1981 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

7th LAFCA Awards

Date| December 14, 1981
Highlights
Best Picture| Atlantic City
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The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1980, were announced on 14 December 1981 and given on 13 January 1982.[1][2]

## Winners

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* Best Picture:
* Atlantic City
* Runner-up: Reds
* Best Director:
* Warren Beatty \- Reds
* Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan – Body Heat
* Best Actor:
* Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City
* Runner-up: Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond
* Best Actress:
* Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman
* Runner-up: Diane Keaton – Reds
* Best Supporting Actor:
* John Gielgud – Arthur
* Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – Reds
* Best Supporting Actress:
* Maureen Stapleton – Reds
* Runner-up: Melinda Dillon – Absence of Malice
* Best Screenplay:
* John Guare – Atlantic City
* Runner-up: Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths – Reds
* Best Cinematography:
* Vittorio Storaro – Reds
* Runner-up: Freddie Francis – The French Lieutenant's Woman
* Best Music Score:
* Randy Newman – Ragtime
* Runner-up: Vangelis – Chariots of Fire
* Best Foreign Film:
* Pixote (Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco) • Brazil
* Runner-up: Chariots of Fire • UK
* Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
* R. Bruce Elder – The Art of Worldly Wisdom
* New Generation Award:
* John Guare
* Career Achievement Award:
* Barbara Stanwyck
* Special Citation:
* Kevin Brownlow – Napoléon

## References

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1. ^ "Film Critics Announce Top Honors". The Press-Courier. 14 December 1981. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via Google News Archive.
2. ^ "Los Angeles Film Critics Association".

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* 7th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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