56th Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1984 took place on 9 April 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. It was the 56th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1983.
- 3.1 Honorary Award
- 3.2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 3.3 Special Achievement Award
Presentation
Johnny Carson led the fifth time as a presenter by the Academy Awards. The presenters of the candidates are listed below in the respective categories.
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
Presented by Frank Capra
Terms of Endearment ( Terms of Endearment ) - James L. Brooks
Direction
Presented by Richard Attenborough
James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment ( Terms of Endearment )
Lead
Presented by Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone
Robert Duvall - The Comeback of love ( Tender Mercies )
Leading lady
Presented by Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli
Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment ( Terms of Endearment )
Supporting Actor
Presented by Timothy Hutton and Mary Tyler Moore
Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment ( Terms of Endearment )
Supporting Actress
Presented by Dyan Cannon and Gene Hackman
Linda Hunt - A Year of Living Dangerously
Design
Presented by Jane Powell
Fanny and Alexander ( Fanny och Alexander) - Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim
Camera
Presented by Anthony Franciosa and Joanna Pacula
Fanny and Alexander ( Fanny och Alexander) - Sven Nykvist
Costume Design
Presented by Tommy Tune and Twiggy
Fanny and Alexander ( Fanny och Alexander) - Marik Vos - Lundh
Documentary (Short Film )
Presented by Holly and Jack Palance
Documentary ( long form )
Presented by Holly and Jack Palance
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin ' - Emile Ardolino
Section
Presented by Robert Wise
The stuff of which heroes are the ( The Right Stuff ) - Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
Foreign Language Film
Presented by John Gavin and Jack Valenti
Fanny and Alexander ( Fanny och Alexander) - Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)
Music ( Original Score )
Presented by Ray Bolger and Gene Kelly
The stuff of which heroes are the ( The Right Stuff ) - Bill Conti
Music ( Original Song )
Presented by Matthew Broderick
" Flashdance ... What a Feeling " from Flashdance - Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
Music ( Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score)
Presented by Neil Diamond
Yentl - Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Short Film ( Animated)
Presented by Jane Alexander and Michael Caine
Sundae in New York - Jimmy Picker
Short Film ( Live Action )
Presented by Jane Alexander and Michael Caine
Boys and Girls - Janice L. Platt
Sound editor
Presented by Kevin Bacon and Daryl Hannah
The stuff of which heroes are the ( The Right Stuff ) - Jay Boekelheide
Sound re-
Presented by Christie Brinkley and Michael Keaton
Adapted Screenplay
Presented by Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek
Terms of Endearment ( Terms of Endearment ) - James L. Brooks
Original Screenplay
Presented by Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek
Comeback of love ( Tender Mercies ) - Horton Foote
Honorary Oscars
Honorary Award
Presented by Jackie Cooper and George McFarland
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Presented by Frank Sinatra
- M. J. Francovich
Special Achievement Award
Presented by Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin
- The Return of the Jedi - Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett