"Terms of Endearment" producer James L. Brooks winning the Oscar® for Best Picture at the 56th Annual Academy Awards® in 1984. Presented by Frank Capra.
One of the greatest movies of all time. Kids today will NEVER have the privilege of witnessing a movie made in the modern era that is so amazing, so filled with every possible emotion that makes you feel so satisfied and emotionally drained afterward.
Terms of Endearment, one of the best films to take the top Oscar. As much as I like Shirley Maclaine, Debra Winger broke my heart in this movie. She should have one the Best Actress Oscar. Thank you National Board of Review for giving her the Best Actress award that year. We all know that Shirley was due, so not completely disappointed.
My favorite film of all-time. Everything you want in a picture - comedy, drama, sex, romance. Brilliant score by Michael Gore and Shirley MacLaine in what I consider the best leading actress performance of all time. Nicholson's finest hour. I love this film!!!
I think that both Debra and Shirley deserved it. I think that the Academy mucked up in1969 when it gave oscars to Streisand and Hepburn (it was clearly Barbra's Oscar) but 1984 was the first time that it should've been a tie for Best Actress. Debra Winger has a scene in which she tells her mother goodbye as her family leaves Texas. Debra tells her mum "I'm gonna miss you mama" and it is a moment of acting genius. She speaks volumes w/ her eyes alone ( like that wordless deathbed scene)
Hey, Spielberg and Amy Irving sitting next to Brooks. Given that Temple of Doom was in post-production at this point (two months from release), Spielberg's on-set affair with Kate Capshaw was already in the books. A crumbling marriage in the works and we didn't realize it. (not that we had to)
yeah! real professionalism! And look at her affected expression!!! anyway she should have won the Oscar instead Shirley!I mean I love Shirley and I think that she is an amazing actress, but in this film Debra gave us a genial performance!!!!!
Personally, I would’ve given Debra Winger Best Supporting Actress because I always thought that Shirley MacLaine was in the film more than Debra. This, Amadeus and Platoon are the best pictures of the 80s
I just watched this brilliant film, and I've seen all the other best picture nominees for 1983 as well. "Terms of Endearment" blew them away hands down. The performances were outstanding. Too bad they couldnt have given an award to Debra Winger as well. She was phenominal. A great film that ran the emotions from grand slapstick to deepest heartbreak. None of the other films of 1983 were even close!
I love this movie very much! In my opinion, Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, and Jack Nicholson were both amazing in their roles. The scene when Debra passed away made me cry out loud (she deserved the Oscar instead of Shirley). This movie has everything: comedy, drama, marriage, children, friendship, illness...I'm so glad because you finally post this video; this movie is one my favorites, it deserves the 5 Oscars it won! Greetings.
I wish A Christmas Story got a nomination for Best Picture. To me, its not just one of the best Christmas films, it's also one of the best films of 1983 and a nostalgic throwback to those who grew up in the mid 30s & early 40s.
I love this movie.Its very touching an this is an example of real movies.Showing love to there live ones regardless of what they think they should an shouldn't do.it shows even through death they stood strong by there side
One thing about 'Terms' Oscar night that always bothers me... it is a novel by the great Larry McMurtry and he is there in every scene and every plot point. Not a mention ever.
that year the acedemy didnt wanted to see that the best movie was not american. the oscar was for FANNY AND ALEXANDER made by the best director alive; IGMAR BERGMAN.
Dude, when she's reduced to playing Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in TV films, it ain't happening. She aged in a tired and burnt out looking sort of way, unfortunately. If she had some elderly spunk like Ruth Gordon, Katherine Hepburn, and other actresses over the years had, then maybe...
She won't get it anytime soon. But it all comes down to this, both Honorary Oscars were given to Disney's Angela Bassett and Carol Littleton in 2024. They're been associated with the company since September 14, 1985.
debra gave her all in the movie and what she got in return was a fucking dagger in the heart by maclaine . I don't give a shit if he she was difficult or was a bitch. it was her award. They could have at least given a fucking tie. kudos to Brooks for acknowledging her. no disrespect to maclaine but she has debras award
David Brooks giving a special thank you to Debra Winger says so much. Shirley McLaine was wonderful in the film, but showed her true colors by smearing Debra through the Oscar campaign and then giving her the backhanded compliment of her ‘turbulent brilliance’. A very ungracious comment to make in such a public arena.
1212matt I don’t disagree. But Shirley’s “big moments” were so obvious: the lunch date with Jack, screaming at the nurse, hugging Jack at the airport. Brooks handed those scenes to Shirley and they were pure Oscar gold, guaranteeing her a win. Debra’s performance was more nuanced-you need to scratch below the surface and look harder to find the gems in her performance, made more challenging because the character of Emma doesn’t really have a backstory. Does that make sense? The deathbed scene in that moment just before Emma slips away...Debra looks at Shirley and does something so incredible with her eyes, telegraphing “I love you and goodbye” without uttering a word of dialogue. Debra’s acting was just incredible.
5:06 How in the world could the show's director know that James L. Brooks was a second away from mentioning Debra Winger?? This is real professionalism
Wonder why he didn't mention the rest of the cast (Maclaine, Nicholson, Daniels) since it is the actors and their performances that made that film worth watching.
Don't forget that this was James L Brooks' THIRD win of the night (he won Adapted Screenplay and Directing earlier that evening). He already acknowledged them in his earlier speeches (especially his Adapted Screenplay one).
For me this list should have been: Terms of Endearment The Big Chill The Dresser The Right Stuff Tender Mercies Fanny and Alexander Educating Rita Silkwood WarGames Return of the Jedi
I don’t really find Return of the Jedi best picture worthy though as Empire Strikes Back. It’s a good movie, but even if I extended the nominees for Best Picture of 1983 from 5 to 10, I wouldn’t put Return of the Jedi on the list.
Here's A better idea. Replace Return of the Jedi, with A Christmas Story. That's actually one of the best films of 1983 worthy of being nominated for Best Picture and has become a true holiday classic.
When Frank is listing off the nominees, everything except the names of the films themselves is prerecorded. You can tell at 2:28 when his mouth doesn't move after his voice starts going; also, shortly after that, there's a weird tape glitch. They try to conceal it on the telecast by moving back to show the audience looking at the screen.
I've been watching these old academy award announcements for best picture going back to the late 60s. I was struck by the high quality of films and the seemingly more interesting (and less outwardly vain) people who made them, particularly in the 1970s. It's apparent, however, that the decline of quality began in the early 1980s: Ordinary People, Chariots of Fire, Terms of Endearment. They're all good movies in their own ways, but they don't hold a candle to the winners in years recently preceding them. The five nominees from 1977 alone (well, maybe 4 of the 5) eclipse the best 4 best picture winners from the 80s and onward. The few post-70s best picture winners that favorably compare to my mind are Amadeus, Platoon, The Last Emperor, and Unforgiven. Maybe Gladiator, but definitely nothing in the past 18 years since. These days we get "message films," mainly on race but sometimes gender, that are about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the face.
You are completely wrong. There have been unbelievably amazing films to come out since then but the Academy just fails to recognize them. Back to the Future, Raging Bull, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Mullholland Drive, Blade Runner, Goodfellas, LOTR trilogy, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Matrix, Schindler's List, Memento, The Social Network, & more.
1978 was Newsfront, directed by Phillip Noyce who went on to make Dead Calm as well as several American features beginning with Blind Fury. 1980 was the Oscar winning Coal Miner's Daughter which was directed by Sir Michael Apted in his American feature for Universal. Released in theaters on Friday, August 8. The Oscar nominated Altered States was Sir Ken Russell's first American big budget hit film for Warner Bros. Pictures and the Oscar nominated Breaker Morant which was co-written and directed by Bruce Beresford for New World/Quartet. Both were released on Friday, December 26 with excellent results. According to the NY Times, several world class filmmakers were finally coming to America and they are Sir Alan Parker, Sir Hugh Hudson, Adrian Lyne, Sir Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Sir Michael Apted, John Irvin, Bruce Beresford, Sir Ken Russell, Phillip Noyce, Sir Tony Richardson, Richard Franklin, Stephen Hopkins, Sidney J. Furie, Joe Dante, Jonathan Kaplan, Andrew Davis, George Miller, Dean Parisot, Mick Jackson, Jon Amiel, Stuart Baird, Gillian Armstrong, Jan DeBont, Cameron Crowe, Jean Sagal, Peter Weir, Fred Schepisi, Darrell Roodt, Martin Brest, Amy Heckerling, Martha Coolidge, David Cronenberg, Peter Medak, Ted Kotcheff, Thomas Carter, Donald Petrie, Luis Mandoki, Paul Verhoeven, Wolfgang Petersen, Costa-Gavras, Christine Lahti, Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, Griffin Dunne, Dame Susan Seidelman, Roger Donaldson, Geoff Murphy, Randa Haines, Beeban Kidron, Kathryn Bigelow, Greta Ludwig, Barbara Kopple among others to start making all new projects for both studios and indies worldwide between February 15, 1981 and today. All thanks to first-timer Laura McKenzie, Los Angeles, California with Molly Haskell Sarris, New York City, New York and Keith Connolly, Melbourne, Australia.
That's rich coming from someone who watches a video only to criticise great, legendary director Frank Capra. I actually feel sorry for you because the way you're acting you will never amount to anything. Certainly never to Frank Capra's level
It's things like this that probably ruined Debra's chances for an award: *"But sometimes Winger's behavior went beyond difficult. On the set of Terms Of Endearment, Winger is rumored to have not only farted in MacLaine's face but also licked her on the leg while she was shooting a bedroom scene with Jack Nicholson".*
The Evening Star was adapted and helmed by Robert Harling, which was a sequel to Terms of Endearment in 1996 at Paramount/Qualia Capital. Produced by Original Film and Carsey Werner Films.
Saw this movie broadcast on "The Movie Channel" earlier today. They hacked out _everything_ that could _maybe_ be construed as even _mildly_ offensive - as well as things that, although important to the story line, couldn't _possibly_ bat an eye. People that hadn't seen the movie were probably goin', " yeah - -_this_ won best picture???" Rant over. sigh
Right Stuff. Return of the Jedi isn’t really Best Picture worthy as Empire Strikes Back. Also, The Right Stuff has been preserved in the National Film Registry since 2013 while Return of the Jedi has yet to be preserved as Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back. Update: Last year Return of the Jedi was finally selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. But considering The Right Stuff was selected 8 years before Return of the Jedi, that film is viewed as the Best Picture of 1983.
Hah! The comments by the guys are so telling. "The right stuff"?? Really? The dialog was monotonous and predictable. Some of the of the actors looked like they were reading right off of cue cards. The US gangsters and space program had been done to death and I love how Terms of Endearment spat in the face of it all by portraying Nicholson as the has been astronaut, clinging to that 1 claim to fame just to get laid.
