55th Academy Awards

55th Academy Awards
Date	Monday, April 11, 1983
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Host	Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
Producer	Howard W. Koch
Director	Marty Pasetta
Highlights
Best Picture	Gandhi
Most awards	Gandhi (8)
Most nominations	Gandhi (11)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 15 minutes
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The 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1983 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau.

Louis Gossett, Jr. became the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the tough and principled drill sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman.

Meryl Streep won her first and so far, only Best Actress award. She had been nominated the year before for The French Lieutenant's Woman, and would be nominated for another eleven nominations in the next thirty years. Streep had also won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1979 for Kramer vs Kramer.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Gandhi E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Missing Tootsie The Verdict	Richard Attenborough – Gandhi Wolfgang Petersen – Das Boot Steven Spielberg – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Sydney Pollack – Tootsie Sidney Lumet – The Verdict
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ben Kingsley – Gandhi Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie Jack Lemmon – Missing Paul Newman – The Verdict Peter O'Toole – My Favorite Year	Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria Jessica Lange – Frances Sissy Spacek – Missing Debra Winger – An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Louis Gossett, Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman Charles Durning – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas James Mason – The Verdict Robert Preston – Victor/Victoria John Lithgow – The World According to Garp	Jessica Lange – Tootsie Kim Stanley – Frances Teri Garr – Tootsie Lesley Ann Warren – Victor/Victoria Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Gandhi – John Briley Diner – Barry Levinson E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison An Officer and a Gentleman – Douglas Day Stewart Tootsie – Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal and Don McGuire	Missing – Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Das Boot – Wolfgang Petersen Sophie's Choice – Alan J. Pakula The Verdict – David Mamet Victor/Victoria – Blake Edwards
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Original Song
Begin the Beguine (Spain) Alsino and the Condor (Nicaragua) Clean Slate (France) The Flight of the Eagle (Sweden) Private Life (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)	"Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman – Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyric by Will Jennings "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III – Music and Lyric by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio – Music by John Williams; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman "It Might Be You" from Tootsie – Music by Dave Grusin; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
Just Another Missing Kid – John Zaritsky After the Axe – Sturla Gunnarsson and Steve Lucas Ben's Mill – John Karol and Michel Chalufour In Our Water – Meg Switzgable A Portrait of Giselle – Joseph Wishy	If You Love This Planet – Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash Gods of Metal – Robert Richter The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America – Charles Guggenheim and Werner Schumann To Live or Let Die – Freida Lee Mock Traveling Hopefully – John G. Avildsen
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
A Shocking Accident – Christine Oestreicher Ballet Robotique – Bob Rogers The Silence – Michael Toshiyuki Uno and Joseph Benson Split Cherry Tree – Jan Saunders Sredni Vashtar – Andrew Birkin	Tango – Zbigniew Rybczyński The Great Cognito – Will Vinton The Snowman – John Coates
Best Original Score	Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams Gandhi – Ravi Shankar and George Fenton An Officer and a Gentleman – Jack Nitzsche Poltergeist – Jerry Goldsmith Sophie's Choice – Marvin Hamlisch	Victor/Victoria - Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse Annie – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns One from the Heart – Song Score by Tom Waits
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Editing
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo and Gene Cantamessa Das Boot – Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, and Mike Le Mare Gandhi – Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates and Simon Kaye Tootsie – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Les Lazarowitz Tron – Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler and James LaRue	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt Das Boot – Mike Le-Mare Poltergeist – Stephen Hunter Flick and Richard Anderson
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Gandhi – Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing and Michael Seirton; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton Annie – Art Direction: Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Marvin March Blade Runner – Art Direction: Lawrence G. Paull and David L. Snyder; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna La Traviata – Art Direction: Franco Zeffirelli; Set Decoration: Gianni Quaranta Victor/Victoria – Art Direction: Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson and William Craig Smith; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell	Gandhi – Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor Das Boot – Jost Vacano E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau Sophie's Choice – Néstor Almendros Tootsie – Owen Roizman
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Quest for Fire – Sarah Monzani and Michele Burke Gandhi – Tom Smith	Gandhi – John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya La Traviata – Piero Tosi Sophie's Choice – Albert Wolsky Tron – Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton Victor Victoria – Patricia Norris
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Gandhi – John Bloom Das Boot – Hannes Nikel E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Carol Littleton An Officer and a Gentleman – Peter Zinner Tootsie – Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth Smith Blade Runner – Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer Poltergeist – Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson

Honorary Academy Award

• Mickey Rooney

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Walter Mirisch

Presenters

• Carol Burnett (Presenter: Best Picture)
• Cher and Placido Domingo (Presenters: Music Awards)
• Jamie Lee Curtis and Carl Weathers (Presenters: Best Sound Editing)
• Matt Dillon and Kristy McNichol (Presenter: Short Subjects)
• Lisa Eilbacher and David Keith (Presenters: Best Sound Mixing)
• Steve Guttenberg and Ann Reinking (Presenters: Best Costume Design)
• Charlton Heston (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Walter Mirisch)
• Bob Hope (Presenter: Honorary Award to Mickey Rooney)
• Michael Keaton and Nastassja Kinski (Presenters: Best Cinematography)
• Margot Kidder and William Shatner (Presenters: Best Art Direction)
• Elizabeth McGovern and Eddie Murphy (Presenters: Best Visual Effects)
• Robert Mitchum and Sigourney Weaver (Presenters: Best Supporting Actress)
• Olivia Newton-John (Presenter: Best Original Song)
• Luise Rainer and Jack Valenti (Presenters: Best Foreign Language Film)
• Christopher Reeve and Susan Sarandon (Presenters: Best Supporting Actor)
• Jane Russell and Cornel Wilde (Presenters: Best Makeup)
• Tom Selleck and Raquel Welch (Presenters: Best Film Editing)
• Sylvester Stallone (Presenter: Best Actress)
• John Travolta (Presenter: Best Actor)
• Billy Wilder (Presenter: Best Director)
• JoBeth Williams and David L. Wolper (Presenters: Documentary Awards)

Performers

• Patti Austin and James Ingram ("How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends)
• Sandahl Bergman ("Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III)
• Stephen Bishop ("It Might Be You" from Tootsie)
• Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes ("Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman)
• Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, and Richard Pryor ("It All Comes Down to This")

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

• 11 nominations: Gandhi
• 10 nominations: Tootsie
• 9 nominations: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
• 7 nominations: Victor/Vicoria
• 6 nominations: Das Boot, An Officer and a Gentleman
• 5 nominations: Sophie's Choice, The Verdict
• 4 nominations: Missing
• 3 nominations: Poltergeist
• 2 nominations: Annie, Blade Runner, Frances, La Traviata, Tron, The World According to Garp

The following films received multiple awards.

• 8 wins: Gandhi
• 4 wins: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• 2 wins: An Officer and a Gentleman

References

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