1983 in film

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Events [edit]

Top grossing films (U.S.) [edit]

Rank Title Studio Actor/Actress Director Gross
1. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Lucasfilm/Fox Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, and Ian McDiarmid Richard Marquand $246,174,591
2. Terms of Endearment Paramount Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito, and John Lithgow James L. Brooks $108,423,489
3. Flashdance Paramount Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri Adrian Lyne $92,921,203
4. Trading Places Paramount Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Denholm Elliott, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, and Paul Gleason John Landis $90,404,800
5. WarGames United Artists Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy, and John Wood John Badham $79,567,667
6. Octopussy United Artists Roger Moore, Maud Adams, and Louis Jourdan John Glen $67,893,619
7. Sudden Impact Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke Clint Eastwood $67,642,693
8. Staying Alive Paramount John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, and Finola Hughes Sylvester Stallone $64,892,670
9. Mr. Mom Fox Michael Keaton and Teri Garr Stan Dragoti $64,783,827
10. Risky Business Warner Bros. Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay Paul Brickman $63,541,777
11. National Lampoon's Vacation Warner Bros. Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Randy Quaid and Imogene Coca Harold Ramis $61,399,552
12. Superman III Warner Bros. Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, and Annette O'Toole Richard Lester $59,950,623
13. The Big Chill Columbia Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams and Don Galloway Lawrence Kasdan $56,342,711
14. Never Say Never Again Warner Bros. Sean Connery, Kim Basinger and Klaus Maria Brandauer Irvin Kershner $55,432,841
15. Jaws 3-D Universal Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, and Lea Thompson Joe Alves $45,517,055
16. Scarface Universal Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham and Harris Yulin Brian De Palma $44,668,798
17. Blue Thunder Columbia Roy Scheider and Malcolm McDowell John Badham $42,313,354
18. Yentl MGM Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving Barbra Streisand $40,218,899
19. Silkwood Fox Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson and Fred Ward Mike Nichols $35,615,609
20. Psycho II Universal Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia and Meg Tilly Richard Franklin $34,725,000
21. Porky's II: The Next Day Fox Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Roger Wilson, and Cyril O'Reilly Bob Clark $33,759,266
22. Uncommon Valor Paramount Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, and Patrick Swayze Ted Kotcheff $30,503,151
23. Never Cry Wolf Disney Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, and Zachary Ittimangnaq Carroll Ballard $29,600,000
24. Twilight Zone: The Movie Warner Bros. Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Quinlan, John Lithgow, and Burgess Meredith John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller $29,450,919
25. Easy Money Orion Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, and Geraldine Fitzgerald James Signorelli $29,309,766
26. High Road to China Warner Bros. Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston, Wilford Brimley, and Robert Morley Brian G. Hutton $28,445,927

source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1983&p=.htm

Awards [edit]

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
Best Director: James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
Best Actor: Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
Best Actor (tie): Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
Best Actor (tie): Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Yentl
Best Actor: Michael Caine - Educating Rita
Best Actress: Julie Walters - Educating Rita
Other
Best Director: Barbra Streisand - Yentl
Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander, Sweden

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushiko), directed by Shōhei Imamura, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain

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Notable deaths [edit]

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 8 Gale Page 69 USA Actress, Soundtrack They Drive by Night
19 Robert Carson 73 USA Writer A Star Is Born
27 Louis de Funès 68 France Actor, Writer, Director La Grande Vadrouille
February 25 Tennessee Williams 71 USA Writer, Actor, Soundtrack A Streetcar Named DesireCat on a Hot Tin RoofSuddenly, Last Summer
March 14 Maurice Ronet 55 France Actor, Director, Writer Elevator to the GallowsPurple Noon
April 4 Gloria Swanson 84 USA Actress, Soundtrack, Producer Sunset BoulevardAirport 1975Queen KellyBeyond the RocksSadie Thompson
4 Buster Crabbe 75 USA Actor, Stuntman The Most Dangerous Game
June 12 Norma Shearer 80 USA Actress, Soundtrack The WomenWay Down East
July 5 Harry James 67 USA Soundtrack, Actor The Sting IIDo You Love Me
29 Raymond Massey 86 USA Actor, Writer Arsenic and Old LaceEast of Eden
29 David Niven 73 Switzerland Actor, Producer, Soundtrack The Pink PantherThe Guns of NavaroneCasino RoyaleMurder by DeathDeath on the NileMutiny on the Bounty
29 Luis Buñuel 83 Mexico Writer, Director, Actor Un Chien Andalou
August 1 Peter Arne 62 UK Actor Straw DogsChitty Chitty Bang BangThe Return of the Pink PantherVictor VictoriaTrail of the Pink Panther
3 Carolyn Jones 53 USA Actress, Soundtrack The Man Who Knew Too MuchInvasion of the Body SnatchersThe War of the Worlds
5 Judy Canova 69 USA Actress, Soundtrack CannonballThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
29 Simon Oakland 68 USA Actor PsychoWest Side Story
October 8 Joan Hackett 49 USA Actress Support Your Local Sheriff!The Last of SheilaWill PennyThe Terminal ManThe Group
10 Ralph Richardson 80 UK Actor, Director Producer Doctor ZhivagoTime BanditsWatership DownRollerballBattle of BritainGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
15 Pat O'Brien 83 USA Actor, Soundtrack Some Like It HotAngels with Dirty FacesRagtime
November 15 John Le Mesurier 71 UK Actor, Soundtrack Ben-HurThe Pink PantherThe Italian JobCasino Royale
28 Johnnie Davis 73 USA Actor, Soundtrack I Love to SingaHollywood Hotel
28 Christopher George 52 USA Actor El DoradoMidway
December 2 Fifi D'Orsay 79 USA Actress, Soundtrack What a Way to Go!Going Hollywood
5 Robert Aldrich 65 USA Director, Second Unit Director The Dirty DozenWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
8 Slim Pickens 64 USA Actor, Writer, Soundtrack Dr. StrangeloveBlazing Saddles1941The Howling
22 Charles Lloyd Pack 81 UK Actor if....DraculaNight of the DemonBedazzled
28 William Demarest 91 USA Actor, Soundtrack Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
29 Janet Webb 52 UK Actress A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumJoseph Andrews

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See also [edit]