Oscar Rewrite: 1982

 

 

Best Picture: Gandhi       E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

Best Director: Richard Attenborough (Gandhi)       Ridley Scott (Blade Runner)

Best Actor: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)

Best Actress: Meryl Streep (Sophie’s Choice)

Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and A Gentleman) Sean Penn (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange (Tootsie)

Best Original Screenplay: Gandhi   Diner

Best Adapted Screenplay: Missing    The Verdict

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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