The Complete Oscar Quest: 55th Academy Awards (1982)

1982

Best Picture

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Gandhi
  • Missing
  • Tootsie
  • The Verdict

Best Director

  • Richard Attenborough, Gandhi
  • Sidney Lumet, The Verdict
  • Wolfgang Petersen, Das Boot
  • Steven Spielberg, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Sydney Pollack, Tootsie

Best Actor

  • Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie
  • Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  • Jack Lemmon, Missing
  • Paul Newman, The Verdict
  • Peter O’Toole, My Favorite Year

Best Actress

  • Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria
  • Jessica Lange, Frances
  • Sissy Spacek, Missing
  • Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  • Debra Winger, An Officer and a Gentleman

Best Supporting Actor

  • Charles Durning, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  • Louis Gossett, Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman
  • John Lithgow, The World According to Garp
  • James Mason, The Verdict
  • Robert Preston, Victor/Victoria

Best Supporting Actress

  • Glenn Close, The World According to Garp
  • Teri Garr, Tootsie
  • Jessica Lange, Tootsie
  • Kim Stanley, Frances
  • Lesley Ann Warren, Victor/Victoria

Best Original Screenplay

  • An Officer and a Gentleman
  • Diner
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Gandhi
  • Tootsie

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Das Boot
  • Missing
  • Sophie’s Choice
  • The Verdict
  • Victor/Victoria

Best Editing

  • An Officer and a Gentleman
  • Das Boot
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Gandhi
  • Tootsie

Best Cinematography

  • Das Boot
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Gandhi
  • Sophie’s Choice
  • Tootsie

Best Original Score

  • An Officer and a Gentleman
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Gandhi
  • Poltergeist
  • Sophie’s Choice

Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

  • Annie
  • One from the Heart
  • Victor/Victoria

Best Original Song

  • “Eye of the Tiger,” from Rocky III
  • “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” from Best Friends
  • “If We Were in Love,” from Yes, Giorgio
  • “It Might Be You,” from Tootsie
  • “Up Where We Belong,” from An Officer and a Gentleman

Best Art Direction

  • Annie
  • Blade Runner
  • Gandhi
  • La Traviata
  • Victor/Victoria

Best Costume Design

  • Gandhi
  • Sophie’s Choice
  • La Traviata
  • Tron
  • Victor/Victoria

Best Makeup

  • Gandhi
  • Quest for Fire

Best Visual Effects

  • Blade Runner
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Poltergeist

Best Sound Editing

  • Das Boot
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Poltergeist

Best Sound Mixing

  • Das Boot
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Gandhi
  • Tootsie
  • Tron

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Alsino and the Condor
  • Begin the Beguine
  • Clean Slate
  • The Flight of the Eagle
  • Private Life

Best Documentary

  • After the Axe
  • Ben’s Mill
  • In Our Water
  • Just Another Missing Kid
  • A Portrait of Giselle

Best Documentary Short

  • Gods of Metal
  • If You Live This Planet
  • The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
  • To Live or Let Die
  • Traveling Hopefully

Best Live-Action Short

  • Ballet Robotique
  • A Shocking Accident
  • The Silence
  • Split Cherry Tree
  • Sredni Vashtar

Best Animated Short

  • The Great Cognito
  • The Snowman
  • Tango

Total List of Films Nominated:

  1. Annie
  2. An Officer and a Gentleman
  3. Best Friends
  4. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  5. Blade Runner
  6. Das Boot
  7. Diner
  8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  9. Frances
  10. Gandhi
  11. Missing
  12. My Favorite Year
  13. One from the Heart
  14. Poltergeist
  15. Quest for Fire
  16. Rocky III
  17. Sophie’s Choice
  18. Tootsie
  19. La Traviata
  20. Tron
  21. The Verdict
  22. Victor/Victoria
  23. The World According to Garp
  24. Yes, Giorgio

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