53rd Academy Awards
53rd Academy Awards | |
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Date | March 31, 1981 |
Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles |
Hosted by | Johnny Carson |
Produced by | Norman Jewison |
Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Ordinary People |
Most awards | Ordinary People (4) |
Most nominations | The Elephant Man and Raging Bull (8) |
TV in the United States | |
Network | ABC |
Duration | 3 hours, 13 minutes |
The 53rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1980, were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, were originally scheduled for March 30 but were postponed due to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. The lack of recognition for Christopher Tucker's make-up work on The Elephant Man prompted the creation of the Academy Award for Best Makeup the following year. Henry Fonda was awarded an Academy Honorary Award during this ceremony. He received the Academy Award for Best Actor the following year. This feat would later be duplicated by Paul Newman who also was awarded the Honorary Award during the 58th Academy Awards in 1985, and subsequent would also win the Best Actor award the following year.
Ordinary People won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Tess with three awards, The Empire Strikes Back, Fame, Melvin and Howard, and Raging Bull with two, and Coal Miner's Daughter, The Dollar Bottom, The Fly, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears with one.
Awards[]
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().[1][2]
Best Picture | Best Director |
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Best Actor | Best Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
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Best Foreign Language Film | Best Documentary Feature |
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Best Documentary Short Subject | Best Live Action Short Film |
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Best Animated Short Film | Best Original Score |
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Best Original Song | Best Sound |
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Best Costume Design | Best Art Direction |
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Best Cinematography | Best Film Editing |
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Academy Honorary Award[]
- Henry Fonda
Special Achievement Award[]
- The Empire Strikes Back (Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson) for Visual Effects
Presenters and performers[]
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters[]
Name | Role |
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Hank Simms | Announcer for the 53rd annual Academy Awards |
Ronald Reagan (pre-recorded) | Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony |
Jack Lemmon Mary Tyler Moore |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor |
Alan Arkin Margot Kidder |
Presenters of the Short Films Awards |
Lily Tomlin | Presenter of the Medal of Commendation |
Richard Chamberlain Lesley-Anne Down |
Presenters of the Documentary Awards |
Peter O'Toole Sissy Spacek |
Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction |
Nastassja Kinski Sigourney Weaver |
Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design |
Jack Valenti | Presenter of the award for Best Visual Effects |
Bernadette Peters Billy Dee Williams |
Presenters of the award for Best Sound |
Brooke Shields Franco Zeffirelli |
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film |
The Nicholas Brothers | Presenters of the award for Best Original Score |
Richard Pryor Jane Seymour |
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing |
Diana Ross Donald Sutherland |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress |
Angie Dickinson Luciano Pavarotti |
Presenters of the award for Best Original Song |
Peter Ustinov | Presenters of the Writing Awards |
Robert Redford | Presenter of the Honorary Award to Henry Fonda |
Blythe Danner Steve Martin |
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography |
George Cukor King Vidor |
Presenters of the award for Best Director |
Sally Field | Presenter of the award for Best Actor |
Dustin Hoffman | Presenter of the award for Best Actress |
Lillian Gish | Presenter of the award for Best Picture |
Performers[]
Name | Role | Performed |
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Henry Mancini | Musical arranger and Conductor | Orchestral |
Lucie Arnaz | Performer | "Hooray for Hollywood" |
Willie Nelson | Performer | "On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose |
Irene Cara | Performer | "Fame" and "Out Here On My Own" from Fame |
Dolly Parton | Performer | "9 to 5" from Nine to Five |
Dionne Warwick | Performer | "People Alone" from The Competition |
Academy Awards Orchestra | Performers | "Hooray for Hollywood (reprise)" (orchestral) during the closing credits |
Multiple nominations and awards[]
These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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See also[]
- 38th Golden Globe Awards
- 1st Golden Raspberry Awards
- 1980 in film
- 23rd Grammy Awards
- 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
- 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards
- 34th British Academy Film Awards
- 35th Tony Awards
References[]
- ^ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1980" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".
- Academy Awards ceremonies
- 1980 film awards
- 1981 in Los Angeles
- 1981 in American cinema
- March 1981 events in the United States
- 1980 awards in the United States
- Television shows directed by Marty Pasetta
- Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan