3rd Genie Awards

3rd Genie Awards
3rd Genie Awards
Date	March 3, 1982
Site	Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
Hosted by	Brian Linehan
Highlights
Best Picture	Ticket to Heaven
Most awards	The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)
Most nominations	Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven
Television coverage
Network	CBC Television
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The 3rd Genie Awards were awarded on March 3, 1982, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto,^[1] and honoured Canadian films released in 1981.^[2] It was hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting by using card tricks and other illusions to reveal the winners.^[2]

The film The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) won the most awards overall, although Ticket to Heaven won Best Picture.^[2] Those two films were tied for most nominations overall, with 15 nods each.^[1]

Winners and nominees[]

Motion Picture	Direction
Ticket to Heaven - and The Amateur - Garth Drabinsky and Joel B. Michaels Heartaches - and The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) - and Denis Héroux Scanners - , Pierre David and	Gilles Carle, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) David Cronenberg, Scanners Allan King, Silence of the North Donald Shebib, Heartaches Ralph L. Thomas, Ticket to Heaven
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Nick Mancuso, Ticket to Heaven Gabriel Arcand, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) Gordon Pinsent, Silence of the North Christopher Plummer, The Amateur Winston Rekert, Heartaches	Margot Kidder, Heartaches Kim Cattrall, Ticket to Heaven Lesleh Donaldson, Funeral Home Ronalda Jones, Alligator Shoes Monique Spaziani, Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs)
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Saul Rubinek, Ticket to Heaven Nicholas Campbell, The Amateur Émile Genest, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) Michael Ironside, Scanners R.H. Thomson, Ticket to Heaven	Denise Filiatrault, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) Juliette Huot, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) Chapelle Jaffe, The Amateur , The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) Dixie Seatle, Ticket to Heaven
Foreign Actor	Foreign Actress
Alan Arkin, Improper Channels Guy Boyd, Ticket to Heaven Robert Carradine, Heartaches Rémi Laurent, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) John Savage, The Amateur Tom Skerritt, Silence of the North	Annie Potts, Heartaches Ellen Burstyn, Silence of the North Meg Foster, Ticket to Heaven Mariette Hartley, Improper Channels Marthe Keller, The Amateur
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Terence Heffernan, Heartaches Adam Arkin, , and , Improper Channels Clay Borris, Alligator Shoes David Cronenberg, Scanners Réjean Ducharme, Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs) and , Head On	Roger Lemelin and Gilles Carle, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) , The Amateur Ralph L. Thomas and Anne Cameron, Ticket to Heaven
Best Documentary	Best Theatrical Short
P4W: Prison for Women - Janis Cole and Holly Dale - Harry Rasky	Zea - , Robert Forget and - Ishu Patel - Roger Frappier and
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) , Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid , Silence of the North and , Improper Channels Carol Spier, Scanners Trevor Williams, The Amateur	Richard Leiterman, Silence of the North , Alligator Shoes Vic Sarin, Heartaches
Costume Design	Editing
, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) , Silence of the North , Happy Birthday to Me , Heartaches , Scanners	Ron Wisman, Ticket to Heaven Gordon McClellan, Alligator Shoes Ralph Brunjes, Funeral Home Gary Oppenheimer, Head On Ronald Sanders, Scanners Arla Saare, Silence of the North
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Daniel Goldberg, Gordon Thompson, Austin Grimaldi, and Joe Grimaldi, Heavy Metal Dennis Drummond, Wayne Griffin and Michael O'Farrell, The Amateur Robin Leigh, Paul Dion, Claude Langlois and Marcel Pothier, Heartaches Peter Burgess, Scanners Marc Chiasson, Bruce Carwardine and Glen Gauthier, Ticket to Heaven	Peter Thilaye, Andy Malcolm and Peter Jermyn, Heavy Metal Austin Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Peter Shewchuk and Dino Pigat, The Amateur Joe Grimaldi, David Appleby, Gary C. Bourgeois, Austin Grimaldi, Ian Hendry and Andy Herman, Funeral Home Don Cohen and Michel Descombes, Heartaches Michel Descombes and Patrick Rousseau, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) Marc Chiasson, Glen Gauthier, Don White, David Appleby and Bruce Carwardine, Ticket to Heaven
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
and Stéphane Venne, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) , Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs) Bo Harwood and , Happy Birthday to Me Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, Ticket to Heaven	*Stéphane Venne, "Il était une fois des gens heureux" (The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe))* Ann Mortifee, "Gypsy Born" (Surfacing) Neil Young, "Comes a Time" (Silence of the North)
Special Awards
Golden Reel Award: Heavy Metal Air Canada Award: Pierre Lamy

References[]

^ ^a ^b Jay Scott, "Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
^ ^a ^b ^c Liam Lacey, "Ticket to Heaven top movie". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1982.

External links[]

Genie Awards 1982 on IMDb

[scott-1] Jay Scott, "Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.

[ticket-2] Liam Lacey, "Ticket to Heaven top movie". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1982.

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