Academy Awards
53rd edition
- March 31, 1981
- United States
United StatesThe 53rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1980 and took place on March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled to take place originally on the previous day but was postponed due to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 20 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Norman Jewison and directed by Marty Pasetta. Comedian and talk show host Johnny Carson hosted the show for the third consecutive time. Two weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on March 15, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by hosts Ed Asner and Fay Kanin.
Awards
Most Awarded
2 or more wins- Ordinary People 4
- Tess 3
- The Empire Strikes Back 2
- Fame 2
- Melvin and Howard 2
- Raging Bull 2
Most Nominated
3 or more nominations- The Elephant Man 8
- Raging Bull 8
- Coal Miner's Daughter 7
- Fame 6
- Ordinary People 6
- Tess 6
- The Empire Strikes Back 4
- Melvin and Howard 3
- Private Benjamin 3
- The Stunt Man 3
Most Unluckiest
wins / nominations- The Elephant Man 0 / 8
- Raging Bull 2 / 8
- Coal Miner's Daughter 1 / 7
- Fame 2 / 6
- Tess 3 / 6
- Private Benjamin 0 / 3
- The Stunt Man 0 / 3
- Ordinary People 4 / 6
- The Empire Strikes Back 2 / 4
Only one nomination
- Agee
- All Nothing
- The Blue Lagoon
- Breaker Morant
- Brubaker
- Confidence
- The Day After Trinity
- The Dollar Bottom
- Don't Mess with Bill
- The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!
- Fall Line
- The Fly
- The Formula
- From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
- Front Line
- Gloria
- History of the World in Three Minutes Flat
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Inside Moves
- It's the Same World
- A Jury of Her Peers
- Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
- The Last Metro
- Luther Metke at 94
- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
- My American Uncle
- My Brilliant Career
- The Nest
- Nine to Five
- Somewhere in Time
- Tribute
- When Time Ran Out...
- The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
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