National Society of Film Critics Awards 1983

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.

Winners

Best Picture:

1. The Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo)
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz
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 – Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)

Best Actor:

1. Gérard Depardieu – Danton and The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre)
2. Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
3. Günter Lamprecht – Berlin Alexanderplatz

Best Actress:

1. Debra Winger – Terms of Endearment
2. Joanna Cassidy – Under Fire
3. Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment

Best Supporting Actor:

• Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Sandra Bernhard – The King of Comedy
2. Cher – Silkwood
3. Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously

Best Screenplay:

1. Bill Forsyth – Local Hero
2. Clayton Frohman and Ron Shelton – Under Fire
3. James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment

Best Cinematography:

1. Hiro Narita – Never Cry Wolf
2. Gordon Willis – Zelig
3. John Alcott – Under Fire

External links

• Past Awards

References

• US CRITICS VOTE SHOOTING STARS' BEST FILM OF '83 The Boston Globe
• TAVIANIS WIN FILM AWARD The New York Times
• FOREIGN TWIST TO CRITICS' 1983 BALLOTS Los Angeles Times