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51st Academy Awards

51ST ACADEMY AWARDS

April 9, 1979
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Hosted by Johnny Carson

BEST PICTURE

“Coming Home”
“The Deer Hunter”
“Heaven Can Wait”
“Midnight Express”
“An Unmarried Woman”

DIRECTOR

Woody Allen – “Interiors”
Hal Ashby – “Coming Home”
Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – “Heaven Can Wait”
Michael Cimino – “The Deer Hunter”
Alan Parker – “Midnight Express”

ACTOR

Warren Beatty – “Heaven Can Wait”
Gary Busey – “The Buddy Holly Story”
Robert De Niro – “The Deer Hunter”
Laurence Olivier – “The Boys from Brazil”
Jon Voight – “Coming Home”

ACTRESS

Ingrid Bergman – “Autumn Sonata”
Ellen Burstyn – “Same Time, Next Year”
Jill Clayburgh – “An Unmarried Woman”
Jane Fonda – “Coming Home”
Geraldine Page – “Interiors”

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Bruce Dern – “Coming Home”
Richard Farnsworth – “Comes a Horseman”
John Hurt – “Midnight Express”
Christopher Walken – “The Deer Hunter”
Jack Warden – “Heaven Can Wait”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Dyan Cannon – “Heaven Can Wait”
Penelope Milford – “Coming Home”
Maggie Smith – “California Suite”
Maureen Stapleton – “Interiors”
Meryl Streep – “The Deer Hunter”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Bloodbrothers” – Walter Newman
“California Suite” – Neil Simon
“Heaven Can Wait” – Elaine May and Warren Beatty
“Midnight Express” – Oliver Stone
“Same Time, Next Year” – Bernard Slade

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“Autumn Sonata” – Ingmar Bergman
“Coming Home” – Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones
“The Deer Hunter” – Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker
“Interiors” – Woody Allen
“An Unmarried Woman” – Paul Mazursky

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

“Get Out Your Handkerchiefs” (France)
“The Glass Cell” (West Germany)
“Hungarians” (Hungary)
“Viva Italia!” (Italy)
“White Bim Black Ear” (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

“The Lovers’ Wind”
“Mysterious Castles of Clay”
“Raoni”
“Scared Straight!”
“With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade”

DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)

 “The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey”
“An Encounter with Faces”
“The Flight of the Gossamer Condor”
“Goodnight Miss Ann”
“Squires of San Quentin”

ANIMATED SHORT

“Oh My Darling”
“Rip Van Winkle”
“Special Delivery”

LIVE ACTION SHORT

“A Different Approach”
“Mandy’s Grandmother”
“Strange Fruit”
“Teenage Father”

ART DIRECTION

“The Brink’s Job” – Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson, and Bruce Kay
“California Suite”– Albert Brenner and Marvin March
“Heaven Can Wait” – Paul Sylbert, Edwin O’Donovan, and George Gaines
“Interiors” – Mel Bourne and Daniel Robert
“The Wiz” – Tony Walton, Philip Rosenberg, Edward Stewart, and Robert Drumheller

CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Days of Heaven” – Nestor Almendros
“The Deer Hunter” – Vilmos Zsigmond
“Heaven Can Wait” – William A. Fraker
“Same Time, Next Year” – Robert Surtees
“The Wiz” – Oswald Morris

COSTUME DESIGN

“Caravans” – Renie Conley
“Days of Heaven” – Patricia Norris
“Death on the Nile” – Anthony Powell
“The Swarm” – Paul Zastupnevich
“The Wiz” – Tony Walton

FILM EDITING

“The Boys From Brazil” – Robert E. Swink
“Coming Home” – Don Zimmerman
“The Deer Hunter” – Peter Zinner
“Midnight Express” – Gerry Hambling
“Superman” – Stuart Baird

ORIGINAL SCORE

“The Boys from Brazil” – Jerry Goldsmith
“Days of Heaven” – Ennio Morricone
“Heaven Can Wait” – Dave Grusin
“Midnight Express” – Giorgio Moroder
“Superman” – John Williams

ORIGINAL SONG SCORE OR ADAPTATION SCORE

“The Buddy Holly Story” – Joe Renzetti
“Pretty Baby” – Jerry Wexler
“The Wiz” – Quincy Jones

ORIGINAL SONG

“Ready to Take a Chance Again” from “Foul Play” – Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
“Hopelessly Devoted to You” from “Grease” – John Farrar
“When You’re Loved” from “The Magic of Lassie” – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
“The Last Time I Felt Like This” from “Same Time, Next Year” – Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
“Last Dance” from “Thank God It’s Friday” – Paul Jabara

SOUND MIXING

“The Buddy Holly Story”
“Days of Heaven”
“The Deer Hunter”
“Hooper”
“Superman”

VISUAL EFFECTS

“Superman”
  1. “Autumn Sonata”
  2. “Bloodbrothers”
  3. “The Boys from Brazil”
  4. “The Brink’s Job”
  5. “The Buddy Holly Story”
  6. “California Suite”
  7. “Caravans”
  8. “Comes a Horseman”
  9. “Coming Home”
  10. “Days of Heaven”
  11. “Death on the Nile”
  12. “The Deer Hunter”
  13. “Foul Play”
  14. “Grease”
  15. “Heaven Can Wait”
  16. “Hooper”
  17. “Interiors”
  18. “The Magic of Lassie”
  19. “Midnight Express”
  20. “Pretty Baby”
  21. “Same Time, Next Year”
  22. “Superman”
  23. “The Swarm”
  24. “Thank God It’s Friday”
  25. “An Unmarried Woman”
  26. “The Wiz”
 FOREIGN
  1. “Get Out Your Handkerchiefs” (France)
  2. “The Glass Cell” (West Germany)
  3. “Hungarians” (Hungary)
  4. “Viva Italia!” (Italy)
  5. “White Bim Black Ear” (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
DOCUMENTARY
  1. “The Lovers’ Wind”
  2. “Mysterious Castles of Clay”
  3. “Raoni”
  4. “Scared Straight!”
  5. “With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade”
SHORT FILMS
  1. “A Different Approach”
  2.  “The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey”
  3. “An Encounter with Faces”
  4. “The Flight of the Gossamer Condor”
  5. “Goodnight Miss Ann”
  6. “Mandy’s Grandmother”
  7. “Oh My Darling”
  8. “Rip Van Winkle”
  9. “Special Delivery”
  10. “Squires of San Quentin”
  11. “Strange Fruit”
  12. “Teenage Father”

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