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17 amazingly candid Oscars photos from the 1980s

AMAZING.

WHAT’S BETTER THAN looking at celebrities back when they were little babies and wearing ill-advised gunas?

NOTHING!

With that in mind, we present these beautifully candid shots from Oscars ceremonies of yore.

1. The stage during the 1988 telecast

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2. And the lobby afterwards

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3. Tom Cruise, back when he was little baby

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4. Mayim Bialik AKA Blossom/Amy from The Big Bang Theory!

Rehearsal shot - Mayim Biyalik Alan Light Alan Light

5. A reminder that Meryl Streep > you

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6. Meryl laughing at something Kurt Russell just said > everything

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7. Jodie Foster = you on a night out

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8. Tom Hanks looking like a startled baby deer

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9. Drew Barrymore and Corey Feldman

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10. Geena Davis is a princess

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11. River Phoenix

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12. Kevin Kline and John Cleese

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13. Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson

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14. Morgan Freeman staring into your soul

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15. Kim Basinger in an, ahem, interesting guna

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16. The one and only Robin Williams

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17. And, of course, our own Brenda Fricker

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More photos are available to view on Alan Light’s Flickr. Be warned: you’ll want to spend hours on it. 

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Amy O'Connor
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