The Complete Oscar Quest: 52nd Academy Awards (1979)

1979

Best Picture

• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• Breaking Away
• Kramer vs. Kramer
• Norma Rae

Best Director

• Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer
• Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
• Bob Fosse, All That Jazz
• Edouard Molinaro, La Cage aux Folles
• Peter Yates, Breaking Away

Best Actor

• Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer
• Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome
• Al Pacino, …And Justice for All
• Roy Scheider, All That Jazz
• Peter Sellers, Being There

Best Actress

• Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over
• Sally Field, Norma Rae
• Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome
• Bette Midler, The Rose
• Marsha Mason, Chapter Two

Best Supporting Actor

• Melvyn Douglas, Being There
• Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
• Frederic Forrest, The Rose
• Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer
• Mickey Rooney, The Black Stallion

Best Supporting Actress

• Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer
• Barbara Barrie, Breaking Away
• Candice Bergen, Starting Over
• Mariel Hemingway, Manhattan
• Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Original Screenplay

• …And Justice for All
• All That Jazz
• Breaking Away
• The China Syndrome
• Manhattan

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Apocalypse Now
• La Cage aux Folles
• Kramer vs. Kramer
• A Little Romance
• Norma Rae

Best Editing

• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• The Black Stallion
• Kramer vs. Kramer
• The Rose

Best Cinematography

• 1941
• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• The Black Hole
• Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Original Score

• 10
• The Amityville Horror
• The Champ
• A Little Romance
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

• All That Jazz
• Breaking Away
• The Muppet Movie

Best Original Song

• “I’ll Never Say Goodbye,” from The Promise
• “It Goes Like It Goes,” from Norma Rae
• “It’s Easy to Say,” from 10
• “The Rainbow Connection,” from The Muppet Movie
• “Through the Eyes of Love,” from Ice Castles

Best Art Direction

• Alien
• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• The China Syndrome
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Best Costume Design

• Agatha
• All That Jazz
• Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
• La Cage aux Folles
• The Europeans

Best Visual Effects

• 1941
• Alien
• The Black Hole
• Moonraker
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Best Sound Editing

• The Black Stallion

Best Sound Mixing

• 1941
• Apocalypse Now
• The Electric Horseman
• Meteor
• The Rose

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Maids of Wilko
• Mama Turnes a Hundred
• A Simple Story
• The Tin Drum
• To Forget Venice

Best Documentary

• Best Boy
• Generation on the Wind
• Going the Distance
• The Killing Ground
• The War at Home

Best Documentary Short

• Dae
• Koryo Celadon
• Nails
• Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
• Remember Me

Best Live-Action Short

• Board and Care
• Bravery in the Field
• Oh Brother, My Brother
• The Solar Film
• Solly’s Diner

Best Animated Short

• Dream Doll
• Every Child
• It’s So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House

Total List of Films Nominated:

1. 10
2. 1941
3. Agatha
4. Alien
5. All That Jazz
6. The Amityville Horror
7. …And Justice for All
8. Apocalypse Now
9. Being There
10. The Black Hole
11. The Black Stallion
12. Breaking Away
13. Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
14. La Cage aux Folles
15. The Champ
16. Chapter Two
17. The China Syndrome
18. The Electric Horseman
19. The Europeans
20. Ice Castles
21. Kramer vs. Kramer
22. A Little Romance
23. Manhattan
24. Meteor
25. Moonraker
26. The Muppet Movie
27. Norma Rae
28. The Promise
29. The Rose
30. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
31. Starting Over

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