51th Academy Awards (1979) - Movies from 1978
Highlights
- Best Picture: The Deer Hunter
- Best Director: Michael Cimino
- Best Leading Actress: Jane Fonda
- Best Leading Actor: Jon Voight
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken
- Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith
- Best International Film: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
- Best Original Screenplay: Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Oliver Stone
- Best Film Editing: Peter Zinner
- Best Cinematography: Néstor Almendros
- Best Music (Score): Giorgio Moroder
- Best Song: Paul Jabara (Last Dance)
- Best Music, Original Song Score: Joe Renzetti
- Best Production Design: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines
- Best Costume Design: Anthony Powell
- Best Sound Mixing: Richard Portman, William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, C. Darin Knight
- Best Short Film - Animated: Special Delivery (S)
- Best Documentary Feature: Scared Straight!
- Best Short Film: Teenage Father (S)
- Honorary Award: Walter Lantz, Laurence Olivier, King Vidor, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Leading Actress
Best Leading Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best International Film
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Music (Score)
Best Song
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Paul Jabara (Last Dance)Winner
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John Farrar (Hopelessly Devoted to You)
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Best Music, Original Song Score
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Sound Mixing
Best Short Film - Animated
Best Documentary Feature
Best Short Film
Honorary Award
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Other awards from the same year
- Oscars - Academy Awards
- Annecy Film Festival (France)
- Ariel Awards (Mexico)
- Avoriaz
- BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Cannes Film Festival
- Cesar Awards (France)
- Chicago International Film Festival
- DGA - Directors Guild Awards (US)
- David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
- Emmy Awards
- French Critics Awards (Syndicate of Cinema Critics)
- German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)
- Golden Globes Awards
- Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)
- Havana Film Festival
- japan_academy
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary
- Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)
- Montreal World Film Festival
- National Board of Review (NBR)
- National Society of Film Critics (NSFC)
- New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)
- Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
- Seminci - International Film Festival
- Film Festival of Catalonia
- San Sebastian Film Festival
- Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)
- Venice Film Festival
- Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)