Academy Awards 1978

Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1978 Academy Awards took place on April 3, 1978 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . It was the 50th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1977 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie	N	A.
At the turning point	11	0
Julia	11	3
war of stars	10	6th
Close encounter of the third kind	8th	1
The city neurotic	5	4th
The lodger	5	1
The spy who loved me	3	0
Equus - blind horses	3	0
Looking for Mr. Goodbar	2	0
Cinderella's silver shoe	2	0
The smile of a summer night	2	1
That obscure object of desire	2	0
A special day	2	0
Elliott, the smiley monster	2	0
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle	2	0

Moderation

Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards for the 18th time (13th time alone).

Winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by Jack Nicholson

The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall) - Charles H. Joffe

The Turning Point (The Turning Point) - Arthur Laurents , Herbert Ross

The Goodbye (The Goodbye Girl) - Ray Stark

Julia - Richard Roth

Star Wars (Star Wars) - Gary Kurtz

Best director

presented by Cicely Tyson and King Vidor

Woody Allen - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)

George Lucas - Star Wars (Star Wars)

Herbert Ross - At the Turning Point

Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)

Fred Zinnemann - Julia

Best Actor

presented by Sylvester Stallone

Richard Dreyfuss - The Subtenant (The Goodbye Girl)

Woody Allen - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)

Richard Burton - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)

Marcello Mastroianni - A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)

John Travolta - Saturday Night Only (Saturday Night Fever)

Best main actress

presented by Janet Gaynor and Walter Matthau

Diane Keaton - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)

Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)

Jane Fonda - Julia

Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)

Marsha Mason - The Goodbye (The Goodbye Girl)

Neil Simon - The Goodbye (The Goodbye Girl)

Best camera

presented by Goldie Hawn and Jon Voight

Vilmos Zsigmond - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)

William A. Fraker - Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Looking for Mr. Goodbar)

Fred Koenekamp - Islands in the Stream (Islands in the Stream)

Douglas Slocombe - Julia

Robert Surtees - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)

Best production design

presented by Greer Garson and Henry Winkler

Jonathan Barry , Roger Christian , Leslie Dilley , Norman Reynolds - Star Wars (Star Wars)

Ken Adam , Peter Lamont , Hugh Scaife - The Spy Who Loved Me (The Spy Who Loved Me)

Joe Alves , Phil Abramson , Daniel A. Lomino - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)

Albert Brenner , Marvin March - At the Turning Point

Mickey S. Michaels , George C. Webb - Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (Airport '77)

Best costume design

presented by Natalie Wood

John Mollo - Star Wars (Star Wars)

Edith Head , Burton Miller - Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (Airport '77)

Florence Klotz - Smiles of a Summer Night (A Little Night Music)

Irene Sharaff - Beyond Midnight (The Other Side of Midnight)

Anthea Sylbert - Julia

Best Score (Original Score)

presented by Johnny Green , Henry Mancini , Olivia Newton-John

John Williams - Star Wars (Star Wars)

Georges Delerue - Julia

Marvin Hamlisch - The Spy Who Loved Me (The Spy Who Loved Me)

Maurice Jarre - Mohammed - The Messenger of God (The Message)

John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)

Best Score (Original Song Score)

presented by Johnny Green , Henry Mancini , Olivia Newton-John

Jonathan Tunick - Smiles of a Summer Night (A Little Night Music)

Joel Hirschhorn , Al Kasha , Irwin Kostal - Elliott, the Schmunzelmonster (Pete's Dragon)

Angela Morley , Richard M. Sherman , Robert Sherman - Cinderella's Silver Shoe (The Slipper and the Rose)

Best movie song

presented by Fred Astaire

"You Light Up My Life" from Star of My Life (You Light Up My Life) - Joseph Brooks

" Candle on the Water " from Elliott, the Smirking Monster (Pete's Dragon) - Joel Hirschhorn , Al Kasha

" Nobody Does It Better " from The Spy Who loved me (The Spy Who Loved Me) - Marvin Hamlisch , Carole Bayer Sager

" Someone's Waiting for You " from Bernard and Bianca (The Rescuers) - Carol Connors , Sammy Fain , Ayn Robbins

"The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me / She Danced with Me)" from Cinderella's Silver Shoe (The Slipper and the Rose) - Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman