1981 Golden Globe Awards – Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Winner

The Ninth Configuration
William Peter Blatty
A former marine arrives at a mental asylum housed in a remote castle to run it. There he attempts to rehabilitate the patients by letting them act out their craziest fantasies and desires.
1981 Golden Globe Awards – Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Nominees

Ordinary People
Alvin Sargent

Raging Bull
Paul Schrader

The Elephant Man
Eric Bergren
