The Envelope Please... (Best Film)

And here are your winners!

1980 Winner: Ordinary People
1981 Winner: Chariots of Fire
1982 Winner: Gandhi
1983 Winner: Terms of Endearment
1984 Winner: Amadeus
1985 Winner: Out of Africa
1986 Winner: Platoon
1987 Winner: The Last Emperor
1988 Winner: Rain Man
1989 Winner: Driving Miss Daisy

And for a special Oscar Week treat, a montage of all your 80s Best Pictures:

Final Oscar Week Roundup: Best Picture

What do you know about these films? What do you remember? The following films were nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the 1980s. Can you remember who actually won?
Check back first thing tomorrow morning for the winners.

1980 Nominees:

• Coal Miner's Daughter
• The Elephant Man
• Ordinary People
• Raging Bull
• Tess

1981 Nominees:

• Atlantic City
• Chariots of Fire
• On Golden Pond
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Reds

1982 Nominees:

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Gandhi
• Missing
• Tootsie
• The Verdict

1983 Nominees:

• The Big Chill
• The Dresser
• The Right Stuff
• Tender Mercies
• Terms of Endearment

1984 Nominees:

• Amadeus
• The Killing Fields
• A Passage to India
• Places in the Heart
• A Soldier's Story

1985 Nominees:

• The Color Purple
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Out of Africa
• Prizzi's Honor
• Witness

1986 Nominees:

• Children of a Lesser God
• Hannah and Her Sisters
• The Mission
• Platoon
• A Room with a View

1987 Nominees:

• Broadcast News
• Fatal Attraction
• Hope and Glory
• The Last Emperor
• Moonstruck

1988 Nominees:

• The Accidental Tourist
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Mississippi Burning
• Rain Man
• Working Girl

1989 Nominees:

• Born on the Fourth of July
• Dead Poets Society
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Field of Dreams
• My Left Foot

The Envelope Please... (Best Actor)

And here are your winners!

1980 Winner: Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull
1981 Winner: Henry Fonda as Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond
1982 Winner: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi
1983 Winner: Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies
1984 Winner: F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus
1985 Winner: William Hurt as Luis Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986 Winner: Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Color of Money
1987 Winner: Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street
1988 Winner: Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man
1989 Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown in My Left Foot

Oscar Week Continues: Best Actor

What do you know about these films? What do you remember? The following actors were nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the 1980s. Can you remember who actually won?
Check back first thing tomorrow morning for the winners.

1980 Nominees:

• Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull
• Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meechum in The Great Santini
• John Hurt as John Merrick in The Elephant Man
• Jack Lemmon as Scottie Templeton in Tribute
• Peter O'Toole as Eli Cross in The Stunt Man

1981 Nominees:

• Warren Beatty as John Reed in Reds
• Henry Fonda as Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond
• Burt Lancaster as Lou Pascal in Atlantic City
• Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach in Arthur
• Paul Newman as Michael Colin Gallagher in Absence of Malice

1982 Nominees:

• Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie
• Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi
• Jack Lemmon as Ed Horman in Missing
• Paul Newman as Frank Galvin in The Verdict
• Peter O'Toole as Alan Swann in My Favorite Year

1983 Nominees:

• Michael Caine as Dr. Frank Bryant in Educating Rita
• Tom Conti as Gowan McGland in Reuben, Reuben
• Tom Courtenay as Norman in The Dresser
• Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies
• Albert Finney as Sir in The Dresser

1984 Nominees:

• F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus
• Jeff Bridges as Starman in Starman
• Albert Finney as Geoffrey Firmin in Under the Volcano
• Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus
• Sam Waterston as Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields

1985 Nominees:

• Harrison Ford as Det. Capt. John Book in Witness
• James Garner as Murphy Jones in Murphy's Romance
• William Hurt as Luis Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Jack Nicholson as Charley Partanna in Prizzi's Honor
• John Voight as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim in Runaway Train

1986 Nominees:

• Dexter Gordon as Dale Turner in 'Round Midnight
• Bob Hoskins as George in Mona Lisa
• William Hurt as James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God
• Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Color of Money
• James Woods as Richard Boyle in Salvador

1987 Nominees:

• Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street
• William Hurt as Tom Grunick in Broadcast News
• Marcello Mastroianni as Romano in Dark Eyes
• Jack Nicholson as Francis Phelan in Ironweed
• Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer in Good Morning, Vietnam

1988 Nominees:

• Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson in Mississippi Burning
• Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man
• Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin in Big
• Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver
• Max von Sydow as Lassefar in Pelle the Conqueror

1989 Nominees:

• Kenneth Branagh as Henry V in Henry V
• Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July
• Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown in My Left Foot
• Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn in Driving Miss Daisy
• Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets Society

The Envelope Please... (Best Actress)

And here are your winners!

1980 Winner: Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 Winner: Katharine Hepburn as Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond
1982 Winner: Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie's Choice
1983 Winner: Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment
1984 Winner: Sally Field as Edna Spalding in Places in the Heart
1985 Winner: Geraldine Page as Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful
1986 Winner: Marlee Matlin as Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God
1987 Winner: Cher as Loretta Castorini in Moonstruck
1988 Winner: Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias in The Accused
1989 Winner: Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy

Oscar Week Continues; Best Actress

What do you know about these films? What do you remember? The following actresses were nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the 1980s. Can you remember who actually won?
Check back first thing tomorrow morning for the winners.

1980 Nominees:

• Ellen Burstyn as Edna Mae McCauley in Resurrection
• Goldie Hawn as Pvt. Judy Benjamin in Private Benjamin
• Mary Tyler Moore as Beth Jarrett in Ordinary People
• Gena Rowlands as Gloria Swenson in Gloria
• Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter

1981 Nominees:

• Katharine Hepburn as Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond
• Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant in Reds
• Marsha Mason as Georgia in Only When I Laugh
• Susan Sarandon as Sally Matthews in Atlantic City
• Meryl Streep as Sarah / Anna in The French Lieutenant's Woman

1982 Nominees:

• Julie Andres as Victoria Grant, aka Count Victor Grezhinski in Victor/Victoria
• Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer in Frances
• Sissy Spacek as Beth Horman in Missing
• Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie's Choice
• Debra Winger as Paula Pokrifki in An Officer and a Gentleman

1983 Nominees:

• Jane Alexander as Carol Wetherly in Testament
• Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment
• Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood in Silkwood
• Julie Walters as Rita in Educating Rita
• Debra Winger as Emma Greenway Horton in Terms of Endearment

1984 Nominees:

• Judy Davis as Adela Quested in A Passage to India
• Sally Field as Edna Spalding in Places in the Heart
• Jessica Lange as Jewell Ivy in Country
• Vanessa Redgrave as Olive Chancellor in The Bostonians
• Sissy Spacek as Mae Garvey in The River
  

1985 Nominees:

• Anne Bancroft as Mother Miriam Ruth in Agnes of God
• Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Johnson in The Color Purple
• Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams
• Geraldine Page as Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful
• Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen in Out of Africa
  

1986 Nominees:

• Jane Fonda as Alex Sternbergen in The Morning After
• Marlee Matlin as Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God
• Sissy Spacek as Rebecca 'Babe' / Becky Magrath Botrelle in Crimes of the Heart
• Kathleen Turner as Peggy Sue Bodell in Peggy Sue Got Married
• Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Aliens

1987 Nominees:

• Cher as Loretta Castorini in Moonstruck
• Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction
• Holly Hunter as Jane Craig in Broadcast News
• Sally Kirkland as Anna in Anna
• Meryl Streep as Helen Archer in Ironweed

1988 Nominees:

• Glenn Close as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons
• Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias in The Accused
• Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill in Working Girl
• Meryl Streep as Lindy Chamberlain in A Cry in the Dark
• Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist
  

1989 Nominees:

• Isabelle Adjani as Camille Claudel in Camille Claudel
• Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw in Shirley Valentine
• Jessica Lange as Ann Talbot in Music Box
• Michelle Pfeiffer as Susie Diamond in The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy
  

The Envelope Please... (Best Supporting Actress)

And here are your winners!

1980 Winner: Mary Steenburgen as Lynda Dummar in Melvin and Howard
1981 Winner: Maureen Stapleton as Emma Goldman in Reds
1982 Winner: Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols in Tootsie
1983 Winner: Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously
1984 Winner: Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs. Moore in A Passage to India
1985 Winner: Anjelica Huston as Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor
1986 Winner: Dianne Wiest as Holly in Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 Winner: Olympia Dukakis as Rose Castorini in Moonstruck
1988 Winner: Geena Davis as Muriel Pritchett in The Accidental Tourist
1989 Winner: Brenda Fricker as Mrs. Brown in My Left Foot

Raised in the 80s Roundup: Best Supporting Actresses

What do you know about these films? What do you remember? The following actresses were nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the 1980s. Can you remember who actually won?
Check back first thing tomorrow morning for the winners.

1980 Nominees:

• Eileen Brennan as Capt. Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin
• Eva Le Gallienne as Grandma Pearl in Resurrection
• Cathy Moriarty as Vickie Thailer LaMotta in Raging Bull
• Diana Scarwid as Louise in Inside Moves
• Mary Steenburgen as Lynda Dummar in Melvin and Howard

1981 Nominees:

• Melinda Dillon as Teresa Perrone in Absence of Malice
• Jane Fonda as Chelsea Thayer Wayne in On Golden Pond
• Joan Hackett as Toby in Only When I Laugh
• Elizabeth McGovern as Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime
• Maureen Stapleton as Emma Goldman in Reds

1982 Nominees:

• Glenn Close as Jenny Fields in The World According to Garp
• Teri Garr as Sandy Lester in Tootsie
• Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols in Tootsie
• Kim Stanley as Lillian Farmer in Frances
• Lesley Ann Warren as Norma Cassady in Victor/Victoria

1983 Nominees:

• Cher as Dolly Pelliker in Silkwood
• Glenn Close as Sarah Cooper in The Big Chill
• Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously
  
• Amy Irving as Hadass in Yentl
• Alfre Woodard as Geechee in Cross Creek

1984 Nominees:

• Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs. Moore in A Passage to India
• Glenn Close as Iris Gaines in The Natural
• Lindsay Crouse as Margaret Lomax in Places in the Heart
• Christine Lahti as Hazel in Swing Shift
• Geraldine Page as Mrs. Ritter in The Pope of Greenwich Village

1985 Nominees:

• Margaret Avery as Shug Avery in The Color Purple
• Anjelica Huston as Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor
• Amy Madigan as Sunny in Twice in a Lifetime
• Meg Tilly as Sister Agnes in Agnes of God
• Oprah Winfrey as Sofia in The Color Purple

1986 Nominees:

• Tess Harper as Chick Boyle in Crimes of the Heart
• Piper Laurie as Mrs. Norman in Children of a Lesser God
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Carmen in The Color of Money
• Maggie Smith as Charlotte Bartlett in A Room with a View
• Dianne Wiest as Holly in Hannah and Her Sisters

1987 Nominees:

• Norma Aleandro as Florencia in Gaby: A True Story
• Anne Archer as Beth Gallagher in Fatal Attraction
• Olympia Dukakis as Rose Castorini in Moonstruck
• Anne Ramsey as Mrs. Lift in Throw Momma from the Train
• Ann Sothern as Tisha Doughty in The Whales of August

1988 Nominees:

• Joan Cusack as Cyn in Working Girl
• Geena Davis as Muriel Pritchett in The Accidental Tourist
• Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell in Mississippi Burning
• Michelle Pfeiffer as Madame Marie de Tourvel in Dangerous Liaisons
• Sigourney Weaver as Katharine Parker in Working Girl

1989 Nominees:

• Brenda Fricker as Mrs. Brown in My Left Foot
• Anjelica Huston as Tamara Broder in Enemies, a Love Story
• Lena Olin as Masha in Enemies, a Love Story
• Julia Roberts as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie in Steel Magnolias
• Dianne Wiest as Helen Buckman in Parenthood
  

The Envelope Please... (Best Supporting Actor)

And here are your winners!

1980 Winner: Timothy Hutton as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People
1981 Winner: John Gielgud as Hobson in Arthur
1982 Winner: Louis Gossett, Jr. as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman
1983 Winner: Jack Nicholson as Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment
1984 Winner: Haing S. Ngor as Dith Pran in The Killing Fields
1985 Winner: Don Ameche as Arthur Selwyn in Cocoon
1986 Winner: Michael Caine as Elliot in Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 Winner: Sean Connery as Jim Malone in The Untouchables
1988 Winner: Kevin Kline as Otto West in A Fish Called Wanda
1989 Winner: Denzel Washington as Pvt. Trip in Glory

Raised in the 80s Trivia Quiz 2 Answers

1. Who originally recorded Dancing with Myself before Billy Idol?
   Generation X [which was Billy Idol's band, before he went solo]
   
2. What year is 1982's Blade Runner set in?
   2019
3. What 1987 film was the first collaboration between the two Coreys? (Haim & Feldman)
   The Lost Boys
4. What are the three things to fear in the Fire Swamp?
   Flame spurts, lightning sand, and ROUSs (Rodents of Unusual Size)
5. What are the Hardy Boys' first names?
   Frank and Joe
6. What does Corey Hart wear at night?
   His sunglasses
7. What is the dog's name on Fraggle Rock?
   Sprocket
8. What are the names of the four ghosts in Pac-Man?
   Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde
9. Which of the four Golden Girls was played by the oldest actress?
   Rose [It's not actually Estelle Getty, who was younger than Bea Arthur, who played her daughter!]
10. What was the name of the woman who asked 'Where's the Beef?'
    Clara Peller
11. Who played the three Witches of Eastwick?
    Cher, Susan Sarandon, & Michelle Pfeiffer
12. Who is Strawberry Shortcake's arch-nemesis?
    The Peculiar Purple Pieman [from Porcupine Peak]
13. What video game featured these opponents: Glass Joe, Bald Bull, and Pizza Pasta?
    Punch-Out!! [Don't forget the multiple exclamation points---a sure sign of a deranged mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!]
14. What was the name of the ship in Pigs in Spaaaaace?
    The Swinetrek
15. What game does the phrase 'All your base are belong to us' come from?
    Zero Wing