1980 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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The 46th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1980. The winners were announced on 30 December 1980 and the awards were given on 25 January 1981.

Winners

Best Actor:

Robert De Niro - Raging Bull

Runners-up: Robert Duvall - The Great Santini and Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man

Best Actress:

Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter

Runners-up: Goldie Hawn - Private Benjamin and Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People

Best Cinematography:

Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet - Tess

Best Director:

Jonathan Demme - Melvin and Howard

Runners-up: Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull and Robert Redford - Ordinary People

Best Documentary:

Best Boy

Best Film:

Ordinary People

Runners-up: Melvin and Howard and Raging Bull

Best Foreign Film:

Mon Oncle d'Amérique • France

Runners-up: Breaker Morant • Australia and Tess • France/UK

Best Screenplay:

Bo Goldman - Melvin and Howard

Runners-up: Jean Gruault - Mon Oncle d'Amérique and John Sayles - Return of the Secaucus 7

Best Supporting Actor:

Joe Pesci - Raging Bull

Runners-up: Jason Robards - Melvin and Howard and Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People'

Best Supporting Actress:

Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard

Runners-up: Debra Winger - Urban Cowboy and Mary Nell Santacroce - Wise Blood

References

1980 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Wikipedia

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