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1981 in film
Events
Top grossing films
- North America
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Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford
- Superman II
- Stir Crazy
- Nine To Five
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Stripes, starring Bill Murray and Warren Oates
- Any Which Way You Can
- Arthur
- The Cannonball Run
- The Four Seasons
- For Your Eyes Only
Deaths
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January 1 - Beulah Bondi, actress
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January 10 - Richard Boone, actor
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January 16 - Bernard Lee, actor
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February 1 - Wanda Hendrix, actress
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July 27 - William Wyler, director
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August 4 - Melvyn Douglas, actor
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August 18 - Anita Loos, writer
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September 27 - Robert Montgomery, actor
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October 24 - Edith Head, costume designer
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November 16 - William Holden, actor
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November 27 - Lotte Lenya, actress
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November 29 - Natalie Wood, actress
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December 28 - Allan Dwan, pioneer film director
Other movies released
- Deprisa, Deprisa! , Golden Bear winner
- The German Sisters , Golden Lion winner
- Man of Iron , Palme d'Or winner
- Heartland, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- Gal Young 'Un , Sundance Grand Jury Prize
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Deadly Blessing starring Sharon Stone
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Halloween II , starring Jamie Lee Curtis
- The Fox and the Hound
- Friday the 13th, Part 2
- The Great Muppet Caper
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Mommie Dearest, starring Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid
- , starring Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi
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Pennies From Heaven, starring Steve Martin, based on the 1978 BBC Television serial by Dennis Potter.
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On Golden Pond, starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda
- Quest for Fire also called La Guerre du feu
- Chariots of Fire
- Tarzan, the Ape Man
- Bustin' Loose
- Excaliber
- Heaven's Gate
- Reds
- The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Pixote
- Stevie
- An American Werewolf in London
- The Howling
- Absence of Malice
- Only When I Laugh
- Ragtime
- The Boat Is Full
- Sogni d'oro
- They Don't Wear Black Tie
Last updated: 05-08-2005 05:02:54
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