Which film was the 1980 Academy Award winner for Best Picture?

Answer 1

The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Picture in 1980 went to Ordinary People. It beat Coal Miner's Daughter, Tess, The Elephant Man and Raging Bull.

The movie showed the devastating results of the accidental drowning of the older son on an upper-middle class suburban family (led by parents Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland), and in particular, the tragedy's effects on the remaining suicidal and tormented son (Timothy Hutton), even with the aid of a psychiatrist (Judd Hirsch). The film's unsentimental story was adapted from Judith Guest's highly-regarded 1976 novel by Alvin Sargent.

It also won Best Director (Robert Redford in his directorial debut), Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton) and Adapted Screenplay.
The Best Picture of 1980 was "Ordinary People," which marked Robert Redford's debut as a film director.
It was Robert Redford's directorial debut, "Ordinary People." Redford won the Best Director Oscar for his efforts.
Ordinary People won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1980.

Answer 2

For 1986, the top Oscar awards went to the following:

Best Picture: "Platoon" - Arnold Kopelson, producer.

Best Director: Oliver Stone - "Platoon."

Best Actor: Paul Newman - "The Color of Money."

Best Actress: Marlee Matlin - "Children of a Lesser God."

Best Original Screenplay: "Hannah and Her Sisters" - Woody Allen.

Best Adapted Screenplay: "A Room with a View" - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

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Answer 3

Titanic (1997) won 11 Academy Awards, tying it for the record of most wins ever with Ben Hur (1959). Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) also won 11 Academy Awards.

Answer 4

Patton (1970) won seven Academy Awards at the 43rd Annual Academy Awards presentation on April 15, 1971.

1. Best Picture
2. Best Director
3. Best Actor (George C. Scott refused to accept)
4. Best Original Screenplay
5. Best Film Editing
6. Best Sound, and
7. Best Art Direction (Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet).

It was also nominated for

1. Best Cinematography,
2. Best Visual Effects and
3. Best Music, Original Score

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) won four Oscars at the 42nd Annual Academy Awards presented on April 7, 1970.

1. Best Cinematography,
2. Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical),
3. Best Music, Song (Burt Bacharach and Hal David for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"), and
4. Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced.

It was nominated for

1. Best Director,
2. Best Picture, and
3. Best Sound.

Answer 5

"Ordinary People," Robert Redford's debut film as a director, won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Picture. Based on the 1976 novel by Judith Guest, the film also received Oscars for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (Alvin Sargent), Best Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton). It also received nominations for Best Actress (Mary Tyler Moore) and Best Supporting Actor (Judd Hirsch).

Answer 6

Amadeus won 11 Oscars in the 1980s which tied the film with Gandhi for the most Oscars. In the 1990s Titanic won 14 Oscars.