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 .
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)
Best supporting actor
presented by Michael Caine and Maggie Smith
- Mikhail Baryshnikov - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)
- Peter Firth - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)
- Alec Guinness - Star Wars (Star Wars)
- Maximilian Schell - Julia
The best supporting actress
presented by John Travolta
- Leslie Browne - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)
- Quinn Cummings - The Goodbye (The Goodbye Girl)
- Melinda Dillon - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)
- Tuesday Weld - Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Looking for Mr. Goodbar)
Best adapted script
presented by Paddy Chayefsky
- Luis Buñuel , Jean-Claude Carrière - This Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir)
- Lewis John Carlino , Gavin Lambert - I've never 'You a Rose Garden promised (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)
- Larry Gelbart - Oh God ... (Oh, God!)
- Peter Shaffer - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)
Best original script
presented by Paddy Chayefsky
Woody Allen , Marshall Brickman - The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)
- Robert Benton - The Cat Knows the Killer (The Late Show)
- Arthur Laurents - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)
- George Lucas - Star Wars (Star Wars)
- 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
Best cut
presented by Farrah Fawcett and Marcello Mastroianni
Richard Chew , Paul Hirsch , Marcia Lucas - Star Wars (Star Wars)
- Marcel Durham , Walter Murch - Julia
- Walter Hannemann , Angelo Ross - A boiled rascal (Smokey and the Bandit)
- Michael Kahn - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)
- William H. Reynolds - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)
Best tone
presented by William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck
Derek Ball , Don MacDougall , Bob Minkler , Ray West - Star Wars (Star Wars)
- Rick Alexander , Tom Beckert , Walter Goss , Robin Gregory - The depth (The Deep)
- Gene S. Cantamessa , Robert J. Glass , Robert Knudson , Don MacDougall - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)
- Jean-Louis Ducarme , Robert J. Glass, Robert Knudson, Richard Tyler - Breathless with Fear (Sorcerer)
- Jerry Jost , Theodore Soderberg , Paul Wells , Douglas O. Williams - The Turning Point (The Turning Point)
Best visual effects
presented by Joan Fontaine
Robert Blalack , John Dykstra , Richard Edlund , Grant McCune , John Stears - Star Wars (Star Wars)
- Roy Arbogast , Gregory Yes and no , Douglas Trumbull , Matthew Yuricich , Richard Yuricich - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)
Best animated short film
presented by William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck
Le château de sable - Co Hoedeman
- A Doonesbury Special - Faith Hubley , John Hubley , Garry Trudeau
- Jimmy the C - Robert Grossman , Jimmy Picker , Craig Whitaker
- The Bead Game - Ishu Patel
Best short film
presented by William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck
I'll Find a Way - Beverly Shaffer , Yuki Yoshida
- Floating Free - Jerry Butts
- Notes on the Popular Arts - Saul Bass
- Spaceborne - Philip Dauber
- The Absent-Minded Waiter - William E. McEuen
Best Documentary (Short Film)
presented by Kirk Douglas and Raquel Welch
Gravity Is My Enemy - John C. Joseph , Jan Stussy
- Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country - Moctesuma Esparza
- First Edition - Helen Whitney , DeWitt L. Sage Jr.
- Of Time, Tombs and Treasures - James R. Messenger , Paul Raimondi
- The Shetland Experience - Douglas Gordon
Best documentary
presented by Kirk Douglas and Raquel Welch
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? - John Korty , Warren Lockhart , Dan McCann
- High Grass Circus - Bill Brind , Tony Ianzelo , Torben Schioler
- Homage to Chagall: The Colors of Love - Harry Rasky
- Union Maids - Jim Klein , Miles Mogulescu , Julia Reichert
- The Children of Theater Street - Robert Dornhelm , Earle Mack
Best foreign language film
presented by Eva Marie Saint and Jack Valenti
Madame Rosa (La vie devant soi) , France - Moshé Mizrahi
- This obscure object of desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) , Spain - Luis Buñuel
- A special day (Una giornata particolare) , Italy - Ettore Scola
- Iphigenia (Ifigeneia) , Greece - Michael Cacoyannis
- Operation Thunderbolt (Mivtsa Yonatan) , Israel - Menahem Golan
Prizes of honor
Honorary Oscar
Special Achievement Award
- Ben Burtt for sound effects in Star Wars ( Star Wars )
- Frank E. Warner for the sound editor in Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( Close Encounters of the Third Child )
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
- Joseph D. Kelley , Emory M. Cohen , Barry K. Henley , Hammond H. Holt , John Agalsoff Sr.
- Panavision, Inc.
- Paul Kenworthy , William R. Latady
- John Dykstra , Alvah J. Miller , Jerry Jeffress
- Eastman Kodak Co.
- Stefan Kudelski
Technical Achievement Award
- Ernst F. Nettman
- Electronic Engineering Co. of California
- Bernhard Kuhl , Werner Block
- Panavision, Inc.
- Piclear, Inc.
Web links
- Academy Awards 1978 in theInternet Movie Database(English)