52nd Academy Awards

The Academy Awards 1980 took place on 14 April 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. It was the 52nd Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1979.

With an age of 8 years, Justin Henry the youngest nominee in the history of the Oscars was (apart from the Juvenile Award).

Presentation

Johnny Carson led for the second time in a row as a moderator by the Oscar ceremony. The presenters of the candidates are listed below in the respective categories.

Winners and nominations

Best Picture

Presented by Charlton Heston

Kramer vs. Kramer ( Kramer vs. Kramer. ) - Stanley R. Jaffe

Best Director

Presented by Goldie Hawn and Steven Spielberg

Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer ( Kramer vs. Kramer. )

Best Actor

Presented by Jane Fonda

Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer ( Kramer vs. Kramer. )

Best Actress

Presented by Richard Dreyfuss

Sally Field - Norma Rae

Best Supporting Actor

Presented by Walter Matthau and Liza Minnelli

Melvyn Douglas - Welcome Mr. Chance ( Being There )

Best Supporting Actress

Presented by Cloris Leachman and Jack Lemmon

Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer ( Kramer vs. Kramer. )

Best Adapted Screenplay

Presented by Neil Simon

Kramer vs. Kramer ( Kramer vs. Kramer. ) - Robert Benton

Best Original Screenplay

Presented by Neil Simon

Breaking Away - We provide all of us creates no ( Breaking Away ) - Steve Tesich

Best Camera

Presented by Jamie Lee Curtis and George Hamilton

Apocalypse Now - Vittorio Storaro

Best Art

Presented by Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney

All That Jazz ( All That Jazz ) - Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink

Best Costume Design

Presented by Robert Hays and Kristy McNichol

All That Jazz ( All That Jazz ) - Albert Wolsky

Best Editing

Presented by Bo Derek and Christopher Reeve

All That Jazz ( All That Jazz ) - Alan Home

Best Sound

Apocalypse Now - Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nathan Boxer

Best Visual Effects

Presented by Farrah Fawcett and Harold Russell

Alien - The mysterious creature from another world (Alien ) - HR Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Dennis Ayling

Best Music ( Original Score )

Presented by Dolly Parton and Ben Vereen

I Love You - I Love You - Je t'aime (A Little Romance ) - Georges Delerue

Best Music ( Original Song Score)

Presented by Dolly Parton and Ben Vereen

All That Jazz ( All That Jazz ) - Ralph Burns

Best Song

Presented by Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John

" It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae - David Shire, Norman Gimbel

Best Animated Short Film

Presented by Lauren Hutton and Telly Savalas

Every Child - Derek Lamb

Best Short Film

Presented by Lauren Hutton and Telly Savalas

Board and Care - Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis

Best Documentary (Short Film )

Persis Khambatta and presented by William Shatner

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist - Saul J. Turell

Best Documentary

Persis Khambatta and presented by William Shatner

Best Foreign Language Film

Presented by Ann -Margret and Jack Valenti

The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff - West Germany

Prizes

Honorary Oscar

Presented by Dustin Hoffman

Presented by Walter Mirisch

Special Achievement Award

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Presented by Kirk Douglas

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Presented by Douglas Fairbanks

John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

Presented by Richard Gere

Academy Award of Merit

Scientific and Engineering Award

Technical Achievement Award

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