The Academy Awards
1979 Best Picture Kramer vs. Kramer All That Jazz Apocalypse Now Breaking Away Norma Rae Best Director Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer Bob Fosse - All That Jazz Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now Peter Yates - Breaking Away Edouard Molinaro - La Cage aux Folles Best Actor Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All. Roy Scheider - All That Jazz Peter Sellers - Being There Best Actress Sally Field - Norma Rae Jill Clayburgh - Starting Over Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome Marsha Mason - Chapter Two Bette Midler - The Rose Best Supporting Actor Melvyn Douglas - Being There Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now Frederic Forrest - The Rose Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer Mickey Rooney - The Black Stallion Best Supporting Actress Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away Candice Bergen - Starting Over Mariel Hemingway - Manhattan Best Original Screenplay Breaking Away All That Jazz ...And Justice for All The China Syndrome Manhattan Best Adapted Screenplay Kramer vs. Kramer Apocalypse Now La Cage aux Folles A Little Romance Norma Rae Best Musical Score Georges Delarue - A Little Romance Henry Mancini - 10 Lalo Schifrin - The Amityville Horror Dave Grusin - The Champ Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Best Original Song “It Goes Like It Goes" - Norma Rae "I'll Never Say Goodbye" - The Promise "It's Easy to Say" - 10 "Through the Eyes of Love" - Ice Castles “Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie |
Hot Toasty Rag Awards (video presentation here)
1979 Best Picture Rocky II The Champ Kramer vs. Kramer Norma Rae Yanks Best Director Michael Crichton - The First Great Train Robbery Bob Fosse - All That Jazz John Badham - Dracula Jan Troell - Hurricane Best Actor Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer Jon Voight - The Champ Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All. Roy Scheider - All That Jazz Sylvester Stallone - Rocky II Dick Van Dyke - The Runner Stumbles Best Actress Bette Midler - The Rose Sally Field - Norma Rae Marilyn Hassett - The Bell Jar Holly Lynn Johnson - Ice Castles Marsha Mason - Promises in the Dark Best Supporting Actor George Kennedy - The Concorde ... Airport '79 James Mason - Murder by Decree The Esteemed Sir Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance Best Supporting Actress Kathleen Beller - Promises in the Dark Candice Bergen - Starting Over Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer Juvenile Awards Justin Henry Ricky Schroder Best Screenplay ...And Justice for All. Kramer vs. Kramer Love at First Bite Time After Time Yanks Best Musical Score Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture John Williams - 1941 Lalo Schifrin - The Amityville Horror Dave Grusin - The Champ John Williams - Dracula Jerry Goldsmith - The First Great Train Robbery Nino Rota - Hurricane Best Original Song "It Goes Like It Goes" - Norma Rae "I'll Never Say Goodbye" - The Promise "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" - Ice Castles "The Main Event/Fight" - The Main Event “The Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie "Tap Tap" - The Picture Show Man |
Notes from the Members of the Board:
Wrapping up the 1970s, it was obviously a decade devoted to anger of the Vietnam War and pushing the envelope of all prior censorship codes to shock audiences. Drug use was prevalent, graphic nudity and sex scenes involved major stars, violence was made to look more realistic,, and profanity ran rampant.
As always, the Members of the Board strove to find and honor the greatest talents of each year. Repeatedly honoring the musical creations of John Williams was perhaps the highlight of the decade.
- M.E.
Wrapping up the 1970s, it was obviously a decade devoted to anger of the Vietnam War and pushing the envelope of all prior censorship codes to shock audiences. Drug use was prevalent, graphic nudity and sex scenes involved major stars, violence was made to look more realistic,, and profanity ran rampant.
As always, the Members of the Board strove to find and honor the greatest talents of each year. Repeatedly honoring the musical creations of John Williams was perhaps the highlight of the decade.
- M.E.