54th Academy Awards

54th Academy Awards
Date	Monday, March 29, 1982
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Host	Johnny Carson
Producer	Howard W. Koch, Melvin Frank
Director	Marty Pasetta
Highlights
Best Picture	Chariots of Fire
Most awards	Chariots of Fire and Raiders of the Lost Ark (4)
Most nominations	Reds (12)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 44 minutes
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The 54th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson.

Chariots of Fire was the surprise winner (with a leading 12 nominations Reds had been expected to win) of the Best Picture Oscar. It was the first time in 13 years that a British film won the Academy's top honor. Next year's winner, Gandhi, was also a British production.

Henry Fonda won his only competitive Oscar this year, as Best Actor for On Golden Pond. At 76 years of age, Fonda became the oldest winner in the Best Actor category in Academy history. The only other nomination he received in his career was Best Actor for his performance in The Grapes of Wrath 41 years ago - a record gap between acting nominations. His co-star, Katharine Hepburn, won her fourth Best Actress award that year, beating her own record for most amount of Best Actress wins by any actress.

This year's nominations also marked for the very first time that three different films were nominated for the "Top Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. The three films were On Golden Pond, Atlantic City and Reds. However, none of them won the Best Picture prize, losing to Chariots of Fire. This also marked the first year that the award for Best Makeup was presented; the winner was Rick Baker for his work on An American Werewolf in London.

This was the last year until the 2005 Oscars where all five Best picture nominations were also nominated for Best Director.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Chariots of Fire Atlantic City On Golden Pond Raiders of the Lost Ark Reds	Warren Beatty – Reds Louis Malle – Atlantic City Hugh Hudson – Chariots of Fire Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Actor	Best Actress
Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond Warren Beatty – Reds Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City Dudley Moore – Arthur Paul Newman – Absence of Malice	Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond Diane Keaton – Reds Marsha Mason – Only When I Laugh Susan Sarandon – Atlantic City Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
John Gielgud – Arthur James Coco – Only When I Laugh Ian Holm – Chariots of Fire Jack Nicholson – Reds Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime	Maureen Stapleton – Reds Melinda Dillon – Absence of Malice Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond Joan Hackett – Only When I Laugh Elizabeth McGovern – Ragtime
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Chariots of Fire – Colin Welland Absence of Malice – Kurt Luedtke Arthur – Steve Gordon Atlantic City – John Guare Reds – Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths	On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson The French Lieutenant's Woman – Harold Pinter Pennies from Heaven – Dennis Potter Prince of the City – Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet Ragtime – Michael Weller
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Sound
Mephisto (Hungary) The Boat Is Full (Switzerland) Man of Iron (Poland) Muddy River (Japan) Three Brothers (Italy)	Raiders of the Lost Ark – Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Roy Charman On Golden Pond – Richard Portman and David M. Ronne Outland – John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass, Jr., Robert Thirlwell and Robin Gregory Pennies from Heaven – Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler and Al Overton, Jr. Reds – Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman and Simon Kaye
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
Genocide – Arnold Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey – Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs Brooklyn Bridge – Ken Burns Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott – Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson and Boyd Estus El Salvador: Another Vietnam – Glenn Silber and Tete Vasconcellos	Close Harmony – Nigel Noble Americas in Transition – Obie Benz Journey for Survival – Dick Young See What I Say – Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens Urge to Build – Roland Hallé and John Hoover
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
Violet – Paul Kemp and Shelley Levinson Couples and Robbers – Christine Oestreicher First Winter – John N. Smith	Crac – Frédéric Back The Creation – Will Vinton The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin – Janet Perlman
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis Dragonslayer – Alex North On Golden Pond – Dave Grusin Ragtime – Randy Newman Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from Arthur – Music and Lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen "Endless Love" from Endless Love – Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie "The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper – Music and Lyric by Joe Raposo "For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only – Music by Bill Conti; Lyric by Mick Leeson "One More Hour" from Ragtime – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Raiders of the Lost Ark – Art Direction: Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Michael Ford The French Lieutenant's Woman – Art Direction: Assheton Gorton; Set Decoration: Ann Mollo Heaven's Gate – Art Direction: Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Jim Berkey Ragtime – Art Direction: John Graysmark, Patrizia Von Brandenstein and Anthony Reading; Set Decoration: George de Titta, Sr., George de Titta, Jr. and Peter Howitt Reds – Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton	Reds – Vittorio Storaro Excalibur – Alex Thomson On Golden Pond – Billy Williams Ragtime – Miroslav Ondricek Raiders of the Lost Ark – Douglas Slocombe
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
An American Werewolf in London – Rick Baker Heartbeeps – Stan Winston	Chariots of Fire – Milena Canonero The French Lieutenant's Woman – Tom Rand Pennies from Heaven – Bob Mackie Ragtime – Anna Hill Johnstone Reds – Shirley Russell
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Raiders of the Lost Ark – Michael Kahn Chariots of Fire – Terry Rawlings The French Lieutenant's Woman – John Bloom On Golden Pond – Robert L. Wolfe Reds – Dede Allen, Craig McKay	Raiders of the Lost Ark – Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston Dragonslayer – Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston and Brian Johnson

Honorary Academy Award

• Barbara Stanwyck

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Danny Kaye

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Albert R. Broccoli

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

• Joseph B. Walker

Special Achievement Academy Award

• Ben Burtt and Richard L. Anderson for Raiders of the Lost Ark

Presenters

• Karen Allen and Howard Rollins (Presenters: Best Art Direction)
• Ursula Andress and Harry Hamlin (Presenters: Best Film Editing)
• Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol (Presenters: Best Sound)
• Dan Aykroyd (Presenter: Best Visual Effects)
• Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss (Presenters: Documentary Awards)
• Carol Burnett and Joel Grey (Presenters: Best Supporting Actor)
• Chevy Chase and Rachel Ward (Presenters: Best Cinematography)
• Morgan Fairchild and Robert Hays (Presenters: Best Costume Design)
• Kim Hunter and Vincent Price (Presenters: Best Makeup)
• William Hurt and Kathleen Turner (Presenters: Best Original Score)
• Timothy Hutton (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
• Jerzy Kosinski (Presenter: Writing Awards)
• Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau (Presenters: Best Director)
• Bette Midler (Presenter: Best Original Song)
• Roger Moore (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
• Ornella Muti and Jack Valenti (Presenters: Best Foreign Language Film)
• Gregory Peck (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
• Sissy Spacek (Presenter: Best Actor)
• John Travolta (Presenter: Honorary Award to Barbara Stanwyck)
• Jon Voight (Presenter: Best Actress)
• Paul Williams and Debra Winger (Presenter: Short Subjects Awards)
• Loretta Young (Presenter: Best Picture)

Performers

• Liberace performed all the nominated music for Best Original Score
• Debbie Allen and Gregory Hines ("Medley: Lullaby of Broadway/The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)/You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me/You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby/I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)/She's a Latin from Manhattan/I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)/Chattanooga Choo Choo/On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe/You'll Never Know/I'll String Along with You/Shuffle Off to Buffalo/Lulu's Back in Town/Jeepers Creepers/Nagasaki/There Will Never Be Another You/Forty-Second Street")
• Christopher Cross ("Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from Arthur)
• Sheena Easton ("For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only)
• Lionel Richie and Diana Ross ("Endless Love" from Endless Love)
• John Schneider ("One More Hour" from Ragtime)

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

• 12 nominations: Reds
• 10 nominations: On Golden Pond
• 8 nominations: Ragtime, Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 7 nominations: Chariots of Fire
• 5 nominations: Atlantic City, The French Lieutenant's Woman
• 4 nominations: Arthur
• 3 nomiantions: Absence of Malice, Only When I Laugh, Pennies from Heaven
• 2 nominations: Dragonslayer

The following films received multiple awards.

• 4 wins: Chariots of Fire, Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 3 wins: On Golden Pond, Reds
• 2 wins: Arthur

See also

• Academy Award
• Academy Honorary Award
• 54th Academy Awards nominees and winners
• 39th Golden Globe Awards
• 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards
• 1981 in film
• List of Academy Awards ceremonies
• Submissions for the 54th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
• 24th Grammy Awards
• 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 34th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 35th British Academy Film Awards
• 36th Tony Awards
• Governors Awards

Notes

• "The Official Academy Awards Database". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp. Retrieved September 9, 2009. 

External links

• Blast from the Past: The Oscars of 1982, a January 2007 Entertainment Weekly article looking back at the 54th Academy Awards ceremony.