56th Academy Awards Ceremony
(1984)
222 minutes
Drama / Family / News
Monday, April 9, 1984 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Johnny Carson
BEST PICTURE
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
BEST DIRECTOR
James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
Peter Yates – The Dresser
Ingmar Bergman – Fanny and Alexander
Mike Nichols – Silkwood
Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies
BEST ACTOR
Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
Michael Caine – Educating Rita
Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben
Tom Courtenay – The Dresser
Albert Finney – The Dresser
BEST ACTRESS
Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
Jane Alexander – Testament
Meryl Streep – Silkwood
Julie Walters – Educating Rita
Debra Winger – Terms of Endearment
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment
Charles Durning – To Be or Not to Be
John Lithgow – Terms of Endearment
Sam Shepard – The Right Stuff
Rip Torn – Cross Creek
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously
Cher – Silkwood
Glenn Close – The Big Chill
Amy Irving – Yentl
Alfre Woodard – Cross Creek
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Tender Mercies – Horton Foote
The Big Chill – Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek
Fanny and Alexander – Ingmar Bergman
Silkwood – Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen
WarGames – Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Terms of Endearment – James L. Brooks
Betrayal – Harold Pinter
The Dresser – Ronald Harwood
Educating Rita – Willy Russell
Reuben, Reuben – Julius J. Epstein
BEST FILM EDITING
The Right Stuff – Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart and Tom Rolf
Blue Thunder – Frank Morriss and Edward Abroms
Flashdance – Bud Smith and Walt Mulconery
Silkwood – Sam O'Steen
Terms of Endearment – Richard Marks
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' – Emile Ardolino
Children of Darkness – Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan
First Contact – Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson
The Profession of Arms – Michael Bryans and Tina Viljoen
Seeing Red – James Klein and Julia Reichert
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Flamenco at 5:15 – Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? – Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann
Sewing Woman – Arthur Dong
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph – Robert Eisenhardt
You Are Free Ihr Zent Frei – Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Boys and Girls – Janice L. Platt
Goodie-Two-Shoes – Ian Emes
Overnight Sensation – Jon N. Bloom
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Sundae in New York – Jimmy Picker
Mickey 's Christmas Carol – Burny Mattinson
Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain – Eda Godel Hallinan
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Right Stuff - Bill Conti
Cross Creek – Leonard Rosenman
Return of the Jedi – John Williams
Terms of Endearment – Michael Gore
Under Fire – Jerry Goldsmith
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE OR ADAPTATION SCORE
Yentl – Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
The Sting II – Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
Trading Places – Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" from Flashdance – Music and Lyric by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
" Maniac " from Flashdance – Music and Lyric by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky
"Over You" from Tender Mercies – Music and Lyric by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" from Yentl – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
"The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Fanny and Alexander – Marik Vos-Lundh
Cross Creek – Joe I. Tompkins
Heart Like a Wheel – William Ware Theiss
The Return of Martin Guerre – Anne-Marie Marchand
Zelig – Santo Loquasto
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Right Stuff – Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan
Never Cry Wolf – Alan Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom and David Parker
Return of the Jedi – Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom and Tony Dawe
Terms of Endearment – Donald O. Mitchell , Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and James R. Alexander
WarGames – Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin and Willie D. Burton
BEST SOUND EDITING
The Right Stuff – Jay Boekelheide
Return of the Jedi – Ben Burtt
BEST ART DIRECTION
Fanny and Alexander – Art Direction: Anna Asp; Set Decoration: Susanne Lingheim
Return of the Jedi – Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole and James Schoppe; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
The Right Stuff – Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter Romero; Set Decoration: Pat Pending, George R. Nelson
Terms of Endearment – Art Direction: Polly Platt and Harold Michelson; Set Decoration: Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondell
Yentl – Art Direction: Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Tessa Davies
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Fanny and Alexander – Sven Nykvist
Flashdance – Don Peterman
The Right Stuff – Caleb Deschanel
WarGames – William A. Fraker
Zelig – Gordon Willis
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Fanny and Alexander (Sweden)
Carmen (Spain)
Entre Nous (France)
Job's Revolt (Hungary)
The Ball (Algeria)
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Hal Roach
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
M. J. Frankovich
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY AWARD
Return of the Jedi – Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett
PRESENTERS
Jane Alexander and Michael Caine (Short Subjects Awards)
Richard Attenborough (Best Director)
Kevin Bacon and Daryl Hannah (Best Sound Editing)
Jennifer Beals and Neil Diamond (Best Adapted Score)
Ray Bolger and Gene Kelly (Best Original Score)
Christie Brinkley and Michael Keaton (Best Sound Mixing)
Matthew Broderick (Best Original Song)
Dyan Cannon and Gene Hackman (Best Supporting Actress)
Frank Capra (Best Picture)
Cheech and Chong (Best Visual Effects)
Joan Collins and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Technical Achievement Awards)
Jackie Cooper and George McFarland (Honorary Award to Hal Roach)
Frank Sinatra (Jean Hersholt Award to M. J. Frankovich)
Anthony Franciosa and Joanna Pacula (Best Cinematography)
John Gavin and Jack Valenti (Best Foreign Language Film)
Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek (Writing Awards)
Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli (Best Actress)
Roger Moore and Jane Powell (Best Art Direction)
Timothy Hutton and Mary Tyler Moore (Best Supporting Actor)
Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone (Best Actor)
Holly Palance and Jack Palance (Documentary Awards)
Tommy Tune and Twiggy (Best Costume Design)
Robert Wise (Best Film Editing)
PERFORMERS
Herb Alpert, Michael Sembello, and Lani Hall (" Maniac " from Flashdance)
Irene Cara & The National Dance Institute performed...("Flashdance... What a Feeling" from Flashdance)
Mac Davis ("Over You" from Tender Mercies)
Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli (" There's No Business Like Show Business ")
Jennifer Holliday ("The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl)
Donna Summer ("Papa, Can You Hear Me?" from Yentl)
