Sunday, April 11, 2010

Movies for Sunday April 11, 2010

On April 11th 1983 the 55th Academy Awards took place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. With the 55th Academy Awards in mind, the theme for today are films that won for that year-enjoy!

1 Gandhi (1982) Director Richard Attenborough/Govind Nihalani
Academy Award winning film about the true story of Mahatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley). Film won eight Oscars including Best Picture, Director and Best Actor for Kingsley...

2 Sophie's Choice (1982) Director Alan J. Pakula
Movie about a woman (Meryl Streep) who is forced to make a life and death choice during the war-Streep won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance...

3 An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Director Taylor Hackford
Film about a man (Richard Gere) who must endure a tough gunnery sergeant (Louis Gossett Jr.) to become an aviator-Louis Gossett Jr. won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal...

4 Tootsie (1982) Director Sydney Pollack
Tells the story of an actor (Dustin Hoffman) so desperate to get hired that he pretends to be a woman to land the role and inadvertently falls in love with his co-star (Jessica Lange)-Lange won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role...

I hope that the above list will provide many hours of viewing entertainment... enjoy!
Dianezy
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