Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1983

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4th BSFC Awards

January 29, 1984


Best Film:
The Night of
the Shooting Stars

The 4th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1983. The awards were given on 29 January 1984.

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