2nd Genie Awards

The 2nd Genie Awards were held March 12, 1981, honouring Canadian films released the previous year.^[1] The ceremony was held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and was hosted by Brian Linehan.^[2] The most notable sight of the evening was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau escorting starlet Kim Cattrall.^[2]

The films Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) and Tribute tied for the most nominations overall.^[1] Good Riddance won most of the major awards, including Best Picture.^[2]

Nominees and winners

Motion Picture	Direction
Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) (Claude Godbout, Marcia Couelle) The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) (René Malo) The Hounds of Notre Dame (Fil Fraser) The Lucky Star (André Fleury, Claude Léger) Tribute (Joel B. Michaels, Garth Drabinsky)	Francis Mankiewicz, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Bob Clark, Tribute Zale Dalen, The Hounds of Notre Dame Jean-Claude Labrecque, L'Affaire Coffin Micheline Lanctôt, L'Homme à tout faire
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Thomas Peacocke, The Hounds of Notre Dame Jocelyn Bérubé, The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) Lewis Furey, Fantastica Winston Rekert, Suzanne August Schellenberg, L'Affaire Coffin	Marie Tifo, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Geneviève Bujold, Final Assignment Jennifer Dale, Suzanne Charlotte Laurier, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Andrée Pelletier, The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Germain Houde, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Gabriel Arcand, Suzanne David Ferry, The Hounds of Notre Dame Robert Joy, Atlantic City, U.S.A. John Marley, Tribute	Kate Reid, Atlantic City, U.S.A. Colleen Dewhurst, Tribute Gale Garnett, Tribute Frances Hyland, The Hounds of Notre Dame Micheline Lanctôt, L'Affaire Coffin
Foreign Actor	Foreign Actress
Jack Lemmon, Tribute Bruce Dern, Middle Age Crazy Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City, U.S.A. Brett Marx, The Lucky Star Rod Steiger, The Lucky Star	Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City, U.S.A. Ann-Margret, Middle Age Crazy Jamie Lee Curtis, Prom Night Louise Fletcher, The Lucky Star Lee Remick, Tribute
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Réjean Ducharme, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Marc Rosen, Final Assignment Jean-Claude Labrecque, Jacques Benoit, L'Affaire Coffin Micheline Lanctôt, The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) Ken Mitchell, The Hounds of Notre Dame	Max Fischer and Jack Rosenthal, The Lucky Star Bernard Slade, Tribute Ronald Sutherland and Robin Spry, Suzanne
Best Documentary	Best Theatrical Short
Guy Simoneau, Some Even Fall in Love (Plusiers tombent en amour) William Johnston, The Dream Never Dies Arthur Lamothe, Une histoire de femmes	Halya Kuchmij, The Strongest Man in the World Roberta King and Ronald Squire, Heavy Horse Pull Michael Mills, History of the World in Three Minutes Flat
Art Direction	Cinematography
Anne Pritchard, Atlantic City, U.S.A. Glenn Bydwell, Terror Train Anne Pritchard and Jocelyn Joly, Fantastica Michel Proulx, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Normand Sarazin, The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)	Michel Brault, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Richard Ciupka, Atlantic City, U.S.A. Miklós Lente, Suzanne Reginald H. Morris, Phobia: A Descent into Terror François Protat, Fantastica
Costume Design	Editing
Anne Pritchard, Fantastica François Barbeau, Atlantic City, U.S.A. Louise Jobin, Suzanne Linda Matheson, Middle Age Crazy Diane Paquet, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras)	André Corriveau, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Pierre Jalbert, Final Assignment Brian Ravok, Prom Night Tony Lower, The Hounds of Notre Dame Michael McLaverty, The Kidnapping of the President
Sound	Sound Editing
Henri Blondeau and Michel Descombes, Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, David Appleby, Bo Harwood, Terror Train Larry Sutton, Paul Coombe, Mike Hoogenboom, The Hounds of Notre Dame Mike Hoogenboom, Nolan Roberts, Doug Ganton, The Kidnapping of the President Patrick Rousseau, Michel Descombes, The Lucky Star Joe Grimaldi, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, David Lee, Tribute	Jean-Guy Montpetit, The Lucky Star Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Wayne Griffin and Patrick Drummond, Tribute Jim Hopkins, The Hounds of Notre Dame Bruce Nyznik, Final Assignment
Best Musical Score	Special Awards
Art Philips, The Lucky Star Matthew McCauley, Middle Age Crazy John Mills-Cockell, Terror Train Kenneth Wannberg, Tribute	Golden Reel: The Changeling Special Achievement Genie: Micheline Lanctôt Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry: Violet Crone, Robert Crone

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1981.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jay Scott, "Les Bons débarras sweeps the Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1981.

External links

Genie Awards 1981 on IMDb

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