Oscars 1981 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Raging Bull!

Nominees:
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
Ordinary People
The Shining

Best Director!

Winner: Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull!

Nominees:
David Lynch - The Elephant Man
Robert Redford - Ordinary People
Stanley Kubrick - The Shining
Richard Rush - The Stunt Man

Best Actor!

Winner: Robert De Niro, Raging Bull!

Nominees:
John Hurt - The Elephant Man
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man
Donald Sutherland - Ordinary People

Best Actress!

Winner: Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter!

Nominees:
Ellen Burstyn - Resurrection
Judy Davis - My Brilliant Career
Goldie Hawn - Private Benjamin
Gena Rowlands - Gloria

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Joe Pesci, Raging Bull!

Nominees:
Judd Hirsch - Ordinary People
Anthony Hopkins - The Elephant Man
Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People
Jason Robards - Melvin and Howard

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People!

Nominees:
Eileen Brennan - Private Benjamin
Cathy Moriarty - Raging Bull
Diana Scarwid - Inside Moves
Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Bo Goldman, Melvin and Howard!

Nominees:
W. D. Richter and Arthur Ross - Brukaber
Christopher Gore - Fame
Jean Gruault - Mon Oncle D'Amerique
Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller - Private Benjamin

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Alvin Sargent, Ordinary People!

Nominees:
Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch - The Elephant Man
Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin - Raging Bull
Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson - The Shining
Lawrence B. Marcus and Richard Rush - The Stunt Man

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: Kagemusha!

Nominees:
Confidence
The Last Metro
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
The Nest

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Raging Bull!

Nominees:
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
Fame
The Shining

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China!

Nominees:
Agee
The Day After Trinity
Front Line
The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty!

Nominees:
Don't Mess with Bill
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens
It's the Same World
Luther Metke at 94

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: The Dollar Bottom!

Nominees:
Fall Line
A Jury of Her Peers

Best Animated Short!

Winner: The Fly!

Nominees:
All Nothing
History of the World in Three Minutes Flat

Best Original Score!

Winner: The Empire Strikes Back!

Nominees:
Altered States
The Elephant Man
Fame
Tess

Best Original Song!

Winner: Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford - Fame, Fame!

Nominees:
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5, 9 to 5
Willie Nelson - On the Road Again, Honeysuckle Rose
Michael Gore and Leslie Gore - Out Here on My Own, Fame
Lalo Schifrin and Wilbur Jennings - People Alone, The Competition

Best Art Direction!

Winner: The Shining!

Nominees:
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
The Empire Strikes Back
Tess

Best Cinematography!

Winner: Raging Bull!

Nominees:
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
The Shining
Tess

Best Costume Design!

Winner: The Elephant Man!

Nominees:
My Brilliant Career
Somewhere in Time
Tess
When Time Ran Out

Best Sound!

Winner: The Empire Strikes Back!

Nominees:
Altered States
Coal Miner's Daughter
Raging Bull
The Shining

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: The Empire Strikes Back!

Nominees:
Superman II