| Awards/Nominations for
1980 Best Screenplay 
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Win:
 
Alvin Sargent,
  Ordinary People   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Win:
 
Bo Goldman,
  Melvin and Howard   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Thomas Rickman,
  Coal Miner's Daughter   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Christopher DeVore, 
Eric Bergren, 
David Lynch
,
  The Elephant Man   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Jonathan Hardy, 
David Stevens, 
Bruce Beresford
,
  Breaker Morant   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Lawrence B. Marcus, 
Richard Rush
,
  The Stunt Man   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Christopher Gore,
  Fame   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Jean Gruault,
  My American Uncle   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Nancy Meyers, 
Charles Shyer, 
Harvey Miller
,
  Private Benjamin   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
W.D. Richter, 
Arthur A. Ross
,
  Brubaker   (Best Original Screenplay)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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