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- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.Favourite Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
The Changeling
Superman II
Raging Bull
The Elephant Man
Airplane!
Nine to Five
American Gigolo
Somewhere in Time - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Best Film of the Year
Runner ups:
The Elephant Man
The Blues Brothers
The Changeling
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Superman II
Airplane!
American Gigolo
Somewhere in Time - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Best Lead Actor: Robert De Niro
Runner ups:
Anthony Hopkins in The Elephant Man
Lily Tomlin in Nine to Five
John Belushi in The Blues Brothers
Dan Ackroyd in The Blues Brothers
George C. Scott in The Changeling
Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy
Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy
Jane Fonda in Nine to Five
William Hurt in Altered States - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci
Runner ups:
John Hurt in The Elephant Man
Dabney Coleman in Nine to Five
Harrison Ford in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Gene Hackman in Superman II
Leonard Rossiter in Rising Damp
Leslie Nielsen in Airplane!
Danny Elfman in Forbidden Zone
Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Best Direction
Runner ups:
Raging Bull
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
The Changeling
The Blues Brothers - DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.Best Original Screenplay
Runner ups:
The Changeling
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Nine to Five - DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner ups:
Superman II
Raging Bull
Altered States
Somewhere in Time - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Best Cinematography
Runner ups:
Raging Bull
The Changeling
Inferno
The Elephant Man - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Best Editing
Runner ups:
Raging Bull
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
The Blues Brothers
Superman II - DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Best Art-Direction
Runner ups:
The Shining
The Elephant Man
Altered States
Flash Gordon - DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Best Costume Design
Runner ups:
Flash Gordon
The Elephant Man
Superman II
The Shining - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Best Make-up
Runner ups:
The Elephant Man
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Altered States
City of the Living Dead - DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Best Visual Effects
Runner ups:
The Shining
The Blues Brothers
Superman II
Altered States - DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Best Original Score
Runner ups:
The Shining
Flash Gordon
American Gigolo
Inferno - DirectorPaul SchraderStarsRichard GereLauren HuttonHector ElizondoA Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.Best Original Song: "Call Me"
Runner ups:
"I Yam What I Am" from Popeye
"Flash" from Flash Gordon
"Forbidden Zone" from Forbidden Zone
"Witch's Egg" from Forbidden Zone - DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsOrson BeanJohn HustonTheodore BikelTwo Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.Best Animated Film
Runners up:
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n/a - DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsOrson BeanJohn HustonTheodore BikelTwo Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.Best Animation
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n/a - DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsOrson BeanJohn HustonTheodore BikelTwo Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.Best Voice-Over Performance: Orson Bean
Runners up:
Theodore Gottlieb in The Return of the King
Roddy McDowall in The Return of the King
John Huston in The Return of the King
William Conrad in The Return of the King - DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.Best British Film
Runners up:
Superman II
The Shining
Rising Damp
n/a - DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.Funniest Film
Runner ups:
Airplane!
Nine to Five
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Rising Damp - DirectorColin HigginsStarsJane FondaLily TomlinDolly PartonThree female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.Best Comedic Performance: Dabney Coleman
Runner ups:
John Belushi in The Blues Brothers
Dan Ackroyd in The Blues Brothers
Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy
Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Scariest Film
Runner ups:
The Changeling
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
City of the Living Dead
Cannibal Holocaust - DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.Best Action Movie
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Superman II
Nightmare City
Flash Gordon - DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.Best Musical
Runners up:
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n/a - DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.Most Emotional Film
Runner ups:
Somewhere in Time
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
The Blues Brothers - DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungFat ChungLung ChanA rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.Best Zombie and/or Vampire Film
Runner ups:
Nightmare City
Zombie Creeping Flesh - DirectorRichard LesterStarsGene HackmanChristopher ReeveMargot KidderSuperman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.Best Superhero Film
Runner ups:
Flash Gordon
n/a - DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungFat ChungLung ChanA rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.Best Foreign-Language Film
Runners up:
Nightmare City
Zombie Creeping Flesh
Inferno
Who's Singin' Over There - DirectorLucio FulciStarsChristopher GeorgeCatriona MacCollCarlo De MejoA reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.Turd of the Year
Runner ups:
Cannibal Holocaust
Friday the 13th
Caddyshack
The Return of the King - StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsThe Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.Best TV Comedy (series 1)
Runners up:
The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (season 1)
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n/a - StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsThe Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.Best Performance (TV Comedy): Nigel Hawthorne (for series 1)
Runners up:
Derek Fowlds in Yes Minister (series 1)
Paul Eddington in Yes Minister (series 1)
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n/a - StarsFrank WelkerNancy CartwrightCasey KasemA one-hour featuring episodes of both the Scooby-Doo and Richie Rich cartoon series. Scooby and the Mystery Machine gang travel from town to town investigating reports of ghosts, monsters and other strange events, inevitably finding the spooks and spirits. Richie, meanwhile, has adventures that only happen to the richest boy in world. With his friends and his butler, he investigates problems and gets himself into situations that can only be solved by spending piles of money or using incredibly expensive gadgets.Best Animated Series (for season 1)
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n/a - Navigate Pac-Man through a maze escaping ghosts and eating Pac-Dots.Best Video Game
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