16th NSFC Awards January 5, 1982
Best Film: Atlantic City The 16th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 1982, honored the best filmmaking of 1981.
Winners Best Picture 1. Atlantic City 2. Reds 3. Prince of the City 4. Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco) 5. Pennies from Heaven
Best Director 1. Louis Malle – Atlantic City 2. Sidney Lumet – Prince of the City 3. Héctor Babenco – Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco)
Best Actor 1. Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City 2. Gene Hackman – All Night Long 3. Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond
Best Actress 1. Marília Pêra – Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco) 2. Faye Dunaway – Mommie Dearest 3. Diane Keaton – Reds
Best Supporting Actor 1. Robert Preston – S.O.B. 2. Jerry Orbach – Prince of the City 3. Jack Nicholson – Reds
Best Supporting Actress 1. Maureen Stapleton – Reds 2. Mona Washbourne – Stevie 3. Lisa Eichhorn – Cutter's Way
Best Screenplay 1. John Guare – Atlantic City 2. Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths – Reds 3. Dennis Potter – Pennies from Heaven 3. Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet – Prince of the City
Best Cinematography 1. Gordon Willis – Pennies from Heaven 2. Vilmos Zsigmond – Blow Out 3. Vittorio Storaro – Reds
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