53ste Oscar-toekenningsaand

Die 53ste Oscar-toekenningsaand is op 31 Maart 1981 deur die Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles gehou om erkenning te gee aan die rolprente van 1980. Die aanbieder was Johnny Carson. Die seremonie sou aanvanklik op 30 Maart gehou word, maar is met ’n dag uitgestel ná die sluipmoordpoging op pres. Ronald Reagan.

53ste Oscar-toekenningsaand
Datum	31 Maart 1981
Plek	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Aanbieder	Johnny Carson
Pryse & benoemings
Beste rolprent	Ordinary People
Meeste pryse	Ordinary People (4)
Meeste benoemings	The Elephant Man en Raging Bull (8)

David Lynch se The Elephant Man en Martin Scorsese se Raging Bull het die meeste benoemings gehad: agt elk. Michael Apted se Coal Miner's Daughter het sewe benoemings gekry. Ordinary People het op die ou end die Oscar vir beste rolprent ingepalm.

Pryse

Robert Redford

Robert De Niro

Sissy Spacek

Hier volg ’n lys van die belangrikste wenners en benoemdes (die wenners word eerste genoem en is in vet druk):

Beste rolprent	Beste regisseur
Ordinary People – Ronald L. Schwary Coal Miner's Daughter – Bernard Schwartz The Elephant Man – Jonathan Sanger Raging Bull – Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler Tess – Claude Berri	Robert Redford – Ordinary People David Lynch – The Elephant Man Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull Richard Rush – The Stunt Man Roman Polanski – Tess
Beste akteur	Beste aktrise
Robert De Niro – Raging Bull as Jake LaMotta Robert Duvall – The Great Santini John Hurt – The Elephant Man Jack Lemmon – Tribute Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man	Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection Goldie Hawn – Private Benjamin Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People Gena Rowlands – Gloria
Beste manlike byspeler	Beste vroulike byspeler
Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People as Conrad Jarrett Judd Hirsch – Ordinary People Michael O'Keefe – The Great Santini Joe Pesci – Raging Bull Jason Robards – Melvin and Howard	Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar Eileen Brennan – Private Benjamin Eva Le Gallienne – Resurrection Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull Diana Scarwid – Inside Moves
Beste oorspronklike draaiboek	Beste verwerkte draaiboek
Melvin and Howard – Bo Goldman Brubaker – W.D. Richter, Arthur Ross Fame – Christopher Gore Mon Oncle D'Amerique – Jean Gruault Private Benjamin – Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller	Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent Breaker Morant – Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford Coal Miner's Daughter – Tom Rickman The Elephant Man – Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch The Stunt Man – Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush
Beste buitelandse rolprent	Beste redigering
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Sowjetunie) Confidence (Hongarye) Kagemusha (Japan) The Last Metro (Frankryk) The Nest (Spanje)	Raging Bull – Thelma Schoonmaker Coal Miner's Daughter – Arthur Schmidt The Competition – David Blewitt The Elephant Man – Anne V. Coates Fame – Gerry Hambling
Beste oorspronklike musiek	Beste oorspronklike liedjie
Fame – Michael Gore Altered States – John Corigliano The Elephant Man – John Morris Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams Tess – Philippe Sarde	"Fame" uit Fame – Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford "9 to 5" uit 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton "On the Road Again" uit Honeysuckle Rose – Willie Nelson "Out Here on My Own" uit Fame – Michael Gore, Lesley Gore "People Alone" uit The Competition – Lalo Schifrin, Wilbur Jennings
Beste kunsredigering	Beste kinematografie
Tess – Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens Coal Miner's Daughter – John W. Corso, John M. Dwyer The Elephant Man – Stuart Craig, Bob Cartwright, Hugh Scaife Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back – Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins, Michael Ford Kagemusha – Yoshirō Muraki	Tess – Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet The Blue Lagoon – Nestor Almendros Coal Miner's Daughter – Ralf D. Bode The Formula – James Crabe Raging Bull – Michael Chapman

Ereprys

• Henry Fonda

Spesiale Prestasieprys

• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson)

Eksterne skakels

• Wikimedia Commons het meer media in die kategorie Oscars.
• Hierdie artikel is vertaal uit die Engelse Wikipedia