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The 55th Annual Academy Awards

Year:

1983

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Marty Pasetta

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1983-04-11

Filming Locations: California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Liza Minnelli

Herself - Host

Dudley Moore

Himself - Co-Host

Richard Pryor

Himself - Co-Host

Walter Matthau

Himself - Co-Host

Peter Allen

Himself - Performer: Irving Berlin Tribute

Julie Andrews

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Bhanu Athaiya

Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design

Richard Attenborough

Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Director

Patti Austin

Herself - Performer

Sandahl Bergman

Herself - Performer

Stephen Bishop

Himself - Performer

John Bloom

Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing

Ernest Borgnine

Himself - Audience Member

Leslie Bricusse

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

John Briley

Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay

David Brown

Himself - Nominee: Best Picture

Carol Burnett

Herself - Presenter: Best Picture

Ben Burtt

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Effects Editing

Charles L. Campbell

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Effects Editing

Dyan Cannon

Herself - Presenter: Technical Awards

Gene S. Cantamessa

Himself - Winner: Best Sound

Cher

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

Glenn Close

Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Joe Cocker

Himself - Performer

Bill Conti

Himself - Conductor

Stuart Craig

Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Jamie Lee Curtis

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing

Janeen Damian

Dancer

Don Digirolamo

Himself - Winner: Best Sound

Matt Dillon

Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short Film & Best Animated Short Film

Plácido Domingo

Himself - Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

Philip Dunne

Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay & Best Adapted Screenplay

Charles Durning

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Blake Edwards

Himself - Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay

Lisa Eilbacher

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound

José Luis Garci

Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film

Teri Garr

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Robert Glass

Himself - Winner: Best Sound

Louis Gossett Jr.

Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Don Gummer

Himself - Audience Member

Steve Guttenberg

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design

Charlton Heston

Himself - Presenter: Hersholt Award

Dustin Hoffman

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Bob Hope

Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award

James Ingram

Himself - Performer

Will Jennings

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Fay Kanin

Herself - Academy President

Michael Keaton

Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography

David Keith

Himself - Presenter: Best Sound

Kathleen Kennedy

Herself - Nominee: Best Picture

Margot Kidder

Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction

Ben Kingsley

Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Nastassja Kinski

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography

Robert Knudson

Himself - Winner: Best Sound

Robert W. Laing

Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Jessica Lange

Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Matt Lattanzi

Himself - Audience Member

Edward Le Lorrain

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Jack Lemmon

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Edward Lewis

Himself - Nominee: Best Picture

Mildred Lewis

Herself - Nominee: Best Picture

John Lithgow

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Sidney Lumet

Himself - Nominee: Best Director

Melissa Manchester

Herself - Performer

Henry Mancini

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

James Mason

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Roddy McDowall

Himself - Audience Member

Elizabeth McGovern

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Visual Effects

Kristy McNichol

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Live Action Short Film & Best Animated Short Film

Walter Mirisch

Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient

Robert Mitchum

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

John Moschitta Jr.

Himself

Dennis Muren

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Eddie Murphy

Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects

Terre Nash

Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Short

Paul Newman

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Olivia Newton-John

Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song

Jack Nitzsche

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Bernadette Peters

Herself - Performer: Irving Berlin Tribute

Wolfgang Petersen

Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay

Sydney Pollack

Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director

Robert Preston

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Luise Rainer

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film

Carlo Rambaldi

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Christopher Reeve

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Actor in Supporting Role

Ann Reinking

Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design

Dick Richards

Himself - Nominee: Best Picture

Mickey Rooney

Himself - Honorary Award Recipient

Jane Russell

Herself - Presenter: Best Makeup

Zbigniew Rybczynski

Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short Film

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Herself - Winner: Best Original Song

Susan Sarandon

Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in Supporting Role

Michael Seirton

Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Tom Selleck

Himself - Presenter: Best Film Editing

William Shatner

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction

Kenneth Smith

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

David L. Snyder

Himself - Nominee - Best Art Direction for Blade Runner

Sissy Spacek

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Steven Spielberg

Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director

Sylvester Stallone

Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Kim Stanley

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Donald Stewart

Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay

Meryl Streep

Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role

John Travolta

Himself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jack Valenti

Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film

Jennifer Warnes

Herself - Performer

Lesley Ann Warren

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Carl Weathers

Himself - Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing

Sigourney Weaver

Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Raquel Welch

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing

Cornel Wilde

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Makeup

Billy Wilder

Himself - Presenter: Best Director

Billy Williams

Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography

JoBeth Williams

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Documentary Short & Best Documentary Feature

John Williams

Himself - Winner: Best Original Score

David L. Wolper

Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short & Best Documentary Feature

Richard D. Zanuck

Himself - Nominee: Best Picture

John Zaritsky

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Felicia Farr

Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)

Antonio Ferrandis

Himself - Audience Member (also archive footage) (uncredited)

Encarna Paso

Herself - Audience Member (also archive footage) (uncredited)

Joanne Woodward

Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The opening number with the four hosts was roundly panned by the critics. Buz Kohan, the song's lyricist, later said "I had written the opening number, called 'It All Comes Down to This.' They were all scared stiff, but ordinarily if you're scared, then you put in the time and rehearse. They took the opposite approach. So Liza was forced to carry the number, Walter was singing in his own zone somewhere, Dudley was just trying to walk down these steps without falling, and Richard Pryor well, I think they told him the next day that he was there."