DK's Best Achievements in Cinema - 1984


Best Director
Milos Forman    Amadeus
Michael Radford    Nineteen Eighty-Four
Also worth mentioning
Jim Abrahams,
David Zucker,
Jerry Zucker
   Top Secret!

Best Actor
John Hurt    Nineteen Eighty-Four
F. Murray Abraham    Amadeus
Tom Hulce    Amadeus
Anthony Hopkins    The Bounty
Richard Burton    Nineteen Eighty-Four
Also worth mentioning
Roy Dotrice    Amadeus

Best Cinematography
Miroslav Ondricek    Amadeus
Roger Deakins    Nineteen Eighty-Four
Also worth mentioning
Christopher Challis    Top Secret!

Best Score
Eurythmics,
Dominic Muldowney
   Nineteen Eighty-Four
Also worth mentioning
Maurice Jarre    Top Secret!

Best Writing
Peter Shaffer    Amadeus
Michael Radford,
George Orwell
   Nineteen Eighty-Four
Also worth mentioning
Jim Abrahams,
David Zucker,
Jerry Zucker,
Martyn Burke
   Top Secret!
Best Picture
Amadeus
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Also worth mentioning
Top Secret!

Best Actress
Also worth mentioning
Elizabeth Berridge    Amadeus
Suzanna Hamilton    Nineteen Eighty-Four
Cynthia Nixon    Amadeus

Best Makeup
Dick Smith,
Paul LeBlanc
   Amadeus

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Amadeus
Nineteen Eighty-Four

Best Costume Design
Theodor Pistek    Amadeus

Best Editing
Amadeus

Best Steadicam
?    The Terminator
Ted Churchill    Ghost Busters

Leading movies:
Amadeus:   Picture, Director, Actor (x3), (Actress) (x2), Cinematography, Writing, Makeup, Art Direction-Set Decoration, Costume Design, Editing.
Nineteen Eighty-Four:   Picture, Director, Actor (x2), (Actress), Cinematography, Score, Writing, Art Direction-Set Decoration.

Movies that were considered (12):
A Nightmare on Elm Street | Amadeus | Choose me | Conan the Destroyer | Dreamscape | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Repo Man | Revenge of the Nerds | Starman | Supergirl | The Hit | Top Secret!

Movies that were not considered (and should have):
Birdy | Ghost Busters | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Once Upon a Time in America | The Bounty | The Neverending Story | The Terminator | This is Spinal Tap.


Special Awards

Best Music Arrangement: Amadeus (conducted and supervised by Neville Marriner).
Best Ensemble Cast: Amadeus.

Best Comedy: Top Secret!.

Worst Trailer: Amadeus, Nineteen Eighty-Four.