The 56th Academy Awards|1984

Actress in a Supporting Role - Glenn Close in "The Big Chill"

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek

Best Picture - Michael Shamberg, Producer

Actress in a Supporting Role - Alfre Woodard in "Cross Creek"

Costume Design - Joe I. Tompkins

Music (Original Score) - Leonard Rosenman

Actor in a Supporting Role - Rip Torn in "Cross Creek"

Actress in a Leading Role - Julie Walters in "Educating Rita"

Actor in a Leading Role - Michael Caine in "Educating Rita"

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Willy Russell

* Art Direction - Anna Asp

* Costume Design - Marik Vos

* Cinematography - Sven Nykvist

* Foreign Language Film - Sweden

Directing - Ingmar Bergman

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Ingmar Bergman

Film Editing - Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery

Cinematography - Don Peterman

Music (Original Song) - Maniac in "Flashdance" Music and Lyric by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky

* Music (Original Song) - Flashdance...What A Feeling in "Flashdance" Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara

Art Direction - Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James Schoppe; Set Decoration: Michael Ford

Sound Effects Editing - Ben Burtt

Sound - Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe

Music (Original Score) - John Williams

* Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) - Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Julius J. Epstein

Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Conti in "Reuben, Reuben"

Art Direction - Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter Romero; Set Decoration: Pat Pending, George R. Nelson

Cinematography - Caleb Deschanel

Best Picture - Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers

Actor in a Supporting Role - Sam Shepard in "The Right Stuff"

* Music (Original Score) - Bill Conti

* Film Editing - Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf

* Sound Effects Editing - Jay Boekelheide

* Sound - Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan

Actress in a Supporting Role - Cher in "Silkwood"

Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep in "Silkwood"

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen

Film Editing - Sam O'Steen

Directing - Bruce Beresford

Music (Original Song) - Over You in "Tender Mercies" Music and Lyric by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart

Best Picture - Philip S. Hobel, Producer

* Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Horton Foote

* Actor in a Leading Role - Robert Duvall in "Tender Mercies"

Art Direction - Art Direction: Polly Platt, Harold Michelson; Set Decoration: Tom Pedigo, Anthony Mondello

Actress in a Leading Role - Debra Winger in "Terms of Endearment"

Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Jim Alexander

Actor in a Supporting Role - John Lithgow in "Terms of Endearment"

Music (Original Score) - Michael Gore

Film Editing - Richard Marks

* Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Nicholson in "Terms of Endearment"

* Directing - James L. Brooks

* Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - James L. Brooks

* Best Picture - James L. Brooks, Producer

* Actress in a Leading Role - Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endearment"

Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Irving in "Yentl"

Art Direction - Art Direction: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Tessa Davies

Music (Original Song) - Papa, Can You Hear Me? in "Yentl" Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

Music (Original Song) - The Way He Makes Me Feel in "Yentl" Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

* Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) - Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman