1982 FILM BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 

Another one of my old "Best in Film" ballots. 
Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014


Also, if you wish to view my favorite 30 films of 1982, go here

Note: "Animated Short" and "Animated Feature" categories have been merged into one Animation category, regardless of runtime length. Also "Sound Editing" and "Sound Mixing" have been combined into one "Sound Design" category. Focusing on both overall mix and sound creation. I also had to drop the "Non-animated short" category, due to not having seen that many shorts pre 1983.

1982

*E.T. : THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
BLADE RUNNER
THE ROAD WARRIOR
THE THING

STALKER
MISSING
WHITE DOG
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
VICTOR/VICTORIA
THE DARK CRYSTAL
THE VERDICT

DAS BOOT

POLTERGEIST

COME BACK TO 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN

HIMALA [MIRACLE]

TIME MASTERS

DIVA

VERONIKA VOSS

YOL

THE FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

actual best picture oscar nominees:
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
GANDHI (won)
MISSING
TOOTSIE
THE VERDICT

actual foreign language oscar nominees:
ALSINO AND THE CONDOR
COUP DE TORCHON
THE FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE
PRIVATE LIFE
VOLVER A EMPEZAR (won)












1982

*Steven Spielberg for E.T. : 
     THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Ridley Scott for BLADE RUNNER
Andrei Tarkovsky for STALKER
George Miller for THE ROAD WARRIOR
John Carpenter for THE THING

actual oscar nominees:
Wolfgang Peterson for DAS BOOT
Steven Spielberg for E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Richard Attenborough for GANDHI (won)
Sydney Pollack for TOOTSIE
Sidney Lumet for THE VERDICT

1982

*Julie Andrews 

           in VICTOR / VICTORIA
JoBeth Williams in POLTERGEIST

Nora Aunor in HIMALA
Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Teri Garr in ONE FROM THE HEART

actual oscar nominees:
Julie Andrews in VICTOR/VICTORIA
Jessica Lange in FRANCES
Sissy Spacek in MISSING
Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE (won)
Debra Winger in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

1982

*Paul Newman 

                 in THE VERDICT
Ben Kingsley in GANDHI
Tim Roth in MADE IN BRITAIN

Dustin Hoffman in TOOTSIE
Henry Thomas in E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

actual oscar nominees:
Dustin Hoffman in TOOTSIE 
Ben Kingsley in GANDHI (won)
Jack Lemmon in MISSING
Paul Newman in THE VERDICT
Peter O'Toole in MY FAVORITE YEAR

1982

*Cher in COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
Susan Tyrrell in BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER

Teri Garr in TOOTSIE
Glenn Close in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
Lesley Ann Warren in VICTOR/VICTORIA

actual oscar nominees:
Glenn Close in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
Teri Garr in TOOTSIE
Jessica Lange in TOOTSIE (won)
Kim Stanley in FRANCES
Lesley Ann Warren in VICTOR/VICTORIA






 

1982

*Rutger Hauer 

                  in BLADE RUNNER

Ricardo Montalban in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN

Louis Gossett, Jr. in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
Sean Penn in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

John Lithgow in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP

actual oscar nominees:
Charles Durning in THE BEST LITTLE WHORE HOUSE IN TEXAS
Louis Gossett, Jr. in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (won)
John Lithgow in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
James Mason in THE VERDICT
Robert Preston in VICTOR/VICTORIA

1982

*E.T. - Melissa Mathison
TOOTSIE - Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal; Don McGuire
DINER - Barry Levinson
WHITE DOG - Samuel Fuller, Curtis Hanson
POLTERGEIST - Steven Spielberg, Mark Victor, Michael Grais

actual oscar nominees:
DINER
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
GANDHI (won)
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
TOOTSIE






 

1982

*THE VERDICT - David Mamet
MISSING - Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
STAR TREK II: WRATH OF KHAN 

                              - Jack B. Sowards, Nicholas Meyer
VICTOR/VICTORIA - Blake Edwards 
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH - Cameron Crowe

actual oscar nominees:
DAS BOOT
MISSING (won)
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
THE VERDICT
VICTOR/VICTORIA

1982

*BURDEN OF DREAMS
THE ATOMIC CAFE
THE STATE OF THINGS
URGH! A MUSIC WAR
THE SLOG MOVIE

actual oscar nominees documentary feature:
AFTER THE AXE
BEN'S MILL
IN OUR WATER
JUST ANOTHER MISSING KID (won)
A PORTRAIT OF GISELLE

actual oscar nominees documentary short:
GODS OF METAL
IF YOU LOVE THIS PLANET (won)
THE KLAN: A LEGACY OF HATE IN AMERICA
TO LIVE OR LET DIE
TRAVELING HOPEFULLY

1982

*VINCENT
THE DARK CRYSTAL
TIME MASTERS

THUNDER by Takashi Ito

THE SNOWMAN
TANGO
THE SECRET OF NIMH

THE RAVISHING OF FRANK N. STEIN
SEEPAGE
THE VANISHED WORLD OF GLOVES
HEY GOOD LOOKIN'
WE WERE BIRDS BEFORE - Прежде мы были птицами

actual oscar nominees animated short:
THE GREAT COGNITO
THE SNOWMAN
TANGO (won)

1982

*E.T. - John Williams >
BLADE RUNNER - Vangelis >
THE BORDER - Ry Cooder >

THE THING - Ennio Morricone & John Carpenter >
POLTERGEIST - Jerry Goldsmith >
CAT PEOPLE - Giorgio Moroder >

actual oscar nominees:
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (won)
GANDHI
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
POLTERGEIST
SOPHIE'S CHOICE  

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

1982

*BLADE RUNNER 

           - Jordan Cronenweth, ASC
STALKER - Georgi Rerberg, Aleksandr Knyazhinsky
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - Allen Daviau, ASC
SOPHIE'S CHOICE - Nestor Almendros, ASC
QUEST FOR FIRE - Claude Agostini, AFC

actual oscar nominees:
DAS BOOT
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
GANDHI (won)
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
TOOTSIE

1982

*E.T. - Carol Littleton
BLADE RUNNER - Terry Rawlings, Marsha Nakashima
DIVA - Monique Prim, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

ROCKY III - Mark Warner, Don Zimmerman
POLTERGEIST - Michael Kahn

actual oscar nominees:
DAS BOOT
E.T. EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
GANDHI (won)
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
TOOTSIE

1982 - production design + set decor

*BLADE RUNNER 

                   - Lawrence G. Paull
THE DARK CRYSTAL - Harry Lange, Peter Young
ONE FROM THE HEART 

                - Dean Tavoularis, L.McCarthy-Frankenheimer 
DIVA - Hilton Mc Connico, Gérard Marcireau
CAT PEOPLE - Edward Richardson, Bruce Weintraub

actual oscar nominees:
ANNIE
BLADE RUNNER
GANDHI (won)
LA TRAVIATA
VICTOR/VICTORIA 

1982

*LA TRAVIATA - Piero Tosi
VICTOR/VICTORIA - Patricia Norris
THE ROAD WARRIOR - Norma Moriceau
BLADE RUNNER - Michael Kaplan, Charles Knode
TRON - Elois Jenssen, Rosanna Norton

actual oscar nominees:
GANDHI (won)
LA TRAVIATA
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
TRON
VICTOR/VICTORIA

1982

*QUEST FOR FIRE 

     - Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke
THE THING - Rob Bottin

GANDHI - Tom Smith
BLADE RUNNER 

         - Marvin G. Westmore, S.Padgett, John Chambers
THE BEAST WITHIN - Thomas Hoerber, Ann Wadlington
STAR TREK II: WRATH OF KHAN 

                              - James L. McCoy, Werner Keppler 

DAS BOOT - Rasche; the von Sperl brothers

actual oscar nominees:
GANDHI
QUEST FOR FIRE (won)
 

1982

*THE THING
POLTERGEIST
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
TRON
BLADE RUNNER

THE DARK CRYSTAL
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN

THE BEAST WITHIN

actual oscar nominees:
BLADE RUNNER
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (won)
POLTERGEIST

1982

*E.T. : THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
THE THING
TRON
POLTERGEIST
DAS BOOT 

actual oscar nominees sound mix:
DAS BOOT
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (won)
GANDHI
TOOTSIE
TRON

actual oscar nominees sound edit: 
DAS BOOT
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (won)
POLTERGEIST
 

↓categories courtesy of Muriel:

1982

*1) Bicycle escape & flight climax - E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
2) Roy Batty saves Deckard's life. **closing monologue** 

---------------------------------------------- BLADE RUNNER
3) Entire blood needle test. Uncovering who is the creature 

---------------------------------------- THE THING [remake]
4) Light cycle duel & escape - TRON
5) Elliot shows E.T. all of his toys 

---------------------------------------- E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 
6) Motorcycle in subway chase - DIVA
7) Enterprise emerges from nebula. **sneak attack**

--------------------------------------- STAR TREK: WRATH OF KHAN
8) Revelation. Ika displays how to create fire w/friction 

--------------------------------------------- QUEST FOR FIRE
9) Juxtaposition of Drunk E.T. watching THE QUIET MAN on T.V. & Elliot at school causing chaos, kissing blonde 

-------------------------------------------- E.T. EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
10) Feral kid boomerangs Lord Humongous' henchman 

----------------------------------------------- ROAD WARRIOR 
11) possessed clown doll in the bedroom 

-------------------------------------------------- POLTERGEIST 
12) Curious E.T. wandering redwoods 

--------------------------------------- E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
13) creepy-ass Silver Shamrock commercial 

----------------------------------------------- HALLOWEEN III
14) the “Empty Spaces“ animated segment 

-------------------------------------------------- PINK FLOYD THE WALL
15) fantasy of Linda exiting the pool 

------------------------------------------ FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT


   

also this:

1982

*COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
THE THING
THE VERDICT
DINER
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image: 

  1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,

 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014