Movies - 1981 in film

Events

• January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.
• November 29 - Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year old actress Natalie Wood
  drowns during a boating accident.
• Tom Cruise
  makes his acting debut.

Top grossing films

• Best Picture: Chariots of Fire
  - Enigma, The Ladd Company/Warner Bros.
• Best Actor
  : Henry Fonda
  - On Golden Pond
• Best Actress
  : Katharine Hepburn
  - On Golden Pond

Births

• Absence of Malice
• An American Werewolf in London
• Bustin' Loose
• Chariots of Fire
• Das Boot
  (1982 US release)
• Deadly Blessing
  starring Sharon Stone
• Deprisa, Deprisa!, Golden Bear winner
• Excalibur
• Friday the 13th Part 2
• Gal Young 'Un, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
• Halloween II
  , starring Jamie Lee Curtis
• Heartland, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
• Heaven's Gate
• History of the World: Part 1
• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
• Man of Iron
  , Palme d'Or winner
• Mommie Dearest
  , starring Faye Dunaway
  , Diana Scarwid
• Omen III: The Final Conflict
  , starring Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi
• On Golden Pond
  , starring Katharine Hepburn
  , Henry Fonda
  , and Jane Fonda
• Only When I Laugh
• Pennies From Heaven
  , starring Steve Martin
  , based on the 1978 BBC Television serial by Dennis Potter.
• Pixote
• Quest for Fire
  also called La Guerre du feu
• Ragtime
• Reds
• Sogni d'oro
• Stevie
• Taps
  starring George C. Scott
  and Timothy Hutton
• Tarzan, the Ape Man
• The Boat Is Full
• The Fox and the Hound
• The French Lieutenant's Woman
• The German Sisters, Golden Lion winner
• The Great Muppet Caper
• The Howling
• They Don't Wear Black Tie
• Zoot Suit
  '', starring Edward James Olmos

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