1982
The 54th Academy Awards | 1982
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 29, 1982
Honoring movies released in 1981
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond
Nominees
Warren Beatty
Reds
Burt Lancaster
Atlantic City
Dudley Moore
Arthur
Paul Newman
Absence of Malice
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
John Gielgud
Arthur
Nominees
Jack Nicholson
Reds
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.
Ragtime
James Coco
Only When I Laugh
Ian Holm
Chariots of Fire
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Katharine Hepburn
On Golden Pond
Nominees
Diane Keaton
Reds
Marsha Mason
Only When I Laugh
Susan Sarandon
Atlantic City
Meryl Streep
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Maureen Stapleton
Reds
Nominees
Melinda Dillon
Absence of Malice
Jane Fonda
On Golden Pond
Joan Hackett
Only When I Laugh
Elizabeth McGovern
Ragtime
Best Picture
Winner
Chariots of Fire
David Puttnam, Producer
Nominees
Atlantic City
Denis Heroux and John Kemeny, Producers
On Golden Pond
Bruce Gilbert, Producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Frank Marshall, Producer
Reds
Warren Beatty, Producer
Cinematography
Winner
Reds
Vittorio Storaro
Nominees
Excalibur
Alex Thomson
On Golden Pond
Billy Williams
Ragtime
Miroslav Ondricek
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Douglas Slocombe
Costume Design
Winner
Chariots of Fire
Milena Canonero
Nominees
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Tom Rand
Pennies from Heaven
Bob Mackie
Ragtime
Anna Hill Johnstone
Reds
Shirley Russell
Directing
Winner
Reds
Warren Beatty
Nominees
Atlantic City
Louis Malle
Chariots of Fire
Hugh Hudson
On Golden Pond
Mark Rydell
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg
Film Editing
Winner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Michael Kahn
Nominees
Chariots of Fire
Terry Rawlings
The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Bloom
On Golden Pond
Robert L. Wolfe
Reds
Dede Allen, Craig McKay
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Mephisto
Hungary
Nominees
Man of Iron
Poland
Muddy River
Japan
Three Brothers
Italy
The Boat Is Full
Switzerland
Visual Effects
Winner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
Nominees
Dragonslayer
Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson
Art Direction
Winner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
Nominees
Reds
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton
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
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Albert R. Broccoli
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Chariots of Fire
Vangelis
Nominees
Dragonslayer
Alex North
On Golden Pond
Dave Grusin
Ragtime
Randy Newman
Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Williams
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Close Harmony
Nigel Noble, Producer
Nominees
Americas in Transition
Obie Benz, 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
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Genocide
Arnold Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier, Producers
Nominees
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
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Danny Kaye
Sound
Winner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
Nominees
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
Reds
Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman, Simon Kaye
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Crac
Producer
Nominees
The Creation
Will Vinton, Producer
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
Janet Perlman, Producer
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Violet
Paul Kemp and Shelley Levinson, Producers
Nominees
Couples and Robbers
Christine Oestreicher, Producer
First Winter
John N. Smith, Producer
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Arthur
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) in "Arthur" Music and Lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen
Nominees
Endless Love
Endless Love in "Endless Love" Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie
The Great Muppet Caper
The First Time It Happens in "The Great Muppet Caper" Music and Lyric by Joe Raposo
For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only in "For Your Eyes Only" Music by Bill Conti; Lyric by Mick Leeson
Ragtime
One More Hour in "Ragtime" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)
Winner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson
Nominees
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Harold Pinter
Pennies from Heaven
Dennis Potter
Prince of the City
Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet
Ragtime
Michael Weller
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Chariots of Fire
Colin Welland
Nominees
Absence of Malice
Kurt Luedtke
Arthur
Steve Gordon
Atlantic City
John Guare
Reds
Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths
Makeup
Winner
An American Werewolf in London
Rick Baker
Nominees
Heartbeeps
Stan Winston
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