"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" wins four Academy Awards, "Das Boot" gets snubbed 1983

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial was nominated for nine Oscars and won four at the 55th Academy Awards ceremony held April 11, 1983.  

It won Best Original Score for John Williams; Best Sound for Robert Knudson,Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, and Gene Cantamessa; Best Sound Effects Editing for Charles Campbell and Ben Burtt; and Best Visual Effects for Carlo Ramaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith.

It had been nominated for Best Picture, Best Directing for Steven Spielberg, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen), Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing.

Das Boot, one of the best films ever, was nominated for six Oscars but did not win any of them.  It wasn't even nominated for Best Foreign Film, although none of the other foreign were nominated for any other awards.  I suppose the German film makers didn't do the wine-and-dine policy 20th Century Fox Studios did for Doctor Doolittle.

Ghandi was the big winner of the night with eight awards out of eleven nominations. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for Sophie's Choice.  Louis Gossett Jr. won Best Supporting Actor for An Officer and a Gentleman. Jessica Lange won Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie.  Teri Garr was also nominated for the award for Tootsie.

Victor/Victoria won Best Music (Original Song Score and its Adaption Score) for Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse.

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" released 1977

A Steven Spielberg classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was released December 14, 1977.  Spielberg was writer and director of the story about an electric lineman (Richard Dreyfuss), who encounters a UFO.  

It also starred Terri Garr.  I don't remember Lance Henriksen, but he was in the film, too.  

It won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and one for Special Achievement (Frank Warner for Sound Effects Editing).  It was nominated for 7 more, including John Williams for Best Original Score and Spielberg for Best Director.  

Spielberg and Williams won Saturn Awards for their accomplishments. John Williams won a Grammy for Best Original Score.  

Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth" airs 1968

Star Trek episode Assignment: Earth aired March 29, 1968, a pilot for a television series that never got off the ground.

The crew of the Enterprise is observing Earth history in 1968 when they intercept a transporter beam from a source at least a thousand light-years away.  A humanoid alien 'Gary Seven' and his black cat Isis appear on the ship.

He warns them that he needs to accomplish a mission to save Earth.  Kirk and Spock soon learn Isis change change into a beautiful woman.  The Enterprise crew must determine if they can trust Gary Seven.

Along with the regular cast, this episode starrred Robert Lansing as Gary Seven, Teri Garr as Roberta Lincoln and Barbara Babcock as the voice of the computer and the cat.  Playboy Playmate of 1968 Victoria Vetri played the human form of Isis.

According to imdb.com, Teri Garr had an unpleasant time filming this episode that she refused to talk about Star Trek again.

It was a good episode but since it was meant to be a pilot, the regular crew had little more than cameos.  A pity, because it seemed like it would have been an interesting series.