53rd Academy Awards

53rd Academy Awards

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, Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, were originally scheduled for the previous day but were postponed due to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

David Lynch's The Elephant Man and Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, with 8 nominations each, had the most nominations of this year's films. Their nominations included Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. Michael Apted's Coal Miner's Daughter received 7 nominations while Ordinary People and Tess received 6.

The year's winner of acting categories also marked as the closest span ever between the four winners, all of whom were under 40 when they won the award. Robert De Niro was 37 when awarded Best Actor, Sissy Spacek was 31 when awarded Best Actress, Timothy Hutton was 20 when awarded Best Supporting Actor, and Mary Steenburgen was 28 when awarded Best Supporting Actress. In addition, Hutton was the youngest ever Best Supporting Actor winner. His award was one of four that Ordinary People won, more than any other movie; the movie also won Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Redford, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Alvin Sargent.

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 and Hairstyling the following year.

Best Supporting Actress nominee Eva Le Gallienne was born in 1899, which made her the last acting nominee to be born in the nineteenth century. As of 2017, this is the earliest Oscars for which all five directing nominees are still living.

Awards

Photo of Robert Redford at the US Embassy in London in 2012.

Robert Redford, Best Director winner

Photo of Robert De Niro at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.

Robert De Niro, Best Actor winner

Photo of Sissy Spacek receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 1, 2011.

Sissy Spacek, Best Actress winner

Photo of Timothy Hutton at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Timothy Hutton, Best Supporting Actor winner

Photo of Mary Steenbergen receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 16, 2009.

Mary Steenburgen, Best Supporting Actress winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().^[1]

Best Picture	Best Director
Ordinary People – Ronald L. Schwary, producer Coal Miner's Daughter – Bernard Schwartz, producer The Elephant Man – Jonathan Sanger, producer Raging Bull – Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, producers Tess – Claude Berri and Timothy Burrill, producers	Robert Redford – Ordinary People David Lynch – The Elephant Man Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull Richard Rush – The Stunt Man Roman Polanski – Tess
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Robert De Niro – Raging Bull* as Jake LaMotta** Robert Duvall – The Great Santini as Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum John Hurt – The Elephant Man as Joseph Merrick Jack Lemmon – Tribute as Scottie Templeton Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man as Eli Cross	*Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter* as Loretta Lynn** Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection as Edna Mae McCauley Goldie Hawn – Private Benjamin as Judy Benjamin Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett Gena Rowlands – Gloria as Gloria Swenson
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People* as Conrad Jarrett** Judd Hirsch – Ordinary People as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger Michael O'Keefe – The Great Santini as Ben Joe Pesci – Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta Jason Robards – Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes	*Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard* as Lynda West Dummar** Eileen Brennan – Private Benjamin as Doreen Lewis Eva Le Gallienne – Resurrection as Pearl Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull as Vikki Thailer Lamotta Diana Scarwid – Inside Moves as Louise
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Melvin and Howard – Bo Goldman Brubaker – Screenplay by W. D. Richter; Story by W. D. Richter and Arthur Ross Fame – Christopher Gore Mon Oncle D'Amerique – Jean Gruault Private Benjamin – Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller	Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent based on the novel by Judith Guest Breaker Morant – Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens and Bruce Beresford based on the play by Kenneth G Ross Coal Miner's Daughter – Tom Rickman based on the autobiography by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey The Elephant Man – Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch based on the books The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Sir Frederick Treves and The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu The Stunt Man – Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus; Adaptation by Richard Rush based on the novel by Paul Brodeur
Best Foreign Language Film
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Confidence (Hungary) Kagemusha (Japan) The Last Metro (France) The Nest (Spain)
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short Subject
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China – Murray Lerner Agee – Ross Spears The Day After Trinity – Jon H. Else Front Line – David Bradbury The Yellow Star – The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45 – Bengt von zur Muehlen and Arthur Cohn	Karl Hess: Toward Liberty – Roland Hallé and Peter W. Ladue Don't Mess with Bill – John Watson and Pen Densham The Eruption of Mount St. Helens – George Casey It's the Same World – Dick Young Luther Metke at 94 – Richard Hawkins and Jorge Preloran
Best Dramatic Live Action Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
The Dollar Bottom – Lloyd Phillips Fall Line – Bob Carmichael and Greg Lowe A Jury of Her Peers – Sally Heckel	The Fly – Ferenc Rofusz All Nothing – Frédéric Back History of the World in Three Minutes Flat – Michael Mills
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Fame – Michael Gore Altered States – John Corigliano The Elephant Man – John Morris The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams Tess – Philippe Sarde	*"Fame" from Fame* – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford** "9 to 5" from 9 to 5 – Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton "On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose – Music and Lyrics by Willie Nelson "Out Here on My Own" from Fame – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Lesley Gore "People Alone" from The Competition – Music by Lalo Schifrin; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings
Best Sound	Best Costume Design
The Empire Strikes Back – Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Peter Sutton Altered States – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler and Willie D. Burton Coal Miner's Daughter – Richard Portman, Roger Heman and James R. Alexander Fame – Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Jay M. Harding and Christopher Newman Raging Bull – Donald O. Mitchell, Bill Nicholson, David J. Kimball and Les Lazarowitz	Tess – Anthony Powell The Elephant Man – Patricia Norris My Brilliant Career – Anna Senior Somewhere in Time – Jean-Pierre Dorleac When Time Ran Out – Paul Zastupnevich
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Tess – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens Coal Miner's Daughter – Art Direction: John W. Corso; Set Decoration: John M. Dwyer The Elephant Man – Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife The Empire Strikes Back – Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange and Alan Tomkins; Set Decoration: Michael Ford Kagemusha – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Yoshirō Muraki	Tess – Geoffrey Unsworth (posthumous award) and Ghislain Cloquet The Blue Lagoon – Nestor Almendros Coal Miner's Daughter – Ralf D. Bode The Formula – James Crabe Raging Bull – Michael Chapman
Best Film Editing
Raging Bull – Thelma Schoonmaker Coal Miner's Daughter – Arthur Schmidt The Competition – David Blewitt The Elephant Man – Anne V. Coates Fame – Gerry Hambling

Academy Honorary Award

Henry Fonda

Special Achievement Award

The Empire Strikes Back (Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson)

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Name	Role
Simms, HankHank Simms	Announcer for the 53rd annual Academy Awards
Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan (pre-recorded)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Lemmon, JackJack Lemmon	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Moore, Mary TylerMary Tyler Moore	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Arkin, AlanAlan Arkin	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Kidder, MargotMargot Kidder	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Tomlin, LilyLily Tomlin	Presenter of the Medal of Commendation
Down, Lesley-AnneLesley-Anne Down	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Chamberlain, RichardRichard Chamberlain	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
O'Toole, PeterPeter O'Toole	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Spacek, SissySissy Spacek	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Kinski, NastassjaNastassja Kinski	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Weaver, SigourneySigourney Weaver	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Valenti, JackJack Valenti	Presenter of the award for Best Visual Effects
Peters, BernadetteBernadette Peters	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Williams, Billy DeeBilly Dee Williams	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Shields, BrookeBrooke Shields	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Zeffirelli, FrancoFranco Zeffirelli	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Nicholas Brothers !The Nicholas Brothers	Presenters of the award for Best Original Score
Pryor, RichardRichard Pryor	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Seymour, JaneJane Seymour	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Ross, DianaDiana Ross	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Sutherland, DonaldDonald Sutherland	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Dickinson, AngieAngie Dickinson	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Pavarotti, LucianoLuciano Pavarotti	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Ustinov, PeterPeter Ustinov	Presenters of the Writing Awards
Redford, RobertRobert Redford	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Henry Fonda
Danner, BlytheBlythe Danner	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Martin, SteveSteve Martin	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Cukor, GeorgeGeorge Cukor	Presenters of the award for Best Director
Vidor, KingKing Vidor	Presenters of the award for Best Director
Field, SallySally Field	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Hoffman, DustinDustin Hoffman	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Gish, LillianLillian Gish	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Mancini, HenryHenry Mancini	Musical arranger and Conductor	Orchestral
Arnaz, LucieLucie Arnaz	Performer	"Hooray for Hollywood"
Nelson, WillieWillie Nelson	Performer	"On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose
Cara, IreneIrene Cara	Performer	"Fame" and "Out Here On My Own" from Fame
Parton, DollyDolly Parton	Performer	"9 to 5" from Nine to Five
Warwick, DionneDionne Warwick	Performer	"People Alone" from The Competition
Academy Awards Orchestra, Academy Awards Orchestra	Performers	"Hooray for Hollywood (reprise)" (orchestral) during the closing credits

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

8 nominations: The Elephant Man and Raging Bull
7 nominations: Coal Miner's Daughter
6 nominations: Fame, Ordinary People and Tess
3 nominations: The Empire Strikes Back, Melvin and Howard, Private Benjamin and The Stunt Man
2 nominations: Altered States, The Competition, The Great Santini, Kagemusha and Resurrection

The following films received multiple awards.

4 wins: Ordinary People
3 wins: Tess
2 wins: Fame, Melvin and Howard and Raging Bull

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". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2009.

Academy Awards

Awards of Merit

Special awards

Governors Awards	Academy Honorary Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Academy Scientific and Technical Awards	Academy Award of Merit (non-competitive) Scientific and Engineering Award Technical Achievement Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Student Awards	Student Academy Award

Former awards

Merit Awards	Assistant Director Dance Direction Director of a Comedy Picture Engineering Effects Short Subject, Two-reel Short Subject, Comedy Short Subject, Novelty Story Title Writing Unique and Artistic Quality of Production
Special Awards	Academy Juvenile Award Special Achievement Academy Award

Ceremonies‡

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Footnotes

‡ Dates and years listed for each ceremony were the eligibility period of film release in Los Angeles County, California. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period was from August to July. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932 to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

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Films directed by Norman Jewison

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
The Thrill of It All (1963)
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
The Art of Love (1965)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Rollerball (1975)
F.I.S.T. (1978)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Best Friends (1982)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Agnes of God (1985)
Moonstruck (1987)
In Country (1989)
Other People's Money (1991)
Only You (1994)
Bogus (1996)
The Hurricane (1999)
Dinner with Friends (2001)
The Statement (2003)

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