1983 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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Date December 17, 1983		Best Picture Terms of Endearment

The 9th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1983, were announced on 17 December 1983.

Winners

Best Picture:

Terms of Endearment

Runner-up: Tender Mercies

Best Director:

James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment

Runner-up: Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies

Best Actor:

Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies

Runner-up: Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben

Best Actress:

Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment

Runner-up: Jane Alexander – Testament

Best Supporting Actor:

Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment

Runner-up: John Lithgow – Terms of Endearment and Twilight Zone: The Movie

Best Supporting Actress:

Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously

Runner-up: Cher – Silkwood

Best Screenplay:

James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment

Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek – The Big Chill

Best Cinematography:

Sven Nykvist – Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)

Runner-up: Hiro Narita – Never Cry Wolf

Best Music Score:

Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi

Runner-up: Billy Goldenberg – Reuben, Reuben

Best Foreign Film:

Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) • Sweden/France/West Germany

Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:

Michael Snow – So Is This

New Generation Award:

Sean Penn

Career Achievement Award:

Myrna Loy

Special Citation:

Restored versions of A Star Is Born and The Leopard

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