1980 in film
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[edit] Events
- April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London.
- Sharon Stone makes her film debut in the Woody Allen movie Stardust Memories (released September 26 in USA)
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Superman II starring Christopher Reeve
- Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Ordinary People - Wildwood, Paramount
- Best Director: Robert Redford - Ordinary People
- Best Actor: Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
- Best Actress: Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
- Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People
- Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard
- Best Foreign Language Film: Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (Москва Слезам Не Верит), directed by Vladimir Menshov, USSR
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Ordinary People
- Best Actor: Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
- Best Actress: Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People
- Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: Coal Miner's Daughter
- Best Actor: Ray Sharkey - The Idolmaker
- Best Actress: Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
- Other
- Best Director: Robert Redford - Ordinary People
- Best Foreign Language Film: Tess, United Kingdom
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, United States
- Kagemusha, 影武者 (Shadow Warrior), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):
- Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, USA / Canada / France
- Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, United States
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, United States
- Palermo or Wolfsburg (Palermo oder Wolfsburg), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany
[edit] Films released in 1980
- Airplane!
- Alien Contamination
- Altered States
- American Gigolo
- Any Which Way You Can
- The Apple
- Atlantic City, Golden Lion winner
- Bad Timing, directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Berlin Alexanderplatz
- The Big Red One
- The Blue Lagoon
- The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)
- Breaker Morant
- Brubaker
- Caddyshack, starring Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and others
- Cannibal Holocaust, directed by Ruggero Deodato, starring Robert Kerman
- City Of Women (La città delle donne), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni
- The Club -(film mentioned in play article /redirects to play)
- The Constant Factor
- The Cricket (La Cicala)
- Cruising
- The Elephant Man
- Fame
- Flash Gordon
- The Fog, directed by John Carpenter, starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman and Hal Holbrook
- Friday the 13th
- Gloria, Golden Lion winner
- Heaven's Gate
- Hey Babe!, starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett
- Hopscotch
- The Idolmaker
- Inferno, directed by Dario Argento
- The Jazz Singer
- Kagemusha, Palme d'Or winner
- Loulou
- The Long Good Friday
- Lulu (not same as above)
- McVicar
- Melvin and Howard
- Midnight Madness
- Mon oncle d'Amérique, Cannes Special Jury Prize
- Nine to Five, starring Dolly Parton
- No Child's Land
- O Megalexandros
- Ordinary People
- Palmero oder Wolsfburg, Golden Bear (award) winner
- Permanent Vacation
- Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese
- El Retorno del Hombre Lobo
- Seems Like Old Times
- The Shining
- Stardust Memories
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Stir Crazy, starring Richard Pryor
- The Stunt Man
- Superman II
- The Young Master
- Urban Cowboy
[edit] Births
- February 12 - Christina Ricci, actress
[edit] Deaths
- January 29 - Jimmy Durante, actor
- February 13 - David Janssen, actor
- March 5 - Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto)
- March 28 - Dick Haymes, actor, singer
- April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, director
- July 6 - Gail Patrick, actress
- July 24 - Peter Sellers, actor
- July 31 - Bobby Van, actor, dancer
- August 14 - Dorothy Stratten, actress, Playboy Magazine model
- August 25 - Gower Champion, actor, dancer, choreographer
- October 6 - Hattie Jacques, actress
- November 7 - Steve McQueen, actor
- November 22 - Mae West, actress
- November 24 - George Raft, actor
- November 26 - Rachel Roberts, actress
- December 8 - John Lennon, singer/songwriter
- December 31 - Raoul Walsh, director
