4th Genie Awards

4th Genie Awards
Date	March 23, 1983
Site	Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	Dave Thomas
Highlights
Best Picture	The Grey Fox
Most awards	The Grey Fox (7)
Most nominations	The Grey Fox (13)

The 4th annual Genie Awards were held March 23, 1983 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Dave Thomas.^[1]

The Grey Fox was the event's big winner, with seven awards including Best Picture.^[2] The film also topped the overall nomination count, with 13 nominations.^[3]

In the category for best adapted screenplay, the award to Richard Paluck and Robert Guza Jr. for Melanie was later rescinded, as the short story on which the screenplay was based had not been previously published.^[4]

Nominees and winners

Motion Picture	Direction
The Grey Fox — Peter O'Brian Harry Tracy, Desperado — Ronald I. Cohen Une journée en taxi — Robert Ménard Quest for Fire — Denis Héroux and John Kemeny Threshold — Jon Slan and Michael Burns	Phillip Borsos, The Grey Fox Rex Bromfield, Melanie Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, Les fleurs sauvages Robert Ménard, Une journée en taxi Eric Till, If You Could See What I Hear
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Donald Sutherland, Threshold Gilles Renaud, Une journée en taxi Saul Rubinek, By Design Marcel Sabourin, Doux aveux August Schellenberg, Latitude 55°	Rae Dawn Chong, Quest for Fire Sara Botsford, By Design Hélène Loiselle, Doux aveux Monique Mercure, La Quarantaine Andrée Pelletier, Latitude 55°
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
R.H. Thomson, If You Could See What I Hear Nicholas Campbell, Killing 'em Softly Doug McGrath, Porky's Gary Reineke, The Grey Fox Wayne Robson, The Grey Fox	Jackie Burroughs, The Grey Fox Genevieve Brassard, Doux aveux Clare Coulter, By Design Patricia Nolin, La Quarantaine Trudy Young, Melanie
Foreign Actor	Foreign Actress
Richard Farnsworth, The Grey Fox Grand L. Bush, Hard Feelings Bruce Dern, Harry Tracy, Desperado Jeff Goldblum, Threshold Ron Perlman, Quest for Fire Jean Yanne, Une journée en taxi	Glynnis O'Connor, Melanie Patty Duke, By Design Lee Grant, Visiting Hours Marie-France Pisier, The Hot Touch Mare Winningham, Threshold Charlayne Woodard, Hard Feelings
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
John Hunter, The Grey Fox Roger Fournier, Une journée en taxi David Lee Henry, Harry Tracy, Desperado John Juliani and Sharon Riis, Latitude 55° Laurence Keane, Chris Windsor and Phil Savath, Big Meat Eater	Richard Paluck and Robert Guza Jr., Melanie^[4] Peter Dion, The Hot Touch
Best Documentary	Best Theatrical Short
Robert Fortier, Adam Symansky and Bill Brind, The Devil at Your Heels Michael McKennirey and John N. Smith, Gala Hélène Verrier, Jouer sa vie	Pierre Falardeau and Julien Poulin, Elvis Gratton Scott Barrie, Footsteps Michel Bouchard, Le Toasteur David Fine and Ron Mann, The Only Game in Town
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Bill Brodie, The Grey Fox Richard Hudolin, Latitude 55° Anne Pritchard, Threshold	Michel Brault, Threshold Pierre Mignot, Une journée en taxi
Costume Design	Editing
John Hay, Quest for Fire Huguette Gagné, La Quarantaine Julie Ganton, Melanie Wendy Partridge, Latitude 55° Christopher Ryan, The Grey Fox	Yves Langlois, Quest for Fire Frank Irvine, The Grey Fox Susan Martin, Threshold Ron Wisman, Harry Tracy, Desperado
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Don White, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Joe Grimaldi, Claude Hazanavicius and Austin Grimaldi, Quest for Fire Joe Grimaldi, Rob Young and Austin Grimaldi, The Grey Fox Rod Haykin, David Appleby and Don White, Harry Tracy, Desperado Bryan Day, Paul Coombe, Allen Ormerod and Jack Heeren, Threshold Serge Beauchemin, David Appleby, Terry Burke and Dino Pigat, Une journée en taxi	Martin Ashbee, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Kevin Ward and David Evans, Quest for Fire Rod Crawley, Tony Currie, Peter Thilaye and Bruce Nyznik, The Grey Fox Bruce Carwardine, Brian French, Glen Gauthier, Tim Roberts and Brian Rosen, Harry Tracy, Desperado Wayne Griffin and Dennis Drummond, Melanie Bruce Nyznik, Sharon Lackie and Tony Currie, Threshold
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Michael Conway Baker, The Grey Fox Maribeth Solomon and Micky Erbe, Threshold Jonathan Goldsmith, Visiting Hours	*Burton Cummings, "You Saved My Soul" (Melanie)* Réjean Marois and Fernand Dansereau, "Doux aveux" (Doux aveux) Leslie Pouliot, "My Love for You" (Harry Tracy, Desperado) Claude Fonfrède and Raoul Duguay, "Le quéteux d'amour" (Les fleurs sauvages) Luc Plamondon and Germain Gauthier, "Call Girl" (Scandale) Fred Mollin, "Just One Chance to Be Free" (Spring Fever)
Special Awards
Golden Reel Award: Porky's Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry: Findlay Quinn

References

↑ "Thomas goes genteel for Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 19, 1983.
↑ "Grey Fox runaway winner with 7 Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 24, 1983.
↑ Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Bill Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
1 2 "Melanie adaptation Genie returned". Cinema Canada, No. 96 (May 1983). p. 12.

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Genie Awards 1983 at IMDb

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