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Academy Award 1984 (april 9, 1984)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 56 of the event; awards assigned:


Migliore film

poster del film Terms of Endearment
  for the movie Terms of Endearment
nominations for the movie :


Best director

poster del film Terms of Endearment
  for the movie Terms of Endearment
nominations for the movie :

Best original screenplay

poster del film tender mercies
  for the movie tender mercies
Assigned to
Horton Foote
nominations for the movie :

Best non-original screenplay

poster del film Terms of Endearment
  for the movie Terms of Endearment
nominations for the movie :

best actor

poster del film tender mercies
  for the movie tender mercies
Assigned to
Robert Duvall
nominations for the movie :

best actress

poster del film Terms of Endearment
  for the movie Terms of Endearment
Assigned to
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger
nominations for the movie :
poster del film silkwood
  silkwood
Assigned to
Meryl Streep
poster del film testament
  testament
Assigned to
Jane Alexander

best supporting actor

poster del film Terms of Endearment
  for the movie Terms of Endearment
Assigned to
Jack Nicholson, John Lithgow
nominations for the movie :

best supporting actress

poster del film the year of living dangerously
  for the movie the year of living dangerously
Assigned to
Linda Hunt
nominations for the movie :
poster del film yentl
  yentl
Assigned to
Amy Irving
poster del film The Big Chill
  The Big Chill
Assigned to
Glenn Close
poster del film silkwood
  silkwood
Assigned to
Cher
  cross creek
Assigned to
Alfre Woodard

best photography

poster del film fanny och alexander
  for the movie fanny och alexander
Assigned to
Sven Nykvist
nominations for the movie :

best musical adaptation

poster del film yentl
  for the movie yentl
Assigned to
Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman
nominations for the movie :

best original score

poster del film The Right Stuff
  for the movie The Right Stuff
Assigned to
Bill Conti
nominations for the movie :


best costumes

poster del film fanny och alexander
  for the movie fanny och alexander
Assigned to
Marik Vos
nominations for the movie :



best special sound effects

poster del film The Right Stuff
  for the movie The Right Stuff
Assigned to
Jay Boekelheide
nominations for the movie :