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- Best Sound: The Empire Strikes Back – Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Peter Sutton (WINNER)
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Timothy Hutton. Supporting Actor winner for Ordinary People. The Empire Strikes Back. A Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects to Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson, with Jack Valenti. View More Memorable Moments.
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.
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians, the first of which were Murray Spivack and Jack Solomon ...
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards were scheduled for March 30th but were delayed one day, to Tuesday, March 31, 1981, following the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Reagan actually showed the world he was recovering by taping a message for the Oscars from his hospital room.
- Best Picture
- Directing
- Actor in A Leading Role
- Actress in A Leading Role
- Actor in A Supporting Role
- Actress in A Supporting Role
- Writing
- Music
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
Atlantic City – Denis Heroux, John Kemeny Chariots of Fire – David Puttnam On Golden Pond – Bruce Gilbert Raiders of the Lost Ark – Frank Marshall Reds– Warren Beatty
Atlantic City – Louis Malle Chariots of Fire – Hugh Hudson On Golden Pond – Mark Rydell Raiders of the Lost Ark – Steven Spielberg Reds– Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty – Reds Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City Dudley Moore – Arthur Paul Newman – Absence of Malice
Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond Diane Keaton – Reds Marsha Mason – Only When I Laugh Susan Sarandon – Atlantic City Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant’s Woman
James Coco – Only When I Laugh John Gielgud – Arthur Ian Holm – Chariots of Fire Jack Nicholson – Reds Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime
Melinda Dillon – Absence of Malice Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond Joan Hackett – Only When I Laugh Elizabeth McGovern – Ragtime Maureen Stapleton – Reds
The French Lieutenant’s Woman – Harold Pinter On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson Pennies from Heaven – Dennis Potter Prince of the City – Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet Ragtime– Michael Weller
“Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” – Arthur – Music, Lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen “Endless Love” – Endless Love – Music, Lyric by Lionel Richie “The First Time It Happens” – The Great Muppet Caper – Music, Lyric by Joe Raposo “For Your Eyes Only” – For Your Eyes Only – Music by Bill Conti; Lyric b...
Chariots of Fire – Terry Rawlings The French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Bloom On Golden Pond – Robert L. Wolfe Raiders of the Lost Ark – Michael Kahn Reds– Dede Allen, Craig McKay
Excalibur – Alex Thomson On Golden Pond – Billy Williams Ragtime – Miroslav Ondricek Raiders of the Lost Ark – Douglas Slocombe Reds– Vittorio Storaro
Films with the most awards: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) each earned 11 Academy Awards. Films with the most nominations: All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations.
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.
