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The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The nominees for the 53rd Academy Awards were announced on February 17, 1981, by Academy president Fay Kanin and actor William Devane. [6] The Elephant Man and Raging Bull tied for the most nominations with eight each. [7] The winners were announced at the awards ceremony on March 31.
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The story is a satire of the film industry and Hollywood society. The main character, Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan), is a phenomenally successful film producer who has just made the first major flopof his career, to the dismay of his movie studio, resulting in the loss of his own sanity. Felix attempts suicide four times: He attempts to die of ca...
"S.O.B." (in the film) stands for "Standard Operational Bullshit" and refers to misinformation being the norm. The abbreviation also means "sexually oriented business" (if pertaining to strip clubs) and more generally "son of a bitch" (a ruthless person).(citation needed) A Spanish dub of the film keeps the abbreviation S.O.B., claiming that it sta...
When writing the screenplay, Edwards drew upon several of his own experiences as a film maker. The character of Felix Farmer is a person not unlike Edwards, while actress Sally Miles bears certain similarities to real-life wife Julie Andrews (who plays her).(citation needed) The story of S.O.B. parallels the experiences of Edwards and Andrews in th...
The film was in development by Edwards since 1976. In 1979, he set the film up at Orion Pictures, Edwards's third with the company after 10 and The Ferret, which was due to star Dudley Moore. In July 1979, Orion put the film into turnaround. Later in 1979, Edwards signed a deal with Lorimar with United Artists set to distribute.In 1981, Lorimar's a...
Critical response
S.O.B. was released in July 1981, with critical opinion of the film sharply divided. Remarkably, the screenplay was nominated for both a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen, and a Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay. It was also nominated for a Razzie for Worst Director and a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical.(citation needed) S.O.B. currently holds an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 22 reviews with the consensus: 'A sustai...
Box office
The film grossed $3,116,078 over the 5-day 4th of July holiday weekend and went on to gross $14.8 million in the United States and Canada. The Village Voice dubbed the film a box office flop.
Broadcast television prints of S.O.B. contain alternate takes and edits of several scenes originally containing sex and nudity, such as the party and orgy scenes and Night Wind's erotica dream sequence where Julie Andrews exposes her breasts. The television version contains a scene where Robert Vaughn, as studio head David Blackman, receives a phon...
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Highlights. Best Picture: Ordinary People. Best Director: Robert Redford. Best Leading Actress: Sissy Spacek. Best Leading Actor: Robert De Niro. Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton. Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen. Best International Film: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears. Best Original Screenplay: Bo Goldman.
The 54th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1981 and took place on March 29, 1982, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
