationship with her father, attempting to understand the depths of his despair and the truth of his myths.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The South (El Sur)
The Right Stuff
Flashdance
Yentl
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Heat and Dust
Scarface - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter 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.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Yentl
Heat and Dust
Scarface
The Right Stuff
A Christmas Story
The South (El Sur) - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter 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.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Heat and Dust
Scarface
Yentl
Terms of Endearment
Danton
The Right Stuff - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Videodrome
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Terms of Endearment
Scarface
Danton
Yentl
The Right Stuff - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter 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.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Octopussy
The Right Stuff
Videodrome - DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsDavid BowieTom ContiRyuichi SakamotoDuring WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.BEST SCORE
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Right Stuff
Videodrome
Heat and Dust
Danton
Yentl - DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael NouriLilia SkalaAn 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.BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Flashdance
The Big Chill - DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael NouriLilia SkalaAn 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.BEST SONG
Flashdance - "Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Flashdance - "Maniac"
Octopussy - "All Time High"
Yentl - "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
Yentl - "A Piece of Sky"
Yentl - "No Matter What Happens" - DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael NouriLilia SkalaAn 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.BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Flashdance - DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd HarrisThe 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.BEST SOUND
The Right Stuff
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Octopussy
Flashdance
Scarface
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Videodrome - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter 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.BEST SOUND EDITING
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Right Stuff
Videodrome
Octopussy
Scarface - DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreMaud AdamsLouis JourdanA fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.BEST STUNTS
Octopussy
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Scarface
The Right Stuff
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - DirectorVíctor EriceStarsOmero AntonuttiSonsoles ArangurenIcíar BollaínA woman reflects on her childhood relationship with her father, attempting to understand the depths of his despair and the truth of his myths.BEST FOREIGN FILM
The South (El Sur)
Danton
Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage)
