1981 in film

Events

• November 29 - Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating accident.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford
2. On Golden Pond, starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda
3. Porky's
4. Arthur
5. Stripes, starring Bill Murray
6. The Cannonball Run
7. Guerre du feu, La
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Chariots of Fire
10. The Four Seasons

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Chariots of Fire - Enigma, The Ladd Company/Warner Bros.
• Best Actor: Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond
• Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond

Births

Deaths

• January 10 - Richard Boone, actor
• October 24 - Edith Head, costume designer
• December 28 - Allan Dwan, pioneer film director

Other Movies Released

1. (Omen III)The Final Conflict, starring Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi
2. Friday the 13th, Part 2
3. Halloween II, starring Jamie Lee Curtis

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