THE HAMILTON AWARDS: 1980
BEST PICTURE
The Elephant Man (Paramount)
The Ninth Configuration (Warner Bros.)
The Shining (Warner Bros.)
* Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (20th Century Fox)
The Stunt Man (20th Century Fox)
BEST DIRECTOR
Irvin Kershner for Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Stanley Kubrick for The Shining
David Lynch for The Elephant Man
* Richard Rush for The Stunt Man
Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull
BEST ACTOR
Anthony Hopkins for The Elephant Man
John Hurt for The Elephant Man
Stacy Keach for The Ninth Configuration
Jack Nicholson for The Shining
* Peter O’Toole for The Stunt Man
BEST ACTRESS
Blair Brown for Altered States
Catherine Deneuve for The Last Metro (Le dernier métro)
* Shelley Duvall for The Shining
Barbara Hershey for The Stunt Man
Mary Tyler Moore for Ordinary People
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ed Flanders for The Ninth Configuration
Freddie Jones for The Elephant Man
Danny Lloyd for The Shining
* Max Von Sydow for Flash Gordon
Scott Wilson for The Ninth Configuration
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nancy Allen for Dressed to Kill
* Elizabeth McGovern for Ordinary People
Helen Mirren for The Long Good Friday
Cathy Moriarty for Raging Bull
Charlotte Rampling for Stardust Memories
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dan Aykroyd, John Landis for The Blues Brothers
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker for Airplane!
Woody Allen for Stardust Memories
Brian De Palma for Dressed to Kill
* Lawrence Kasdan, Leigh Brackett for Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
William Peter Blatty for The Ninth Configuration
Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson for The Shining
* Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush for The Stunt Man
Alvin Sargent for Ordinary People
Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin for Raging Bull
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Romano Albani for Inferno
John Alcott for The Shining
Jordan Cronenweth for Altered States
Freddie Francis for The Elephant Man
* Peter Suschitsky for Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
BEST FILM EDITING
Anne V. Coates for The Elephant Man
* Paul Hirsch for Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Jack Hofstra, Caroline Ferriol for The Stunt Man
Ray Lovejoy for The Shining
Thelma Schoonmaker for Raging Bull
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Tom Bronson for The Ninth Configuration
Jean-Pierre Dorleac for Somewhere in Time
* John Mollo for Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Patricia Norris for The Elephant Man
Rosanna Norton for The Stunt Man
BEST SONG
* “Call Me” (Giorgio Moroder/Deborah Harry) from American Gigolo
“Fame” (Michael Gore/Dean Pitchford) from Fame
“Flash’s Theme” (Queen) from Flash Gordon
“Nine to Five” (Dolly Parton) from Nine to Five
“Xanadu” (Jeff Lynne) from Xanadu
BEST ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE
John Barry for Somewhere in Time
John Corigliano for Altered States
Pino Donaggio for Dressed to Kill
Dominic Frontiere for The Stunt Man
* John Williams for Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL/COMEDY SCORE AND/OR ADAPTATION
* Elmer Bernstein for Airplane!
Michael Gore for Fame
Snuff Garrett, Steve Dorff for Bronco Billy
Ira Newborn for The Blues Brothers
Van Dyke Parks, Harry Nilsson for Popeye
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Caligula - Danilo Donati
The Elephant Man - Stuart Craig, Bob Cartwright, Hugh Scaife
Flash Gordon - Danilo Donati, Frank Van Der Veer
The Shining - Roy Walker, Les Tomkins
* Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley
BEST MAKE-UP DESIGN
* Altered States - Dick Smith, Carl Fullerton, Craig Reardon
Battle Beyond the Stars - Rick Stratton, Sue Dolph
The Elephant Man - Christopher Tucker, Wally Schneiderman, Michael Morris, Beryl Lerman
Flash Gordon - Massimo De Rossi, Richard Mills, Mario Di Salvio, Jane Royle
Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Stuart Freeborn
Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins, Joe Johnston, Ralph McQuarrie, Michael Ford
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Altered States
Battle Beyond the Stars
Flash Gordon
The Shining
* Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
BEST SOUND MIXING
Altered States
Flash Gordon
The Shining
* Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Stunt Man
BEST SOUND EDITING
Altered States
Flash Gordon
The Shining
* Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Stunt Man
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Kagemusha (Japan)
The Last Metro (Le dernier métro) (France)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
* Rockshow
BEST ANIMATED FILM
no award given
HALL OF FAME
Lee J. Cobb (1911-1976) (Actor) (Captain from Castile, Sirocco, On the Waterfront, The Left Hand of God, 12 Angry Men, The Brothers Karamazov, Exodus, Our Man Flint, Lawman, The Exorcist)
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) (Director/Writer/Producer) (The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Foreign Correspondent, Rebecca, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho)
Steve McQueen (1930-1980) (Actor) (The Magnificent Seven, Hell is for Heroes, The War Lover, The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Getaway, Papillon)
Lewis Milestone (1895-1980) (Director) (All Quiet on the Western Front, The Front Page, Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony, Les Miserables, Pork Chop Hill, Ocean’s Eleven, Mutiny on the Bounty)
George Pal (1908-1980) (Director/Producer/Cinematographer) (Houdini, The War of the Worlds, tom thumb, The Time Machine, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao)
Peter Sellers (1925-1980) (Actor) (The Mouse That Roared, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, The Pink Panther, The World of Henry Orient, A Shot in the Dark, The Party, Murder by Death, Being There)