Academy Awards 1980

Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1980 Academy Awards took place on April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . It was the 52nd 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 1979 .

At the age of eight, Justin Henry was the youngest nominee in Oscar history (apart from the Juvenile Award ).

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie	N	A.
Kramer versus Kramer	9	5
Behind the spotlight	9	4th
Apocalypse Now	8th	2
Four crazy types - we all can do it, no one can do us	5	1
Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband	4th	2
The China Syndrome	4th	0
The rose	4th	0
A cage full of fools	3	0
1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood	3	0
Star Trek: The Movie	3	0
Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world	2	1
I love you - I Love You - Je t'aime	2	1
Welcome, Mr. Chance	2	1
To a new one	2	0
The black hole	2	0
The black stallion	2	0
Manhattan	2	0
Muppet Movie	2	0
... and justice for all	2	0
Ten - the dream woman	2	0

Moderation

Johnny Carson hosted the Academy Awards for the second year running. The presenters of the candidates are listed below for the respective categories.

Winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by Charlton Heston

Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer) - Stanley R. Jaffe

Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola , Gray Frederickson , Fred Roos , Tom Sternberg

Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz) - Robert Alan Aurthur

Norma Rae - A woman stands her husband (Norma Rae) - Tamara Asseyev , Alexandra Rose

Four crazy guys - We can all make it, no one can make us (Breaking Away) - Peter Yates

Best director

presented by Goldie Hawn and Steven Spielberg

Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

Bob Fosse - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Édouard Molinaro - A cage full of fools (La Cage aux folles)

Peter Yates - Four Crazy Guys - We All Can Make Us, None Can (Breaking Away)

Best Actor

presented by Jane Fonda

Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

Jack Lemmon - Das China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)

Al Pacino - ... and Justice for All (... And Justice for All)

Roy Scheider - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Peter Sellers - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)

Best adapted script

presented by Neil Simon

Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

Allan Burns - Ich liebe dich - I Love You - Je t'aime (A Little Romance)

Francis Ford Coppola , John Milius - Apocalypse Now

Marcello Danon , Édouard Molinaro , Jean Poiret , Francis Veber - A cage full of fools (La Cage aux folles)

Harriet Frank junior , Irving Ravetch - Norma Rae - A woman stands her husband (Norma Rae)

Best original script

presented by Neil Simon

Steve Tesich - Four crazy guys - We can all make it, nobody can make us (Breaking Away)

Woody Allen , Marshall Brickman - Manhattan

Robert Alan Aurthur , Bob Fosse - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

James Bridges , TS Cook , Mike Gray - The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)

Valerie Curtin , Barry Levinson - ... and Justice for All (... And Justice for All)

Best camera

presented by Jamie Lee Curtis and George Hamilton

Vittorio Storaro - Apocalypse Now

Néstor Almendros - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

William A. Fraker - 1941 - Where's the Way to Hollywood (1941)

Frank V. Phillips - The Black Hole (The Black Hole)

Giuseppe Rotunno - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Best production design

presented by Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney

Gary J. Brink , Philip Rosenberg , Edward Stewart , Tony Walton - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Roger Christian , Leslie Dilley , Michael Seymour , Ian Whittaker - Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world (Alien)

Linda DeScenna , Leon Harris , Joseph R. Jennings , Harold Michelson , John Vallone - Star Trek: The Movie (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

Angelo P. Graham , George R. Nelson , Dean Tavoularis - Apocalypse Now

George Jenkins , Arthur Jeph Parker - The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)

Best costume design

presented by Robert Hays and Kristy McNichol

Albert Wolsky - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Ambra Danon , Piero Tosi - A Cage Full of Fools (La Cage aux folles)

Judy Moorcroft - The Europeans (The Europeans)

Shirley Russell - The Secret of Agatha Christie (Agatha)

William Ware Theiss - Butch & Sundance (Butch and Sundance: The Early Days)

Best Score (Original Score)

presented by Dolly Parton and Ben Vereen

Georges Delerue - Ich liebe dich - I Love You - Je t'aime (A Little Romance)

Henry Mancini - Ten - The Dream Woman (10)

Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Movie (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

Dave Grusin - Der Champ (The Champ)

Lalo Schifrin - Amityville Horror

Best Score (Original Song Score)

presented by Dolly Parton and Ben Vereen

Ralph Burns - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Patrick Williams - Four Crazy Guys - We All Can Make Us, None Can (Breaking Away)

Kenneth Ascher , Paul Williams - Muppet Movie (The Muppet Movie)

Best movie song

presented by Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John

" It Goes Like It Goes " from Norma Rae - A woman is her husband (Norma Rae) - Norman Gimbel , David Shire

"I'll Never Say Goodbye" from The Promise - Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , David Shire

"Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say)" from Ten - The Dream Woman (10) - Henry Mancini , Robert Wells

"The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie (The Muppet Movie) - Kenny Ascher , Paul Williams

"Through the Eyes of Love" from Eisfieber (Ice Castles) - Marvin Hamlisch , Carole Bayer Sager

Best cut

presented by Bo Derek and Christopher Reeve

Alan Heim - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Robert Dalva - The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion)

Lisa Fruchtman , Gerald B. Greenberg , Richard Marks , Walter Murch - Apocalypse Now

Gerald B. Greenberg - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

Carroll Timothy O'Meara , Robert L. Wolfe - The Rose

Best tone

presented by Sally Kellerman and Rod Steiger

Richard Beggs , Mark Berger , Nathan Boxer , Walter Murch - Apocalypse Now

Gene S. Cantamessa , Robert J. Glass , Robert Knudson , Don MacDougall - 1941 - Where Please Go to Hollywood (1941)

Les Fresholtz , Michael Minkler , Arthur Piantadosi , Al Overton Jr. - The Electric Horseman (The Electric Horseman)

Michael J. Kohut , William McCaughey , Aaron Rochin , Jack Solomon - Meteor

Theodore Soderberg , James E. Webb , Paul Wells , Douglas O. Williams - The Rose

Best visual effects

presented by Farrah Fawcett and Harold Russell

Nick Allder , Dennis Ayling , HR Giger , Brian Johnson , Carlo Rambaldi - Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world (Alien)

Art Cruickshank , Peter Ellenshaw , Harrison Ellenshaw , Joe Hale , Danny Lee , Eustace Lycett - The Black Hole (The Black Hole)

John Dykstra , Grant McCune , David K. Stewart , Robert Swarthe , Douglas Trumbull , Richard Yuricich - Star Trek: The Movie (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

John Evans , Derek Meddings , Paul Wilson - James Bond 007 - Moonraker - Top Secret (Moonraker)

AD Flowers , William A. Fraker , Gregory Jein - 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood (1941)

Best animated short film

presented by Lauren Hutton and Telly Savalas

Every Child - Derek Lamb

Dream Doll - Bob Godfrey , Zlatko Grgić

It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House - Paul Fierlinger

Best short film

presented by Lauren Hutton and Telly Savalas

Board and Care - Ron Ellis , Sarah Pillsbury

Bravery in the Field - Roman Kroitor , Stefan Wodoslawsky

Oh Brother, My Brother - Carol Lowell , Ross Lowell

Solly's Diner - Larry Hankin , Harry Mathias , Jay Zuckerman

The Solar Film - Saul Bass , Michael Britton

Best Documentary (Short Film)

presented by Persis Khambatta and William Shatner

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist - Saul J. Turell

Dae - Risto Teofilovski

Koryo Celadon - Donald A. Connolly , James R. Messenger

Nails - Phillip Borsos

Remember Me - Dick Young

Best documentary

presented by Persis Khambatta and William Shatner

Best Boy - Ira Wohl

Generation on the Wind - David A. Vassar

Going the Distance - Jacques Bobet , Paul Cowan

The Killing Ground - Tom Priestley , Steve Singer

The War at Home - Barry Alexander Brown , Glenn Silver

Best foreign language film

presented by Ann-Margret and Jack Valenti

The Tin Drum , West Germany - Volker Schlöndorff

The girls from Wilko (Panny z Wilka) , Poland - Andrzej Wajda

A simple story (Une histoire simple) , France - Claude Sautet

Mama turns 100 (Mamá cumple cien años) , Spain - Carlos Saura

Forget Venice (Dimenticare Venezia) , Italy - Franco Brusati

Prizes of honor

Honorary Oscar

presented by Dustin Hoffman

Alec Guinness

presented by Walter Mirisch

Hal Elias

Special Achievement Award

Alan Splet for the editor in The Black Stallion ( The Black Stallion )

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

presented by Kirk Douglas

Ray Stark

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

presented by Douglas Fairbanks

Robert Benjamin (posthumous)

John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

presented by Richard Gere

John Aalberg , Charles G. Clarke , John G. Frayne

Academy Award of Merit

Mark Serrurier

Scientific and Engineering Award

Neiman-Tillar Associates , Mini-Micro Systems, Inc.

Technical Achievement Award

Michael V. Chewey , Walter G. Eggers , Allen Hecht

Irwin Young , Paul Kaufman , Fredrik Schlyter

James S. Stanfield , Paul W. Trester

Zoran Perisic

AD Flowers , Logan R. Frazee

Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corp.

Bruce Lyon , John Lamb

Ross Lowell

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 1980 in theInternet Movie Database(English)