33rd British Academy Film Awards

The 33rd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1980, honoured the best films of 1979.^[1]

33rd British Academy Film Awards
Date	1980
Highlights
Best Film	Manhattan
Best Actor	Jack Lemmon The China Syndrome
Best Actress	Jane Fonda The China Syndrome
Most awards	Alien, Apocalypse Now, The China Syndrome, The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, and Yanks (2)
Most nominations	Manhattan (10)
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Winners and nominees

 

Francis Ford Coppola, Best Director winner

 

Jack Lemmon, Best Actor winner

 

Jane Fonda, Best Actress winner

 

Robert Duvall, Best Supporting Actor winner

 

Rachel Roberts, Best Supporting Actress winner

 

Dennis Christopher, Best Newcomer winner

• BAFTA Fellowship: John Huston
• BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award: Children's Film Foundation

Best Film Manhattan – Woody Allen Apocalypse Now – Francis Ford Coppola The China Syndrome – James Bridges The Deer Hunter – Michael Cimino	Best Direction Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now John Schlesinger – Yanks Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter Woody Allen – Manhattan
Best Actor in a Leading Role Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome as Jack Godell Martin Sheen – Apocalypse Now as Benjamin Willard Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter as Michael Vronsky Woody Allen – Manhattan as Isaac Davis	Best Actress in a Leading Role Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells Diane Keaton – Manhattan as Mary Wilkie Maggie Smith – California Suite as Diana Barrie Meryl Streep – The Deer Hunter as Linda
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as William Kilgore Christopher Walken – The Deer Hunter as Nikanor Chevotarevich Denholm Elliott – Saint Jack as William Leigh John Hurt – Alien as Kane	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Rachel Roberts – Yanks as Clarrie Moreton Lisa Eichhorn – The Europeans as Gertrude Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan as Tracy Meryl Streep – Manhattan as Jill Davis
Best Screenplay Manhattan – Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman The China Syndrome – Mike Gray, T. S. Cook and James Bridges The Deer Hunter – Deric Washburn Yanks – Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein	Best Cinematography The Deer Hunter – Vilmos Zsigmond Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro Manhattan – Gordon Willis Yanks – Dick Bush
Best Costume Design Yanks – Shirley Ann Russell Agatha – Shirley Ann Russell Alien – John Mollo The Europeans – Judy Moorcroft	Best Editing The Deer Hunter – Peter Zinner Alien – Terry Rawlings Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman Manhattan – Susan E. Morse
Best Original Music Days of Heaven – Ennio Morricone Alien – Jerry Goldsmith Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola Yanks – Richard Rodney Bennett	Best Production Design Alien – Michael Seymour Apocalypse Now – Dean Tavoularis The Europeans – Jeremiah Rusconi Yanks – Brian Morris
Best Sound Alien – Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe Apocalypse Now – Nat Boxer, Richard Cirincione and Walter Murch The Deer Hunter – Darin Knight, Jim Klinger and Richard Portman Manhattan – James Sabat, Dan Sable and Jack Higgins	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Dennis Christopher – Breaking Away as Dave Stohler Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly Ray Winstone – That Summer! as Steve Brodie Sigourney Weaver – Alien as Ellen Ripley
Best Documentary The Tree of Wooden Clogs – Ermanno Olmi	Best Short Film Butch Minds the Baby – Peter Webb Dilemma – Clive Mitchell Dream Doll – Bob Godfrey Mr. Pascal – Alison de Vere

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
10	Manhattan
9	Apocalypse Now
	The Deer Hunter
7	Alien
	Yanks
4	The China Syndrome
3	The Europeans

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
2	Alien
	Apocalypse Now
	The China Syndrome
	The Deer Hunter
	Manhattan
	Yanks

See also

• 52nd Academy Awards
• 5th César Awards
• 32nd Directors Guild of America Awards
• 37th Golden Globe Awards
• 6th Saturn Awards
• 32nd Writers Guild of America Awards

References

1. "33rd BAFTA Awards - Film". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

External links

• Official Website