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

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 Ronald Reagan.

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[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
Best animated feature

[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