Editing Atlantic City (1980 film)

{{Short description|1980 romantic crime film directed by Louis Malle}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Atlantic City
| image          = Atlantic City (1980 film).jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Louis Malle]]
| producer       = [[Denis Héroux]]<br />[[John Kemeny (producer)|John Kemeny]]
| writer         = [[John Guare]]
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Burt Lancaster]]
* [[Susan Sarandon]]
* [[Kate Reid]]
* [[Robert Joy]]
* [[Hollis McLaren]]
* [[Michel Piccoli]]
* [[Al Waxman]]
}}
| music          = [[Michel Legrand]]
| cinematography = [[Richard Ciupka]]
| editing        = [[Suzanne Baron]]
| studio         = Selta Films<br>ICC<br>Cine-Neighbor<br>[[Famous Players|Famous Players Ltd.]]<br>[[Telefilm Canada|Canadian Film Development Corporation]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]] (North America)<br />NPF Planfilm (France)<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlantic City|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|date=12 May 2015 |access-date=26 November 2021|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=911&DotsIdNumber=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Atlantic City (1980)|website=[[UniFrance]]|access-date=26 November 2021|url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/1901/atlantic-city}}</ref>
| released       = {{Film date|1980|9|3|France|1980|12|19|Canada}}
| runtime        = 104 minutes
| country        = France<ref name=bfi>{{cite web | url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ef46fe4 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202111941/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ef46fe4 | archive-date=2017-12-02 | title=This page no longer exists }}</ref><br/>Canada<ref name=tcm>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67755/atlantic-city TCM.com]</ref>
| language       = English
| budget         = $7.2 million
| gross          = $12.7 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=atlanticcity.htm|title=Atlantic City, Box Office Information|website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref>
}}
'''''Atlantic City''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Atlantic City, USA'''}}) is a 1980 <!-- Do not add "American". --> [[Romance film|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<ref name=bfi/><!-- Despite being set and filmed in the United States, the film was developed and produced by a French studio in a co-production with Canada.-->  filmed in late 1979, it was released in France and West Germany in September 1980 and in the United States later that year by [[Paramount Pictures]].

The film opened to critical acclaim<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-atlantic-city-1980|title=Atlantic City movie review & film summary (1980)|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=December 4, 2005|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref> and was nominated for the [[List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees|Big Five]] [[Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vW8VrB_a8g Chariots of Fire Wins Best Picture: 1982-Oscars on YouTube]</ref> [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tlhiCdQe1Y Warren Beatty Wins Best Directing: 1982 Oscars]</ref> [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (for Lancaster),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLnCNBu-2MY Henry Fonda winning Best Actor-Oscars on YouTube]</ref> [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (for Sarandon),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQO_AHk3-w Katharine Hepburn Winning Best Actress-Oscars on YouTube]</ref> and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2a7g338e8 Chariots of Fire Wins Original Screenplay: 1982 Oscars]</ref> but did not win in any category. In Canada, it won [[Genie Awards]] for [[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress|Best Performance by a Foreign Actress]] (for Sarandon), [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (for Reid), and [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Best Art Direction]], with three additional nominations. In France, it was nominated for the [[César Awards]] for [[César Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and [[César Award for Best Music|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-03-211/25-films-added-to-national-film-registry/2003-12-16/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

==Plot==
Sally Matthews is a young waitress from [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, working at an oyster bar in an [[Atlantic City]] casino. She has dreams of becoming a blackjack dealer, going through dealer training under the tutelage of Joseph. Joseph, from France, encourages her to learn French and become a dealer in [[Monte Carlo]].

Sally's estranged husband Dave and her pregnant sister Chrissie show up one day with the intention of selling a $10,000 ({{Inflation|US|10000|1980|fmt=eq|r=-3}}) bag of [[cocaine]] he had stolen from a mob [[dead drop]] in [[Philadelphia]]. Sally is outraged to see him, as he had impregnated Chrissie and run off with her. Dave meets Lou, an aging former gangster who lives in Sally's apartment building and runs a small time [[numbers game]] in poor areas of the city; Lou also acts as a caretaker for Grace, a seemingly bedridden, aging beauty queen whose gangster husband he used to work under, and who constantly berates and demeans him. Dave convinces Lou to sell the cocaine for him, but as Lou sells the first batch to Alfie, who runs an illegal poker game in a hotel room, Dave is attacked and killed by the mobsters from whom he had stolen the drugs.

Lou is left with the remaining cocaine and continues to sell it to impress Sally, whom he has long pined for, with money. Sally and Lou make love one day, but she returns to her apartment to find it trashed; she has been tracked down by Dave's killers, who beat her to find out if she has the drugs. They leave, but Lou laments not being able to protect her. Grace also reveals that Lou was a small-time crook and nowhere near as competent as he pretends.

Sally is fired from the casino when her late husband's criminal record is discovered. Lou sells most of the remainder of the cocaine, while both Sally and the mobsters discover Lou's affiliation with Dave. The mobsters corner them one night, but are killed when Lou produces a gun and shoots them. He and Sally then steal their car and leave Atlantic City. That night, from a motel, they watch the TV news reporting on the killing. A police sketch of the suspect is shown. It looks nothing like Lou. Lou is overjoyed with relief and pride. He confesses to Sally that this was the first time he has ever killed anyone.

At the motel the next morning, Lou takes the phone to the bathroom to call Grace and brag about the killings. Sally wakes and takes half of the money with the intention of sneaking off; Lou witnesses this, allowing her to leave and giving her the car keys so she can escape to France, rather than go to [[Miami]] with him. Lou returns to Atlantic City to be with Grace. Working together, they sell the remaining portion of the cocaine and walk off arm in arm with renewed respect for each other.

==Cast==
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{{Cast listing|
* [[Burt Lancaster]] as Lou
* [[Susan Sarandon]] as Sally
* [[Kate Reid]] as Grace
* [[Michel Piccoli]] as Joseph
* [[Hollis McLaren]] as Chrissie
* [[Robert Joy]] as Dave
* [[Al Waxman]] as Alfie
* [[Robert Goulet]] as himself}}

Other cast members in the film include [[Moses Znaimer]] (Felix), [[Angus MacInnes]] (Vinnie) and [[Sean Sullivan (actor)|Sean Sullivan]] (Buddy) as a trio of mob thugs, [[Louis Del Grande]] as casino manager Mr. Shapiro, Norma Dell'Agnese as Jeanne, John McCurry as Fred, [[Cec Linder]] as the hospital president, [[Sean McCann (actor)|Sean McCann]] as a police detective, and [[Harvey Atkin]] as a bus driver.

[[Wallace Shawn]], one of the subjects of Malle's film ''[[My Dinner with Andre]]'', makes a [[cameo appearance]] as a waiter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Christopher |date=2021-04-05 |title=Reeling Backward: Atlantic City (1980) |url=https://filmyap.substack.com/p/reeling-backward-atlantic-city-1980 |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Film Yap}}</ref>

==Production==
[[File:Burt Lancaster filming Atlantic City.jpg|thumb|Burt Lancaster on the set of ''Atlantic City''.  Director Louis Malle on the left.]]
''Atlantic City'' was filmed on location in and around [[Atlantic City]] and South Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York City. Although filmed in the United States, the film was a co-production between companies based in France and Canada.

=== Development and writing ===
The production companies allotted Louis Malle the money to make a film with the stipulation that it be made before the year 1979 ended. Malle had a difficult time finding the right script to direct and with time running out his then girlfriend Susan Sarandon suggested using a story written by her friend [[John Guare]], a playwright most notable for his plays ''[[House of Blue Leaves]]'' and ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (play)|Six Degrees of Separation]]''. Guare suggested that the story take place in Atlantic City, which was still for the most part suffering from the urban deterioration that prompted the legalization of gambling as a solution to save the city. The three met over dinner in early 1979 to work out quirks in the script and began shooting within a few months.

=== Casting ===
Aside from [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Susan Sarandon]], and local extras, most of the cast originated from Canada or France. The film allowed Canadian actors such as [[Al Waxman]] to successfully transition into American film and television roles.

=== Filming ===
Principal photography commenced on October 31, 1979, and was largely finished by December 30 (although a few exterior and location shots were filmed until January 5, 1980). Malle filmed at an opportune time in that he was able to capture old Atlantic City: gambling was still in its early stages there, with only two casino hotels open ([[Resorts Atlantic City|Resorts]] and [[Caesars Atlantic City|Caesars]]; Bally's Park Place opened on December 30 toward the end of the principal photography). Most of the city's old resorts and entertainment piers were still standing, albeit in a severe state of disrepair. Within a couple of years of the filming, most of these old hotels would fall victim to the wrecking ball as they were replaced with new casinos. To frame the picture, Malle foreshadows the great transition of the famous resort town in the opening credits by featuring footage of the implosion of the once-grand and historic [[Traymore Hotel]] on the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

The opening shot of the old Traymore Hotel being demolished is shown to convey the notion that the city's old hotels were being demolished to make way for the new casinos. However, the Traymore was in fact demolished in 1972,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/22/nyregion/atlantic-city-the-town-that-smiled.html | work=The New York Times | first=Bill | last=Kent | title=ATLANTIC CITY; The Town That Smiled | date=July 22, 1995}}</ref> years before the gambling referendum passed in New Jersey. The referendum passed in 1976 and the first hotel to open up was Resorts, formerly the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, in 1978.

When Dave and Chrissie are seen hitchhiking into Atlantic City from Philadelphia, they pass a large model elephant on their way into town. The elephant, named [[Lucy the Elephant|Lucy]], was a tourist attraction built in 1881 to lure potential land buyers to South Atlantic City (now called [[Margate City, New Jersey|Margate]]), a small town south of Atlantic City. The model elephant had been left to deteriorate over the years; on the brink of its demolition in 1971, the residents of Margate had raised the money to have it restored. Today, Lucy still stands in Margate and is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

The club where Dave and Lou meet was [[Club Harlem]], which opened in 1935 on Kentucky Avenue, and became the premier nightclub for black tourists visiting Atlantic City. The club opened and closed frequently from 1968 on and eventually closed forever at the end of the eighties. It was torn down in 1992.

Scenes also were shot in the [[Knife and Fork Inn]] and [[White House Sub Shop]], both landmarks in Atlantic City.

=== Music ===
Louis Malle hired composer [[Michel Legrand]] to write a score for the film, which he did. In the end, however, Malle decided against using a score for the film, and opted for all the music in the film to be [[diegetic music|diegetic]]: the only music used is that which exists in the world of the characters (i.e. radios, musical instruments, etc.).  The music that Susan Sarandon's character plays from her tape player is the aria "Casta Diva" from [[Vincenzo Bellini]]'s opera ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]''. Featured in the beginning of the film, when Dave and Chrissie enter Resorts, and during the credits is the song ''[[On the Boardwalk (In Atlantic City)]]''.

== Reception ==
''Atlantic City'' opened to widespread critical acclaim. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a 100% "Fresh" rating out of 37 critics' reviews.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1981-04-03 |title=Atlantic City - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/atlantic_city |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref> The critics consensus reads "Bittersweet and reflective, ''Atlantic City'' is a modest romance given raw power by Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon's heartfelt performances along with director Louis Malle's eccentric eye for detail."<ref name=":0" />

=== Awards and nominations ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient
! scope="col"| Result
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[54th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1982">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-08 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072059/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |archive-date=2014-11-11 }}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Denis Héroux]] and [[John Kemeny (film producer)|John Kemeny]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Louis Malle]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Burt Lancaster]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Susan Sarandon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| [[John Guare]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1981|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1980s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1980s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[35th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1982/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1982 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1982 |access-date=June 3, 2021 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1982}}}}</ref>
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| Denis Héroux
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| Louis Malle
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| John Guare
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bscine.com/media/uploads/awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v |title=Best Cinematography in Feature Film |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
| [[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]]
| [[Richard Ciupka]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[6th César Awards|César Awards]]
| [[César Award for Best Writing|Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation]]
| John Guare
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[César Award for Best Original Music|Best Music]]
| [[Michel Legrand]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| Susan Sarandon
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[34th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1981.aspx?value=1981|title=34th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| rowspan="2"| Louis Malle
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Fotogramas de Plata]]
| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Fedora (1978 film)|Fedora]]''.}}
|-
| Best Foreign Movie Performer
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[2nd Genie Awards|Genie Awards]]
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| [[Robert Joy]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| [[Kate Reid]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| Susan Sarandon
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| [[Anne Pritchard]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Bes Cinematography]]
| Richard Ciupka
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[François Barbeau]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[39th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/atlantic-city |title=Atlantic City – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=June 3, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1982}}}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Louis Malle
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1980-89 |website=kcfcc.org |date=14 December 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
| Best Actor
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Actress
| Susan Sarandon
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1981 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1981.php |title=The 7th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan="2"| John Guare
| {{won}}
|-
| New Generation Award
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1981|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1981/ |title=1981 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1981 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards|date=19 December 2009 |access-date=28 December 2017 |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]]}}</ref> 
| colspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Louis Malle
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| John Guare
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1981 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1981 |title=1981 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Louis Malle
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Burt Lancaster
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| John Guare
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Film
| rowspan="2"| Louis Malle
| {{won}}
|-
| [[37th Venice International Film Festival|Venice International Film Festival]]<ref>[https://www.avclub.com/louis-malle-teams-a-young-susan-sarandon-with-an-aging-1798283835 Louis Malle teams a young Susan Sarandon with an aging Burt Lancaster-AV Club]</ref>
| [[Golden Lion]]
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Gloria (1980 film)|Gloria]]''.}}
|-
| [[34th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| John Guare
| {{nom}}
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0080388}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=67755}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|atlantic_city}}
* {{mojo title|atlanticcity}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC "Atlantic City"], essay by Daniel Eagan in ''America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry'', A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 765–767

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