The Wandering Image: 1980 FILM BALLOT

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

Another one of my old "Best in Film" ballots.

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:

1980, 1981,

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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

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

*Stanley Kubrick

for THE SHINING
Walter Hill for THE LONG RIDERS

Martin Scorsese for RAGING BULL

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

1980

*Sissy Spacek in

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)

1980

*Robert De Niro

in RAGING BULL
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

1980

*Cathy Moriarty

in RAGING BULL
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)

1980

*Joe Pesci in RAGING BULL
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

1980

*MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE

- 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

1980

*THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

- 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

1980

*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

1980

*THE KING AND

THE MOCKINGBIRD
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

1980

*THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

- John Williams >

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

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

1980

*RAGING BULL

- 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)

1980

*RAGING BULL

- 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)

1980 - production design + set decor

*THE SHINING

- Roy Walker, Les Tomkins
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

- Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins
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

SATURN 3 - Terry Clegg & Alan Cassie

actual oscar nominees:
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
KAGEMUSHA
TESS (won)

1980

*TESS - Anthony Powell
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

*THE ELEPHANT MAN

- Wally Schneiderman, Christopher Tucker
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

1980

*THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
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 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

↓additional categories courtesy of Muriel:

1980

*1) Hedge maze finale

- THE SHINING
2) Color super-8 intercut with B&W fight victories

-------------------------------------------- RAGING BULL
3) Cat & mouse stalking within Metro Museum of Art

--------------------------------------------- DRESSED TO KILL
4) Closing slumber & vision of mother over stars

---------------------------------------------- ELEPHANT MAN
5) Marooned Luke brings down AT-AT single-handedly

----------------------------------------- EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
6) Rev. Cleophus James’ Sunday revival service

------------------------------------------------ BLUES BROTHERS
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

-------------------------------------------------- ZOMBIE
10) Conrad & Dr. Berger breakthrough. Rainfall audible

----------------------------------------------- ORDINARY PEOPLE
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

------------------------------------- CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD
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