British Academy Film Awards 1978
The 31st British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in London in 1978 . The film awards of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 17 categories, with no BAFTA being awarded in the category Best Documentary this year; there was also an honorary award. The award honored films from 1977 .
Movie | N | A. |
---|---|---|
Network | 9 | 1 |
The Arnhem Bridge | 8th | 4th |
The city neurotic | 6th | 5 |
Equus - blind horses | 5 | 1 |
Rocky | 5 | 0 |
Fellini's Casanova | 3 | 2 |
Valentino | 3 | 0 |
A star is born | 2 | 0 |
James Bond 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me | 2 | 0 |
New York, New York | 2 | 0 |
Award winners and nominations
The favorites to be awarded in the run-up to the event were Sidney Lumet's Network with nine and Richard Attenborough's The Bridge of Arnhem with eight nominations. Most of the awards went to Woody Allen's Der Stadtneurotiker , who won five out of six nominations.
Best movie
Der Stadtneurotiker (Annie Hall) - Director: Woody Allen
- The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far) - Director: Richard Attenborough
- Network - Directed by Sidney Lumet
- Rocky - Director: John G. Avildsen
Best director
Woody Allen - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)
- Richard Attenborough - The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
- John G. Avildsen - Rocky
- Sidney Lumet - Network
Best Actor
- Woody Allen - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)
- William Holden - Network
- Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
Best main actress
Diane Keaton - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)
- Faye Dunaway - Network
- Shelley Duvall - Three women (3 Women)
- Lily Tomlin - The Cat Knows the Killer (The Late Show)
Best supporting actor
Edward Fox - The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
- Colin Blakely - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)
- Robert Duvall - Network
- Zero Mostel - Der Strohmann (The Front)
The best supporting actress
Jenny Agutter - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)
- Geraldine Chaplin - Welcome to Los Angeles (Welcome to LA)
- Joan Plowright - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)
- Shelley Winters - A fly in the ointment (Next Stop, Greenwich Village)
Best Young Actor
Isabelle Huppert - The lace maker (La dentellière)
- Olimpia Carlisi - The Middle of the World (Le milieu du monde)
- Jeannette Clift - The Sanctuary (The Hiding Place)
- Saverio Marconi - My Father, My Lord (Padre Padrone)
Best script
Woody Allen , Marshall Brickman - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)
Best camera
Geoffrey Unsworth - The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
- Christopher Challis - The depth (The Deep)
- Giuseppe Rotunno - Fellini's Casanova (Fellini's Casanova)
- Peter Suschitzky - Valentino
Best production design
Danilo Donati , Federico Fellini - Fellini's Casanova (Il casanova di Federico Fellini)
- Ken Adam - James Bond 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me
- Philip Harrison - Valentino
- Terence Marsh - The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
Best costumes
Danilo Donati - Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
- Michael Annals, Patrick Wheatley- The Adventures of Joseph Andrews (Joseph Andrews)
- Theadora Van Runkle - New York, New York
- Shirley Russell - Valentino
Best film score
John Addison - The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
- Kenneth Ascher , Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Rupert Holmes , Kenny Loggins , Leon Russell , Barbra Streisand , Paul Williams - A Star Is Born
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)
- Marvin Hamlisch - James Bond 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me (The Spy Who Loved Me)
Best cut
Wendy Greene Bricmont , Ralph Rosenblum - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)
- Antony Gibbs - The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
- Richard Halsey - Rocky
- Alan Heim - Network
Best tone
Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys , Simon Kaye , Robin O'Donoghue , Les Wiggins - Die Brücke von Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
- Michael Colgan , James Fritch, Larry Jost , Richard Portman , Kay Rose - New York, New York
- Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Laub, Sanford Rackow, James Sabat, Dick Vorisek - Network
- Robert J. Glass , Robert Knudson , Marvin I. Kosberg , Tom Overton, Josef von Stroheim, Dan Wallin - A Star Is Born
Best Short Film (Factual Film)
The Living City - Directed by Phillip De Normanville , Sarah Erulkar
- Pipeline Alaska - Director: John Armstrong
- Reflections: Ireland - Director: Patrick Carey
- The Shetland Experience - Director: Derek Williams
Best Animated Short Film (Fictional Film )
The Bead Game - Director: Ishu Patel
- Le château de sable - Director: Co Hoedeman
- The Chinese Word for Horse - Directed by Kate Canning
Best specialized film
Path of the Paddle - Directed by Bill Mason
- Hazchem - Director: Roy Pace
- How The Motor Works: Part II - Directed by George Seager
Academy Fellowship
- Fred Zinnemann - Austrian-American director and film producer
Web links
- Winner and nominee 1978 on bafta.org
- 1978 Bafta Awards in the Internet Movie Database