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55th Academy Awards
DateApril 11, 1983
SiteDorothy Chandler Pavilion
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted byWalter Matthau
Liza Minnelli
Dudley Moore
Richard Pryor
Produced byHoward W. Koch
Directed byMarty Pasetta
Highlights
Best PictureGandhi
Most awardsGandhi (8)
Most nominationsGandhi (11)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC
Duration3 hours, 35 minutes[1]
Ratings53.2 million
38.0% (Nielsen ratings)

The 55th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1982 and took place on April 11, 1983, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Howard W. Koch and directed by Marty Pasetta.[2] Actors Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, and Richard Pryor hosted the show. Matthau and Pryor hosted the gala time; the former was a co-host of the 48th ceremony in 1976 while the latter co-hosted the 49th ceremony held in 1977.[3][4] Meanwhile, this was Minnelli and Moore's first hosting stints. Two weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by host Dyan Cannon.[5]

Gandhi won eight awards, including Best Picture.[6] Other winners included E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with four awards, An Officer and a Gentleman with two, Begin the Beguine, If You Love This Planet, Just Another Missing Kid, Missing, Quest for Fire, A Shocking Accident, Sophie's Choice, Tango, Tootsie, and Victor/Victoria with one.

Winners and nominees

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The nominees for the 55th Academy Awards were announced on February 17, 1983, by Academy president Fay Kanin and actor Karl Malden.[7] Gandhi received the most nominations with eleven total; Tootsie came in second with ten.[8] Best Supporting Actress winner Jessica Lange was the second actress to earn both lead and supporting acting nominations in the same year after Teresa Wright who earned a nomination for Best Actress for 1942's The Pride of the Yankees while winning Best Supporting Actress in the same year for Mrs. Miniver.[9] Louis Gossett Jr. became the first African-American winner for Best Supporting Actor.[10]

Awards

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Richard Attenborough, Best Picture and Best Director winner
Ben Kingsley, Best Actor winner
Meryl Streep, Best Actress winner
Louis Gossett Jr., Best Supporting Actor winner
Jessica Lange, Best Supporting Actress winner
Costa-Gavras, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium co-winner
Zbigniew Rybczyński, Best Animated Short Film winner
John Williams, Best Original Score winner
Henry Mancini, Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score co-winner
Jack Nitzsche, Best Original Song co-winner
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Best Original Song co-winner
Ben Burtt, Best Sound Effects Editing co-winner
Bhanu Athaiya, Best Costume Design co-winner
Carlo Rambaldi, Best Visual Effects co-winner
Dennis Muren, Best Visual Effects co-winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[11]

Honorary Academy Award

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Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

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The award recognizes individuals whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry.[13]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

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Presenters and performers

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The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[14]

Presenters

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Name(s) Role
Hank Simms[15] Announcer for the 55th Academy Awards
Fay Kanin (AMPAS President) Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Luise Rainer
Jack Valenti
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Christopher Reeve
Susan Sarandon
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Jane Russell
Cornel Wilde
Presenters of the award for Best Makeup
Matt Dillon
Kristy McNichol
Presenters of the Short Films awards
Charlton Heston Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Walter Mirisch
Cher
Plácido Domingo
Presenters of the Music Awards
Steve Guttenberg
Ann Reinking
Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Elizabeth McGovern
Eddie Murphy
Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
Jamie Lee Curtis
Carl Weathers
Presenters of the award for Best Sound Effects Editing
JoBeth Williams
David L. Wolper
Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Margot Kidder
William Shatner
Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Michael Keaton
Nastassja Kinski
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Bob Hope Presenter of the Honorary Award to Mickey Rooney
Lisa Eilbacher
David Keith
Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Tom Selleck
Raquel Welch
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Olivia Newton-John Presenter of the award for Best Original Song
Robert Mitchum
Sigourney Weaver
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Philip Dunne Presenter of the awards for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Billy Wilder Presenter of the award for Best Director
Sylvester Stallone Presenter of the award for Best Actress
John Travolta Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Carol Burnett Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

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Person Role Performed
Bill Conti Musical arranger and conductor Orchestral
Walter Matthau
Liza Minnelli
Dudley Moore
Richard Pryor
Performers "It All Comes Down to This"
The Temptations
Sandahl Bergman
Performers "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III
Patti Austin
James Ingram
Performers "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends
Joe Cocker
Jennifer Warnes
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps from the University of Southern California
Performers "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
Stephen Bishop Performer "It Might Be You" from Tootsie
Peter Allen
Bernadette Peters
Academy Awards Chorus
Performers Salute to Irving Berlin:
"Alexander's Ragtime Band",
"I Love a Piano",
"Play a Simple Melody",
"It's a Lovely Day Today",
"Blue Skies",
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)",
"Let's Face the Music and Dance",
"Let Yourself Go",
"Puttin' On the Ritz",
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails",
"Steppin' Out with My Baby",
"Shakin' the Blues Away",
"What'll I Do",
"A Pretty Girl Is like a Melody" and
"There's No Business Like Show Business"
Melissa Manchester Performer "If We Were in Love" from Yes, Giorgio
Academy Awards Chorus Performers "That's Entertainment"

Ceremony information

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In October 1982, the Academy hired film producer Howard W. Koch to produce the ceremony for the eighth time. "I am delighted that the Academy will have the benefit of Howard Koch's experience and creativity again this year," said AMPAS President Fay Kanin in a press release announcing the selection. "We are extremely proud of the Awards programs Howard has produced for us in years past, and look forward to an equally graceful and exciting presentation this year.[16] Five months later, it was announced that actors Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, and Richard Pryor would share hosting duties for the gala.[17] According to news reports, AMPAS originally sought late night talk show host Johnny Carson to emcee the festivities again, but he declined the offer due to Carson having personal issues related to the recent breakup with us wife[18].

Marty Pasetta directed the telecast; Bill Conti served as conductor and musical director.[19]

Box office performance of Best Picture nominees

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At the time of the nominations announcement on February 16, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees at the US box office was $496 million.[20] E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees, with $329 million in domestic box office receipts. The film was followed by Tootsie ($101 million), The Verdict ($39.7 million), Missing ($14 million), and Gandhi ($11.9 million).[20]

Critical reviews

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Thomas Sabulis wrote in the Tampa Bay Times, "The television show itself was one of the poorest academy presentations in recent memory." He also criticized production elements such as the opening number Kristy McNichol mispronouncing nominees names. [21] Writing for the Austin American-Statesman, Diane Holoway commented, "In the quarter of a century or so that I've been watching the gala event, this was the sloppiest production ever. And clocking in at well over three hours, it was one of the longest."[22] Mansfield News Journal's Ray Dyson commented, "The Academy Awards ceremony ran true to form Monday night. Every year when the biggest awards in moviedom are passed out there are two predictions that always come true — it will go too long and it will be boring." He praised the Irving Berlin tribute and actor John Moschitta's humorous and rapid recitation of the Academy voting rules, but found the telecast to be listless and filled with technical glitches.[1]

Television critic Howard Rosenberg of Los Angeles Times wrote, "This telecast continues to be one of the best shows around, perhaps not as tightly produced as the Tonys, but unequaled for charisma and ogling charisma."[23] The New York Times film critic Vincent Canby said, The 55th presentation, last Monday night, was everything one could have wished it to be, including dignified." However, he criticized the decision to reward Gandhi the Best Picture award saying, "E.T. and Tootsie are films. Gandhi is a laboriously illustrated textbook."[24] The News & Observer entertainment editor Bill Morrison noted that the lack of suspense amongst the winners and repetitive "thank yous" in the acceptance speeches bogged down the ceremony, but he reserved praise for co-host Moore calling him "a delightful emcee."[25]

Ratings and reception

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The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 53.2 million people over the length of the entire ceremony.[26] Moreover, the show drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony, with 38% of households watching with a 59% share.[27] In August 1983, the ceremony presentation received five nominations at the 35th Primetime Emmys.[28] The following month, it won an award for Michael Corenblith and Ray Klausen's art direction of the program.[29]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Dyson, Ray (April 14, 1983). "Yaaawn! Are the Academy Awards Over Yet?". Mansfield News Journal. p. %C.
  2. ^ Osborne 2013, p. 413
  3. ^ Sundby, Alex (March 10, 2024). "Who Hosted the 2024 Oscars, and Who Hosted Past Academy Awards Ceremonies?". CBS News. Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Conrad, Michael (March 26, 1983). "A Gentle Man". The Morning News. p. 41.
  5. ^ "Past Scientific & Technical Awards Ceremonies". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  6. ^ Shales, Tom (April 11, 1983). "And the Winners Are... Gandhi, Best Picture, Sweeps Oscars". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  7. ^ Thomas, Bob (February 18, 1983). "Gandhi Scores 11 Oscar Nominations". The Indianapolis Star. p. 35.
  8. ^ Arnold, Gary (February 18, 1983). "Gandhi Tops Oscar Nominations". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  9. ^ Wiley & Bona 1996, p. 1142
  10. ^ Kinn & Piazza 2002, p. 233
  11. ^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  12. ^ "U.S. Takes Issue with Costa-Garvas Film on Chile". The New York Times. February 10, 1982. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  13. ^ "Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  14. ^ Wiley & Bona 1996, p. 623
  15. ^ Terrance 2013, p. 14
  16. ^ "Howard W. Koch to Produce 55th Academy Awards Show". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 18, 1982. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  17. ^ Beck, Marilyn (March 5, 1983). "Hepburn to Pair Up with Nolte". Daily Breeze. p. B3.
  18. ^ Caulfield, Deborah (March 21, 1983). "Psst, Buddy...Wanna See a Pre-Release Script". Los Angeles Times.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pasetta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ a b "1982 Academy Award Nominations and Winner for Best Picture". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  21. ^ Sabulis, Thomas (April 13, 1983). "Dignity of Gandhi Key to Dominance". Tampa Bay Times. p. 2-D.
  22. ^ Holoway, Diane (April 13, 1983). "Academy Ails". Austin-American Statesman. p. B12.
  23. ^ Rosenberg, Howard (April 13, 1983). "Oscars Show in Winner's Circle". Los Angeles Times. p. 83.
  24. ^ Canby, Vincent (April 13, 1983). "Film View: Why We Watch the Academy Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  25. ^ Morrison, Bill (April 13, 1983). "Watching the Academy Awards Wasn't a Thankless Task". The News & Observer. p. 9A.
  26. ^ "Top-10 Most Watched Academy Awards Broadcasts". Nielsen N.V. February 18, 2009. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  27. ^ Holston, Noel (April 10, 1982). "ABC Takes Ratings Top Stop with Some Help From Oscar". Orlando Sentinel. p. B10.
  28. ^ Margulies, Lee (August 5, 1983). "Again, NBC Is No. 1...at Emmy Time". Los Angeles Times. p. 108.
  29. ^ "55th Annual Academy Awards Presentation". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 12, 2023.

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