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All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur Apocalypse Now – Francis Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Tom Sternberg Breaking Away – Peter Yates Kramer vs. Kramer – Stanley R. Jaffe Norma Rae– Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose
All That Jazz – Bob Fosse Apocalypse Now – Francis Coppola Breaking Away – Peter Yates Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton La Cage aux Folles– Edouard Molinaro
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
Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over Sally Field – Norma Rae Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome Marsha Mason – Chapter Two Bette Midler – The Rose
Melvyn Douglas – Being There Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now Frederic Forrest – The Rose Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer Mickey Rooney – The Black Stallion
Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer Barbara Barrie – Breaking Away Candice Bergen – Starting Over Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer
Apocalypse Now – John Milius, Francis Coppola Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton La Cage aux Folles – Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret A Little Romance – Allan Burns Norma Rae– Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.
“I’ll Never Say ‘Goodbye” – The Promise – Music by David Shire; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman “It Goes Like It Goes” – Norma Rae – Music by David Shire; Lyric by Norman Gimbel “It’s Easy To Say” – 10 – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Robert Wells “The Rainbow Connection” – The Muppet Movie – Music, Lyric by Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher “Th...
All That Jazz – Alan Heim Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman The Black Stallion – Robert Dalva Kramer vs. Kramer – Jerry Greenberg The Rose– Robert L. Wolfe, C. Timothy O’Meara
All That Jazz – Giuseppe Rotunno Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro The Black Hole – Frank Phillips Kramer vs. Kramer – Nestor Almendros 1941– William A. Fraker
The 51st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1978 and took place on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST.
7 Oscars. 2. The French Connection. 1971 1h 44m R. 7.7 (137K) Rate. 94 Metascore. A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. Director William Friedkin Stars Gene Hackman Roy Scheider Fernando Rey. 5 Oscars. 3.
The winning picture won five awards out of its nine nominations - Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay Adaptation (Robert Benton). All four major cast members (Hoffman, Streep, Henry, and Alexander) were nominated, with the two lead stars both winning in their categories.
John Wayne presented the Best Picture award. He had recently had two major surgeries and did not appear well. He passed away on June 11, 1979, just under two months later. Prior to the presentations, the police had to deal with demonstrators who objected to The Deer Hunter as a racist film and as a fantasy picturization of the Vietnam cause.
David P. Robinson (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.), Stephen Katz (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.) For the development and implementation of an improved Sound Recording and Reproducing System for motion picture production and exhibition.
