18th NSFC Awards
January 4, 1984
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Best Film:
The Night of
the Shooting Stars
The 18th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 1984, honored the best filmmaking of
1983
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Winners
Best Picture
1. ''
The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (''La notte di San Lorenzo'')
2. ''
Berlin Alexanderplatz
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2. ''
Fanny and Alexander'' (''Fanny och Alexander'')
Best Director
1.
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani – ''
The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (''La notte di San Lorenzo'')
2.
Philip Kaufman – ''
The Right Stuff''
3.
Ingmar Bergman
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– ''
Fanny and Alexander'' (''Fanny och Alexander'')
Best Actor
1.
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...
– ''
Danton'' and ''
The Return of Martin Guerre'' (''Le retour de Martin Guerre'')
2.
Robert Duvall – ''
Tender Mercies''
3.
Günter Lamprecht – ''
Berlin Alexanderplatz
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Best Actress
1.
Debra Winger – ''
Terms of Endearment''
2.
Joanna Cassidy – ''
Under Fire
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3.
Bonnie Bedelia – ''
Heart Like a Wheel (film)''
4.
Shirley MacLaine
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– ''
Terms of Endearment''
Best Supporting Actor
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Jack Nicholson – ''
Terms of Endearment''
Best Supporting Actress
1.
Sandra Bernhard
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The King of Comedy''
2.
Cher
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– ''
Silkwood''
3.
Linda Hunt – ''
The Year of Living Dangerously''
Best Screenplay
1.
Bill Forsyth – ''
Local Hero''
2.
Clayton Frohman
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Ron Shelton – ''
Under Fire
Under Fire may refer to:
Books
* ''Under Fire'' (Barbusse novel) (French: ''Le Feu''), a novel by Henri Barbusse
* ''Under Fire'' (Blackwood novel), by Grant Blackwood in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jr. franchise series
* ''Under Fire'' (North book ...
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3.
James L. Brooks – ''
Terms of Endearment''
Best Cinematography
1.
Hiro Narita – ''
Never Cry Wolf
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2.
Gordon Willis – ''
Zelig''
3.
John Alcott
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– ''
Under Fire
Under Fire may refer to:
Books
* ''Under Fire'' (Barbusse novel) (French: ''Le Feu''), a novel by Henri Barbusse
* ''Under Fire'' (Blackwood novel), by Grant Blackwood in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jr. franchise series
* ''Under Fire'' (North book ...
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References
External links
Past Awards
{{NSFC Awards Chron
1983
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