1983 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 1983, 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.

1983

*NOSTALGHIA
THE RIGHT STUFF

VIDEODROME
THE KING OF COMEDY

CHRISTINE

L'ARGENT
TESTAMENT
TENDER MERCIES
SCARFACE
NEVER CRY WOLF

RUMBLE FISH
LOCAL HERO

FANNY & ALEXANDER

EL SUR

WÊND KÛUNI

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ [roadshow version]

MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE

NIGHT OF SHOOTING STARS

A CHRISTMAS STORY

THE BEYOND

actual best picture oscar nominees:
THE BIG CHILL
THE DRESSER
THE RIGHT STUFF
TENDER MERCIES
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (won)

actual foreign language oscar nominees:
CARMEN
ENTRE NOUS
FANNY & ALEXANDER (won)
JOB'S REVOLT
LE BAL

1983

*Andrei Tarkovsky 

                  for NOSTALGHIA
Robert Bresson for L'ARGENT
Philip Kaufman for THE RIGHT STUFF
David Cronenberg for VIDEODROME

Francis Ford Coppola for RUMBLE FISH

actual oscar nominees:
Peter Yates for THE DRESSER
Ingmar Bergman for FANNY & ALEXANDER
Mike Nichols for SILKWOOD
Bruce Beresford for TENDER MERCIES
James L. Brooks for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (won)

1983

*Shirley MacLaine 

  in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Jane Alexander in TESTAMENT
Dee Wallace in CUJO

Debra Winger in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

Barbara Streisand in YENTL

actual oscar nominees:
Jane Alexander TESTAMENT
Shirley MacLaine TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (won)
Meryl Streep SILKWOOD
Julie Walters EDUCATING RITA
Debra Winger TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

1983

*Robert De Niro 

     in THE KING OF COMEDY
Albert Finney in THE DRESSER
Robert Duvall in TENDER MERCIES

Anthony Perkins in PSYCHO II
Charles Martin Smith in NEVER CRY WOLF

actual oscar nominees:
Michael Caine in EDUCATING RITA
Tom Conti in REUBEN REUBEN
Tom Courtenay in THE DRESSER
Robert Duvall in TENDER MERCIES (won)
Albert Finney in THE DRESSER

1983

*Alfre Woodard 

                in CROSS CREEK
Cher in SILKWOOD
Melinda Dillon in A CHRISTMAS STORY
Amy Irving in YENTL
Jamie Lee Curtis in TRADING PLACES

actual oscar nominees:
Cher in SILKWOOD
Glenn Close in THE BIG CHILL
Linda Hunt in THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY (won)
Amy Irving in YENTL
Alfre Woodard in CROSS CREEK






 

1983

*Jack Nicholson 

   in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Darren McGavin in A CHRISTMAS STORY
Fred Ward in THE RIGHT STUFF
Sam Shepard in THE RIGHT STUFF
Charles Durning in TO BE OR NOT TO BE

actual oscar nominees:
Charles Durning TO BE OR NOT TO BE
John Lithgow TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Jack Nicholson TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (won)
Sam Shepard in THE RIGHT STUFF
Rip Torn in CROSS CREEK

1983

*FANNY & ALEXANDER 

                  - Ingmar Bergman
THE KING OF COMEDY - Paul D. Zimmerman 
VIDEODROME - David Cronenberg
TENDER MERCIES - Horton Foote

SILKWOOD - Nora Ephron

actual oscar nominees:
THE BIG CHILL
FANNY & ALEXANDER
SILKWOOD
TENDER MERCIES (won)
WARGAMES








 

1983

*THE DRESSER - Ronald Harwood
SCARFACE - Oliver Stone
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - James L. Brooks
THE RIGHT STUFF - Philip Kaufman
A CHRISTMAS STORY - Bob Clark, Jean Shepherd

actual oscar nominees:
BETRAYAL
THE DRESSER
EDUCATING RITA
REUBEN, REUBEN
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (won)

1983

*KOYAANISQATSI
SANS SOLEIL
VOYAGE IN TIME
BURROUGHS

STYLE WARS
WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE

actual oscar nominees doc feature:
CHILDREN OF DARKNESS
FIRST CONTACT
HE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE DANCIN (won)
THE PROFESSION OF ARMS
SEEING RED

actual oscar nominees doc short:
FLAMENCO AT 5:15 (won)
IN THE NUCLEAR SHADOW
SEWING WOMAN
SPACES: ARCHITECTURE OF PAUL RUDOLPH
YOU ARE FREE

1983

*TWICE UPON A TIME
FIRE AND ICE
BAREFOOT GEN
DIMENSIONS OF DIALOGUE
HELL [PÕRGU]

THE PLAGUE DOGS

ROCK & RULE

THE BEHOLDER
THE PROFESSIONAL: GOLGO 13

DAICON IV Opening Animation

actual oscar nominees animated short:
MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
SOUND OF SUNSHINE SOUND OF RAIN
SUNDAE IN NEW YORK (won)

1983

*KOYAANISQATSI - Philip Glass >
SCARFACE - Giorgio Moroder >
RETURN OF THE JEDI - John Williams >
THE KEEP - Tangerine Dream >
MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE - Ryuichi Sakamoto >

VIDEODROME - Howard Shore >

actual oscar nominees:
CROSS CREEK
RETURN OF THE JEDI
THE RIGHT STUFF (won)
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
UNDER FIRE
THE STING II
TRADING PLACES
YENTL (won)

1983

*REASSEMBLAGE:  
FROM THE FIRELIGHT TO THE SCREEN
MICHAEL JACKSON'S THRILLER
DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION

POSSIBLY IN MICHIGAN

THE CRIMSON PERMANENT ASSURANCE
IT'S A GOOD LIFE [TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE]
Tim Burton's HANSEL & GRETEL

NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FT [TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE]

MICHAEL JACKSON: BILLY JEAN

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

1983

*RUMBLE FISH 

           - Stephen H. Burum, ASC
FANNY & ALEXANDER - Sven Nykvist, FSF
EL SUR - José Luis Alcaine, AEC
THE RIGHT STUFF - Caleb Deschanel, ASC
THE HUNGER - Stephen Goldblatt, ASC

THE KEEP - Alex Thomson, BSC

actual oscar nominees:
FANNY & ALEXANDER (won)
FLASHDANCE
THE RIGHT STUFF
WARGAMES
ZELIG

1983

*KOYAANISQATSI - Ron Fricke
NOSTALGHIA - Erminia Marani, Amedeo Salfa
THE RIGHT STUFF - G.Farr, Fruchtman, S.A. Rotter, Tom Rolf
RUMBLE FISH - Barry Malkin
FLASHDANCE - Walt Mulconery, Bud Smith

THE KEEP - Dov Hoenig

BLUE THUNDER - Edward M. Abroms, Frank Morriss

actual oscar nominees:
BLUE THUNDER
FLASHDANCE
THE RIGHT STUFF (won) 
SILKWOOD
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

1983- production design + set decor

*FANNY & ALEXANDER - Anna Asp
STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI - 

           Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James Schoppe; Michael Ford
THE RIGHT STUFF - Geoffrey Kirkland, George R. Nelson
YENTL - Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins; Tessa Davies
VIDEODROME - Carol Spier, Angelo Stea

actual oscar nominees:
FANNY & ALEXANDER (won)
RETURN OF THE JEDI
THE RIGHT STUFF
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
YENTL

1983

*FANNY & ALEXANDER - Marik Vos
LIQUID SKY - Marina Levikova

ZELIG - Santo Loquasto
THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT - Sue Blane
HEART LIKE A WHEEL - William Ware Theiss
CROSS CREEK - Joe I. Tompkins

actual oscar nominees:
CROSS CREEK
FANNY & ALEXANDER (won)
HEART LIKE A WHEEL
THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE
ZELIG

1983

*THRILLER - Rick Baker
RETURN OF THE JEDI - Tippett, Tom Smith, G.Freeborn
VIDEODROME - Rick Baker
THE BEYOND - Giannetto De Rossi

LIQUID SKY - Marcel Fiévé; Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva

THE HUNGER - Dick Smith, Peter Montagna, Nick Dudman
THE DRESSER - Alan Boyle, Barbara Ritchie

1983

*RETURN OF THE JEDI
BRAINSTORM
VIDEODROME
THE RIGHT STUFF
TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE

THE BEYOND

actual oscar nominees: 
RETURN OF THE JEDI (won)

1983

*RETURN OF THE JEDI
VIDEODROME
THE RIGHT STUFF
CHRISTINE
NEVER CRY WOLF

actual oscar nominees sound mix:
NEVER CRY WOLF
RETURN OF THE JEDI
THE RIGHT  STUFF (won)
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
WARGAMES

actual oscar nominees sound edit:
RETURN OF THE JEDI
THE RIGHT STUFF (won)

↓categories courtesy of Muriel:

1983

*1) Candle light ruins for departed mother (snow & flashback) 

             - NOSTALGHIA
2) Max's TV is behaving orgasmically ("Come to Nicky") 

---------------------------------------------- VIDEODROME
3) Abandoned garage fight with Biff - RUMBLE FISH
4) John Glenn witnesses flurry of lights during orbit 

------------------------------------------------------- THE RIGHT STUFF
5) Cowboy Ralphie rescues family from Black Bart 

------------------------------------------------------- CHRISTMAS STORY
6) Luke's lightsaber escape above Sarlacc pit 

----------------------------------------------------- RETURN OF THE JEDI
7) Crushed '58 Plymouth Fury regenerates to mint 

condition --------------------------------------------------- CHRISTINE

-tie- the Jacko "Were-cat" movie within a movie 

--------------------------------------------------------------- THRILLER
8) The Grid 1 & 2 sequences - KOYAANISQATSI
9) Darkwolf jumps from pterodactyl & begins massacre 

----------------------------------------------------------- FIRE AND ICE
10) Mowat, one with the pack, chases caribou 

---------------------------------------------------------- NEVER CRY WOLF
11) Tony's mansion shootout & demise. **climax** 

----------------------------------------------------- SCARFACE
12) Exiting a fallout shelter prematurely - THE DAY AFTER

-tie- the bombing of Hiroshima - BAREFOOT GEN

13) Suicide by impalement on a pair of scissors

----------------------------------------------- THE DEAD ZONE
14) The ice skating murder - CURTAINS

15) WOPR computer runs thousands of warhead scenarios 

----------------------------------------------------------- WAR GAMES

also;

Lou Reed "My Name is Mok" from ROCK & RULE

1983

*THE RIGHT STUFF
THE DRESSER
SILKWOOD
RUMBLE FISH
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
STREAMERS

 




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