Tribute (1980 film)

Tribute
Tribute
	Film poster
Directed by	Bob Clark
Screenplay by	Bernard Slade
Based on	Tribute ; by Bernard Slade
Produced by	Garth Drabinsky; Joel B. Michaels
Starring	Jack Lemmon; Lee Remick; Robby Benson
Cinematography	Reginald H. Morris
Edited by	Richard Halsey
Music by	Kenneth Wannberg
Production; companies	Tiberius Films; The Turman-Foster Company
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 15, 1980 (Canada);
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$4 million (US/ Canada)

Tribute is a 1980 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Bob Clark and starring Jack Lemmon as Scottie Templeton, a terminally ill Broadway agent trying to make amends with his family and friends. Robby Benson and Lee Remick co-star, with supporting roles Colleen Dewhurst, John Marley, Kim Cattrall, and Gale Garnett. It is based on the play of the same name by Bernard Slade, who also wrote the screenplay.

The film was released in December 1980 to widespread critical acclaim. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Jack Lemmon won the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and Clark was nominated for the Golden Bear.^[3]

Lemmon was also nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his performance, and won the Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor. The film was nominated for ten other Genies, including Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Score.

^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p259
^ Solomon p 235. Figures are rentals not total gross.
^ "Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-31.