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:
- 10
- 1941
- Agatha
- Alien
- All That Jazz
- The Amityville Horror
- …And Justice for All
- Apocalypse Now
- Being There
- The Black Hole
- The Black Stallion
- Breaking Away
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
- La Cage aux Folles
- The Champ
- Chapter Two
- The China Syndrome
- The Electric Horseman
- The Europeans
- Ice Castles
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- A Little Romance
- Manhattan
- Meteor
- Moonraker
- The Muppet Movie
- Norma Rae
- The Promise
- The Rose
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Starting Over
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