54th Academy Awards

54th Academy Awards
Date	March 29, 1982
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Hosted by	Johnny Carson
Produced by	Howard W. Koch, Melvin Frank
Directed by	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

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 earlier – a record gap between acting nominations. His co-star, Katharine Hepburn, won her fourth Best Actress award, extending her own record for the most Best Actress wins by any actress.

This year's nominations also marked the second time (after 1967) 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. Reds was the last film to gain nominations in all four acting categories until Silver Linings Playbook matched that feat at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony in 2013. This is also the most recent ceremony for which the four acting award winners are all now deceased.

Chariots of Fire became the last film to win Best Picture and not win for directing or acting until Crash in 2005.

Awards

Publicity photo of Warren Beatty for film Shampoo.

Warren Beatty, Best Director winner

Henry Fonda, Best Actor winner

Katharine Hepburn, Best Actress winner

John Gielgud, Best Supporting Actor winner

Maureen Stapleton (left), Best Supporting Actress winner

Ernest Thompson, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Burt Bacharach, Best Original Song co-winner

Vittorio Storaro, Best Cinematography winner

Rick Baker, Best Makeup winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

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 as Norman Thayer Jr.‡ Warren Beatty – Reds as John Silas "Jack" Reed Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City as Lou Pascal Dudley Moore – Arthur as Arthur Bach Paul Newman – Absence of Malice as Michael Gallagher	Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer‡ Diane Keaton – Reds as Louise Bryant Marsha Mason – Only When I Laugh as Georgia Hines Susan Sarandon – Atlantic City as Sally Matthews Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sarah Woodruff/Anna
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
John Gielgud – Arthur as Hobson‡ James Coco – Only When I Laugh as Jimmy Perrino Ian Holm – Chariots of Fire as Sam Mussabini Jack Nicholson – Reds as Eugene O'Neill Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker Jr	Maureen Stapleton – Reds as Emma Goldman‡ Melinda Dillon – Absence of Malice as Teresa Perrone Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond as Chelsea Thayer Wayne Joan Hackett – Only When I Laugh as Toby Landau Elizabeth McGovern – Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbit
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‡ from On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson The French Lieutenant's Woman – Harold Pinter from The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Pennies from Heaven – Dennis Potter from Pennies from Heaven by Dennis Potter Prince of the City – Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet from Prince of the City: The True Story of a Cop Who Knew Too Much by Robert Daley Ragtime – Michael Weller from Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
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‡ On Golden Pond – Dave Grusin Dragonslayer – Alex North 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 Ragtime – Anna Hill Johnstone Reds – Shirley Russell Pennies from Heaven – Bob Mackie
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 and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Name	Role
Hank Simms	Announcer for the 54th Academy Awards
Fay Kanin (AMPAS President)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Timothy Hutton	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Karen Allen Howard Rollins	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Kim Hunter Vincent Price	Presenters of the award for Best Makeup
Roger Moore	Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Albert R. Broccoli
William Hurt Kathleen Turner	Presenters of the award for Best Original Score
Morgan Fairchild Robert Hays	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Dan Aykroyd	Presenter of the award for Best Visual Effects
Richard Benjamin Paula Prentiss	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Paul Williams Debra Winger	Presenters of the Shorts Subject Awards
Chevy Chase Rachel Ward	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
John Travolta	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Barbara Stanwyck
Christopher Atkins Kristy McNichol	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Ornella Muti Jack Valenti	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Ursula Andress Harry Hamlin	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Bette Midler	Presenter of the award for Best Original Song
Gregory Peck	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Danny Kaye
Carol Burnett Joel Grey	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau	Presenters of the award for Best Director
Jerzy Kosinski	Presenter of the Writing Awards
Jon Voight	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Sissy Spacek	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Loretta Young	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Bill Conti	Musical arranger Conductor	Orchestral
Kermit the Frog Miss Piggy	Performers	"The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper
Sheena Easton Richard Kiel Harold Sakata	Performers	"For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only
Liberace	Performer	Medley of the nominated songs
Lionel Richie Diana Ross	Performers	"Endless Love" from Endless Love
John Schneider	Performer	"One More Hour" from Ragtime
Debbie Allen Gregory Hines Academy Awards Chorus	Performers	"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	Performer	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from Arthur
Academy Awards Chorus	Performers	"That’s Entertainment!"

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 nominations: 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 (Raiders also received a Special Achievement Award.)
• 3 wins: On Golden Pond, Reds
• 2 wins: Arthur

See also

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

Notes

• "The Official Academy Awards Database". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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