the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases
Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:
Also, if you wish to view my favorite 30 films of 1980, go here
Note: "Animated Short" and "Animated Feature" categories have been merged into one Animation category, regardless of runtime length. Also "Sound Editing" and "Sound Mixing" have been combined into one "Sound Design" category. Focusing on both overall mix and sound creation. I also had to drop the "Non-animated short" category, due to not having seen that many shorts pre 1983.
Also, if you wish to view my favorite 30 films of 1980, go here
Note: "Animated Short" and "Animated Feature" categories have been merged into one Animation category, regardless of runtime length. Also "Sound Editing" and "Sound Mixing" have been combined into one "Sound Design" category. Focusing on both overall mix and sound creation. I also had to drop the "Non-animated short" category, due to not having seen that many shorts pre 1983.
1980
*THE SHINING
actual best picture oscar nominees:
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
RAGING BULL
TESS
actual foreign language oscar nominees:
CONFIDENCE
KAGEMUSHA
THE LAST METRO
MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS (won)
THE NEST
*Stanley Kubrick
THE LONG RIDERS
THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD
THE ELEPHANT MAN
KAGEMUSHA
DRESSED TO KILL
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
THE FOG
RAGING BULL
THE BIG RED ONE [Reconstructed cut]
ALTERED STATES
AIRPLANE!
MAD MAX
INFERNO
MY BRILLIANT CAREER
MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE
CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI
BLUES BROTHERS
USED CARS
POPEYE
actual best picture oscar nominees:
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
RAGING BULL
TESS
actual foreign language oscar nominees:
CONFIDENCE
KAGEMUSHA
THE LAST METRO
MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS (won)
THE NEST
1980
for THE SHINING
Walter Hill for THE LONG RIDERS
Walter Hill for THE LONG RIDERS
Martin Scorsese for RAGING BULL
*THE SHINING
actual oscar nominees:
THE ELEPHANT MAN
MY BRILLIANT CAREER
SOMEWHERE IN TIME
TESS (won)
WHEN TIME RAN OUT
*THE ELEPHANT MAN
actual oscar nominees:
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (won)
*THE SHINING
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
RAGING BULL
ALTERED STATES
actual oscar nominees:
ALTERED STATES
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (won)
FAME
RAGING BULL
Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:
Brian De Palma for DRESSED TO KILL
Akira Kurosawa for KAGEMUSHA
actual oscar nominees:
David Lynch for THE ELEPHANT MAN
Robert Redford for ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
Martin Scorsese for RAGING BULL
Richard Rush for THE STUNT MAN
Roman Polanski for TESS
*Sissy Spacek in
actual oscar nominees:
David Lynch for THE ELEPHANT MAN
Robert Redford for ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
Martin Scorsese for RAGING BULL
Richard Rush for THE STUNT MAN
Roman Polanski for TESS
1980
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
Judy Davis in MY BRILLIANT CAREER
Shelley Duvall in POPEYE
Gena Rowlands in GLORIA
Adrienne Barbeau in THE FOG
actual oscar nominees:
Ellen Burstyn in RESURRECTION
Goldie Hawn in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Mary Tyler Moore in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Gena Rowlands in GLORIA
Sissy Spacek in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (won)
*Robert De Niro
Judy Davis in MY BRILLIANT CAREER
Shelley Duvall in POPEYE
Gena Rowlands in GLORIA
Adrienne Barbeau in THE FOG
actual oscar nominees:
Ellen Burstyn in RESURRECTION
Goldie Hawn in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Mary Tyler Moore in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Gena Rowlands in GLORIA
Sissy Spacek in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (won)
1980
in RAGING BULL
Robin Williams in POPEYE
Jack Nicholson in THE SHINING
Robin Williams in POPEYE
Jack Nicholson in THE SHINING
Robert Duvall in THE GREAT SANTINI
Timothy Hutton in ORDINARY PEOPLE
actual oscar nominees:
Robert De Niro in RAGING BULL (won)
Robert Duvall in THE GREAT SANTINI
John Hurt in THE ELEPHANT MAN
Jack Lemmon in TRIBUTE
Peter O'Toole in THE STUNT MAN
*Cathy Moriarty
actual oscar nominees:
Robert De Niro in RAGING BULL (won)
Robert Duvall in THE GREAT SANTINI
John Hurt in THE ELEPHANT MAN
Jack Lemmon in TRIBUTE
Peter O'Toole in THE STUNT MAN
1980
in RAGING BULL
Eileen Brennan in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Mary Tyler Moore in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Eileen Brennan in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Mary Tyler Moore in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Shelley Duvall in THE SHINING
Mary Steenburgen in MELVIN & HOWARD
Helen Mirren in THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
actual oscar nominees:
Eileen Brennan in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Eva Le Gallienne in RESURRECTION
Cathy Moriarty in RAGING BULL
Diana Scarwid in INSIDE MOVES
Mary Steenburgen in MELVIN & HOWARD (won)
*Joe Pesci in RAGING BULL
Scatman Crothers in BRONCO BILLY
Mary Steenburgen in MELVIN & HOWARD
Helen Mirren in THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
actual oscar nominees:
Eileen Brennan in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Eva Le Gallienne in RESURRECTION
Cathy Moriarty in RAGING BULL
Diana Scarwid in INSIDE MOVES
Mary Steenburgen in MELVIN & HOWARD (won)
1980
Scatman Crothers in BRONCO BILLY
Judd Hirsch in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Jason Robards in MELVIN & HOWARD
Donald Sutherland in ORDINARY PEOPLE
actual oscar nominees:
Judd Hirsch in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Timothy Hutton in ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
Michael O'Keefe in THE GREAT SANTINI
Joe Pesci in RAGING BULL
Jason Robards in MELVIN & HOWARD
*MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE
Jason Robards in MELVIN & HOWARD
Donald Sutherland in ORDINARY PEOPLE
actual oscar nominees:
Judd Hirsch in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Timothy Hutton in ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
Michael O'Keefe in THE GREAT SANTINI
Joe Pesci in RAGING BULL
Jason Robards in MELVIN & HOWARD
1980
- Jean Gruault
USED CARS - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
MELVIN & HOWARD - Bo Goldman
GROWN-UPS - Mike Leigh
BRUBAKER - W.D. Richter
actual oscar nominees:
BRUBAKER
FAME
MELVIN & HOWARD (won)
MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE
PRIVATE BENJAMIN
*THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
USED CARS - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
MELVIN & HOWARD - Bo Goldman
GROWN-UPS - Mike Leigh
BRUBAKER - W.D. Richter
actual oscar nominees:
BRUBAKER
FAME
MELVIN & HOWARD (won)
MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE
PRIVATE BENJAMIN
1980
- Lawrence Kasdan, Leigh Brackett
WISE BLOOD - Benedict & Michael Fitzgerald
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER - Tom Rickman
MY BRILLIANT CAREER - Eleanor Witcombe
RAGING BULL - Paul Schrader
actual oscar nominees:
BREAKER MORANT
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
THE STUNT MAN
*POTO AND CABENGO
LIGHTNING OVER WATER
THE DAY AFTER TRINITY
INVASION by Leslie Woodhead
FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA
actual oscar nominees:
AGEE
THE DAY AFTER TRINITY
FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA (won)
FRONT LINE
THE YELLOW STAR: PERSECUTION OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS 1933-1945
*THE KING AND
WISE BLOOD - Benedict & Michael Fitzgerald
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER - Tom Rickman
MY BRILLIANT CAREER - Eleanor Witcombe
RAGING BULL - Paul Schrader
actual oscar nominees:
BREAKER MORANT
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ORDINARY PEOPLE (won)
THE STUNT MAN
1980
LIGHTNING OVER WATER
THE DAY AFTER TRINITY
INVASION by Leslie Woodhead
FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA
actual oscar nominees:
AGEE
THE DAY AFTER TRINITY
FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA (won)
FRONT LINE
THE YELLOW STAR: PERSECUTION OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS 1933-1945
1980
THE MOCKINGBIRD
A LÉGY [THE FLY]
PIF-PAF, OY-OY-OY!
Will Vinton's DINOSAUR
A LÉGY [THE FLY]
PIF-PAF, OY-OY-OY!
Will Vinton's DINOSAUR
ALL - NOTHING [TOUT RIEN]
ANIMALYMPICS
GNOMES
actual oscar nominees:
ALL - NOTHING
A LÉGY (won)
HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN THREE MINUTES FLAT
*THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
*RAGING BULL
actual oscar nominees:
ALL - NOTHING
A LÉGY (won)
HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN THREE MINUTES FLAT
1980
POPEYE - Harry Nilsson >
THE FOG - John Carpenter >
THE ELEPHANT MAN - John Morris >
ALTERED STATES - John Corigliano >
actual oscar nominees:
ALTERED STATES
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
FAME (won)
TESS
THE FOG - John Carpenter >
THE ELEPHANT MAN - John Morris >
ALTERED STATES - John Corigliano >
actual oscar nominees:
ALTERED STATES
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
FAME (won)
TESS
categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓
1980
- Michael Chapman, ASC
TESS - Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet, OBE, BSC
KAGEMUSHA - Takao Saitô, Shôji Ueda 日本映画撮影監督協会
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Freddie Francis, BSC
THE SHINING - John Alcott, BSC
actual oscar nominees:
THE BLUE LAGOON
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE FORMULA
RAGING BULL
TESS (won)
*RAGING BULL
TESS - Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet, OBE, BSC
KAGEMUSHA - Takao Saitô, Shôji Ueda 日本映画撮影監督協会
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Freddie Francis, BSC
THE SHINING - John Alcott, BSC
actual oscar nominees:
THE BLUE LAGOON
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE FORMULA
RAGING BULL
TESS (won)
1980
- Thelma Schoonmaker
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Anne V. Coates
THE SHINING - Ray Lovejoy, Stanley Kubrick
DRESSED TO KILL - Jerry Greenberg
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - Paul Hirsch, George Lucas
actual oscar nominees:
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE COMPETITION
THE ELEPHANT MAN
FAME
RAGING BULL (won)
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Anne V. Coates
THE SHINING - Ray Lovejoy, Stanley Kubrick
DRESSED TO KILL - Jerry Greenberg
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - Paul Hirsch, George Lucas
actual oscar nominees:
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE COMPETITION
THE ELEPHANT MAN
FAME
RAGING BULL (won)
1980 - production design + set decor
- Roy Walker, Les Tomkins
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
- Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE ELEPHANT MAN
- Stuart Craig, Bob Cartwright; Hugh Scaife
INFERNO - Bassan; Francesco Cuppini, Maurizio Garrone
TESS - Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
POPEYE - Wolf Kroeger, Jack Stephens
INFERNO - Bassan; Francesco Cuppini, Maurizio Garrone
TESS - Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
POPEYE - Wolf Kroeger, Jack Stephens
SATURN 3 - Terry Clegg & Alan Cassie
actual oscar nominees:
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
KAGEMUSHA
TESS (won)
*TESS - Anthony Powell
KAGEMUSHA - Seiichiro Hagakusawa
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Patricia Norris
MY BRILLIANT CAREER - Anna Senior
POPEYE - Scott Bushnell
actual oscar nominees:
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
KAGEMUSHA
TESS (won)
1980
KAGEMUSHA - Seiichiro Hagakusawa
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Patricia Norris
MY BRILLIANT CAREER - Anna Senior
POPEYE - Scott Bushnell
actual oscar nominees:
THE ELEPHANT MAN
MY BRILLIANT CAREER
SOMEWHERE IN TIME
TESS (won)
WHEN TIME RAN OUT
1980
- Wally Schneiderman, Christopher Tucker
ALTERED STATES - Dick Smith, Rick Baker
RAGING BULL - Michael Westmore, Mike Maggi
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
ALTERED STATES - Dick Smith, Rick Baker
RAGING BULL - Michael Westmore, Mike Maggi
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
- Rick Stratton; Steve Neill; Sue Dolph
POPEYE - Giancarlo Del Brocco
THE SHINING - Barbara Daly, Tom Smith
*THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
ALTERED STATES
SUPERMAN II
THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS
THE SHINING - Barbara Daly, Tom Smith
1980
ALTERED STATES
SUPERMAN II
THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
SATURN 3
actual oscar nominees:
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (won)
1980
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
RAGING BULL
ALTERED STATES
actual oscar nominees:
ALTERED STATES
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (won)
FAME
RAGING BULL
↓additional categories courtesy of Muriel:
1980
*1) Hedge maze finale
- THE SHINING
2) Color super-8 intercut with B&W fight victories
2) Color super-8 intercut with B&W fight victories
-------------------------------------------- RAGING BULL
3) Cat & mouse stalking within Metro Museum of Art
3) Cat & mouse stalking within Metro Museum of Art
--------------------------------------------- DRESSED TO KILL
4) Closing slumber & vision of mother over stars
4) Closing slumber & vision of mother over stars
---------------------------------------------- ELEPHANT MAN
5) Marooned Luke brings down AT-AT single-handedly
5) Marooned Luke brings down AT-AT single-handedly
----------------------------------------- EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
6) Rev. Cleophus James’ Sunday revival service
6) Rev. Cleophus James’ Sunday revival service
------------------------------------------------ BLUES BROTHERS
7) Superman vs the Kryptonians downtown - SUPERMAN II
8) 1st Infantry stumbles upon Falkenau concentration
7) Superman vs the Kryptonians downtown - SUPERMAN II
8) 1st Infantry stumbles upon Falkenau concentration
camp --------------------------------------------- BIG RED ONE
9) Splintered door victim. "Ocular Death" slow murder
9) Splintered door victim. "Ocular Death" slow murder
-------------------------------------------------- ZOMBIE
10) Conrad & Dr. Berger breakthrough. Rainfall audible
10) Conrad & Dr. Berger breakthrough. Rainfall audible
----------------------------------------------- ORDINARY PEOPLE
11) Danny’s first vision of the Overlook elevator
11) Danny’s first vision of the Overlook elevator
--------------------------------------------- THE SHINING
-tie- Possessed wheelchair in the attic! - THE CHANGELING
12) the literal “puking your guts out” scene
12) the literal “puking your guts out” scene
------------------------------------- CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD
13) Shootout in Northfield, MN - THE LONG RIDERS
14) Max chases biker to his demise (18wheeler crash, etc.)
13) Shootout in Northfield, MN - THE LONG RIDERS
14) Max chases biker to his demise (18wheeler crash, etc.)
----------------------------------------------- MAD MAX
-tie- climactic convoy race ------------- USED CARS
15) E.L.O. "I'm Alive". Fresco women animate to life
------------------------------------------------ XANADU
also this:
*THE LONG RIDERS
RAGING BULL
POPEYE
THE BLUES BROTHERS
ORDINARY PEOPLE
also this:
1980
RAGING BULL
POPEYE
THE BLUES BROTHERS
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:
