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Academy Awards for 1984By Patrick Mondout
The 57th Annual Academy Awards were hosted by Jack Lemmon
on March 25, 1985
at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (Los Angeles) and broadcast live on ABC.
Amadeus was the big winner with 11 nominations
and 8 wins, including Best Picture.
Note: All nominees are listed and .gif)
denotes the Oscar winner.
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| BEST PICTURE |
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Amadeus,
Saul Zaentz, producer |
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A
Passage to India, John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, producer |
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A
Soldier's Story, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick
Palmer, producers |
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The
Killing Fields, David Puttnam, producer |
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Places
in the Heart, Arlene Donovan, producer |
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| BEST WRITING
(SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) |
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Daniel Petrie, Jr., screenplay;
Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr., story, Beverly
Hills Cop |
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Woody Allen, Broadway
Danny Rose |
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Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas, El
Norte |
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Robert Benton, Places
in the Heart |
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Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and
Bruce Jay Friedman, screenplay; Bruce Jay Friedman; screen story, Splash |
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| BEST ART
DIRECTION/SET DIRECTION |
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Patrizia Von Brandenstein, art
direction; Karel Cerny, set decoration, Amadeus |
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John Box and Leslie Tomkins, art
direction; Hugh Scaife, set decoration, A
Passage to India |
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Natural Richard Sylbert, art
direction; George Gaines and Les Bloom, set decoration, The
Cotton Club |
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Angelo Graham and Mel Bourne, James
J. Murakami and Speed Hopkins, art direction; Bruch Weintraub, set
decoration, The Natural |
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Albert Brenner, art direction; Rick
Simpson, set decoration, 2010 |
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| BEST SOUND |
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Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd
Boekelheide and Chris Newman, Amadeus |
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Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le
Messurier, Michael A. Carter and John Mitchell, A
Passage to India |
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Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin
O'Connell and Nelson Stoll, Dune |
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Nick Alphin, Robert Thirwell,
Richard Portman and David Ronne, The River |
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Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin,
Carlos De Larios and Gene S. Cantamessa, 2010 |
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| BEST SOUND
(ORIGINAL SONG) |
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“Against All Odds” (Take a Look
at Me Now), Against All Odds,
Phil Collins, music and lyrics |
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“Footloose,” Footloose,
Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford, music and lyrics |
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“Let's Hear It for the Boy,” Footloose,
Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow, music and lyrics |
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“Ghostbusters,” Ghostbusters,
Ray Parker, Jr., music and lyrics |
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“I Just Called to Say I Love You,”
The Woman in Red, Stevie Wonder,
music and lyrics |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(ANIMATED) |
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Charade (Jon Minnis, producer;
Sheridan College Production) |
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Doctor De Soto (Morton Schindel and
Michael Sporn, producers; Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.) |
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Paradise (Ishu Patel, producer;
National Film Board of Canada) |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(LIVE ACTION) |
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The Painted Door (Atlantis Films
Ltd. in association with the National Film Board of Canada) |
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Tales of Meeting and Parting (Sharon
Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter, producers; American Film Institute—Directing
Workshop for Women) |
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Up (Mike Hoover, producer; Pyramid
Films) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECTS) |
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The Children of Soong Ching Ling
(Gary Bush and Paul T.K. Lin, producers; UNICEF and the Soong Ching
Ling
Foundation) |
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Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in
Nursing (Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer, producers; The Nursing
Ethics Project/Fanlight Productions) |
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The Garden of Eden (Lawrence R. Hott
and Roger M. Sherman, producers; Florentine Films Production) |
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Recollections of Pavlovsk (Irina
Kalinina, producer; Leningrad Documentary Film Studio) |
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The Stone Carvers (Marjorie Hunt and
Paul Wagner, producers, Paul Wagner Productions) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(FEATURES) |
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High Schools (Charles Guggenheim and
Nancy Sloss, producers; Guggenheim Productions) |
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In the Name of the People (Alex W.
Drehsler and Frank Christopher, producers; Pan American Films) |
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Marlene (Zev Braun Pictures, Inc.;
OKO Film Produktion) |
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Streetwise (Cheryl McCall, producer;
Bear Creek Productions, Inc.) |
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The
Times of Harvey Milk (Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen,
producers; Black Sand Educational Productions, Inc.) |
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| BEST FOREIGN
LANGUAGE FILM |
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Beyond the Walls, Israel |
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Camila, Argentina |
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Dangerous Moves, Switzerland |
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Double Feature, Spain |
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Wartime Romance, U.S.S.R. |
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Other Awards
Kay Rose won a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing for
her work on The River. The Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award went to David L. Wolper. Honorary Awards were given to
James Stewart for "50 years of memorable performances and for his
high ideals, both on and off the screen, with the respect and affection of
his colleagues" and to the National Endowment for the Arts "in
recognition of its 20th anniversary and its dedication to fostering
artistic and creative activity and excellence in every area of the
arts."
Scientific Awards
Donald A. Anderson (Sound)
Ruben Avila (Sound)
Gary Demos (Special Photographic)
Digital Productions, Incorporated (Special Photographic)
Film Processing Corporation (Sound)
Wes Kennedy (Sound)
John Mosely (Sound)
Diana Reiners (Sound)
Kenneth Richter (Lenses and Filters)
Richter Cine Equipment (Lenses and Filters)
Rosco Laboratories, Incorporated (Stage Operations)
Gunther Schaidt (Stage Operations)
Barry M. Stultz (Sound)
3M Company (Sound)
John Whitney Jr. (Special Photographic)
Apogee, Incorporated (Special Photographic)
Robert Bealmear (Special Photographic)
Paul Burk (Special Photographic)
Jonathan Erland (Special Photographic)
Stephen Fog (Special Photographic)
Howard J. Preston (Camera)
Preston Cinema Systems (Camera)
Nat Tiffen (Lenses and Filters)
Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation (Lenses and Filters)
Donald Trumbull (Special Photographic)
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|  | Best Picture: Amadeus
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| | What: 57th Annual Academy Awards
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| | Date: March 25, 1985
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| | Host: Jack Lemmon
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| | Location: Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (Los Angeles)
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| | Network: ABC
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