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Academy Awards, USA: 1979

Oscar

Date:9 April
Host:Johnny Carson (I)
Location:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:
  • For the first time, all five nominated songs are performed by the singers who originally performed them in the respective films.

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • An Unmarried Woman (1978) - Paul Mazursky; Anthony Ray (I)
  • Coming Home (1978) - Jerome Hellman
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Warren Beatty
  • Midnight Express (1978) - Alan Marshall (III); David Puttnam

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Warren Beatty
  • The Boys from Brazil (1978) - Laurence Olivier
  • The Buddy Holly Story (1978) - Gary Busey
  • The Deer Hunter (1978) - Robert De Niro

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • An Unmarried Woman (1978) - Jill Clayburgh
  • Höstsonaten (1978) - Ingrid Bergman (I)
  • Interiors (1978) - Geraldine Page
  • Same Time, Next Year (1978) - Ellen Burstyn

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Comes a Horseman (1978) - Richard Farnsworth
  • Coming Home (1978) - Bruce Dern
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Jack Warden
  • Midnight Express (1978) - John Hurt

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Coming Home (1978) - Penelope Milford
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Dyan Cannon
  • Interiors (1978) - Maureen Stapleton
  • The Deer Hunter (1978) - Meryl Streep

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Coming Home (1978) - Hal Ashby
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Warren Beatty; Buck Henry
  • Interiors (1978) - Woody Allen
  • Midnight Express (1978) - Alan Parker (I)

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • An Unmarried Woman (1978) - Paul Mazursky
  • Höstsonaten (1978) - Ingmar Bergman
  • Interiors (1978) - Woody Allen
  • The Deer Hunter (1978) - Michael Cimino (I) (story); Deric Washburn (screenplay/story); Louis Garfinkle (story); Quinn K. Redeker (story)

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bloodbrothers (1978) - Walter Newman (I)
  • California Suite (1978) - Neil Simon (I)
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Elaine May (I); Warren Beatty
  • Same Time, Next Year (1978) - Bernard Slade (I)

  • Best Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - William A. Fraker
  • Same Time, Next Year (1978) - Robert Surtees
  • The Deer Hunter (1978) - Vilmos Zsigmond
  • The Wiz (1978) - Oswald Morris

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • California Suite (1978) - Albert Brenner; Marvin March
  • Interiors (1978) - Mel Bourne (I); Daniel Robert (I)
  • The Brink's Job (1978) - Dean Tavoularis; Angelo P. Graham; George R. Nelson
  • The Wiz (1978) - Tony Walton (I); Philip Rosenberg (II); Edward Stewart (I); Robert Drumheller

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Caravans (1978) - Renié
  • Days of Heaven (1978) - Patricia Norris (I)
  • The Swarm (1978) - Paul Zastupnevich
  • The Wiz (1978) - Tony Walton (I)

  • Best Sound
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Days of Heaven (1978) - John Wilkinson (I); Robert W. Glass Jr.; John T. Reitz; Barry Thomas (II)
  • Hooper (1978) - Robert Knudson; Robert Glass (I); Don MacDougall; Jack Solomon
  • Superman (1978) - Gordon K. McCallum; Graham V. Hartstone; Nicolas Le Messurier; Roy Charman
  • The Buddy Holly Story (1978) - Tex Rudloff; Joel Fein; Curly Thirlwell; Willie D. Burton

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Coming Home (1978) - Don Zimmerman (I)
  • Midnight Express (1978) - Gerry Hambling
  • Superman (1978) - Stuart Baird
  • The Boys from Brazil (1978) - Robert Swink

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Foul Play (1978) - Charles Fox (I) (music); Norman Gimbel (lyrics)
    - For the song "Ready to Take a Chance Again"
  • Grease (1978) - John Farrar
    - For the song "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
  • Same Time, Next Year (1978) - Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (I) (lyrics); Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
    - For the song "The Last Time I Felt Like This"
  • The Magic of Lassie (1978) - Richard M. Sherman; Robert B. Sherman
    - For the song "When You're Loved"

  • Best Music, Original Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Days of Heaven (1978) - Ennio Morricone
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Dave Grusin
  • Superman (1978) - John Williams (I)
  • The Boys from Brazil (1978) - Jerry Goldsmith

  • Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Pretty Baby (1978) - Jerry Wexler
  • The Wiz (1978) - Quincy Jones

  • Best Short Film, Animated
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Oh My Darling (1978) - Nico Crama
  • Rip Van Winkle (1978) - Will Vinton

  • Best Short Film, Live Action
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • A Different Approach (1978) - Jim Belcher; Fern Field
  • Mandy's Grandmother (1978) - Andrew Sugerman
  • Strange Fruit (1978) - Seth Pinsker

  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • An Encounter with Faces (1978) - K.K. Kapil
  • Goodnight Miss Ann (1978) - August Cinquegrana
  • Squires of San Quentin (1978) - J. Gary Mitchell
  • The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey (1978) - Jerry Aronson

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Le vent des amoureux (1978) - Albert Lamorisse
  • Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978) - Alan Root
  • Raoni (1978) - Jean-Pierre Dutilleux (I); Barry Hugh Williams; Michel Gast
  • With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade (1979) - Anne Bohlen; Lyn Goldfarb; Lorraine Gray (III)

  • Best Foreign Language Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Belyy Bim - Chyornoe ukho (1977)
    - Soviet Union.
  • Die gläserne Zelle (1978)
    - West Germany.
  • I nuovi mostri (1977)
    - Italy.
  • Magyarok (1978)
    - Hungary.

  • Special Achievement Award

      Winner:
     

    Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Museum of Modern Art, Dept. of Film
      - For the contribution it has made to the public's perception of movies as an art form.
    • Walter Lantz
      - For bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures.
    • Laurence Olivier
      - For the full body of his work, for the unique achievements of his entire career and his lifetime of contribution to the art of film.
    • King Vidor
      - For his incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator.

    Medal of Commendation

      Awarded to:
     

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Academy Award of Merit

    Date:6 April
    Location:Versailles Room, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

      Winners:
     
    • Eastman Kodak Co.
      - For the research and development of a Duplicating Color Film for Motion Pictures.
    • Panavision, Inc. and its engineering staff under the direction of Robert E. Gottschalk
      - For the concept, design, and continuous development of the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera System.
    • Stefan Kudelski (Nagra Magnetic Recorders, Inc.)
      - For the continuing research, design and development of the Nagra Production Sound Recorder for Motion Pictures.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winner:
     
    • Ray M. Dolby (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.); Ioan R. Allen (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.); David P. Robinson (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.); Stephen Katz (I) (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.); Phillip S.J. Boole (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.)
      - For the development and implementation of an improved Sound Recording and Reproducing System for motion picture production and exhibition.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winners:
     
    • Leonard Chapman (II) (Leonard Equipment Company)
      - For the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Chapman Hustler Dolly.
    • David J. Degenkolb (DeLuxe General, Inc.); Arthur L. Forde (DeLuxe General, Inc.); Fred J. Scobey (DeLuxe General, Inc.)
      - For the development of a Method to Recycle Motion Picture Laboratory Photographic Wash Waters by Ion Exchange.
    • James L. Fisher (J.L. Fisher, Inc.)
      - For the design and manufacture of a small, mobile motion picture camera platform known as the Fisher Model Ten Dolly.
    • Karl Macher (Isco Optische Werke); Glenn M. Berggren (Isco Optische Werke)
      - For the development and introduction of the Cinelux-ULTRA Lens for 35mm Motion Picture Projection.
    • Kiichi Sekiguchi (CINE-FI Int'l)
      - For the development of the CINE-FI Auto Radio Sound System for Drive-In Theaters.
    • Robert Stindt (Production Grip Equipment Company)
      - For the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Stindt Dolly.