56th Annual Academy Awards
April 9, 1984

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Host:
Johnny Carson

Televised over ABC
Welcome and opening remarks:Academy President Gene Allen
Remembering 1934 Oscars®:Sammy Davis Jr. & Shirley Temple Black
Supporting Actor:Timothy Hutton & Mary Tyler Moore
Tribute to David Niven:Cary Grant
Short Films:Jane Alexander & Michael Caine
Sound Effects Editing:Kevin Bacon & Daryl Hannah
Scientific and Technical Awards:Joan Collins & Arnold Schwarzenegger
Film Editing:Robert Wise
Sound:Christie Brinkley & Michael Keaton
Cinematography:Anthony Franciosa & Joanna Pacula
Foreign Film:John Gavin & Jack Valenti
Documentary Awards:Holly Palance & Jack Palance
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects):Cheech and Chong
Costume Design:Tommy Tune & Twiggy
Art Direction:Ricardo Montalban & Jane Powell
Original Song:Jennifer Beals & Matthew Broderick
Original Score:Ray Bolger & Gene Kelly
Adaptation Score:Neil Diamond
Supporting Actress:Dyan Cannon & Gene Hackman
Writing Awards:Mel Gibson & Sissy Spacek
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:Frank Sinatra
Director:Richard Attenborough
Honorary Award to Hal Roach:Jackie Cooper & Spanky McFarland
Actor:Dolly Parton & Sylvester Stallone
Actress:Liza Minnelli & Rock Hudson
Best Picture:Frank Capra
Finale - Film clip of Ethel Merman singing "There's No Business Like Show Business" at the 1962 ceremonies:
Sammy Davis Jr. & Liza Minnelli joined by presenters and winners
"Flashdance... What a Feeling"-- Irene Cara & 44 boys and girls from The National Dance Institute
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"-- Donna Summer
"Over You"-- Mac Davis
"The Way He Makes Me Feel"-- Jennifer Holliday
"Maniac"-- Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and Lani Hall
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Terms of Endearment winners: Jack Nicholson (Supporting Actor), Shirley MacLaine (Actress) & James L. Brooks (Best Picture, Director & Adapted Screenplay)
Irene Cara, winner for Original Song (w. Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey)
Show Producer:Jack Haley Jr.
Telecast Director for ABC:Marty Pasetta