51st Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1979 took place on 9 April 1979 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. It was the 51st Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1978.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Special Achievement Award
- 3.3 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 3.4 John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
- 3.5 Academy Award of Merit
- 3.6 Scientific and Engineering Award
- 3.7 Technical Achievement Award
Presentation
Johnny Carson led for the first time as a presenter by the Academy Awards.
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
The Deer Hunter ( The Deer Hunter) - Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
Best Director
Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter ( The Deer Hunter)
Best Actor
Jon Voight - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
Best Actress
Jane Fonda - Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home)
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter ( The Deer Hunter)
Best Supporting Actress
Maggie Smith - The California Suite (California Suite)
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 clock at night - Midnight Express ( Midnight Express) - Oliver Stone
Best Original Screenplay
Coming Home - Coming Home (Coming Home) - Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Best Camera
In Days of Heaven ( Days of Heaven ) - Néstor Almendros
Best Art
The Heaven Can Wait ( Heaven Can Wait) - Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines
Best Costume Design
Death on the Nile ( Death on the Nile ) - Anthony Powell
Best Editing
The Deer Hunter ( The Deer Hunter) - Peter Zinner
Best Sound
The Deer Hunter ( The Deer Hunter) - Richard Portman, William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, C. Therein Knight
Best Music ( Original Score )
12 clock at night - Midnight Express ( Midnight Express) - Giorgio Moroder
Best Music ( Original Song Score)
The Buddy Holly Story - Joe Renzetti
Best Song
" Last Dance " from Thank God It's Friday ( Thank God It 's Friday ) - Paul Jabara
Best Animated Short Film
Special Delivery - Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon
Best Short Film
Teenage Father - Taylor Hackford
Best Documentary (Short Film )
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor - Jacqueline Phillips Shedd Ben Shedd
Best Documentary
Scared Straight! - Arnold Shapiro
Best Foreign Language Film
To give women ( Préparez vos mouchoirs ) by Bertrand Blier - France