1980 IN FILM

The year '1980 in film' involved some significant events.
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Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1980

Births

Deaths

Events

★ April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, ''McVicar'', opens in London, England.

★ May 21 - is released and is the biggest grosser of the year.

★ Sharon Stone makes her film debut in the Woody Allen movie ''Stardust Memories'' (released September 26 in USA)

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''
# ''Superman II'' starring Christopher Reeve (U.K. release)
# ''Nine to Five'' starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton
# ''Airplane!'' starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty Leslie Nielsen, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Ordinary People''' - Wildwood, Paramount
:Best Director: 'Robert Redford' - ''Ordinary People''
:Best Actor: 'Robert De Niro' - ''Raging Bull''
:Best Actress: 'Sissy Spacek' - ''Coal Miner's Daughter''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Timothy Hutton' - ''Ordinary People''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Mary Steenburgen' - ''Melvin and Howard''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears''' (''Москва Слезам Не Верит''), directed by Vladimir Menshov, USSR
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Ordinary People'''
:Best Actor: 'Robert De Niro' - ''Raging Bull''
:Best Actress: 'Mary Tyler Moore' - ''Ordinary People''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''Coal Miner's Daughter'''
:Best Actor: 'Ray Sharkey' - ''The Idolmaker''
:Best Actress: 'Sissy Spacek' - ''Coal Miner's Daughter''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Robert Redford' - ''Ordinary People''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Tess''', United Kingdom
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''All That Jazz''', directed by Bob Fosse, United States
:'''Kagemusha, 影武者''' (''Shadow Warrior''), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''Atlantic City''', directed by Louis Malle, USA / Canada / France
:'''Gloria''', directed by John Cassavetes, United States
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Heartland''', directed by Richard Pearce, United States
:'''Palermo or Wolfsburg''' (''Palermo oder Wolfsburg''), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany

Films released in 1980

★ ''Airplane!''

★ ''Alien Contamination''

★ ''Altered States''

★ ''American Gigolo''

★ ''Any Which Way You Can''

★ ''The Apple''

★ ''Atlantic City'', Golden Lion winner

★ ''Bad Timing'', directed by Nicolas Roeg

★ ''Berlin Alexanderplatz'', directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

★ ''The Big Red One''

★ ''The Blue Lagoon''

★ ''The Blues Brothers'', directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin

★ ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)''

★ ''Breaker Morant''

★ ''Brubaker''

★ ''Caddyshack'', starring Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and others

★ ''Cannibal Holocaust'', directed by Ruggero Deodato, starring Robert Kerman

★ ''La Cicala''

★ ''City Of Women'' (''La città delle donne''), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni

★ ''The Club''

★ ''Coal Miner's Daughter''

★ ''The Constant Factor''

★ ''Cruising''

★ ''The Elephant Man''

★ ''Fame''

★ ''Flash Gordon''

★ ''The Fog'', directed by John Carpenter, starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman and Hal Holbrook

★ ''Friday the 13th''

★ ''Germany Pale Mother''

★ ''Gilda Live'' Starring Gilda Radner, Father Guido Sarducci

★ ''Gloria'', Golden Lion winner

★ ''Heaven's Gate''

★ ''Hey Babe!'', starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett

★ ''Hopscotch''

★ ''The Idolmaker''

★ ''Inferno'', directed by Dario Argento

★ ''The Jazz Singer''

★ ''Kagemusha'', Palme d'Or winner

★ ''Little Darlings''

★ ''Little Miss Marker (1980 film)'' with Jule Andrews

★ ''Loulou''

★ ''The Long Good Friday''

★ ''Lulu'' (not same as above)

★ ''McVicar''

★ ''Melvin and Howard''

★ ''Midnight Madness''

★ ''Mon oncle d'Amérique'', Cannes Special Jury Prize

★ ''Nine to Five'', starring Dolly Parton

★ ''No Child's Land''

★ ''O Megalexandros''

★ ''Oh God, Book II''

★ ''Ordinary People''

★ ''Palmero oder Wolsfburg'', Golden Bear (award) winner

★ ''Permanent Vacation''

★ ''Raging Bull'', directed by Martin Scorsese

★ ''El Retorno del Hombre Lobo''

★ ''Seems Like Old Times''

★ ''The Shining''

★ ''Stardust Memories''

★ ''

★ ''Stir Crazy'', starring Richard Pryor

★ ''The Stunt Man''

★ ''Superman II'' (U.K.)

★ ''The Young Master''

★ ''Urban Cowboy''

★ ''Zigeunerweisen'', directed by Seijun Suzuki

Births

★ February 12 - Christina Ricci, actress

★ July 5 - Eva Green, actress

★ December 19 - Jake Gyllenhaal, actor

Deaths

★ January 29 - Jimmy Durante, actor

★ February 13 - David Janssen, actor

★ March 5 - Jay Silverheels, actor (''Tonto'')

★ March 28 - Dick Haymes, actor, singer

★ April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, director

★ July 6 - Gail Patrick, actress

★ July 24 - Peter Sellers, actor

★ July 31 - Bobby Van, actor, dancer

★ August 14 - Dorothy Stratten, actress, Playboy Magazine model

★ August 25 - Gower Champion, actor, dancer, choreographer

★ October 6 - Hattie Jacques, actress

★ November 7 - Steve McQueen, actor

★ November 22 - Mae West, actress

★ November 24 - George Raft, actor

★ November 26 - Rachel Roberts, actress

★ December 8 - John Lennon, singer/songwriter, occasional actor

★ December 31 - Raoul Walsh, director