The fifty-sixth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 9, 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Johnny Carson hosted the event.
The 1983 Academy Award Winners
Picture: Terms of EndearmentActor: Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies)
Actress: Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment)
Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment)
Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt (The Year of Living Dangerously)
Director: James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment)
Adapted Screenplay: James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment)
Original Screenplay: Horton Foote (Tender Mercies)
Song: "Flashdance...What a Feeling" (Flashdance)
Original Score: The Right Stuff / Yentl
Cinematography: Fanny & Alexander
Costume Design: Fanny & Alexander
Art / Set Decoration: Fanny & Alexander
Film Editing: The Right Stuff
Foreign Language Film: Fanny & Alexander (Sweden)
Sound: The Right Stuff
Sound Effects: The Right Stuff
Visual Effects: Return of the Jedi
Short Films: Sundae in New York (Animated) / Boys and Girls (Live Action)
Documentaries: Flamenco at 5:15 (Short) / He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (Feature)
