British Academy Film Awards 1984
The 37th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in London in 1984 . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were presented in 22 categories; there was also a special and an honorary award category. For the first time, individual prizes were awarded in the categories Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay , but the category Best Screenplay was omitted . The awards went to films from 1983 .
Movie | N | A. |
---|---|---|
Tootsie | 9 | 2 |
Heat and dust | 8th | 1 |
Local Hero | 7th | 1 |
Rita finally wants to know | 6th | 3 |
The King of Comedy | 5 | 1 |
Zelig | 5 | 0 |
Return of the Jedi | 4th | 1 |
Flashdance | 4th | 1 |
La Traviata | 4th | 2 |
The adventurers | 3 | 2 |
Fanny and Alexander | 3 | 1 |
WarGames - war games | 3 | 1 |
The honorary consul | 2 | 0 |
An officer and a gentleman | 2 | 1 |
Sophie's decision | 2 | 0 |
At a different time | 2 | 1 |
Award winners and nominations
In the run-up to the event, no film had been able to establish itself as a clear favorite. Sydney Pollack's Tootsie led the field of favorites with nine nominations ahead of James Ivorys Heat and Dust with eight and Bill Forsyth's Local Hero with seven nominations. Most of the awards received, however, Rita finally wants to know with three BAFTAs; Woody Allens Zelig came away empty-handed despite five nominations.
Best movie
Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita) - Lewis Gilbert
- Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust) - Ismail Merchant
- Local Hero - David Puttnam
- Tootsie - Sydney Pollack , Dick Richards
Best director
- James Ivory - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
- Sydney Pollack - Tootsie
- Martin Scorsese - The King of Comedy
Best Actor
Michael Caine - Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita)
Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
- Michael Caine - The Honorary Consul (The Honorary Consul)
- Robert De Niro - The King of Comedy
Best main actress
Julie Walters - Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita)
- Jessica Lange - Tootsie
- Phyllis Logan - At another time (Another Time, Another Place)
- Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (Sophie's Choice)
Best supporting actor
Denholm Elliott - The Soldiers of Fortune (Trading Places)
- Bob Hoskins - The Honorary Consul (The Honorary Consul)
- Burt Lancaster - Local Hero
- Jerry Lewis - The King of Comedy
The best supporting actress
Jamie Lee Curtis - The Soldiers of Fortune (Trading Places)
- Teri Garr - Tootsie
- Rosemary Harris - The Plowman's Lunch
- Maureen Lipman - Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita)
Best Young Actor
Phyllis Logan - At another time (Another Time, Another Place)
- Kevin Kline - Sophie's Choice (Sophie's Choice)
- Greta Scacchi - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
- Julie Walters - Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita)
Best adapted script
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
- Larry Gelbart , Murray Schisgal - Tootsie
- Harold Pinter - Fraud (Betrayal)
- William Martin Russell - Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita)
Best original script
Paul D. Zimmerman - The King of Comedy (The King of Comedy)
- Woody Allen - Zelig
- Bill Forsyth - Local Hero
- Timothy Harris , Herschel Weingrod - The Soldiers of Fortune (Trading Places)
Best camera
Sven Nykvist - Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
- Walter Lassally - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
- Chris Menges - Local Hero
- Gordon Willis - Zelig
Best production design
Franco Zeffirelli , Gianni Quaranta - La Traviata
- Angelo P. Graham - WarGames - Wargames
- Norman Reynolds - Return of the Jedi (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
- Wilfred Shingleton - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
Best costumes
- Barbara Lane - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
- Ruth Morley - Tootsie
- Marik Vos-Lundh - Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
Best mask
C. Romania Ford , George Masters , Dorothy J. Pearl , Allan Weisinger - Tootsie
- Fern Buchner, John Caglione Jr. - Zelig
- Stuart Freeborn , Phil Tippett - Return of the Jedi (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
- Gordon Kay - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
Best film score
Ryūichi Sakamoto - Furyo - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
- Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
- Giorgio Moroder - Flashdance
- Jack Nitzsche - An Officer and a Gentleman
Best song
" Up Where We Belong " from An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche , Will Jennings , Buffy Sainte-Marie
- "Every Sperm Is Sacred" from The Meaning of Life (The Meaning Of Life) - Dave Howman, Andre Jacquemin, Terry Jones , Michael Palin
- " Flashdance ... What a Feeling " from Flashdance - Irene Cara , Keith Forsey , Giorgio Moroder
- “Tootsie” from Tootsie - Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Dave Grusin
Best cut
Walt Mulconery , Bud S. Smith - Flashdance
- Michael Bradsell - Local Hero
- Susan E. Morse - Zelig
- Thelma Schoonmaker - The King of Comedy
Best tone
Willie D. Burton , Michael J. Kohut , William L. Manger - WarGames - War Games (WarGames)
- Ben Burtt , Tony Dawe , Gary Summers - Return of the Jedi (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
- Cesare D'Amico, Jean-Louis Ducarme , Federico Savina, Claude Villand - La Traviata
- Don Digirolamo , Robert J. Glass , Robert Knudson , James E. Webb - Flashdance
Best visual effects
Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston , Kit West - Return of the Jedi (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
- Colin Cantwell, Jack Cooperman, Joe Digaetano, Michael L. Fink , William A. Fraker , Don Hansard - WarGames - War Games (WarGames)
- Roy Field, Brian Smithies, Ian Wingrove - The Dark Crystal (The Dark Crystal)
- Richard Greenberg , Joel Hynek , Stuart Robertson , Gordon Willis - Zelig
Best short film
Goodie Two Shoes - Director: Ian Emes
- John Love - Director: John A. Davis
- Keep Off the Grass - Director: Paul Weiland
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance - Director: Terry Gilliam
Best animated short film
Henry's Cat - Director: Bob Godfrey
- Danger Mouse - Director: Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall
- Paddington Goes to the Movies - Director: Barry Leith
- The Wind in the Willows - Directed by Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall
Best documentary
Schindler: The Documentary - Directed by Jon Blair
- Forty Minutes, episode: Female Circumcision - Director: Louise Panton
- Wildlife on One, Episode: Night Life - Director: Dilys Breese
- The Boy David, Episode 3: The Visit - Director: Alex McCall
Best Non-English Language Film
Danton , France / Poland - Margaret Ménégoz , Barbara Pec-Slesicka and Andrzej Wajda
- To love and death (Vivement dimanche!) , France - Armand Barbault and François Truffaut
- Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) , Sweden - Ingmar Bergman and Jörn Donner
- La Traviata , Italy - Tarak Ben Ammar and Franco Zeffirelli
Special and honorary awards
Academy Fellowship
- Hugh Greene - British journalist and television director
- Sam Spiegel - American-Austrian film producer
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
(Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema)
- Colin Young - film lecturer, first director of the National Film and Television School
Web links
- Winner and nominee 1984 on bafta.org
- 1984 Bafta Awards in the Internet Movie Database