Universal
(Bernard Schwartz-Universal Productions)
Oscar Nominations: 7
Picture, produced by Bernard Scwartz Screenplay (Adapted): Tom Rickman Actress: Sissy Spacek Art Direction-Set Decoration: John W. Corso; John M. Dwyer Sound: Richard Portman, Roger Heman, and Jim Alexander Editing: Arthur Schmidt
Oscar Awards: 1
Actress
Oscar Context
In 1980, Robert Redford's feature debut "Ordinary People," which swept the most important Oscars, competed with two superlative films (both in black-and-white): David Lynch's "The Elephant Man," which received 8 nominations but lost each one of them, and Scorsese's masterpiece "Raging Bull," which also received 8 nods, winning one for editing.
The biopic of Loretta Lynn, "Coal Miner's Daughter," was nominated for seven Oscars, winning one for Actress Sissy Spacek, but depriverd its helmer Michael Apted from a Director nomination.
Roman Polanski's literary adaptation "Tess" won three technical Oscars out of its six nominations.
