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"I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast-feed." -- Dustin Hoffman

Best Picture
 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - Universal. Produced by Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy
 GANDHI (Won 8 Awards) - Indo-British Films, Columbia. Produced by Richard Attenborough
 MISSING - Universal/PolyGram, Universal. Produced by Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis
 TOOTSIE - Mirage/Punch, Columbia. Produced by Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards
 THE VERDICT - Fox-Zanuck/Brown, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Richard D. Zanuck & David Brown

Actor
 Dustin Hoffman in TOOTSIE
 Ben Kingsley in GANDHI
 Jack Lemmon in MISSING
 Paul Newman in THE VERDICT
 Peter O'Toole in MY FAVORITE YEAR

Actress
 Julie Andrews in VICTOR/VICTORIA
 Jessica Lange in FRANCES
 Sissy Spacek in MISSING
 Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE
 Debra Winger in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

Supporting Actor
 Charles Durning in THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
 Louis Gossett Jr. in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
 John Lithgow in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
 James Mason in THE VERDICT
 Robert Preston in VICTOR/VICTORIA

Supporting Actress
 Glenn Close in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
 Teri Garr in TOOTSIE
 Jessica Lange in TOOTSIE
 Kim Stanley in FRANCES
 Lesley Ann Warren in VICTOR/VICTORIA

Director
 Wolfgang Petersen for DAS BOOT
 Steven Spielberg for E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 Richard Attenborough for GANDHI
 Sydney Pollack for TOOTSIE
 Sidney Lumet for THE VERDICT

Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
 Barry Levinson - DINER
 Melissa Mathison - E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 John Briley - GANDHI
 Douglas Day Stewart - AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
 Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal & Don McGuire - TOOTSIE

Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
 Wolfgang Petersen - DAS BOOT
 Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart - MISSING
 Alan J. Pakula - SOPHIE'S CHOICE
 David Mamet - THE VERDICT
 Blake Edwards - VICTOR/VICTORIA

Foreign Language Film
 ALSINO Y EL CÓNDOR (ALSINO AND THE CONDOR, Nicaragua)
 COUP DE TORCHON (CLEAN SLATE, France)
 INGENJÖR ANDRÉES LUFTFÄRD (THE FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE, Sweden)
 CHASTNAYA ZHIZN (PRIVATE LIFE, U.S.S.R.)
 VOLVER A EMPEZAR (TO BEGIN AGAIN, Spain)

Art Direction/Set Decoration
 Dale Hennesy - Art Direction, Marvin March - Set Decoration ANNIE
 Lawrence G. Paull & David L. Snyder - Art Direction, Linda DeScenna - Set Decoration BLADE RUNNER
 Stuart Craig & Bob Laing - Art Direction, Michael Seirton - Set Decoration GANDHI
 Franco Zeffirelli - Art Direction, Gianni Quaranta - Set Decoration LA TRAVIATA
 Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson & William Craig Smith - Art Direction, Harry Cordwell - Set Decoration VICTOR/VICTORIA

Cinematography
 Jost Vacano - DAS BOOT
 Allen Daviau - E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 Billy Williams & Ronnie Taylor - GANDHI
 Nestor Almendros - SOPHIE'S CHOICE
 Owen Roizman - TOOTSIE

Costume Design
 John Mollo & Bhanu Athaiya - GANDHI
 Piero Tosi - LA TRAVIATA
 Albert Wolsky - SOPHIE'S CHOICE
 Elois Jenssen & Rosanna Norton - TRON
 Patricia Norris - VICTOR/VICTORIA

Documentary (Features)
 Sturla Gunnarsson & Steve Lucas - Producers AFTER THE AXE
 John Karol & Michel Chalufour - Producers BEN'S MILL
 Meg Switzgable - Producer IN OUR WATER
 John Zaritsky - Producer JUST ANOTHER MISSING KID
 Joseph Wishy - Producer A PORTRAIT OF GISELLE

Documentary (Short Subjects)
 Robert Richter - Producer GODS OF METAL
 Edward LeLorrain & Terri Nash - Producers IF YOU LOVE THIS PLANET
 Charles E. Guggenheim & Werner Schumann - Producers THE KLAN: A LEGACY OF HATE IN AMERICA
 Freida Lee Mock - Producer TO LIVE OR LET DIE
 John G. Avildsen - Producer TRAVELING HOPEFULLY

Film Editing
 Hannes Nikel - DAS BOOT
 Carol Littleton - E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 John Bloom - GANDHI
 Peter Zinner - AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
 Fredric Steinkamp & William Steinkamp - TOOTSIE

Make-Up
 Tom Smith - GANDHI
 Sarah Monzani & Michele Burke - QUEST FOR FIRE

Music: Original Score
 John Williams - E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 Ravi Shankar & George Fenton - GANDHI
 Jack Nitzsche - AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
 Jerry Goldsmith - POLTERGEIST
 Marvin Hamlisch - SOPHIE'S CHOICE

Music: Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
 Ralph Burns - Adaptation Score ANNIE
 Tom Waits - Song Score ONE FROM THE HEART
 Henry Mancini & Leslie Bricusse - Song Score VICTOR/VICTORIA

Music: Original Song
 Jim Peterik & Frankie Sullivan, III - Music & Lyric ROCKY III "Eye of the Tiger"
 Michel Legrand - Music, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman - Lyric BEST FRIENDS "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
 John Williams - Music, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman - Lyric YES, GIORGIO "If We Were in Love"
 Dave Grusin - Music, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman - Lyric TOOTSIE "It Might Be You"
 Jack Nitzsche & Buffy Sainte-Marie - Music, Will Jennings - Lyric AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN "Up Where We Belong"

Short Films (Animated)
 Will Vinton - Producer THE GREAT COGNITO
 John Coates - Producer THE SNOWMAN
 Zbigniew Rybczynski - Producer TANGO

Short Films (Live Action)
 Bob Rogers - Producer BALLET ROBOTIQUE
 Christine Oestreicher - Producer A SHOCKING ACCIDENT
 Michael Toshiyuki Uno & Joseph Benson - Producers THE SILENCE
 Jan Saunders - Producer SPLIT CHERRY TREE
 Andrew Birkin - Producer SREDNI VASHTAR

Sound
 Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke & Mike Le-Mare - DAS BOOT
 Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don Digirolamo & Gene S. Cantamessa - E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates & Simon Kaye - GANDHI
 Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander & Les Lazarowitz - TOOTSIE
 Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler & Jim LaRue - TRON

Sound Effects Editing
 Mike Le-Mare - DAS BOOT
 Charles L. Campbell & Ben Burtt - E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 Stephen Hunter Flick & Richard L. Anderson - POLTERGEIST

Visual Effects
 Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich & David Dryer BLADE RUNNER
 Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren & Kenneth F. Smith - E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
 Richard Edlund, Michael Wood & Bruce Nicholson - POLTERGEIST

Special Achievement Awards
 No Awards given for 1982.

Scientific Or Technical
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
 August Arnold & Erich Kaestner (Arnold & Richter GmbH) - For the concept and engineering of the first operational 35mm, hand-held, spinning-mirror reflex, motion picture camera (reflex camera).

Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
 Colin F. Mossman, Research and Development Group of Rank Film Laboratories, London - For the engineering and implementation of a 4,000 meter printing system for motion picture laboratories.
 Sante Zelli & Salvatore Zelli (Elemack Italia Rome), Italy - For the continuing engineering, design and development that has resulted in the Elemack Camera Dolly Systems for motion picture production.
 Leonard Chapman - For the engineering design, development and manufacture of the PeeWee Camera Dolly for motion picture production.
 Dr. Mohammad S. Nozari (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) - For the research and development of the 3M Photogard protective coating for motion picture film.
 Brianne Murphy & Donald Schisler (Mitchell Insert Systems Incorporated) - For the concept, design and manufacture of the MISI Camera Insert Car and Process Trailer.
 Jacobus L. Dimmers - For the engineering and manufacture of the Teccon Enterpises' magnetic transducer for motion picture sound recording and playback.

Technical Achievement Award (Citation)
 Richard W. Deats - For the design and manufacture of the "Little Big Crane" for motion picture production.
 Constant Tresfon & Adriaan DeRooy (Egripment) and Edward Phillips & Carlos DeMattos (Matthews Studio Equipment Incorporated) - For the design and manufacture of the "Tulip Crane" for motion picture production.
 Bran Ferren (Associates and Ferren) - For the development of a computerized lightning effect system for motion picture photography.
 Christie Electric Corporation & LaVezzi Machine Works Inc. - For the design and manufacture of the Ultramittent film transport for Christie motion picture projectors.

Honorary and Other Awards
 Mickey Rooney - In recognition of his 60 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances. Winner presented a Statuette.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
 No Award given for 1982.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
 Walter Mirisch

Gordon E. Sawyer Award
 John O. Aalberg - For technical contributions that have brought credit to the motion picture industry.

FIRSTS
· Jessica Lange nominated for Actress and Supporting Actress (first time since 1942).
· Das Boot sets foreign-language film record with its 6 nominations.
· First year that four nominated actors played their parts in drag: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, John Lithgow in The World According to Garp, and Julie Andrews & Robert Preston in Victor/Victoria.
· Glenn Close nominated for film debut.
· Alan & Marilyn Bergman's lyrics nominated for three songs from three different films.

RULE CHANGES
· "Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score" category is reinstated.
· "Sound Effects Editing" becomes new category.

SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: 48 Hours, Victor/Victoria
Foreign Language Film: Fitzcarraldo (W. Germany), The Night of the Shooting Stars (Italy)
Song: "Theme from Cat People," "Making Love," "Somebody's Baby"

UNMENTIONABLES
· To prepare for his part in Tootsie, Dustin Hoffman walked around New York City dressed in women's clothing. Newsweek reported, "José Ferrer, trapped in an elevator by a strange lady in glasses [Hoffman], turned red at the woman's indecent proposal."
· Paul Newman said of his director in The Verdict, "Sidney Lumet is the only guy I know who could double-park in front of a whorehouse. He's that fast."
· Lonely while on location in Tunisia shooting Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg enlisted Melissa Matheson (Harrison Ford's screenwriter girlfriend) to begin work on E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and create a character "who can give me all the answers."
· E.T. premiered on closing night at Cannes. It was an immediate hit, and business analysts predicted over a billion dollars in sales from the film and its licensed spinoffs. In January, 1983, E.T. became the top moneymaker in history.
· The surprise hit of the year was Taylor Hackford's An Officer and a Gentleman, which combined patriotism and steamy love scenes to earn $55 million at US box offices.
· Meryl Streep approached Alan J. Pakula, fell on her knees and said, "I have to play this role." Pakula agreed, and Streep set out to master the German and Polish she'd need for Sophie's Choice.
· After King Kong and a succession of small roles, Jessica Lange attracted attention in a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice. The movie's editor, Graeme Clifford, was impressed enough to hire her to play the title role in a film he was making about the troubled life of actress Frances Farmer. Lange admitted, "I was really hell to be around" during the 18 weeks of 12-18 hours per day of filming. Kim Stanley, who played her mother in Frances, told Lange, "Make a comedy as fast as you can. Get your mind off this." A couple of weeks later, Lange began working on Tootsie.
· An obscure, half- Indian member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who had done a lot of television in Britain but only one film, Ben Kingsley (né Krishna Bhanji) prepared for his role as Ghandi by meditating in his hotel room, surrounded by photographs of the Mahatma.
· In India, filmmakers were angry that their government had contributed $7 million to a foreign enterprise that they could have used themselves, and members of the country's Untouchables caste were so upset over the short shrift given their plight in the movie they took to unleashing snakes in theatres where it was playing.
· The US Department of Justice labled as "propaganda" If You Love This Planet, a Canadian anti-arms race short submitted for consideration as Best Documentary; the ruling required the film to carry a disclaimer whenever shown in the United States. Five months after the film won the Oscar®, a federal judge ruled the "propaganda" label unconstitutional.
· Supporting Actress nominee Terri Garr admitted she was "a little bugged" that Jessica Lange was also nominated in that category. "I think Jessica was the leading lady in Tootsie," she said. "I played the supporting part with the director telling me 'we can't make you look too good in this movie' and I was a real good sport about it."
· The deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two children on the set of Twilight Zone -- The Movie, coproduced by Steven Spielberg, started a backlash against E.T. and "young directors who will try anthing for effect."
· George C. Scott called the Academy to scrounge up tickets for wife Trish Van Devere and himself. The Academy found him two seats in the back of the orchestra.
· Animated Short winner Zbigniew Rybcyznski went outside for a smoke break after receiving his Award only to be barred from reentering by a guard. The Oscar®-winner kicked the guard and was arrested. Charges were dropped, though, and Rybcyznski mused that the experience had taught him that "success and defeat are quite intertwined."
· Charlton Heston called for film clips of Jean Hersholt's performances during his Hersholt Award presentation, but nothing was projected on the screen. Heston said, "Never mind. Jean Hersholt was a wonderful man. Come up to the house, I'll show you the film later on."


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