Atlantic City (1980 film)

Atlantic City (French: Atlantic City, USA) is a 1980 romanticcrime 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. An international co-production led between France and Canada, it was released in 1980 and in the United States later that year by Paramount Pictures.

The film opened to critical acclaim and was nominated for the Big FiveAcademy 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 Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation and Best Music. The film won the Golden Lion at the 37th Venice International Film Festival in a tie with Gloria by John Cassavetes.

In 2003, Atlantic City was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry at the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", being one of the Registry's few additions to be primarily produced through other countries, but was eligible due to the involvement from Paramount Pictures who were directly involved in financing the production and helped make the film in the United States through their division Famous Players Ltd..