54th Academy Awards (1982)

Highlights of 54th Academy Awards ceremony

The 54th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1981.
The award ceremony was held on 29th March 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Anchor(s) - Johnny Carson
Chariots of Fire won the Best Picture award.
Henry Fonda won the Best Actor award for his role in On Golden Pond.
Katharine Hepburn won the Best Actess award for her role in On Golden Pond.
Warren Beatty won the Best Director award for Reds.
- WINNER

Best Picture

Chariots of Fire - David Puttnam
Atlantic City - Denis Heroux, John Kemeny
On Golden Pond - Bruce Gilbert
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Frank Marshall
Reds - Warren Beatty

Best Director

Reds - Warren Beatty
Atlantic City - Louis Malle
Chariots of Fire - Hugh Hudson
On Golden Pond - Mark Rydell
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg

Best Original Screenplay

On Golden Pond - Ernest Thompson
The French Lieutenant's Woman - Harold Pinter
Pennies from Heaven - Dennis Potter
Prince of the City - Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet
Ragtime - Michael Weller

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chariots of Fire - Colin Welland
Absence of Malice - Kurt Luedtke
Arthur - Steve Gordon
Atlantic City - John Guare
Reds - Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths

Best Actor in a Leading Role

On Golden Pond - Henry Fonda
Reds - Warren Beatty
Atlantic City - Burt Lancaster
Arthur - Dudley Moore
Absence of Malice - Paul Newman

Best Actress in a Leading Role

On Golden Pond - Katharine Hepburn
Reds - Diane Keaton
Only When I Laugh - Marsha Mason
Atlantic City - Susan Sarandon
The French Lieutenant's Woman - Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor

Arthur - John Gielgud
Only When I Laugh - James Coco
Chariots of Fire - Ian Holm
Reds - Jack Nicholson
Ragtime - Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

Best Supporting Actress

Reds - Maureen Stapleton
Absence of Malice - Melinda Dillon
On Golden Pond - Jane Fonda
Only When I Laugh - Joan Hackett
Ragtime - Elizabeth McGovern

Best Art Direction

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford
The French Lieutenant's Woman - Assheton Gorton, Ann Mollo
Heaven's Gate - Tambi Larsen, Jim Berkey
Ragtime - John Graysmark, Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Anthony Reading, George de Titta, Sr., George de Titta, Jr., Pet
Reds - Richard Sylbert, Michael Seirton

Best Cinematography

Reds - Vittorio Storaro
Excalibur - Alex Thomson
On Golden Pond - Billy Williams
Ragtime - Miroslav Ondricek
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Douglas Slocombe

Best Original Song

Arthur - Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen for "Best That You Can Do"
Endless Love - Lionel Richie for "Endless Love"
The Great Muppet Caper - Joe Raposo for "The First Time It Happens"
For Your Eyes Only - Bill Conti, Mick Leeson for "For Your Eyes Only"
Ragtime - Randy Newman for "One More Hour"

Best Original Score

Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
Dragonslayer - Alex North
On Golden Pond - Dave Grusin
Ragtime - Randy Newman
Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams

Best Sound Mixing

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
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

Best Visual Effects

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
Dragonslayer - Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson

Best Costume Design

Chariots of Fire - Milena Canonero
The French Lieutenant's Woman - Tom Rand
Pennies from Heaven - Bob Mackie
Ragtime - Anna Hill Johnstone
Reds - Shirley Russell

Best Makeup

An American Werewolf in London - Rick Baker
Heartbeeps - Stan Winston

Best Animated Short Film

Crac - Frederic Back
The Creation - Will Vinton
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin - Janet Perlman

Best Documentary Feature

Genocide - Arnold Schwartzman, Rabbi Marvin Hier
Against Wind and Tide - A Cuban Odyssey - Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin, Jim Burroughs
Brooklyn Bridge - Ken Burns
Eight Minutes to Midnight - A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott - Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson, Boyd Estus
El Salvador - Another Vietnam - Glenn Silber, Tete Vasconcellos

Best Documentary Short Subject

Close Harmony - Nigel Noble
Americas in Transition - Obie Benz
Journey for Survival - Dick Young
See What I Say - Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc, Freddi Stevens
Urge to Build - Roland Halle, John Hoover

Best Foreign Language Film

Mephisto
The Boat Is Full
Man of Iron
Muddy River
Three Brothers

Academy Honorary Award

Barbara Stanwyck for "Superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting"

Gordon E Sawyer Award

Joseph B. Walker

Best Live Action Short Film

Violet - Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson
Couples and Robbers - Christine Oestreicher
First Winter - John N. Smith

Best Film Editing

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Michael Kahn
Chariots of Fire - Terry Rawlings
The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Bloom
On Golden Pond - Robert L. Wolfe
Reds - Dede Allen, Craig McKay

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Danny Kaye
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