1983 IN FILM

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1983

Births

Deaths

Events

★ February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film ''Let's Spend the Night Together'' opens in New York

Top grossing films

:North Americas
# ''
# ''Tootsie''
# ''Trading Places'', starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy
# ''WarGames'', starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy
# ''Superman III'', starring Christopher Reeve and Richard Pryor
# ''Flashdance''
# ''Staying Alive''
# ''Octopussy''
# ''Mr. Mom'', starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr
# ''48 Hours''
# ''National Lampoon's Vacation''
# ''Risky Business'', starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay
# ''The Verdict''
# ''Jaws 3-D''
# ''Never Say Never Again''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Terms of Endearment'''
:Best Director: 'James L. Brooks' - ''Terms of Endearment''
:Best Actor: 'Robert Duvall' - ''Tender Mercies''
:Best Actress: 'Shirley MacLaine' - ''Terms of Endearment''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Jack Nicholson' - ''Terms of Endearment''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Linda Hunt' - ''The Year of Living Dangerously''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Fanny and Alexander''' (''Fanny och Alexander''), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Terms of Endearment'''
:Best Actor (tie): 'Tom Courtenay' - ''The Dresser''
:Best Actor (tie): 'Robert Duvall' - ''Tender Mercies''
:Best Actress: 'Shirley MacLaine' - ''Terms of Endearment''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''Yentl'''
:Best Actor: 'Michael Caine' - ''Educating Rita''
:Best Actress: 'Julie Walters' - ''Educating Rita''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Barbra Streisand' - ''Yentl''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Fanny and Alexander''', Sweden
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''The Ballad of Narayama''' (楢山節考, ''Narayama bushiko''), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''Prénom Carmen''' (''First Name: Carmen''), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Ascendancy''', directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
:'''The Beehive''' (''La Colmena''), directed by Mario Camus, Spain

Films released in 1983

★ ''A Christmas Story''

★ ''A Nos Amours''

★ ''All the Right Moves''

★ ''Ardh Satya'', directed by Govind Nihalani, Silver Lotus Award for best Indian Actor Om Puri

★ ''The Atlantis Interceptors''

★ ''Bad Boys''

★ ''The Ballad of Narayama'' (remake of the 1958 film) - Palm d'Or award

★ ''La Bestia y la Espada Magica''

★ ''The Big Chill''

★ ''Bloodbath at the House of Death''

★ ''Blue Thunder''

★ ''Born in Flames''

★ ''Bullshot''

★ ''Chiefs''

★ ''Christine'' directed by John Carpenter, starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton and Kelly Preston

★ ''Cracking Up''

★ ''The Crimson Permanent Assurance'', a Monty Python's short film

★ ''Cross Creek''

★ ''Danton''

★ ''The Dead Zone''

★ ''Le Dernier Combat'' (''The Last Battle''), directed by Luc Besson

★ ''The Dresser''

★ ''Eddie and the Cruisers''

★ ''Educating Rita''

★ ''El Norte''

★ ''Entre Nous''

★ ''Eréndira''

★ ''Flashdance''

★ ''The Fourth Man''

★ ''Get Crazy''

★ ''Jaws 3-D''

★ ''Koyaanisqatsi''

★ ''The Keep''

★ ''The King of Comedy'', directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Jerry Lewis and Robert DeNiro

★ ''Local Hero''

★ ''Lone Wolf McQuade''

★ ''Man of Flowers''

★ ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'', a featurette which brings the character Mickey Mouse back to cinemas for the first time since 1953.

★ ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life''

★ ''Mr. Mom''

★ ''National Lampoon's Vacation''

★ ''Never Say Never Again''

★ ''Nostalghia''

★ ''Octopussy''

★ ''One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier)

★ ''The Outsiders''

★ ''

★ ''Prénom Carmen'' (''First Name: Carmen'') - Golden Lion award

★ ''Psycho II''

★ ''Reuben, Reuben''

★ ''The Right Stuff''

★ ''Risky Business''

★ ''Shaka Zulu''

★ ''Scarface''

★ ''The Scarlet and The Black''

★ ''Silkwood''

★ ''

★ ''Staying Alive''

★ ''Superman III''

★ ''Sudden Impact''

★ ''Tender Mercies''

★ ''Terms of Endearment'', directed by James L. Brooks - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture

★ ''Trading Places''

★ ''

★ ''Valley Girl''

★ ''WarGames''

★ ''Yentl'' - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

★ ''Yellowbeard''

★ ''Zelig''

Births

★ February 23 - Emily Blunt, actress

Deaths

★ January 8 - Gale Page, actress

★ February 4 - Karen Carpenter, musician

★ February 25 - Tennessee Williams, playwright

★ April 4 - Gloria Swanson, actress

★ April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, actress

★ April 23 - Buster Crabbe, actor

★ June 12 - Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress

★ July 5 - Harry James, bandleader who appeared in some films, and was once married to actress Betty Grable

★ July 29 - Raymond Massey, actor, father of actor Daniel Massey and actress Anna Massey

★ July 29 - David Niven, Academy Award winning actor

★ August 3 - Carolyn Jones, actress

★ August 5 - Judy Canova, entertainer

★ August 29 - Simon Oakland, actor

★ October 8 - Joan Hackett, actress

★ October 10 - Ralph Richardson, actor, one of the theatrical knights of the English stage

★ October 15 - Pat O'Brien, actor

★ November 28 - Johnnie Davis, actor, singer

★ December 5 - Robert Aldrich, director

★ December 8 - Slim Pickens, actor

★ December 28 - William Demarest, actor