ACADEMY AWARDS, THE 55TH ANNUAL (TV)
Summary
The program contains the fifty-fifth annual Academy Awards. Performers include Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau, the Temptations, Patti Austin, James Ingram, and Sandahl Bergman. Presenters include Jack Valenti, Luise Rainer, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Reeve, Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Matt Dillon, Kristy McNichol, Charlton Heston, Cher, and Placido Domingo. Award winners include Jose Luis Garci for Best Foreign Language Film ("Volver A Empezer"); Louis Gossett, Jr., for Best Supporting Actor ("An Officer and a Gentleman"); Zbigniew Rybczynski for Best Animated Short Film ("Tango"); Christine Destreicher for Best Live Action Short Film ("A Shocking Accident"); John Williams for Best Original Score ("E.T."); and Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse for Best Adaptation ("Victor/Victoria.")
Further performers include Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, and Stephen Bishop. Presenters include Elizabeth McGovern, Eddie Murphy, Carl Weathers, Jamie Lee Curtis, David Wolper, Jo Beth Williams, Margot Kidder, William Shatner, Michael Keaton, Nastassja Kinski, Bob Hope, David Keith, and Lisa Eilbacher. Award winners include Carlo Rambaldi, Kenneth F. Smith, and Dennis Muren for Best Visual Effects ("E.T."); John Zaritsky for Best Documentary Short Subject ("Just Another Missing Kid"); Stuart Craig, Bob Laing, and Michael Seirton for Best Art Airection ("Gandhi"); Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor for Best Cinematography ("Gandhi"); Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass, and Gene Cantamessa for Best Sound ("E.T."); and Mickey Rooney, who receives an honorary Oscar.
Performances continue with Peter Allen, Bernadette Peters, and Melissa Manchester. Presenters include Tom Selleck, Raquel Welch, Olivia Newton-John, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Mitchum, Philip Dunne, Billy Wilder, Sylvester Stallone, and John Travolta. Award winners include John Bloom for Best Film Editing ("Gandhi"); Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings for Best Original Song ("An Officer and a Gentleman"); Jessica Lange for Best Supporting Actress ("Tootsie"); John Briley for Best Original Screenplay ("Gandhi"); Donald Stewart and Costa Gavras (not present) for Best Screenplay Adaptation ("Missing"); Richard Attenborough for Best Director ("Gandhi"); Meryl Streep for Best Actress ("Sophie's Choice"); and Ben Kingsley for Best Actor ("Gandhi"). Also features a tribute to Irving Berlin. The evening concludes as Carol Burnett presents the award for Best Picture to Richard Attenborough ("Gandhi.") Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: April 11, 1983 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:22
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T84:0250
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Oscar Awards; African-American Collection - Comedy; Indigenous Peoples Collection
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1983
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Howard W. Koch … Producer
- Michael B. Seligman … Associate Producer
- Marty Pasetta … Director
- Hal Kanter … Writer
- Jack Rose … Writer
- Rod Warren … Writer
- Leonard Spigelgass … Writer
- Larry Grossman … Music by
- Bill Conti … Music Director
- Buz Kohan … Lyrics by
- Walter Painter … Choreographer
- Liza Minnelli … Host, Performer
- Dudley Moore … Host, Performer
- Richard Pryor … Host
- Walter Matthau … Host
- Peter Allen
- Richard Attenborough
- Patti Austin
- Leslie Bergman
- Stephen Bishop
- John Bloom
- John Briley
- Carol Burnett
- Gene Cantamessa
- Cher
- Joe Cocker
- Stuart Craig
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Christine Destreicher
- Matt Dillon
- Don DiGirolamo
- Placido Domingo
- Philip Dunne
- Lisa Eilbacher
- Jose Luis Garci
- Robert Glass
- Louis Gossett
- Charlton Heston
- Bob Hope
- James Ingram
- Will Jennings
- Michael Keaton
- Kenneth F. Keith
- Margot Kidder
- Ben Kingsley
- Nastassja Kinski
- Robert Knudson
- Bob Laing
- Jessica Lange
- Melissa Manchester
- Harry Mancini
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Kristy McNichol
- Robert Mitchum
- Dennis Muren
- Eddie Murphy
- Olivia Newton-John
- Jack Nitzsche
- Bernadette Peters
- Luise Rainer
- Carlo Rambaldi
- Christopher Reeve
- Mickey Rooney
- Jane Russell
- Zbigniew Rybczynski
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Susan Sarandon
- Michael Seirton
- Tom Selleck
- William Shatner
- Kenneth Smith
- Sylvester Stallone
- David Stewart
- Meryl Streep
- Ronnie Taylor
- The Temptations
- John Travolta
- Jack Valenti
- Jennifer Warnes
- Carl Weathers
- Sigourney Weaver
- Raquel Welch
- Cornel Wilde
- Billy Wilder
- Billy Williams
- John Williams
- David L. Wolper
- John Zaritsky