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Best Picture Year 1979

7.2 (32,333)

7.0 (601)

8.2 (37,985)

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Best Picture

Winner

Kramer vs. Kramer

(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)

Robert Benton

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander

Nominees

Breaking Away
Peter Yates

Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)
Manhattan
Woody Allen

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Director

Winner

Woody Allen

Manhattan

(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

Woody Allen

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy

Nominees

Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, JoBeth Williams
(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Bob Fosse
All That Jazz
Bob Fosse

Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking

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Best Actor

Winner

Dustin Hoffman

Kramer vs. Kramer

(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)

Robert Benton

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander

Nominees

Peter Sellers
Being There
Hal Ashby

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)
Nick Nolte
North Dallas Forty
Ted Kotcheff

Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon

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Best Actress

Winner

Sally Field

Norma Rae

Martin Ritt

Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman

Nominees

Bette Midler
The Rose
Mark Rydell

Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton
(2 Nominations )
Hanna Schygulla
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsh, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen

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Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Melvyn Douglas

Being There

(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

Hal Ashby

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas

Nominees

Frederic Forrest
The Rose
Mark Rydell

Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton
(2 Nominations )
James Woods
The Onion Field
Harold Becker

John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson

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Best Supporting Actress

Winner

Meryl Streep

Kramer vs. Kramer

(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)

Robert Benton

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander

Nominees

Jane Alexander
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, JoBeth Williams
(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Barbara Barrie
Breaking Away
Peter Yates

Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Screenplay

Winner

Steve Tesich

Breaking Away

(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

Peter Yates

Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern

Nominees

Woody Allen
Manhattan
Woody Allen

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)
Jerzy Kosinski
Being There
Hal Ashby

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Foreign Film

Winner

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Ermanno Olmi

Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli

Nominees

Peppermint Soda
Diane Kurys

Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac, Michel Puterflam
Soldier of Orange
Paul Verhoeven

Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox