The 56th Annual Academy Awards
An international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements and technical merits of the film industry in the year of 1983.
- Released
- 1984
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1984
Storyline
An international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements and technical merits of the film industry in the year of 1983.
Top credits
Johnny Carson — Self - Host
Jane Alexander — Self - Nominee & Presenter- Gene Allen — Self - President of the Academy
Herb Alpert — Self - Performer
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• Because his Academy Award was destroyed in a fire, Gene Kelly, who was a presenter that night, was presented with a replacement. When Kelly and co-presenter Ray Bolger wanted to start with their presentation, Academy President Gene Allen appeared on stage to give Kelly the replacement Oscar. Kelly was not being told that he would receive that replacement, but stated that he had the feeling that it would happen.
• Linda Hunt, who won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), became the first person to win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite sex. She played a male photographer in the movie.
• This edition didn't include the makeup category, created two years earlier.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
Photos 11
