Oscars Rematch: 1981
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Picture!
Winner: Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Nominees:
Atlantic City
Chariots of Fire
On Golden Pond
Reds - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Director!
Winner: Steven Spielberg!
Nominees:
Louis Malle - Atlantic City
Hugh Hudson - Chariots of Fire
Mark Rydell - On Golden Pond
Warren Beatty - Reds - DirectorMark RydellStarsKatharine HepburnHenry FondaJane FondaNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Best Actor!
Winner: Henry Fonda!
Nominees:
Warren Beatty - Reds
Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
Dudley Moore - Arthur
Paul Newman - Absence of Malice - DirectorGlenn JordanStarsMarsha MasonKristy McNicholEd MooreA Broadway actress fresh out of rehab navigates sobriety, her career, demanding daughter, and supporting her troubled friends' personal crises.Best Actress!
Winner: Marsha Mason!
Nominees:
Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond
Diane Keaton - Reds
Susan Sarandon - Atlantic City
Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman - DirectorSteve GordonStarsDudley MooreLiza MinnelliJohn GielgudAlcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.Best Supporting Actor!
Winner: John Gielgud!
Nominees:
James Coco - Only When I Laugh
Ian Holm - Chariots of Fire
Jack Nicholson - Reds
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. - Ragtime - DirectorWarren BeattyStarsWarren BeattyDiane KeatonEdward HerrmannA radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.Best Supporting Actress!
Winner: Maureen Stapleton!
Nominees:
Melinda Dillon - Absence of Malice
Jane Fonda - On Golden Pond
Joan Hackett - Only When I Laugh
Elizabeth McGovern - Ragtime - DirectorWarren BeattyStarsWarren BeattyDiane KeatonEdward HerrmannA radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.Best Original Screenplay!
Winner: Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths!
Nominees:
Kurt Leudtke - Absence of Malice
Steve Gordon - Arthur
John Guare - Atlantic City
Colin Welland - Chariots of Fire - DirectorMark RydellStarsKatharine HepburnHenry FondaJane FondaNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Best Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: Ernest Thompson!
Nominees:
Harold Pinter - The French Lieutenant's Woman
Dennis Potter - Pennies from Heaven
Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet - Prince of the City
Michael Weller - Ragtime - DirectorIstván SzabóStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerIldikó BánságiKrystyna JandaIn early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?Best Foreign Language Film!
Winner: Mephisto!
Nominees:
The Boat Is Full
Man of Iron
Muddy River
Three Brothers - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Sound!
Winner: Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Nominees:
On Golden Pond
Outland
Pennies from Heaven
Reds - DirectorArnold SchwartzmanStarsElizabeth TaylorOrson WellesSimon WiesenthalOrson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor compassionately narrate this harrowing documentary about Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany, which soon turned into a notoriously industrious plan to wipe them from existence.Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: Genocide!
Nominees:
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
Brooklyn Bridge
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
El Salvador: Another Vietnam - DirectorNigel NobleStarsAmy IsraelA chorus of 4th- and 5th-graders at the Brooklyn Friends School and a chorus of elderly retirees at a Brooklyn Jewish seniors' center combine to give an annual joint concert. Practicing separately for several months while communicating only as pen pals, they eventually meet for a rehearsal prior to their concert. The children's various preconceptions about older people, as well as the seniors' approach to aging and their young co-performers, are a principal focus.Best Documentary Short!
Winner: Close Harmony!
Nominees:
Americas in Transition
Journey for Survival
See What I Say
Urge to Build - DirectorClare PeploeStarsFrances LowRik MayallPeter EyreTwo couples - one with all the riches that dreams are made of, the other with only dreams and schemes - are brought together by the plotting of the poorer couple. A pair of newlyweds wander through the city streets, bickering about their poverty, until they are distracted by the opulent home of a lawyer. Impulsively, the couple makes off with the lawyer's vehicle for one night of extravagant indulgence.Best Live Action Short!
Winner: Couples and Robbers!
Nominees:
First Winter
Violet - DirectorFrédéric BackThe industrialization of Montreal (Canada), as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.Best Animated Short!
Winner: Crac!
Nominees:
The Creation
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Original Score!
Winner: Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Nominees:
Chariots of Fire
Dragonslayer
On Golden Pond
Ragtime - DirectorSteve GordonStarsDudley MooreLiza MinnelliJohn GielgudAlcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.Best Original Song!
Winner: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", Arthur!
Nominees:
"Endless Love" - Endless Love
"The First Time It Happens" - The Great Muppet Caper
"For Your Eyes Only" - For Your Eyes Only
"One More Hour" - Ragtime - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Art Direction!
Winner: Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Nominees:
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Heaven's Gate
Ragtime
Reds - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Cinematography!
Winner: Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Nominees:
Excalibur
On Golden Pond
Ragtime
Reds - DirectorJohn LandisStarsDavid NaughtonJenny AgutterJoe BelcherAmerican college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Jack dies. David recovers in a hospital, where he has nightmares.Best Makeup!
Winner: An American Werewolf in London!
Nominees:
Heartbeeps - DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas FarrellTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.Best Costume Design!
Winner: Chariots of Fire!
Nominees:
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Ragtime
Reds
Pennies from Heaven - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Film Editing!
Winner: Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Nominees:
Chariots of Fire
The French Lieutenant's Woman
On Golden Pond
Reds - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.Best Visual Effects!
Winner: Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Nominees:
Dragonslayer