Atlantic City (1980 film)
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 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.
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| Directed by | Louis Malle |
| Written by | John Guare |
| Produced by | Denis Héroux John Kemeny |
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| Cinematography | Richard Ciupka |
| Edited by | Suzanne Baron |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (North America) NPF Planfilm (France) |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Countries | France Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.2 million |
| Box office | $12.7 million |
The film opened to critical acclaim and was nominated for the Big Five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Lancaster), Best Actress (for Sarandon), and Best Original Screenplay, 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.