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The Oscars: The 55th Academy Awards (1982): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS AWARDS
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Gandhi
Tootsie
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Victor/Victoria
Das Boot
An Officer and a Gentleman
Sophie's Choice
The Verdict
Missing
Poltergeist
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4
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1
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Gandhi
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
An Officer and a Gentleman
If You Love This Planet
Just Another Missing Kid
Missing
Quest for Fire
A Shocking Accident
Sophie's Choice
Tango
Tootsie
Victor/Victoria
Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again')

NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND

Best Picture winner
Best Picture nominee
Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)


E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Gandhi - Richard Attenborough
Missing - Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
The Verdict - Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown

DIRECTING


Das Boot - Wolfgang Petersen
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg
Gandhi - Richard Attenborough
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack
The Verdict - Sidney Lumet

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)


Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
Jack Lemmon - Missing
Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
Paul Newman - The Verdict
Peter O'Toole - My Favorite Year

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)


Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria
Jessica Lange - Frances
Sissy Spacek - Missing
Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
Debra Winger - An Officer and a Gentleman

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)


Charles Durning - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Louis Gossett Jr. - An Officer and a Gentleman
John Lithgow - The World According to Garp
James Mason - The Verdict
Robert Preston - Victor/Victoria

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)


Glenn Close - The World According to Garp
Teri Garr - Tootsie
Jessica Lange - Tootsie
Kim Stanley - Frances
Lesley Ann Warren - Victor/Victoria

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)


Diner - Barry Levinson
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Melissa Mathison
Gandhi - John Briley
An Officer and a Gentleman - Douglas Day Stewart
Tootsie - Screenplay by Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal; Story by Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)


Das Boot - Wolfgang Petersen
Missing - Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
Sophie's Choice - Alan J. Pakula
The Verdict - David Mamet
Victor/Victoria - Blake Edwards

ORIGINAL SONG


"Eye of the Tiger" - Rocky III - Music, Lyric by Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan III
"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" - Best Friends - Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
"If We Were In Love" - Yes, Giorgio - Music by John Williams; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
"It Might Be You" - Tootsie - Music by Dave Grusin; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
"Up Where We Belong" - An Officer and a Gentleman - Music by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyric by Will Jennings

ORIGINAL SCORE


E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - John Williams
Gandhi - Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche
Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith
Sophie's Choice - Marvin Hamlisch

ORIGINAL SONG SCORE (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score)


Annie - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
One from the Heart - Song Score by Tom Waits
Victor/Victoria - Song Score by Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini

FILM EDITING


Das Boot - Hannes Nikel
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Carol Littleton
Gandhi - John Bloom
An Officer and a Gentleman - Peter Zinner
Tootsie - Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp

CINEMATOGRAPHY


Das Boot - Jost Vacano
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Allen Daviau
Gandhi - Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
Sophie's Choice - Nestor Almendros
Tootsie - Owen Roizman

ART DIRECTION


Annie - Art Direction: Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Marvin March
Blade Runner - Art Direction: Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Gandhi - Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Bob Laing; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton
La Traviata - Art Direction: Franco Zeffirelli; Set Decoration: Gianni Quaranta
Victor/Victoria - Art Direction: Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell

COSTUME DESIGN


Gandhi - John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya
Sophie's Choice - Albert Wolsky
La Traviata - Piero Tosi
Tron - Elois Jenssen, Rosanna Norton
Victor/Victoria - Patricia Norris

MAKEUP


Gandhi - Tom Smith
Quest for Fire - Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke

SOUND


Das Boot - Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, Mike Le-Mare
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa
Gandhi - Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye
Tootsie - Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Les Lazarowitz
Tron - Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, Jim La Rue

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING


Das Boot - Mike Le-Mare
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
Poltergeist - Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson

VISUAL EFFECTS


Blade Runner - Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
Poltergeist - Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


Alsino and the Condor - Nicaragua
Coup de Torchon ('Clean Slate') - France
The Flight of the Eagle - Sweden
Private Life - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') - Spain

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)


After the Axe - Sturla Gunnarsson, Steve Lucas
Ben's Mill - John Karol, Michel Chalufour
In Our Water - Meg Switzgable
Just Another Missing Kid - John Zaritsky
A Portrait of Giselle - Joseph Wishy

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)


Gods of Metal - Robert Richter
If You Love This Planet - Edward Le Lorrain, Terri Nash
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America - Charles Guggenheim, Werner Schumann
To Live or Let Die - Freida Lee Mock
Traveling Hopefully - John G. Avildsen

SHORT FILM (Animated)


The Great Cognito - Will Vinton
The Snowman - John Coates
Tango - Zbigniew Rybczynski

SHORT FILM (Live Action)


Ballet Robotique - Bob Rogers
A Shocking Accident - Christine Oestreicher
The Silence - Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Joseph Benson
Split Cherry Tree - Jan Saunders
Sredni Vashtar - Andrew Birkin

HONORARY AWARDS


To Mickey Rooney, in recognition of his 60 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances.

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD


Walter Mirisch

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD


John O. Aalberg

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)


To AUGUST ARNOLD and ERICH KAESTNER of Arnold & Richter, GmbH, for the concept and engineering of the first operational 35mm, hand-held, spinning-mirror reflex, motion picture camera. [Camera]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)


To LEONARD CHAPMAN for the engineering design, development and manufacture of the PeeWee Camera Dolly for motion picture production. [Camera Cranes]
To SANTE ZELLI and SALVATORE ZELLI of Elemack Italia S.r.l., Rome, Italy, for the continuing engineering, design and development that has resulted in the Elemack Camera Dolly System for motion picture production. [Camera Cranes]
To COLIN F. MOSSMAN and THE 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. [Laboratory]
To DR. MOHAMMAD S. NOZARI of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company for the research and development of the 3M Photogard protective coating for motion picture film. [Laboratory]
To JACOBUS L. DIMMERS for the engineering and manufacture of the Teccon Enterprises' magnetic transducer for motion picture sound recording and playback. [Sound]
To BRIANNE MURPHY and DONALD SCHISLER of Mitchell Insert Systems, Incorporated, for the concept, design and manufacture of the MISI Camera Insert Car and Process Trailer. [Stage Operations]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)


To CONSTANT TRESFON and ADRIAAN DE ROOY of Egripment, and to ED PHILLIPS and CARLOS DE MATTOS of Matthews Studio Equipment, Incorporated, for the design and manufacture of the 'Tulip Crane' for motion picture production. [Camera Cranes]
To RICHARD W. DEATS for the design and manufacture of the 'Little Big Crane' for motion picture production. [Camera Cranes]
To CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORPORATION and LAVEZZI MACHINE WORKS, INCORPORATED, for the design and manufacture of the Ultramittent film transport for Christie motion picture projectors. [Projection]
To BRAN FERREN of Associates and Ferren for the design and development of a computerized lightning effect system for motion picture photography. [Stage Operations]

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