Best Picture The Big Chill, Michael Shamberg, producer (Columbia) The Dresser, Peter Yates, producer (Columbia) The Right Stuff, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers (The Ladd Co. through Warner Bros.) Tender Mercies, Philip S. Hobel, producer (Universal) Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks, producer (Paramount) Actor in a Leading Role Michael Caine, Educating Rita Tom Conti, Reuben, Reuben Tom Courtenay, The Dresser Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies Albert Finney, The Dresser Actress in a Leading Role Jane Alexander, Testament Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment Meryl Streep, Silkwood Julie Walters, Educating Rita Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment Actor in a Supporting Role Charles Durning, To Be or Not to Be John Lithgow, Terms of Endearment Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment Sam Shepard, The Right Stuff Rip Torn, Cross Creek Actress in a Supporting Role Cher, Silkwood Glenn Close, The Big Chill Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously Amy Irving, Yentl Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek Directing Bruce Beresford, Tender Mercies Ingmar Bergman, Fanny & Alexander James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment Mike Nichols, Silkwood Peter Yates, The Dresser Writing Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Ingmar Bergman, Fanny & Alexander Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen, Silkwood Horton Foote, Tender Mercies Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek, The Big Chill Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, WarGames Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment Julius J. Epstein, Reuben, Reuben Ronald Harwood, The Dresser Harold Pinter, Betrayal Willy Russell, Educating Rita Cinematography Caleb Deschanel, The Right Stuff William A. Fraker, WarGames Sven Nykvist, Fanny & Alexander Don Peterman, Flashdance Gordon Willis, Zelig Art Direction Anna Asp, art direction and set decoration, Fanny & Alexander Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter Romero, art direction; Pat Pending and George R. Nelson, set decoration, The Right Stuff Polly Platt and Harold Michelson, art direction; Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondello, set decoration, Terms of Endearment Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole and James Schoppe, art direction; Michael Ford, set decoration, Return of the Jedi Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins, art direction; Tessa Davies, set decoration, Yentl Sound Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan, The Right Stuff Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom and Tony Dawe, Return of the Jedi Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Willie D. Burton, WarGames Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and Jim Alexander, Terms of Endearment Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom and David Parker, Never Cry Wolf Music Song �Flashdance . . .What a Feeling,� Flashdance, Giorgio Moroder, music; Keith Forsey and Irene Cara, lyrics �Maniac,� Flashdance, Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, music and lyrics �Over You,� Tender Mercies, Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart, music and lyrics �Papa, Can You Hear Me?,� Yentl, Michel Legrand, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics �The Way He Makes Me Feel,� Yentl, Michel Legrand, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics Original Score Bill Conti, The Right Stuff Jerry Goldsmith, Under Fire Michael Gore, Terms of Endearment Leonard Rosenman, Cross Creek John Williams, Return of the Jedi Original Song Score or Adaptation Score Elmer Bernstein, Trading Places Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Yentl Lalo Schifrin, The Sting II Film Editing Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtmlan, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Steward and Tom Rolf, The Right Stuff Richard Marks, Terms of Endearment Frank Morriss and Edward Abroms, Blue Thunder Sam O'Steen, Silkwood Bud Smith and Walt Mulconery, Flashdance Costume Design Santo Loquasto, Zelig Anne-Marie Marchand, The Return of Martin Guerre Joe I. Tompkins, Cross Creek Marik Vos, Fanny & Alexander William Ware Theiss, Heart Like a Wheel Sound Effects Editing Jay Boekelheide, The Right Stuff Ben Burtt, Return of the Jedi Short Films Animated Mickey's Christmas Carol (Burny Mattinson, producer; Walt Disney Productions) Sound of Sunshine�Sound of Rain (Eda Godel Hallinan, producer; Hallinan Plus! Production) Sundae in New York (Jimmy Picker, producer; Motionpicker Productions) Live Action Boys and Girls (Janice L. Platt, producer; Atlantis Films Ltd. Production) Goodie-Two-Shoes (Timeless Films Production; Paramount) Overnight Sensation (Jon N. Bloom, producer; Bloom Film Production) Documentary Short Subject Flamenco at 5: 15 (Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, producers; National Film Board of Canada) In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? (Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, producers; Impact Production) Sewing Woman (Arthur Dong, producer; DeepFocus Productions) Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudoph (Robert Eisenhardt, producer; Eisenhardt Productions) You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei) (Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis, producers; Brokman/Landis Production) Feature Children of Darkness (Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan, producers; Children of Darkness Production) First Contact (Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, producers; Arundel Production) He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (Emile Ardolino, producer; Edgar J. Scherick Associates Production) The Profession of Arms, (War Series Film #3) (Michael Bryan and Tina Viljoen, producers; National Film Board of Canada) Seeing Red (James Klein and Julia Reichert, producers; Heartland Production) Foreign Language Film Carmen, Spain Entre Nous, France Fanny & Alexander, Sweden Job's Revolt, Hungary Le Bal, Algeria Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award M. J. Frankovich Honorary Award To Hal Roach in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form Visual Effects Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett, Return of the Jedi

Facts:

• Winners Announced: April 9, 1984
• Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
• Host: Johnny Carson
• Eligibility Year: 1983