The 51st Academy Awards | 1979

The 51st Academy Awards | 1979
1979
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The 51st Academy Awards
| 1979
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, April 9, 1979
Honoring movies released in 1978
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Highlights
Original Song
"Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday
Paul Jabara
Honorary Award
Sir Laurence Olivier
Supporting Actress
California Suite
Maggie Smith
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Memorable Moments
The Deer Hunter
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Best Picture winners Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and Barry Spikings, with presenter John Wayne
Christopher Walken
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Supporting Actor winner for The Deer Hunter, with presenters Telly Savalas and Dyan Cannon
Jon Voight and Jane Fonda
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Best Actor and Best Actress winners for Coming Home
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WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Jon Voight
Coming Home
Nominees
Warren Beatty
Heaven Can Wait
Nominees
Gary Busey
The Buddy Holly Story
Nominees
Robert De Niro
The Deer Hunter
Nominees
Laurence Olivier
The Boys from Brazil
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Christopher Walken
The Deer Hunter
Nominees
Bruce Dern
Coming Home
Nominees
Richard Farnsworth
Comes a Horseman
Nominees
John Hurt
Midnight Express
Nominees
Jack Warden
Heaven Can Wait
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Jane Fonda
Coming Home
Nominees
Ingrid Bergman
Autumn Sonata
Nominees
Ellen Burstyn
Same Time, Next Year
Nominees
Jill Clayburgh
An Unmarried Woman
Nominees
Geraldine Page
Interiors
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Maggie Smith
California Suite
Nominees
Dyan Cannon
Heaven Can Wait
Nominees
Penelope Milford
Coming Home
Nominees
Maureen Stapleton
Interiors
Nominees
Meryl Streep
The Deer Hunter
Art Direction
Winner
Heaven Can Wait
Art Direction: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan; Set Decoration: George Gaines
Nominees
The Brink's Job
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson, Bruce Kay
Nominees
California Suite
Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March
Nominees
Interiors
Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Daniel Robert
Nominees
The Wiz
Art Direction: Tony Walton, Philip Rosenberg; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart, Robert Drumheller
Cinematography
Winner
Days of Heaven
Nestor Almendros
Nominees
The Deer Hunter
Vilmos Zsigmond
Nominees
Heaven Can Wait
William A. Fraker
Nominees
Same Time, Next Year
Robert Surtees
Nominees
The Wiz
Oswald Morris
Costume Design
Winner
Death on the Nile
Anthony Powell
Nominees
Caravans
Renie Conley
Nominees
Days of Heaven
Patricia Norris
Nominees
The Swarm
Paul Zastupnevich
Nominees
The Wiz
Tony Walton
Directing
Winner
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
Nominees
Coming Home
Hal Ashby
Nominees
Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Nominees
Interiors
Woody Allen
Nominees
Midnight Express
Alan Parker
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Scared Straight!
Arnold Shapiro, Producer
Nominees
The Lovers' Wind
Albert Lamorisse, Producer
Nominees
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Alan Root, Producer
Nominees
Raoni
Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, Barry Williams and Michel Gast, Producers
Nominees
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb and Lorraine Gray, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers
Nominees
The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
Jerry Aronson, Producer
Nominees
An Encounter with Faces
K.K. Kapil, Producer
Nominees
Goodnight Miss Ann
August Cinquegrana, Producer
Nominees
Squires of San Quentin
J. Gary Mitchell, Producer
Film Editing
Winner
The Deer Hunter
Peter Zinner
Nominees
The Boys from Brazil
Robert E. Swink
Nominees
Coming Home
Don Zimmerman
Nominees
Midnight Express
Gerry Hambling
Nominees
Superman
Stuart Baird
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
France
Nominees
The Glass Cell
German Federal Republic
Nominees
Hungarians
Hungary
Nominees
Viva Italia!
Italy
Nominees
White Bim Black Ear
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Leo Jaffe
Music (Adaptation Score)
Winner
The Buddy Holly Story
Joe Renzetti
Nominees
Pretty Baby
Jerry Wexler
Nominees
The Wiz
Quincy Jones
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Midnight Express
Giorgio Moroder
Nominees
The Boys from Brazil
Jerry Goldsmith
Nominees
Days of Heaven
Ennio Morricone
Nominees
Heaven Can Wait
Dave Grusin
Nominees
Superman
John Williams
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Thank God It's Friday
Last Dance in "Thank God It's Friday" Music and Lyrics by Paul Jabara
Nominees
Grease
Hopelessly Devoted To You in "Grease" Music and Lyrics by John Farrar
Nominees
Same Time, Next Year
The Last Time I Felt Like This in "Same Time, Next Year" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Nominees
Foul Play
Ready To Take A Chance Again in "Foul Play" Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Nominees
The Magic of Lassie
When You're Loved in "The Magic of Lassie" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Best Picture
Winner
The Deer Hunter
Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers
Nominees
Coming Home
Jerome Hellman, Producer
Nominees
Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty, Producer
Nominees
Midnight Express
Alan Marshall and David Puttnam, Producers
Nominees
An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky and Tony Ray, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Special Delivery
Eunice Macaulay and John Weldon, Producers
Nominees
Oh My Darling
Nico Crama, Producer
Nominees
Rip Van Winkle
Will Vinton, Producer
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Teenage Father
Taylor Hackford, Producer
Nominees
A Different Approach
Jim Belcher and Fern Field, Producers
Nominees
Mandy's Grandmother
Andrew Sugerman, Producer
Nominees
Strange Fruit
Seth Pinsker, Producer
Sound
Winner
The Deer Hunter
Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight
Nominees
The Buddy Holly Story
Tex Rudloff, Joel Fein, Curly Thirlwell, Willie Burton
Nominees
Days of Heaven
John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass, Jr., John T. Reitz, Barry Thomas
Nominees
Hooper
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Jack Solomon
Nominees
Superman
Gordon K. McCallum, Graham Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Roy Charman
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Winner
Superman
Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone
Nominees
Bloodbrothers
Walter Newman
Nominees
California Suite
Neil Simon
Nominees
Heaven Can Wait
Elaine May, Warren Beatty
Nominees
Same Time, Next Year
Bernard Slade
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Coming Home
Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Nominees
Autumn Sonata
Ingmar Bergman
Nominees
The Deer Hunter
Story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker; Screenplay by Deric Washburn
Nominees
Interiors
Woody Allen
Nominees
An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky
ALL
0-9
A-E
F-J
K-O
P-T
U-Z
Autumn Sonata
2 NOMINATIONS
Actress in a Leading Role -
Ingrid Bergman
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -
Ingmar Bergman
Bloodbrothers
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -
Walter Newman
The Boys from Brazil
3 NOMINATIONS
Actor in a Leading Role -
Laurence Olivier
Film Editing -
Robert E. Swink
Music (Original Score) -
Jerry Goldsmith
The Brink's Job
1 NOMINATION
Art Direction -
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson, Bruce Kay
The Buddy Holly Story
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
Music (Adaptation Score) -
Joe Renzetti
Actor in a Leading Role -
Gary Busey
Sound -
Tex Rudloff, Joel Fein, Curly Thirlwell, Willie Burton
California Suite
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
Actress in a Supporting Role -
Maggie Smith
Art Direction -
Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -
Neil Simon
Caravans
1 NOMINATION
Costume Design -
Renie Conley
Comes a Horseman
1 NOMINATION
Actor in a Supporting Role -
Richard Farnsworth
Coming Home
8 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
Actor in a Leading Role -
Jon Voight
Actress in a Leading Role -
Jane Fonda
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -
Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Actor in a Supporting Role -
Bruce Dern
Actress in a Supporting Role -
Penelope Milford
Directing -
Hal Ashby
Film Editing -
Don Zimmerman
Best Picture -
Jerome Hellman, Producer
Days of Heaven
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
Cinematography -
Nestor Almendros
Costume Design -
Patricia Norris
Music (Original Score) -
Ennio Morricone
Sound -
John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass, Jr., John T. Reitz, Barry Thomas
Death on the Nile
1 WIN
1 NOMINATION
Costume Design -
Anthony Powell
The Deer Hunter
9 NOMINATIONS,
5 WINS
Actor in a Supporting Role -
Christopher Walken
Directing -
Michael Cimino
Film Editing -
Peter Zinner
Best Picture -
Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers
Sound -
Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight
Actor in a Leading Role -
Robert De Niro
Actress in a Supporting Role -
Meryl Streep
Cinematography -
Vilmos Zsigmond
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -
Story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker; Screenplay by Deric Washburn
A Different Approach
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) -
Jim Belcher and Fern Field, Producers
The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) -
Jerry Aronson, Producer
An Encounter with Faces
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) -
K.K. Kapil, Producer
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
1 WIN
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) -
Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers
Foul Play
1 NOMINATION
Music (Original Song) -
Ready To Take A Chance Again in "Foul Play" Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1 WIN
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film -
France
The Glass Cell
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film -
German Federal Republic
Goodnight Miss Ann
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) -
August Cinquegrana, Producer
Grease
1 NOMINATION
Music (Original Song) -
Hopelessly Devoted To You in "Grease" Music and Lyrics by John Farrar
Heaven Can Wait
9 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
Art Direction -
Art Direction: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan; Set Decoration: George Gaines
Actor in a Leading Role -
Warren Beatty
Actor in a Supporting Role -
Jack Warden
Actress in a Supporting Role -
Dyan Cannon
Cinematography -
William A. Fraker
Directing -
Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Music (Original Score) -
Dave Grusin
Best Picture -
Warren Beatty, Producer
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -
Elaine May, Warren Beatty
Hooper
1 NOMINATION
Sound -
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Jack Solomon
Hungarians
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film -
Hungary
Interiors
5 NOMINATIONS
Actress in a Leading Role -
Geraldine Page
Actress in a Supporting Role -
Maureen Stapleton
Art Direction -
Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Daniel Robert
Directing -
Woody Allen
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -
Woody Allen
The Lovers' Wind
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) -
Albert Lamorisse, Producer
The Magic of Lassie
1 NOMINATION
Music (Original Song) -
When You're Loved in "The Magic of Lassie" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Mandy's Grandmother
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) -
Andrew Sugerman, Producer
Midnight Express
6 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
Music (Original Score) -
Giorgio Moroder
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -
Oliver Stone
Actor in a Supporting Role -
John Hurt
Directing -
Alan Parker
Film Editing -
Gerry Hambling
Best Picture -
Alan Marshall and David Puttnam, Producers
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) -
Alan Root, Producer
Oh My Darling
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Animated) -
Nico Crama, Producer
Pretty Baby
1 NOMINATION
Music (Adaptation Score) -
Jerry Wexler
Raoni
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) -
Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, Barry Williams and Michel Gast, Producers
Rip Van Winkle
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Animated) -
Will Vinton, Producer
Same Time, Next Year
4 NOMINATIONS
Actress in a Leading Role -
Ellen Burstyn
Cinematography -
Robert Surtees
Music (Original Song) -
The Last Time I Felt Like This in "Same Time, Next Year" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -
Bernard Slade
Scared Straight!
1 WIN
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) -
Arnold Shapiro, Producer
Special Delivery
1 WIN
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Animated) -
Eunice Macaulay and John Weldon, Producers
Squires of San Quentin
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) -
J. Gary Mitchell, Producer
Strange Fruit
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) -
Seth Pinsker, Producer
Superman
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) -
Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic
Film Editing -
Stuart Baird
Music (Original Score) -
John Williams
Sound -
Gordon K. McCallum, Graham Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Roy Charman
The Swarm
1 NOMINATION
Costume Design -
Paul Zastupnevich
Teenage Father
1 WIN
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) -
Taylor Hackford, Producer
Thank God It's Friday
1 WIN
1 NOMINATION
Music (Original Song) -
Last Dance in "Thank God It's Friday" Music and Lyrics by Paul Jabara
An Unmarried Woman
3 NOMINATIONS
Actress in a Leading Role -
Jill Clayburgh
Best Picture -
Paul Mazursky and Tony Ray, Producers
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -
Paul Mazursky
Viva Italia!
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film -
Italy
White Bim Black Ear
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film -
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) -
Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb and Lorraine Gray, Producers
The Wiz
4 NOMINATIONS
Art Direction -
Art Direction: Tony Walton, Philip Rosenberg; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart, Robert Drumheller
Cinematography -
Oswald Morris
Costume Design -
Tony Walton
Music (Adaptation Score) -
Quincy Jones
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