50th Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1978 took place on 3 April 1978 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. It was the 50th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1977.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Special Achievement Award
- 3.3 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- 3.4 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 3.5 John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
- 3.6 Academy Award of Merit
- 3.7 Scientific and Engineering Award
- 3.8 Technical Achievement Award
Presentation
Bob Hope led the 18th time as a moderator ( for the 13th time alone) by the Academy Awards.
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
The city euro sufferers ( Annie Hall ) - Charles H. Joffe
Best Director
Woody Allen - The City EUR Annie Hall ( Annie Hall )
Best Actor
Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl ( The Goodbye Girl)
Best Actress
Diane Keaton - The City EUR sufferers ( Annie Hall )
Best Supporting Actor
Jason Robards - Julia
Best Supporting Actress
Vanessa Redgrave - Julia
Best Adapted Screenplay
Julia - Alvin Sargent
Best Original Screenplay
The city euro sufferers ( Annie Hall ) - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Best Camera
Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( Close Encounters of the Third Child) - Vilmos Zsigmond
Best Art
Star Wars ( Star Wars ) - Jonathan Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian
Best Costume Design
Star Wars ( Star Wars ) - John Mollo
Best Editing
Star Wars ( Star Wars ) - Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew
Best Sound
Star Wars ( Star Wars ) - Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball
Best Visual Effects
Star Wars ( Star Wars ) - John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack
Best Music ( Original Score )
Star Wars ( Star Wars ) - John Williams
Best Music ( Original Song Score)
Smiles of a Summer Night (A Little Night Music) - Jonathan Tunick
Best Song
" You Light Up My Life" from Star of my life - Joseph Brooks
Best Animated Short Film
Le château de sable - Co Hoedeman
Best Short Film
I'll Find a Way - Beverly Shaffer, Yuki Yoshida
Best Documentary (Short Film )
Gravity Is My Enemy - John C. Joseph Jan Stussy
Best Documentary
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? - John Korty, Dan McCann, Warren Lockhart
Best Foreign Language Film
Madame Rosa ( La Vie devant soi ) of Moshé Mizrahi - France