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Best Picture - Robert Alan Aurthur, Producer Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse
The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1979 and took place on April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.
1. Ordinary People. 1980 2h 4m R. 7.7 (57K) Rate. 86 Metascore. The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son. Director Robert Redford Stars Donald Sutherland Mary Tyler Moore Judd Hirsch. 2. Chariots of Fire.
The films that won an Academy Award for Best Picture. List activity. 15K views. 102 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 51 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Patton. 1970 2h 52m PG. 7.9 (108K) Rate. 86 Metascore. The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
The winner was the well-acted, low-budget human drama Ordinary People (with six nominations and four wins, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor), an emotional film - about fictional people - in a year filled with seven nominations for real individuals.
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Apr 1, 1981 · ''Ordinary People,'' the story of a family shattered by a catastrophe, was named the best picture of 1980 tonight at an Academy Award ceremony delayed for 24 hours by the assassination attempt...
