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Best Picture Win: Chariots of Fire Runner-Up: Atlantic City Runner-Up: On Golden Pond Runner-Up: Raiders of the Lost Ark Runner-Up: Reds Best Director Win: Warren Beatty, Reds Runner-Up: Louis Malle, Atlantic City Runner-Up: Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire Runner-Up: Mark Rydell, On Golden Pond Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark Best Actor Win: Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond Runner-Up: Paul Newman, Absence of Malice Runner-Up: Dudley Moore, Arthur Runner-Up: Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City Runner-Up: Warren Beatty, Reds Best Actress Win: Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond Runner-Up: Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City Runner-Up: Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh Runner-Up: Diane Keaton, Reds Runner-Up: Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman Best Supporting Actor Win: John Gielgud, Arthur Runner-Up: Iam Holm, Chariots of Fire Runner-Up: James Coco, Only When I Laugh Runner-Up: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Ragtime Runner-Up: Jack Nicholson, Reds Best Supporting Actress Win: Maureen Stapleton, Reds Runner-Up: Melinda Dillon, Absence of Malice Runner-Up: Jane Fonda, On Golden Pond Runner-Up: Joan Hackett, Only When I Laugh Runner-Up: Elizabeth McGovern, Ragtime Best Adapted Screenplay Win: Ernest Thompson, On Golden Pond Runner-Up: Dennis Potter, Pennies From Heaven Runner-Up: Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet , Prince of the City Runner-Up: Michael Weller, Ragtime Runner-Up: Harold Pinter, The French Lieutenant's Woman Best Original Screenplay Win: Colin Welland, Chariots of Fire Runner-Up: Kurt Luedtke, Absence of Malice Runner-Up: Steve Gordon, Arthur Runner-Up: John Guare, Atlantic City Runner-Up: Warren Beatty, Reds

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