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Oscar Sariak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="51. Oscar Sariak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88_%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="پنجاه و یکمین دوره جوایز اسکار – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پنجاه و یکمین دوره جوایز اسکار" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/51e_c%C3%A9r%C3%A9monie_des_Oscars" title="51e cérémonie des Oscars – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="51e cérémonie des Oscars" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/51%C2%AA_edici%C3%B3n_dos_%C3%93scar" title="51ª edición dos Óscar – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="51ª edición dos Óscar" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C51%ED%9A%8C_%EC%95%84%EC%B9%B4%EB%8D%B0%EB%AF%B8%EC%83%81" title="제51회 아카데미상 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제51회 아카데미상" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards_ke-51" title="Academy Awards ke-51 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Academy Awards ke-51" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premi_Oscar_1979" title="Premi Oscar 1979 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Premi Oscar 1979" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8_%D7%94-51" title="טקס פרסי אוסקר ה-51 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טקס פרסי אוסקר ה-51" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_51-%E1%83%94_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ოსკარის 51-ე დაჯილდოება – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ოსკარის 51-ე დაჯილდოება" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/51._Oscar-g%C3%A1la" title="51. Oscar-gála – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="51. Oscar-gála" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anugerah_Akademi_ke-51" title="Anugerah Akademi ke-51 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Anugerah Akademi ke-51" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/51ste_Oscaruitreiking" title="51ste Oscaruitreiking – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="51ste Oscaruitreiking" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC51%E5%9B%9E%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E8%B3%9E" title="第51回アカデミー賞 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="第51回アカデミー賞" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/51._ceremonia_wr%C4%99czenia_Oscar%C3%B3w" title="51. ceremonia wręczenia Oscarów – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="51. ceremonia wręczenia Oscarów" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_1979" title="Oscar 1979 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Oscar 1979" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F,_1979)" title="Оскар (кинопремия, 1979) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Оскар (кинопремия, 1979)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscarsgalan_1979" title="Oscarsgalan 1979 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Oscarsgalan 1979" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_51" title="งานประกาศผลรางวัลออสการ์ ครั้งที่ 51 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="งานประกาศผลรางวัลออสการ์ ครั้งที่ 51" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/51._Akademi_%C3%96d%C3%BClleri" title="51. 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="background-color: #F9EFAA">51st Academy Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:51st_Academy_Awards.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official poster for the 51st Academy Awards" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/51st_Academy_Awards.jpg/220px-51st_Academy_Awards.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cf/51st_Academy_Awards.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="370" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Official poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">April 9, 1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Chandler_Pavilion" title="Dorothy Chandler Pavilion">Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hosted by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Haley_Jr." title="Jack Haley Jr.">Jack Haley Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Marty_Pasetta" title="Marty Pasetta">Marty Pasetta</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #F9EFAA">Highlights</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Deer Hunter</i> (5)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most nominations</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Deer Hunter</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> (9)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #F9EFAA">TV in the United States</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">3 hours, 25 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ratings</th><td class="infobox-data">46.3 million<sup id="cite_ref-Viewership_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viewership-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />34.6 (<a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Boca_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap" style="border-top: 1px solid #000; padding-top: 5px; font-weight: bold;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>← <a href="/wiki/50th_Academy_Awards" title="50th Academy Awards">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Academy_Awards" title="52nd Academy Awards">52nd</a> →</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>51st Academy Awards</b> ceremony, organized by the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> (AMPAS), honored <a href="/wiki/1978_in_film" title="1978 in film">films released in 1978</a> and took place on April 9, 1979, at the <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Chandler_Pavilion" title="Dorothy Chandler Pavilion">Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</a> in Los Angeles, beginning at 7:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PST</a> / 10:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, was produced by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Haley_Jr." title="Jack Haley Jr.">Jack Haley Jr.</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Marty_Pasetta" title="Marty Pasetta">Marty Pasetta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comedian and talk show host <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a> hosted the show for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days earlier, in a ceremony held at <a href="/wiki/The_Beverly_Hilton" title="The Beverly Hilton">The Beverly Hilton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills, California</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Technical_Achievement" title="Academy Award for Technical Achievement">Academy Awards for Technical Achievement</a> were presented by hosts <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck">Gregory Peck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> won five awards at the main awards ceremony, including <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other winners included <i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> with three awards, <i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> with two, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddy_Holly_Story" title="The Buddy Holly Story">The Buddy Holly Story</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Heaven" title="Days of Heaven">Days of Heaven</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film)" title="Death on the Nile (1978 film)">Death on the Nile</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Gossamer_Condor" title="The Flight of the Gossamer Condor">The Flight of the Gossamer Condor</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Get_Out_Your_Handkerchiefs" title="Get Out Your Handkerchiefs">Get Out Your Handkerchiefs</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Scared_Straight!" title="Scared Straight!">Scared Straight!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Special_Delivery_(1978_film)" title="Special Delivery (1978 film)">Special Delivery</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Father" title="Teenage Father">Teenage Father</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Thank_God_It%27s_Friday_(film)" title="Thank God It's Friday (film)">Thank God It's Friday</a></i> with one. The telecast was watched by 46.3 million viewers and earned a 34.6 <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen rating</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Viewership_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viewership-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boca_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ceremony">Ceremony</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ceremony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ceremony, held at the <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Chandler_Pavilion" title="Dorothy Chandler Pavilion">Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Los_Angeles" title="Downtown Los Angeles">Downtown Los Angeles</a>, was hosted by late-night talk host <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a> for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Elliott_(composer)" title="Jack Elliott (composer)">Jack Elliott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allyn_Ferguson" title="Allyn Ferguson">Allyn Ferguson</a> served as musical directors for the telecast.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singers <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr.">Sammy Davis Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lawrence" title="Steve Lawrence">Steve Lawrence</a> performed a medley called "Oscar's Only Human," which was composed of movie songs that were not nominated for Best Original Song.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, the academy's music branch protested the segment and urged that it be dropped from the ceremony, but it was kept after Haley threatened to leave his position as producer and pull Carson from emcee duties.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is also remembered for being the final public appearance of Oscar-winning actor <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a>, where he was given a standing ovation before presenting the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NMO_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMO-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 11, two months after the ceremony, he died from complications from <a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a> at age 72.<sup id="cite_ref-NMO_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMO-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was also the final public appearance for <a href="/wiki/Jack_Haley" title="Jack Haley">Jack Haley</a>, the father of producer <a href="/wiki/Jack_Haley_Jr." title="Jack Haley Jr.">Jack Haley Jr.</a>, who presented the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design" title="Academy Award for Best Costume Design">Best Costume Design</a> with his <i><a href="/wiki/Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard of Oz (1939 film)">Wizard of Oz</a></i> co-star <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bolger" title="Ray Bolger">Ray Bolger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners_and_nominees">Winners and nominees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Winners and nominees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nominees for the 51st Academy Awards were announced on February 20, 1979, by Academy president <a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Koch" title="Howard W. Koch">Howard W. Koch</a> and actress <a href="/wiki/Susan_Blakely" title="Susan Blakely">Susan Blakely</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> tied for the most nominations with nine each.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on April 9.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Best Director nominees <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buck_Henry" title="Buck Henry">Buck Henry</a> became the second pair of directors nominated in that category for the same film; <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Robbins" title="Jerome Robbins">Jerome Robbins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a> had won for co-directing 1961's <i><a href="/wiki/West_Side_Story_(1961_film)" title="West Side Story (1961 film)">West Side Story</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, Beatty was the first person to earn acting, directing, producing, and screenwriting nominations for the same film. While <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> had previously achieved the same feat for <i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i>, rules at the time determined that the studio releasing the film, as opposed to the individual producers, were the official nominees for Best Picture.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With <a href="/wiki/Jon_Voight" title="Jon Voight">Jon Voight</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a>'s respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, <i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> was the fourth film to win both lead acting awards.<sup id="cite_ref-Osborne_2013_423_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Osborne_2013_423-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Best Supporting Actress winner <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> became the only person to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar loser in <i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Osborne_2013_423_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Osborne_2013_423-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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decoding="async" width="138" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/MichaelCimino2003.jpg/207px-MichaelCimino2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/MichaelCimino2003.jpg/276px-MichaelCimino2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="508" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a>, Best Picture co-winner and Best Director winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:183px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jon_Voight_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Jon Vought in 2012" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Jon_Voight_2012.jpg/138px-Jon_Voight_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Jon_Voight_2012.jpg/207px-Jon_Voight_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Jon_Voight_2012.jpg/276px-Jon_Voight_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1248" data-file-height="1656" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Voight" title="Jon Voight">Jon Voight</a>, Best Actor winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:195px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Jane Fonda in 2014" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2014.jpg/138px-Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2014.jpg/207px-Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2014.jpg/276px-Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a>, Best Actress winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:183px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christopher_Walken_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Christopher Walken in 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Christopher_Walken_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg/138px-Christopher_Walken_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Christopher_Walken_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg/207px-Christopher_Walken_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Christopher_Walken_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg/276px-Christopher_Walken_Shankbone_2009_Vanity_Fair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1824" data-file-height="2427" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Walken" title="Christopher Walken">Christopher Walken</a>, Best Supporting Actor winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:160px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dame_Maggie_Smith-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Maggie Smith in 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Dame_Maggie_Smith-cropped.jpg/138px-Dame_Maggie_Smith-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Dame_Maggie_Smith-cropped.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="171" data-file-height="199" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a>, Best Supporting Actress winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:185px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Oliver Stone in 2016" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/138px-Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/207px-Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/276px-Oliver_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1921" data-file-height="2584" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a>, Best Adapted Screenplay winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:119px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TaylorHackfordHWOFJan2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Taylor Hackford in 2013" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/TaylorHackfordHWOFJan2013.jpg/138px-TaylorHackfordHWOFJan2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/TaylorHackfordHWOFJan2013.jpg/207px-TaylorHackfordHWOFJan2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/TaylorHackfordHWOFJan2013.jpg/276px-TaylorHackfordHWOFJan2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="691" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Hackford" title="Taylor Hackford">Taylor Hackford</a>, Best Live Action Short Film winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:179px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giorgio_Moroder_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Giorgio Moroder in 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Giorgio_Moroder_%282%29.jpg/138px-Giorgio_Moroder_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Giorgio_Moroder_%282%29.jpg/207px-Giorgio_Moroder_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Giorgio_Moroder_%282%29.jpg/276px-Giorgio_Moroder_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="927" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" title="Giorgio Moroder">Giorgio Moroder</a>, Best Original Score winner</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:207px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Jabara_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Paul Jabara in 1972" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Paul_Jabara_Allan_Warren.jpg/138px-Paul_Jabara_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Paul_Jabara_Allan_Warren.jpg/207px-Paul_Jabara_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Paul_Jabara_Allan_Warren.jpg/276px-Paul_Jabara_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6715" data-file-height="10097" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Jabara" title="Paul Jabara">Paul Jabara</a>, Best Original Song winner</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Winners are listed first, highlighted in <b>boldface</b> and indicated with a double dagger (‡).<sup id="cite_ref-Oscars1979_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oscars1979-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Spikings" title="Barry Spikings">Barry Spikings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Deeley" title="Michael Deeley">Michael Deeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Peverall" title="John Peverall">John Peverall</a>, producers</b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> - <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Hellman" title="Jerome Hellman">Jerome Hellman</a>, producer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a>, producer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Marshall_(producer)" title="Alan Marshall (producer)">Alan Marshall</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Puttnam" title="David Puttnam">David Puttnam</a>, producers</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Unmarried_Woman" title="An Unmarried Woman">An Unmarried Woman</a></i> - <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ray_(producer)" title="Anthony Ray (producer)">Anthony Ray</a>, producers</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Director">Best Director</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i></b>‡ <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Ashby" title="Hal Ashby">Hal Ashby</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buck_Henry" title="Buck Henry">Buck Henry</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Interiors" title="Interiors">Interiors</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Parker" title="Alan Parker">Alan Parker</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Voight" title="Jon Voight">Jon Voight</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> as Luke Martin</b>‡ <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> as Joe Pendleton/Leo Farnsworth/Tom Jarrett</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Busey" title="Gary Busey">Gary Busey</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddy_Holly_Story" title="The Buddy Holly Story">The Buddy Holly Story</a></i> as <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> as Sergeant Michael "Mike" Vronsky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film)" title="The Boys from Brazil (film)">The Boys from Brazil</a></i> as Ezra Lieberman</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> as Sally Hyde</b>‡ <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Sonata" title="Autumn Sonata">Autumn Sonata</a></i> as Charlotte Andergast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Burstyn" title="Ellen Burstyn">Ellen Burstyn</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)" title="Same Time, Next Year (film)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> as Doris</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Clayburgh" title="Jill Clayburgh">Jill Clayburgh</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/An_Unmarried_Woman" title="An Unmarried Woman">An Unmarried Woman</a></i> as Erica Benton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Page" title="Geraldine Page">Geraldine Page</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Interiors" title="Interiors">Interiors</a></i> as Eve</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Walken" title="Christopher Walken">Christopher Walken</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> as Corporal Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich</b>‡ <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Dern" title="Bruce Dern">Bruce Dern</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> as Captain Bob Hyde</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Farnsworth" title="Richard Farnsworth">Richard Farnsworth</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Comes_a_Horseman" title="Comes a Horseman">Comes a Horseman</a></i> as Dodger</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> as Max</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Warden" title="Jack Warden">Jack Warden</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> as Max Corkle</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> as Diana Barrie</b>‡ <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dyan_Cannon" title="Dyan Cannon">Dyan Cannon</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> as Julia Farnsworth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penelope_Milford" title="Penelope Milford">Penelope Milford</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> as Vi Munson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Stapleton" title="Maureen Stapleton">Maureen Stapleton</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Interiors" title="Interiors">Interiors</a></i> as Pearl</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> as Linda</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> – Story by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Dowd" title="Nancy Dowd">Nancy Dowd</a>; Screenplay by <a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Jones" title="Robert C. Jones">Robert C. Jones</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Sonata" title="Autumn Sonata">Autumn Sonata</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ingmar_Bergman" title="Ingmar Bergman">Ingmar Bergman</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> – Story by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deric_Washburn" title="Deric Washburn">Deric Washburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_A._Garfinkle" title="Louis A. Garfinkle">Louis A. Garfinkle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quinn_Redeker" title="Quinn Redeker">Quinn Redeker</a>; Screenplay by <a href="/wiki/Deric_Washburn" title="Deric Washburn">Deric Washburn</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Interiors" title="Interiors">Interiors</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Unmarried_Woman" title="An Unmarried Woman">An Unmarried Woman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(book)" title="Midnight Express (book)">the book</a> by <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hayes_(writer)" title="Billy Hayes (writer)">Billy Hayes</a> and William Hoffer</b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bloodbrothers_(1978_film)" title="Bloodbrothers (1978 film)">Bloodbrothers</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Walter_Newman_(screenwriter)" title="Walter Newman (screenwriter)">Walter Newman</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Bloodbrothers_(Price_novel)" title="Bloodbrothers (Price novel)">the novel</a> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Price" title="Richard Price">Richard Price</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> based on his play</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> based on the play by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Segall" title="Harry Segall">Harry Segall</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)" title="Same Time, Next Year (film)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Slade" title="Bernard Slade">Bernard Slade</a> based on his play</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_submissions_to_the_51st_Academy_Awards_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" title="List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film">Best Foreign Language Film</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Get_Out_Your_Handkerchiefs" title="Get Out Your Handkerchiefs">Get Out Your Handkerchiefs</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_French_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film" title="List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film">France</a>) in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> – Directed by <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Blier" title="Bertrand Blier">Bertrand Blier</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Glass_Cell_(film)" title="The Glass Cell (film)">The Glass Cell</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_German_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film" title="List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film">West Germany</a>) in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> – Directed by <a href="/wiki/Hans_W._Gei%C3%9Fend%C3%B6rfer" title="Hans W. Geißendörfer">Hans W. Geißendörfer</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hungarians_(film)" title="Hungarians (film)">Hungarians</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Hungarian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film" title="List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film">Hungary</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a> – Directed by <a href="/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_F%C3%A1bri" title="Zoltán Fábri">Zoltán Fábri</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_nuovi_mostri" title="I nuovi mostri">Viva Italia!</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film" title="List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film">Italy</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> – Directed by <a href="/wiki/Dino_Risi" title="Dino Risi">Dino Risi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ettore_Scola" title="Ettore Scola">Ettore Scola</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mario_Monicelli" title="Mario Monicelli">Mario Monicelli</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/White_Bim_Black_Ear" title="White Bim Black Ear">White Bim Black Ear</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Soviet_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film" title="List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film">Soviet Union</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> – Directed by <a href="/wiki/Stanislav_Rostotsky" title="Stanislav Rostotsky">Stanislav Rostotsky</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature">Best Documentary Feature</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Scared_Straight!" title="Scared Straight!">Scared Straight!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Shapiro" title="Arnold Shapiro">Arnold Shapiro</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lovers%27_Wind" title="The Lovers' Wind">The Lovers' Wind (Le vent des amoureux)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lamorisse" title="Albert Lamorisse">Albert Lamorisse</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_posthumous_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees">posthumous nomination</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mysterious_Castles_of_Clay" title="Mysterious Castles of Clay">Mysterious Castles of Clay</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Root" title="Alan Root">Alan Root</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raoni" title="Raoni">Raoni</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Dutilleux" title="Jean-Pierre Dutilleux">Jean-Pierre Dutilleux</a>, Barry Hugh Williams and Michel Gast</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/With_Babies_and_Banners:_Story_of_the_Women%27s_Emergency_Brigade" title="With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade">With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade</a></i> – Ann Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb and Lorraine Gray</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_(Short_Subject)" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)">Best Documentary Short Subject</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Gossamer_Condor" title="The Flight of the Gossamer Condor">The Flight of the Gossamer Condor</a></i> – Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shedd" title="Ben Shedd">Ben Shedd</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Divided_Trail:_A_Native_American_Odyssey" title="The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey">The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey</a></i> – Jerry Aronson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Encounter_with_Faces" title="An Encounter with Faces">An Encounter with Faces</a></i> – K. K. Kapil</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goodnight_Miss_Ann" title="Goodnight Miss Ann">Goodnight Miss Ann</a></i> – August Cinquegrana</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Squires_of_San_Quentin" title="Squires of San Quentin">Squires of San Quentin</a></i> – J. Gary Mitchell</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Live_Action_Short_Film" title="Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film">Best Live Action Short Film</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Father" title="Teenage Father">Teenage Father</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Hackford" title="Taylor Hackford">Taylor Hackford</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Different_Approach" title="A Different Approach">A Different Approach</a></i> – Jim Belcher and Fern Field</li> <li><i>Mandy's Grandmother</i> – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sugerman" title="Andrew Sugerman">Andrew Sugerman</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Fruit_(novel)#Short_film" title="Strange Fruit (novel)">Strange Fruit</a></i> – Seth Pinsker</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Short_Film" title="Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film">Best Animated Short Film</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Special_Delivery_(1978_film)" title="Special Delivery (1978 film)">Special Delivery</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Eunice_Macaulay" title="Eunice Macaulay">Eunice Macaulay</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Weldon_(animator)" title="John Weldon (animator)">John Weldon</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i>Oh My Darling</i> – Nico Crama</li> <li><i>Rip Van Winkle</i> – <a href="/wiki/Will_Vinton" title="Will Vinton">Will Vinton</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" title="Giorgio Moroder">Giorgio Moroder</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film)" title="The Boys from Brazil (film)">The Boys from Brazil</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith" title="Jerry Goldsmith">Jerry Goldsmith</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Heaven" title="Days of Heaven">Days of Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ennio_Morricone" title="Ennio Morricone">Ennio Morricone</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Grusin" title="Dave Grusin">Dave Grusin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Score">Best Adaptation Score</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddy_Holly_Story" title="The Buddy Holly Story">The Buddy Holly Story</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Renzetti" title="Joe Renzetti">Joe Renzetti</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Baby_(1978_film)" title="Pretty Baby (1978 film)">Pretty Baby</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Wexler" title="Jerry Wexler">Jerry Wexler</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Best Original Song</a></b></div> <ul><li><b>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Dance_(Donna_Summer_song)" title="Last Dance (Donna Summer song)">Last Dance</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Thank_God_It%27s_Friday_(film)" title="Thank God It's Friday (film)">Thank God It's Friday</a></i> – Music and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Jabara" title="Paul Jabara">Paul Jabara</a></b>‡ <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hopelessly_Devoted_to_You" title="Hopelessly Devoted to You">Hopelessly Devoted to You</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Grease_(film)" title="Grease (film)">Grease</a></i> – Music and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/John_Farrar" title="John Farrar">John Farrar</a></li> <li>"The Last Time I Felt Like This" from <i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)" title="Same Time, Next Year (film)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> – Music by <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a>; lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Alan_and_Marilyn_Bergman" title="Alan and Marilyn Bergman">Alan and Marilyn Bergman</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ready_to_Take_a_Chance_Again" title="Ready to Take a Chance Again">Ready to Take a Chance Again</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Foul_Play_(1978_film)" title="Foul Play (1978 film)">Foul Play</a></i> – Music by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a>; lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Gimbel" title="Norman Gimbel">Norman Gimbel</a></li> <li>"When You're Loved" from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_of_Lassie" title="The Magic of Lassie">The Magic of Lassie</a></i> – Music and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Sherman" title="Richard M. Sherman">Richard M. Sherman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Sherman" title="Robert B. Sherman">Robert B. Sherman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Mixing" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing">Best Sound</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Portman" title="Richard Portman">Richard Portman</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_McCaughey" title="William McCaughey">William McCaughey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rochin" title="Aaron Rochin">Aaron Rochin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darin_Knight" title="Darin Knight">Darin Knight</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddy_Holly_Story" title="The Buddy Holly Story">The Buddy Holly Story</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Tex_Rudloff" title="Tex Rudloff">Tex Rudloff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_Fein" title="Joel Fein">Joel Fein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curly_Thirlwell" title="Curly Thirlwell">Curly Thirlwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willie_D._Burton" title="Willie D. Burton">Willie D. Burton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Heaven" title="Days of Heaven">Days of Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(sound_engineer)" title="John Wilkinson (sound engineer)">John Wilkinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Glass_Jr." title="Robert W. Glass Jr.">Robert W. Glass Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_T._Reitz" title="John T. Reitz">John T. Reitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Thomas_(sound_engineer)" title="Barry Thomas (sound engineer)">Barry Thomas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hooper_(film)" title="Hooper (film)">Hooper</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Knudson" title="Robert Knudson">Robert Knudson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Glass_(sound_engineer)" title="Robert Glass (sound engineer)">Robert Glass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_MacDougall" title="Don MacDougall">Don MacDougall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Solomon_(sound_engineer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Solomon (sound engineer)">Jack Solomon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Gordon_McCallum" title="Gordon McCallum">Gordon McCallum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graham_V._Hartstone" title="Graham V. Hartstone">Graham V. Hartstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Le_Messurier" title="Nicolas Le Messurier">Nicolas Le Messurier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Charman" title="Roy Charman">Roy Charman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design" title="Academy Award for Best Costume Design">Best Costume Design</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film)" title="Death on the Nile (1978 film)">Death on the Nile</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Powell_(designer)" title="Anthony Powell (designer)">Anthony Powell</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Caravans_(film)" title="Caravans (film)">Caravans</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Reni%C3%A9" title="Renié">Renié</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Heaven" title="Days of Heaven">Days of Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Norris" title="Patricia Norris">Patricia Norris</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Swarm_(1978_film)" title="The Swarm (1978 film)">The Swarm</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Zastupnevich" title="Paul Zastupnevich">Paul Zastupnevich</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Walton" title="Tony Walton">Tony Walton</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design" title="Academy Award for Best Production Design">Best Art Direction</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> – Art Direction: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Sylbert" title="Paul Sylbert">Paul Sylbert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edwin_O%27Donovan" title="Edwin O'Donovan">Edwin O'Donovan</a>; Set Decoration: <a href="/wiki/George_Gaines_(set_decorator)" title="George Gaines (set decorator)">George Gaines</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brink%27s_Job" title="The Brink's Job">The Brink's Job</a></i> – Art Direction: <a href="/wiki/Dean_Tavoularis" title="Dean Tavoularis">Dean Tavoularis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Angelo_P._Graham" title="Angelo P. Graham">Angelo P. Graham</a>; Set Decoration: <a href="/wiki/George_R._Nelson" title="George R. Nelson">George R. Nelson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Kay" title="Bruce Kay">Bruce Kay</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> – Art Direction: <a href="/wiki/Albert_Brenner" title="Albert Brenner">Albert Brenner</a>; Set Decoration: <a href="/wiki/Marvin_March" title="Marvin March">Marvin March</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Interiors" title="Interiors">Interiors</a></i> – Art Direction: <a href="/wiki/Mel_Bourne" title="Mel Bourne">Mel Bourne</a>; Set Decoration: <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Robert_(set_director)" title="Daniel Robert (set director)">Daniel Robert</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> – Art Direction: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Walton" title="Tony Walton">Tony Walton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rosenberg" title="Philip Rosenberg">Philip Rosenberg</a>; Set Decoration: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Stewart_(set_decorator)" title="Edward Stewart (set decorator)">Edward Stewart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Drumheller" title="Robert Drumheller">Robert Drumheller</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="Academy Award for Best Cinematography">Best Cinematography</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Heaven" title="Days of Heaven">Days of Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9stor_Almendros" title="Néstor Almendros">Néstor Almendros</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Vilmos_Zsigmond" title="Vilmos Zsigmond">Vilmos Zsigmond</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/William_A._Fraker" title="William A. Fraker">William A. Fraker</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)" title="Same Time, Next Year (film)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Surtees_(cinematographer)" title="Robert Surtees (cinematographer)">Robert Surtees</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Morris" title="Oswald Morris">Oswald Morris</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> <div style="border:none; background-color:#EEDD82; width:auto; margin:0; text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing" title="Academy Award for Best Film Editing">Best Film Editing</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Zinner" title="Peter Zinner">Peter Zinner</a></b>‡ <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film)" title="The Boys from Brazil (film)">The Boys from Brazil</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Swink" title="Robert Swink">Robert E. Swink</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Zimmerman_(film_editor)" title="Don Zimmerman (film editor)">Don Zimmerman</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Hambling" title="Gerry Hambling">Gerry Hambling</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Baird" title="Stuart Baird">Stuart Baird</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academy_Honorary_Awards">Academy Honorary Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Academy Honorary Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> – For a remarkable career and body of work entertaining audiences through the medium of film.<sup id="cite_ref-HonoraryandSpecial_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HonoraryandSpecial-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Lantz" title="Walter Lantz">Walter Lantz</a> – For creating memorable characters in animation including <a href="/wiki/Woody_Woodpecker" title="Woody Woodpecker">Woody Woodpecker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Vidor" title="King Vidor">King Vidor</a> – For his distinctive achievements and innovations to direction in cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art_Department_of_Film" title="Museum of Modern Art Department of Film">Museum of Modern Art Department of Film</a> – In recognition of educating and inspiring the public regarding the artistic value of cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jean_Hersholt_Humanitarian_Award">Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The award recognizes individuals whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Jaffe" title="Leo Jaffe">Leo Jaffe</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Achievement_Award">Special Achievement Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Special Achievement Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Les_Bowie" title="Les Bowie">Les Bowie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Chilvers" title="Colin Chilvers">Colin Chilvers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denys_Coop" title="Denys Coop">Denys Coop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Field" title="Roy Field">Roy Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Meddings" title="Derek Meddings">Derek Meddings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zoran_Perisic_(visual_effects_artist)" title="Zoran Perisic (visual effects artist)">Zoran Perisic</a> for the visual effects of <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiple_nominations_and_awards">Multiple nominations and awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Multiple nominations and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p>The following fourteen films had multiple nominations: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:55px;">Nominations </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:center;">Film </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;">9 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">8 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">6 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">5 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Interiors" title="Interiors">Interiors</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;">4 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Heaven" title="Days of Heaven">Days of Heaven</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)" title="Same Time, Next Year (film)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;">3 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film)" title="The Boys from Brazil (film)">The Boys from Brazil</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddy_Holly_Story" title="The Buddy Holly Story">The Buddy Holly Story</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Unmarried_Woman" title="An Unmarried Woman">An Unmarried Woman</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">2 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Sonata" title="Autumn Sonata">Autumn Sonata</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p>The following three films received multiple awards. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:55px;">Awards </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:center;">Film </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">5 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter" title="The Deer Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">3 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(1978_film)" title="Coming Home (1978 film)">Coming Home</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">2 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)" title="Midnight Express (film)">Midnight Express</a></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presenters_and_performers">Presenters and performers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Presenters and performers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:<sup id="cite_ref-MFEO_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MFEO-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presenters">Presenters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="171">Name(s) </th> <th scope="col" align="center">Role </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="John Harlan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Harlan_(announcer)" title="John Harlan (announcer)">John Harlan</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Announcer for the 51st Academy Awards </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Koch, Howard W."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Koch" title="Howard W. Koch">Howard W. Koch</a></span></span></span> (AMPAS President) </th> <td>Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Williams, Robin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Woody_Woodpecker" title="Woody Woodpecker">Woody Woodpecker</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the Honorary Award to <a href="/wiki/Walter_Lantz" title="Walter Lantz">Walter Lantz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Thomas, Danny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas" title="Danny Thomas">Danny Thomas</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Explained the voting rules to the public </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Cannon, Dyan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dyan_Cannon" title="Dyan Cannon">Dyan Cannon</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Telly_Savalas" title="Telly Savalas">Telly Savalas</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Smith, Maggie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Stapleton" title="Maureen Stapleton">Maureen Stapleton</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the Scientific and Technical Awards </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Benson, Robby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robby_Benson" title="Robby Benson">Robby Benson</a></span></span></span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Carol_Lynley" title="Carol Lynley">Carol Lynley</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the Short Subject Awards </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Farrow, Mia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mia_Farrow" title="Mia Farrow">Mia Farrow</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/David_L._Wolper" title="David L. Wolper">David L. Wolper</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the Documentary Awards </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Jones, Shirley"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Jones" title="Shirley Jones">Shirley Jones</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Schroder" title="Ricky Schroder">Ricky Schroder</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design" title="Academy Award for Best Production Design">Best Art Direction</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bolger, Ray"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bolger" title="Ray Bolger">Ray Bolger</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Haley" title="Jack Haley">Jack Haley</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design" title="Academy Award for Best Costume Design">Best Costume Design</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="DeLuise, Dom"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dom_DeLuise" title="Dom DeLuise">Dom DeLuise</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Perrine" title="Valerie Perrine">Valerie Perrine</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing" title="Academy Award for Best Film Editing">Best Film Editing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Martin, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Presenter of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects" title="Academy Award for Best Visual Effects">Best Visual Effects</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kidder, Margot"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Margot_Kidder" title="Margot Kidder">Margot Kidder</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Mixing" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing">Best Sound</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Coburn, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Coburn" title="James Coburn">James Coburn</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Novak" title="Kim Novak">Kim Novak</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="Academy Award for Best Cinematography">Best Cinematography</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Keeler, Ruby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Keeler" title="Ruby Keeler">Ruby Keeler</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Best Original Song</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Williams, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)" title="Paul Williams (songwriter)">Paul Williams</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Introducer to Sammy Davis Jr. and Steve Lawrence performance </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Martin, Dean"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Raquel_Welch" title="Raquel Welch">Raquel Welch</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the Music Awards </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Peck, Gregory"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck">Gregory Peck</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Presenter of the Honorary Award to the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art_Department_of_Film" title="Museum of Modern Art Department of Film">Museum of Modern Art Department of Film</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Brynner, Yul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Wood" title="Natalie Wood">Natalie Wood</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film">Best Foreign Language Film</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Burns, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Brooke_Shields" title="Brooke Shields">Brooke Shields</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bacall, Lauren"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bacall" title="Lauren Bacall">Lauren Bacall</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Voight" title="Jon Voight">Jon Voight</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the Writing Awards </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Hepburn, Audrey"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Presenter of the Honorary Award to <a href="/wiki/King_Vidor" title="King Vidor">King Vidor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Coppola, Francis Ford"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Ali_MacGraw" title="Ali MacGraw">Ali MacGraw</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Director">Best Director</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Grant, Cary"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cary_Grant" title="Cary Grant">Cary Grant</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Presenter of the Honorary Award to <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Dreyfuss, Richard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dreyfuss" title="Richard Dreyfuss">Richard Dreyfuss</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Valenti, Jack"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Valenti" title="Jack Valenti">Jack Valenti</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Presenter of the <a href="/wiki/Jean_Hersholt_Humanitarian_Award" title="Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award">Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rogers, Ginger"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ginger_Rogers" title="Ginger Rogers">Ginger Rogers</a></span></span></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> </th> <td>Presenters of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Wayne, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Presenter of the award for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performers">Performers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Performers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col">Performed </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Elliot, Jack"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Elliott_(composer)" title="Jack Elliott (composer)">Jack Elliot</a></span></span></span> </th> <td rowspan="2">Musical arrangers</td> <td rowspan="2">Orchestral </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Ferguson, Allyn"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allyn_Ferguson" title="Allyn Ferguson">Allyn Ferguson</a></span></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Newton-John, Olivia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Performer</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Hopelessly_Devoted_to_You" title="Hopelessly Devoted to You">Hopelessly Devoted to You</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Grease_(film)" title="Grease (film)">Grease</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Olivor, Jane"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Olivor" title="Jane Olivor">Jane Olivor</a></span></span></span> </th> <td rowspan="2">Performers</td> <td rowspan="2">"The Last Time I Felt Like This" from <i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)" title="Same Time, Next Year (film)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mathis, Johnny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" title="Johnny Mathis">Johnny Mathis</a></span></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Summer, Donna"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donna_Summer" title="Donna Summer">Donna Summer</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Performer</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Dance_(Donna_Summer_song)" title="Last Dance (Donna Summer song)">Last Dance</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Thank_God_It%27s_Friday_(film)" title="Thank God It's Friday (film)">Thank God It's Friday</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Boone, Debby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Debby_Boone" title="Debby Boone">Debby Boone</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Performer</td> <td>"When You're Loved" from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_of_Lassie" title="The Magic of Lassie">The Magic of Lassie</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Manilow, Barry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Performer</td> <td>"Ready to Take a Chance Again" from <i><a href="/wiki/Foul_Play_(1978_film)" title="Foul Play (1978 film)">Foul Play</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Davis Jr., Sammy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr.">Sammy Davis Jr.</a></span></span></span> </th> <td rowspan="2">Performers</td> <td rowspan="2">"Not Even Nominated (Oscar's Only Human)" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Lawrence, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Lawrence" title="Steve Lawrence">Steve Lawrence</a></span></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Academy Awards Orchestra </th> <td>Performers</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_Entertainment!_(song)" title="That's Entertainment! (song)">That's Entertainment!</a>" (instrumental) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submissions_to_the_51st_Academy_Awards_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" title="List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film">List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=51st_Academy_Awards&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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New York, New York, United States: <a href="/wiki/Abbeville_Publishing_Group" title="Abbeville Publishing Group">Abbeville Publishing Group</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7892-1142-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7892-1142-2"><bdi>978-0-7892-1142-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=85+Years+of+the+Oscar%3A+The+Complete+History+of+the+Academy+Awards&rft.place=New+York%2C+New+York%2C+United+States&rft.pub=Abbeville+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-7892-1142-2&rft.aulast=Osborne&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A51st+Academy+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPond2005" class="citation cs2">Pond, Steve (2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bigshowhightimes00pond"><i>The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards</i></a>, New York, New York, United States: <a href="/wiki/Faber_and_Faber" class="mw-redirect" title="Faber and Faber">Faber and Faber</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-5712-1193-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-5712-1193-7"><bdi>978-0-5712-1193-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Big+Show%3A+High+Times+and+Dirty+Dealings+Backstage+at+the+Academy+Awards&rft.place=New+York%2C+New+York%2C+United+States&rft.pub=Faber+and+Faber&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-5712-1193-7&rft.aulast=Pond&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbigshowhightimes00pond&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A51st+Academy+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWileyBona1996" class="citation cs2">Wiley, Mason; Bona, Damien (1996), <i>Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards</i> (5 ed.), New York, New York, United States: <a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine Books</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-3454-0053-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-3454-0053-6"><bdi>978-0-3454-0053-6</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/779680732">779680732</a></cite><span 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official website</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oscars.org/">The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences official website</a></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Oscars">Oscars channel</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190226082028/https://www.youtube.com/user/Oscars">Archived</a> February 26, 2019, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> (run by the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Analysis</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmsite.org/aa78.html">1978 Academy Awards Winners and History</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011847/http://www.filmsite.org/aa78.html">Archived</a> January 25, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Filmsite</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1987">Academy Awards, USA: 1979</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170809112336/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1987">Archived</a> August 9, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <a href="/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other resources</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299436/"><i>The 51st Annual Academy Awards</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb 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