Atlantic City (1980 film)

Atlantic City
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLouis Malle
Written byJohn Guare
Produced byDenis Héroux
John Kemeny
Starring
CinematographyRichard Ciupka
Edited bySuzanne Baron
Music byMichel Legrand
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures (North America)
NPF Planfilm (France)[1][2]
Release dates
  • September 3, 1980 (1980-09-03) (France)
  • December 19, 1980 (1980-12-19) (Canada)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesFrance[3]
Canada[4]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7.2 million
Box office$12.7 million[5]

Atlantic City (French: Atlantic City, USA) is a 1980 romantic crime film directed by Louis Malle from a screenplay by John Guare. It stars Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon in the leading roles, with a supporting cast featuring Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Robert Joy, Hollis McLaren, and Al Waxman. A co-production between French and Canadian companies[3] filmed in late 1979, it was released in France and Germany in September 1980 and in the United States later that year by Paramount Pictures.

The film opened to critical acclaim[6] and was nominated for the Big Five Academy Awards: Best Picture,[7] Best Director,[8] Best Actor (for Lancaster),[9] Best Actress (for Sarandon),[10] and Best Original Screenplay,[11] but did not win in any category. In Canada, it won Genie Awards for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress (for Sarandon), Best Supporting Actress (for Reid), and Best Art Direction, with three additional nominations. In France, it was nominated for the César Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Music.

In 2003, Atlantic City was among the 25 motion pictures added annually to the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.[12][13]

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  2. ^ "Atlantic City (1980)". UniFrance. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "This page no longer exists". Archived from the original on 2017-12-02.
  4. ^ TCM.com
  5. ^ "Atlantic City, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  6. ^ Ebert, Roger (December 4, 2005). "Atlantic City movie review & film summary (1980)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  7. ^ Chariots of Fire Wins Best Picture: 1982-Oscars on YouTube
  8. ^ Warren Beatty Wins Best Directing: 1982 Oscars
  9. ^ Henry Fonda winning Best Actor-Oscars on YouTube
  10. ^ Katharine Hepburn Winning Best Actress-Oscars on YouTube
  11. ^ Chariots of Fire Wins Original Screenplay: 1982 Oscars
  12. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  13. ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-16.