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The Extra-Terrestrial'' won most of the minor Academy Awards, and ''Gandhi'' won most of the major ones, including best picture, actor, director and screenplay.
1983 Winner Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen; John Briley
Gandhi received a leading eleven nominations at the 55th Academy Awards, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (for Kingsley). The British Film Institute ranked it as the 34th greatest British film of the 20th century.
Apr 12, 1983 · Things were neck-and-neck there for a while--and E.T. had much the longer neck--but in the end, the old-fashioned epic "Gandhi," a pious biography of the famous barefoot political leader who...
Louis Gossett Jr. became the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the tough and principled drill instructor Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman. Bhanu Athaiya also became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gandhi.
Richard Attenborough winning the Oscars® for Directing and for Best Picture for "Gandhi" at the 55th Academy Awards® in 1983.
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Apr 12, 1983 · HOLLYWOOD -- 'Gandhi,' the epic biography of the apostle of nonviolence and father of modern India, overwhelmed the touching fairy tale 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' to win the most and biggest...
