American Cinema of the 1980s: Themes and Variations

Select Academy Awards, 1980-1989

1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 9 Select Academy Awards ■■■■■■■■■■ 1980 Best Picture: Ordinary People, Paramount Best Actor: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, United Artists Best Actress: Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner’s Daughter, Universal Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People, Paramount Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen in Melvin and Howard, Universal Best Director: Robert Redford, Ordinary People, Paramount Best Original Screenplay: Bo Goldman, Melvin and Howard, Universal Best Adapted Screenplay: Alvin Sargent, Ordinary People, Paramount Best Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Chislain Cloquet, Tess, Columbia Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker, Raging Bull, United Artists Best Music (Original Score): Michael Gore, Fame, MGM Best Music (Song): Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford, “Fame” from Fame, MGM ■■■■■■■■■■ 1981 Best Picture: Chariots of Fire, Ladd Co. Best Actor: Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond, Universal Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond, Universal Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud in Arthur, Orion Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton in Reds, Paramount Best Director: Warren Beatty, Reds, Paramount Best Original Screenplay: Colin Welland, Chariots of Fire, Ladd. Co. Best Adapted Screenplay: Ernest Thompson, On Golden Pond, Universal Best Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro, Reds, Paramount Best Film Editing: Michael Kahn, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Paramount Best Music (Original Score): Vangelis, Chariots of Fire, Ladd Co. Best Music (Song): Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen, “Arthur’s Theme” from Arthur, Orion ■■■■■■■■■■ 1982 Best Picture: Gandhi, Columbia Best Actor: Ben Kingsley in Gandhi, Columbia 233 Best Actress: Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice, Universal Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange in Tootsie, Columbia Best Director: Richard Attenborough, Gandhi, Columbia Best Original Screenplay: John Briley, Gandhi, Columbia Best Adapted Screenplay: Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart, Missing, Universal Best Cinematography: Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor, Gandhi, Columbia Best Film Editing: John Bloom, Gandhi¸ Columbia Best Music (Original Score): John Williams, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Universal Best Music (Song): Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Saint-Marie and Will Jennings, “Up Where We Belong” from An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount ■■■■■■■■■■ 1983 Best Picture: Terms of Endearment, Paramount Best Actor: Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies, Universal Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment, Paramount Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment, Paramount Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, MGM Best Director: James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment, Paramount Best Original Screenplay: Horton Foote, Tender Mercies, Universal Best Adapted Screenplay: James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment, Paramount Best Cinematography: Sven Nykvist, Fanny and Alexander, Embassy Best Film Editing: Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf, The Right Stuff, Ladd Co. Best Music (Original Score): Bill Conti, The Right Stuff, Ladd Co. Best Music (Song): Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey and Irene Cara, “Flashdance . . . What a Feeling” from Flashdance, Paramount ■■■■■■■■■■ 1984 Best Picture: Amadeus, Orion Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus, Orion Best Actress: Sally Field in Places in the Heart, TriStar Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields, Warner Bros. Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India, Columbia Best Director: Milos Forman, Amadeus, Orion Best Original Screenplay: Robert Benton, Places in the Heart, TriStar 234 SELECT ACADEMY AWARDS, 1980–1989 Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Shaffer, Amadeus, Orion Best Cinematography: Chris Menges, The Killing Fields, Warner Bros. Best Film Editing: Jim Clark, The Killing Fields, Warner Bros. Best Music (Original Score): Maurice Jarre, A Passage to India, Columbia Best Music (Song): Stevie Wonder, “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from The Woman in Red, MGM ■■■■■■■■■■ 1985 Best Picture: Out of Africa, Universal Best Actor: William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Island Alive Best Actress: Geraldine Page in The Trip to Bountiful, Island Best Pictures Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche in Cocoon, Twentieth Century Fox Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston in Prizzi’s Honor, Twentieth Century Fox Best Director: Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa, Universal Best Original Screenplay: William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, and Earl W. Wallace, Witness, Paramount Best Adapted Screenplay: Kurt Luedtke, Out of Africa, Universal Best Cinematography: David Watkin, Out of Africa, Universal Best Film Editing: Thom Noble, Witness, Paramount Best Music (Original Score): John Barry, Out of Africa, Universal Best Music (Song): Lionel Richie, “Say You, Say Me” from White Nights, Columbia ■■■■■■■■■■ 1986 Best Picture: Platoon, Orion Best Actor: Paul Newman in The Color of Money, Buena Vista...