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Academy Awards for 1979By Patrick Mondout
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards were hosted by Johnny Carson
on April 14, 1980
at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (Los Angeles) and broadcast live on ABC.
Kramer vs. Kramer was the big winner
with five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor, Supporting
Actress, and Screenplay.
Note: All nominees are listed and .gif)
denotes the Oscar winner.
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| BEST PICTURE |
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All That
Jazz, Robert Alan Aurthur, producer |
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Apocalypse
Now, Francis Coppola, producer; Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and
Tom Sternberg, co-producers |
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Breaking
Away, Peter Yates, producer |
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Kramer
vs. Kramer, Stanley R. Jaffe, producer |
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Norma Rae,
Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose, producers |
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| BEST WRITING
(SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) |
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Allan Burns, A
Little Romance |
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John Milius and Francis Coppola, Apocalypse
Now |
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Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro,
Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret, La Cage Aux Folles |
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Robert Benton, Kramer
vs. Kramer |
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Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank,
Jr., Norma Rae |
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| BEST ART
DIRECTION/SET DIRECTION |
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Michael Seymour, Les Dilley and
Roger Christian, art direction; lan Whittaker, set decoration, Alien |
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Philip Rosenberg and Tony Walton,
art direction; Edward Stewart and Gary Brink, set decoration, All
That Jazz |
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Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham,
art direction; George R. Nelson, set decoration, Apocalypse
Now |
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George Jenkins, art direction;
Arthur Jeph Parker, set decoration, The
China Syndrome |
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Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon
Harris and John Vallone, art direction; Linda DeScenna, set
decoration, Star Trek - The Motion Picture |
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| BEST COSTUME
DESIGN |
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Shirley Russell, Agatha |
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Albert Wolsky, All
That Jazz |
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Piero Tosi and Ambra Danon, La Cage
aux Folles |
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William Ware Theiss, Butch and
Sundance: The Early Days |
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Judy Moorcroft, The Europeans |
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| BEST SOUND |
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Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard
Beggs and Nat Boxer, Apocalypse Now |
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Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz,
Michael Minkler and Al Overton, The
Electric Horseman |
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William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin,
Michael J. Kohut and Jack Solomon, Meteor |
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Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don
MacDougall and Gene S. Cantamessa, 1941 |
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Theodore Soderberg, Douglas
Williams, Paul Wells and Jim Webb, The Rose |
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| BEST SOUND (SONG
ORIGINAL TO THE PICTURE) |
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“Through the Eyes of Love,” Ice
Castles, Marvin Hamlisch, music; Carole Bayer Sager, lyrics |
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“The Rainbow Connection,” The
Muppet Movie, Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher, music and lyrics |
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“It Goes Like It Goes,” Norma
Rae, music by David Shire; lyrics by Norman Gimbel |
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“I'll Never Say `Goodbye',” The
Promise, David Shire, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics |
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“It's Easy to Say,” 10,
Henry Mancini, music; Robert Wells, lyrics |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(ANIMATED) |
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Dream Doll (Bob Godfrey Films/Zagreb
Films/Halas and Batchelor; FilmWright) |
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Every Child (Derek Lamb, producer;
National Film Board of Canada) |
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It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around
the House (Paul Fierlinger, producer; AR&T Productions for
Learning Corporation of America) |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(LIVE ACTION) |
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Board and Care (Sarah Pillsbury and
Ron Ellis, producers; Ron Ellis Films) |
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Bravery in the Field (Roman Kroitor
and Stefan Wodoslawsky, producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
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Oh Brother, My Brother (Carol Lowell
and Ross Lowell, producers; Pyramid Films, Inc.) |
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The Solar Film (Saul Bass and
Michael Britton, producers; Wildwood Enterprises Inc.) |
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Solly's Diner (Harry Mathias, Jay
Zukerman and Larry Hankin, producers; Mathias/Zukerman/Hankin
Productions) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECTS) |
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Dae (Risto Teofilovski, producer;
Vardar Film/Skopje) |
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Koryo Celadon (Donald A. Connolly
and James R. Messenger, producers; Charlie/Papa Productions, Inc.) |
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Nails (Phillip Borsos, producer;
National Film Board of Canada) |
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
(Saul J. Turell, producer; Janus Films, Inc.) |
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Remember Me (Dick Young, producer;
Dick Young Productions, Ltd.) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(FEATURES) |
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Best Boy (Ira Wohl, producer; Only
Child Motion Pictures, Inc.) |
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Generation on the Wind (David A.
Vassar, producer; More Than One Medium) |
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Going the Distance (Paul Cowan and
Jacques Bobet, producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
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The Killing Ground (Steve Singer and
Tom Priestley, producers; ABC News Closeup Unit) |
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The War at Home (Glenn Silber and
Barry Alexander Brown, producers; Catalyst Films/Madison Film
Production Co.) |
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| BEST FOREIGN
LANGUAGE FILM |
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A Simple Story, France |
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The Maids of Wilko, Poland |
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Mama Turns a Hundred, Spain |
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The Tin Drum,
Federal Republic of Germany (West) |
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To Forget Venice, Italy |
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| VISUAL EFFECTS |
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H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian
Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling, Alien |
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Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank,
Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw and Joe Hale, The
Black Hole |
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Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson and John
Evans, Moonraker |
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William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers and
Gregory Jein, 1941 |
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Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra,
Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart and Grant McCune, Star
Trek - The Motion Picture |
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Other Awards
A Special Achievement Award for Sound Editing was handed out to Alan
Splet for his work on The Black Stallion.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was won by Ray Stark while Robert
Benjamin won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Honorary Awards were bestowed to Hal Elias "for his dedication and
distinguished service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences", to Alec Guinness "for advancing the art of screen
acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances",
and to John O. Aalberg, Charles G. Clarke and John G. Frayne "in
appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high
standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."
Scientific Awards
Iwan Serrurier (Editorial and Preproduction)
Mark Serrurier (Editorial and Preproduction)
Mini-Micro Systems, Incorporated (Sound)
Neiman-Tillar Associates (Sound)
Michael V. Chewey (Laboratory)
Courier Films, Limited (Special Photographic)
Du Art Film Laboratories, Incorporated (Laboratory)
Walter G. Eggers (Laboratory)
A. D. Flowers (Stage Operations)
Logan R. Frazee (Stage Operations)
Allen Hecht (Laboratory)
Paul Kaufman (Laboratory)
Kollmorgen Corporation Photo Research Division (Photography)
John Lamb (Cartoon Process)
Ross Lowell (Lighting)
Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Incorporated (Lighting)
Bruce Lyon (Cartoon Process)
M-G-M Laboratories (Laboratory)
Zoran Perisic (Special Photographic)
Fredrik Schlyter (Laboratory)
James S. Stanfield (Projection)
Paul W. Trester (Projection)
Irwin Young (Laboratory)
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|  | Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
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| | What: 52nd Annual Academy Awards
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| | Date: April 14, 1980
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| | Host: Johnny Carson
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| | Location: Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (Los Angeles)
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| | Network: ABC
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