Academy Awards 1979
Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1979 Academy Awards took place on April 9, 1979 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . It was the 51st Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1978.
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| Heaven should wait | 9 | 1 |
| Those who go through hell | 9 | 5 |
| Coming Home - you are coming home | 8th | 3 |
| 12 noon - Midnight Express | 6th | 2 |
| Inner workings | 5 | 0 |
| In the embers of the south | 4th | 1 |
| Next year, same time | 4th | 0 |
| The Wiz - The magical land | 4th | 0 |
| The crazy California hotel | 3 | 1 |
| The Buddy Holly Story | 3 | 1 |
| An unmarried woman | 3 | 0 |
| Superman | 3 | 0 |
| The Boys from Brazil | 3 | 0 |
| Autumn sonata | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
Johnny Carson hosted the Academy Awards for the first time.
Winners and nominations
Best movie
presented by John Wayne
Who Go Through Hell (The Deer Hunter) - Michael Cimino , Michael Deeley , John Peverall , Barry Spikings
- Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home) - Jerome Hellman
- The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait) - Warren Beatty
- An Unmarried Woman - Paul Mazursky , Anthony Ray
- 12 noon - Midnight Express (Midnight Express) - Alan Marshall , David Puttnam
Best director
presented by Francis Ford Coppola and Ali MacGraw
Michael Cimino - Those Who Go Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- Woody Allen - Interiors (Interiors)
- Hal Ashby - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
- Warren Beatty , Buck Henry - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- Alan Parker - Midnight Express (Midnight Express)
Best Actor
presented by Ginger Rogers and Diana Ross
Jon Voight - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
- Warren Beatty - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story (The Buddy Holly Story)
- Robert De Niro - Those Going Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- Laurence Olivier - The Boys from Brazil
Best main actress
presented by Richard Dreyfuss and Shirley MacLaine
Jane Fonda - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
- Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata (Höstsonatas)
- Ellen Burstyn - Same Time, Next Year (Same Time, Next Year)
- Jill Clayburgh - An Unmarried Woman
- Geraldine Page - interior (Interiors)
Best supporting actor
presented by Dyan Cannon and Telly Savalas
Christopher Walken - Those Going Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- Bruce Dern - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
- Richard Farnsworth - A Farm in Montana (Comes a Horseman)
- John Hurt - Midnight Express (Midnight Express)
- Jack Warden - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
The best supporting actress
presented by George Burns and Brooke Shields
Maggie Smith - The Crazy California Hotel (California Suite)
- Dyan Cannon - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- Penelope Milford - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
- Maureen Stapleton - interior (Interiors)
- Meryl Streep - Those Going Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
Best adapted script
presented by Lauren Bacall and Jon Voight
Oliver Stone - Midnight Express (Midnight Express)
- Warren Beatty , Elaine May - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- Walter Newman - Hot Blood (Bloodbrothers)
- Neil Simon - The Crazy California Hotel (California Suite)
- Bernard Slade - Same Time, Next Year (Same Time, Next Year)
Best original script
presented by Lauren Bacall and Jon Voight
Nancy Dowd , Robert C. Jones , Waldo Salt - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
- Woody Allen - Interiors (Interiors)
- Ingmar Bergman - Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
- Michael Cimino , Louis Garfinkle , Quinn K. Redeker , Deric Washburn - Those Who Go Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- Paul Mazursky - An Unmarried Woman
Best camera
presented by James Coburn and Kim Novak
Néstor Almendros - In the Embers of the South (Days of Heaven)
- William A. Fraker - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- Oswald Morris - The Wiz (The Wiz)
- Robert Surtees - Same Time, Next Year (Same Time, Next Year)
- Vilmos Zsigmond - Those Going Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
Best production design
presented by Shirley Jones and Ricky Schroder
George Gaines , Edwin O'Donovan , Paul Sylbert - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- Mel Bourne , Daniel Robert - interior (Interiors)
- Albert Brenner , Marvin March - The Crazy California Hotel (California Suite)
- Robert Drumheller , Philip Rosenberg , Edward Stewart , Tony Walton - The Wiz (The Wiz)
- Angelo P. Graham , George R. Nelson , Dean Tavoularis - The Brink's Job (The Brink's Job)
Best costume design
presented by Ray Bolger and Jack Haley
Anthony Powell - Death on the Nile (Death on the Nile)
- Renié Conley - The Lord of the Caravan (Caravans)
- Patricia Norris - In the Embers of the South (Days of Heaven)
- Tony Walton - The Wiz (The Wiz)
- Paul Zastupnevich - The Swarm (The Swarm)
Best Score (Original Score)
presented by Dean Martin and Raquel Welch
Giorgio Moroder - 12 p.m. - Midnight Express (Midnight Express)
- Jerry Goldsmith - The Boys from Brazil
- Dave Grusin - The Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- Ennio Morricone - In the Embers of the South (Days of Heaven)
- John Williams - Superman
Best Score (Original Song Score)
presented by Dean Martin and Raquel Welch
Joe Renzetti - The Buddy Holly Story (The Buddy Holly Story)
- Quincy Jones - The Wiz (The Wiz)
- Jerry Wexler - Pretty Baby
Best song
presented by Dean Martin and Raquel Welch
Last Dance from Thank God It's Friday (Thank God It's Friday) - Paul Jabara
- Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease - John Farrar
- Ready to Take a Chance Again from Foul Play (Foul Play) - Charles Fox , Norman Gimbel
- The Last Time I Felt Like This from Next Year, Same Time (Same Time, Next Year) - Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Marvin Hamlisch
- When You're Loved from Our Lassie (The Magic of Lassie) - Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman
Best cut
presented by Dom DeLuise and Valerie Perrine
Peter Zinner - Those Going Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- Stuart Baird - Superman
- Gerry Hambling - Midnight Express (Midnight Express)
- Robert Swink - The Boys from Brazil
- Don Zimmerman - Coming Home - You are returning home (Coming Home)
Best tone
presented by Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve
C. Darin Knight , William McCaughey , Richard Portman , Aaron Rochin - Those Who Go Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- Willie D. Burton , Joel Fein , Tex Rudloff , Curly Thirlwell - Die Buddy Holly Story (The Buddy Holly Story)
- Roy Charman , Graham V. Hartstone , Nicolas Le Messurier , Gordon K. McCallum - Superman
- Robert J. Glass , Robert Knudson , Don MacDougall , Jack Solomon - To Head and Collar (Hooper)
- Robert W. Glass junior , John T. Reitz , Barry Thomas , John Wilkinson - In der Glut des Südens (Days of Heaven)
Best animated short film
presented by Robby Benson and Carol Lynley
Special Delivery - Eunice Macaulay , John Weldon
Best short film
presented by Robby Benson and Carol Lynley
Teenage Father - Taylor Hackford
- A Different Approach - Jim Belcher , Fern Field
- Mandy's Grandmother - Andrew Sugerman
- Strange Fruit - Seth Pinsker
Best Documentary (Short Film)
presented by Mia Farrow and David L. Wolper
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor - Ben Shedd , Jacqueline Phillips Shedd
- An Encounter with Faces - KK Kapil
- Goodnight Miss Ann - August Cinquegrana
- Squires of San Quentin - J. Gary Mitchell
- The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey - Jerry Aronson
Best documentary
presented by Mia Farrow and David L. Wolper
Scared straight! - Arnold Shapiro
- Bode Saba - Wind of the Desert (Le vent des amoureux) - Albert Lamorisse
- With baby and Banner (With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade) - Anne Bohlen , Lyn Goldfarb , Lorraine Gray
- Mysterious Castles of Clay - Alan Root
- Raoni - Jean-Pierre Dutilleux , Michel Gast , Barry Hugh Williams
Best foreign language film
presented by Yul Brynner and Natalie Wood
Woman giving away (Préparez vos mouchoirs) , France - Bertrand Blier
- The glass cell , Germany - Hans W. Geißendörfer
- The Hungarians (Magyarok) , Hungarians - Zoltán Fábri
- Viva Italia! (I nuovi mostri) , Italy - Mario Monicelli , Dino Risi , Ettore Scola
- Weisser Bim Schwarzohr (Bely Bim Tschornoje ucho) , Soviet Union - Stanislaw Iossifowitsch Rostozki
Prizes of honor
Honorary Oscar
- Walter Lantz
- Laurence Olivier
- King Vidor
- Museum of Modern Art , Dept. of film
Special Achievement Award
- Les Bowie , Colin Chilvers , Denys N. Coop , Roy Field , Derek Meddings , Zoran Perisic for the visual effects in Superman
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
Technical Achievement Award
- Karl Macher , Glenn M. Berggren
- David J. Degenkolb , Arthur L. Forde , Fred J. Scobey
- Kiichi Sekiguchi
- Leonard Chapman
- James L. Fisher
- Robert Stindt
literature
- Norbert Stresau : The Oscar. All award-winning films, directors and actors since 1929 . 3rd, updated edition. Heyne-Filmbibliothek, No. 198. Heyne, Munich 1996, 607 pages, ISBN 3-453-07872-1
- Hans-Jürgen Kubiak: The Oscar Films. The best films from 1927/28 to 2004. The best non-English language films from 1947 to 2004. The best animated films from 2001 to 2004 . Schüren, Marburg 2005, ISBN 3-89472-386-6
Web links
- Academy Awards 1979 in theInternet Movie Database(English)