The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981)
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The 53rd Annual Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1980, were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, were originally scheduled for the previous day but were postponed due to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
The year's winner of acting categories also marked as the closest span ever between the four winners, all of whom were under 40 when they won the award. Robert De Niro was aged 37 when awarded Best Actor, Sissy Spacek was aged 31 when awarded Best Actress, Timothy Hutton was aged 20 when awarded Best Supporting Actor, and Mary Steenburgen was aged 28 when awarded Best Supporting Actress. In addition, Hutton was the youngest ever Best Supporting Actor winner. Best Supporting Actress nominee Eva Le Gallienne was born in 1899, which made her the last acting nomination to ever happen at the Oscars for someone born in the 19th century.
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A = Dolly Parton performed her song "9 to (A)" from the same movie.
B = “Raging Bull” was nominated for (B) Academy Awards.
C = “The Empire Strikes Back” was nominated for 3 Academy Awards and was the second Star Wars film. However, “The Empire Strikes Back” is the (C) story in the franchise.
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D = (D) Sargent won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for “Ordinary People” (convert the first letter of the name to a number).
E = “Ordinary People” won the Best Picture and had a running time of (E)24 minutes.
F = Alan (F) and Margot Kidder were the presenters for the Short Subjects Awards (convert the first letter of the name to a number).
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