53rd Academy Awards

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53rd Academy Awards
Date Tuesday, March 31, 1981
Site Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Producer Norman Jewison
Director Marty Pasetta
TV in the United States
Network ABC
Duration 3 hours, 13 minutes

The 53rd Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, was originally scheduled the previous day but postponed due to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

Contents

[edit] Winners

[edit] Feature Films

Category Winner
Best motion picture Ordinary People Ronald L. Schway
Best foreign language film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Best documentary feature From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China Murray Lerner

[edit] Acting

Category Winner Movie
Best actor in a leading role Robert De Niro Raging Bull
Best actress in a leading role Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter
Best actor in a supporting role Timothy Hutton Ordinary People
Best actress in a supporting role Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard

[edit] Screenplay & Direction

Category Winner Movie
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Bo Goldman Melvin and Howard
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Alvin Sargent Ordinary People
Best Director Robert Redford Ordinary People
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Norman Jewison
1960s
1970s
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) • Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) • Rollerball (1975) • F.I.S.T. (1978) • ...And Justice for All (1979)
1980s
Best Friends (1982) • A Soldier's Story (1984) • Agnes of God (1985) • Moonstruck (1987)• In Country (1989)
1990s
Other People's Money (1991) • Only You (1994) • Bogus (1996) • The Hurricane (1999)
2000s
Television
"Your Hit Parade" (1950 - 1959) • "The Big Revue" (1952) • "Wayne and Shuster" (1954) • "The Denny Vaughan Show" (1954-1957) • "The Barris Beat" (1956) • "The Adventures of Chich" (1958) • "The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams" (1958) • "The Big Party" (1959) • "The Revlon Revue" (1960) • "Picture Windows" (1994) • The 20th Century: Funny Is Money (1999) • Dinner with Friends (2001)
Productions
The Landlord (1970) • Billy Two Hats (1974) • Iceman (1984) • The January Man (1989)
Television Productions
"Let's See" (1952 - 1953) • "On Stage" (1954 - 1955) • "The Judy Garland Show" (1963 - 1964) • 53rd Academy Awards (1981)
Documentaries
The Fabulous Fifties (1960) (with Charles Eames and Ray Eames)