1981 with the cinema
Events
- Mogadishu Panafrican Film Symposium.
Principal exits into the room in France
Principal films of the year
- Excalibur , film of adventures arthuriennes of John Boorman
- the Boat : German film of war of Wolfgang Petersen with Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer.
- the factor sounds always twice: American police officer of Bob Rafelson with Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange.
- Father-in-law : French dramatic comedy of Bertrand Blier with Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Nicole Garcia.
- Outland, far from the ground : British science fiction film of Peter Hyams with Sean Connery, Peter Boyle.
- For the skin of a cop : French police officer of and with Alain Delon, Anne Parillaud, Michel Auclair
Festivals
Cannes
See also: Cannes festival 1981
- the Man of iron of Andrzej Wajda gains the Palme of Gold to the Cannes festival.
Other festivals
- 7th edition of the Panafrican Festival of the cinema and the television of Ouagadougou (Fespaco). Djeli , from Fadika Kramo-Throbbed (Ivory Coast) obtains the Grand Prix (Étalon of Yennenga).
Rewards
Oscars
- the Carriages of fire of Hugh Hudson gains the Oscar better film.
See also: Oscars of the cinema 1981
Césars
- Better film : the last subway of François Truffaut obtains 10 rewards with Meilleur realizer : François Truffaut, Better actor : Gerard Depardieu, Better actress : Catherine Deneuve, scenario, music, assembly, its, decorations and photo
- male Best supporting role : Jacques Dufilho in a bad son
- female Best supporting role : Nathalie Baye in Sauve which can… the life
- Meilleur foreign film : Kagemusha, shade of the warrior of Akira Kurosawa
See also: César of the cinema 1981
Other rewards
- X
Boxoffice
France
See also: Boxoffice France 1981
the United States
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$209,562,121 : adventurers of the lost Arch of Steven Spielberg
- $119,285,432: the House of the lake of Mark Rydell
- $108,185,706: Superman II of Richard To ballast
- $95,461,682: Arthur of Steve Gordon
- $85,297,000: blue the of Ivan Reitman
- $72,179,579: Equipped with Cannonball of Hall Needham
- $58,972,904: carriages of fire of Hugh Hudson
- $54,812,802: Only for your eyes of John Glen
- $50,427,646: the four seasons of Alan Alda
- $42,365,581: Time Gangsters of Terry Gilliam
Principal births
- January 28th: Elijah Wood, American actor
- April 19th: Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
Principal deaths
First quarter
- February 12th: Lev Atamanov, Russian film producer of animation (° 1905)
- March 15th: Clear Rene, Realizer French (° 1898).
Second quarters
Third quarters
- August 10th: Valentine Tessier, French actress (° 1892).
Fourth quarters
- November 3rd: Jean Eustace realizer and Actor French (° 1938)
- November 10th: Abel Gance, French realizer (° 1889)
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