(1981)

Date: March 29, 1982

Venue: The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Host: Johnny Carson

Best Picture: Chariots of Fire

Johnny Carson

Former Host Bob Hope

Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton

Kermit and Miss Piggy

Karen Allen presents the award for Best Art Direction.

Nominated for Best Make-up: Heartbeeps

Nominated for Best Song: "For Your Eyes Only"...

...performed by Sheena Easton.

Roger Moore presents Albert R. Broccoli with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

Dan Aykroyd presents the award for Best Visual Effects.

Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross: "Endless Love"

Chevy Chase and Rachel Ward present the award for Best Cinematography.

Barbara Stanwyck receives an Honorary Award.

lstván Szabó and Klaus Maria Brandauer

Steven Spielberg

Christopher Cross sings "Best That You Can Do"

Gregory Peck presents the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to...

...Danny Kaye.

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau present the award for Best Director.

Jon Voight presents the award for Best Actress.

Jane Fonda accepts her father's Oscar.

Director Hugh Hudson and Producer David Puttnam

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount
9 Nominations

BEST PICTURE
Atlantic City -- Denis Heroux and John Kemeny, Producers
* Chariots of Fire -- David Puttnam, Producer
On Golden Pond -- Bruce Gilbert, Producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Frank Marshall, Producer
Reds -- Warren Beatty, Producer

DIRECTING
Atlantic City -- Louis Malle
Chariots of Fire -- Hugh Hudson
On Golden Pond -- Mark Rydell
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Steven Spielberg
* Reds -- Warren Beatty

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Katharine Hepburn -- On Golden Pond {"Ethel Thayer"}
Diane Keaton -- Reds {"Louise Bryant"}
Marsha Mason -- Only When I Laugh {"Georgia"}
Susan Sarandon -- Atlantic City {"Sally"}
Meryl Streep -- The French Lieutenant's Woman {"Sara Woodruff/Anna"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Melinda Dillon -- Absence of Malice {"Teresa"}
Jane Fonda -- On Golden Pond {"Chelsea Thayer Wayne"}
Joan Hackett -- Only When I Laugh {"Toby Landau"}
Elizabeth McGovern -- Ragtime {"Evelyn Nesbit"}
* Maureen Stapleton -- Reds {"Emma Goldman"}

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Warren Beatty -- Reds {"John 'Jack' Reed"}
* Henry Fonda -- On Golden Pond {"Norman Thayer, Jr."}
Burt Lancaster -- Atlantic City {"Lou"}
Dudley Moore -- Arthur {"Arthur Bach"}
Paul Newman -- Absence of Malice {"Michael Gallagher"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
James Coco -- Only When I Laugh {"Jimmy Perry"}
* John Gielgud -- Arthur {"Hobson"}
Ian Holm -- Chariots of Fire {"Sam Mussabini"}
Jack Nicholson -- Reds {"Eugene O'Neill"}
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. -- Ragtime {"Coalhouse Walker, Jr."}

ART DIRECTION
The French Lieutenant's Woman -- Art Direction: Assheton Gorton; Set Decoration: Ann Mollo
Heaven's Gate -- Art Direction: Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Jim Berkey
Ragtime -- Art Direction: John Graysmark, Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Anthony Reading; Set Decoration: George de Titta, Sr., George de Titta, Jr., Peter Howitt
* Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
Reds -- Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Excalibur -- Alex Thomson
On Golden Pond -- Billy Williams
Ragtime -- Miroslav Ondricek
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Douglas Slocombe
* Reds -- Vittorio Storaro

COSTUME DESIGN
* Chariots of Fire -- Milena Canonero
The French Lieutenant's Woman -- Tom Rand
Pennies from Heaven -- Bob Mackie
Ragtime -- Anna Hill Johnstone
Reds -- Shirley Russell

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey -- Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs, Producers
Brooklyn Bridge -- Ken Burns, Producer
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott -- Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson and Boyd Estus, Producers
El Salvador: Another Vietnam -- Glenn Silber and Tete Vasconcellos, Producers
* Genocide -- Arnold Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier, Producers

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
Americas in Transition -- Obie Benz, Producer
* Close Harmony -- Nigel Noble, Producer
Journey for Survival -- Dick Young, Producer
See What I Say -- Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens, Producers
Urge to Build -- Roland Hallé and John Hoover, Producers

FILM EDITING
Chariots of Fire -- Terry Rawlings
The French Lieutenant's Woman -- John Bloom
On Golden Pond -- Robert L. Wolfe
* Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Michael Kahn
Reds -- Dede Allen, Craig McKay

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Boat Is Full -- Switzerland
Man of Iron -- Poland
* Mephisto -- Hungary
Muddy River -- Japan
Three Brothers -- Italy

MAKEUP
* An American Werewolf in London -- Rick Baker
Heartbeeps -- Stan Winston

MUSIC (Original Score)
* Chariots of Fire -- Vangelis
Dragonslayer -- Alex North
On Golden Pond -- Dave Grusin
Ragtime -- Randy Newman
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- John Williams

MUSIC (Original Song)
* "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from Arthur -- Music and Lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen
"Endless Love" from Endless Love -- Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie
"The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper -- Music and Lyric by Joe Raposo
"For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only -- Music by Bill Conti; Lyric by Mick Leeson
"One More Hour" from Ragtime -- Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Crac -- Frédéric Back, Producer
The Creation -- Will Vinton, Producer
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin -- Janet Perlman, Producer

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
Couples and Robbers -- Christine Oestreicher, Producer
First Winter -- John N. Smith, Producer
* Violet -- Paul Kemp and Shelley Levinson, Producers

SOUND
On Golden Pond -- Richard Portman, David Ronne
Outland -- John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass, Jr., Robert M. Thirlwell, Robin Gregory
Pennies from Heaven -- Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler, Al Overton
* Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
Reds -- Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman, Simon Kaye

VISUAL EFFECTS
Dragonslayer -- Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson
* Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston

WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
The French Lieutenant's Woman -- Harold Pinter
* On Golden Pond -- Ernest Thompson
Pennies from Heaven -- Dennis Potter
Prince of the City -- Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet
Ragtime -- Michael Weller

WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Absence of Malice -- Kurt Luedtke
Arthur -- Steve Gordon
Atlantic City -- John Guare
* Chariots of Fire -- Colin Welland
Reds -- Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Sound Effects Editing)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
* Danny Kaye

HONORARY AWARD
* To Barbara Stanwyck for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
* Albert R. Broccoli

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Joseph B. Walker

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit)
* To FUJI PHOTO FILM COMPANY, LTD. for the research, development and introduction of a new Ultra-high-speed color negative film for motion pictures. [Film]

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
* To NELSON TYLER for the progressive development and improvement of the Tyler Helicopter motion picture camera platform. [Photography]
* To LEONARD SOKOLOW for the concept and design and to HOWARD T. LAZARE for the development of the Consolidated Film Industries' Stroboscan motion picture film viewer. [Laboratory]
* To RICHARD EDLUND and INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC, INCORPORATED for the concept and engineering of a beam-splitter optical composite motion picture printer. [Special Photographic]
* To RICHARD EDLUND and INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC, INCORPORATED for the engineering of the Empire Motion Picture Camera System. [Camera]
* To EDWARD J. BLASKO and DR. RODERICK T. RYAN of the Eastman Kodak Company for the application of the Prostar Microfilm Processor for motion picture title and special optical effects production. [Laboratory]

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
* To HAL LANDAKER for the concept and to ALAN D. LANDAKER for the engineering of the Burbank Studios' Production Sound Department 24-frame color video system. [Special Photographic]
* To BILL HOGAN of Ruxton, Ltd. and RICHARD J. STUMPF and DANIEL R. BREWER of Universal City Studios' Production Sound Department for the engineering of a 24-frame color video system. [Special Photographic]
* To JOHN DEMUTH for the engineering of a 24-frame video system. [Special Photographic]
* To ERNST F. NETTMANN of Continental Camera Systems, Inc. for the development of a pitching lens for motion picture photography. [Camera]
* To BILL TAYLOR of Universal City Studios for the concept and specifications for a Two Format, Rotating Head, Aerial Image Optical Printer. [Special Photographic]
* To PETER D. PARKS of Oxford Scientific Films for the development of the OSF microcosmic zoom device for microscopic photography. [Camera]
* To DR. LOUIS STANKIEWICZ and H. L. BLACHFORD for the development of Baryfol sound barrier materials. [Stage Operations]
* To DENNIS MUREN and STUART ZIFF of Industrial Light and Magic, Incorporated for the development of a Motion Picture Figure Mover for animation photography. [Stage Operations]

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