1980
The 52nd Academy Awards | 1980
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, April 14, 1980
Honoring movies released in 1979
Highlights
- Adapted ScreenplayMidnight ExpressOliver Stone
- Best Picture and DirectingKramer vs. KramerRobert Benton
- Best ActressNorma RaeSally Field
Memorable Moments
- "The Rainbow Connection"Kermit the Frog performs the nominated song from The Muppet Movie
- AlienPresenters Harold Russell, left, and Farah Fawcett with, Visual Effects winners from second from left: Denys Ayling, Carlo Rambaldi, and Brian Johnson
- Alec GuinnessHonorary Award recipient
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer
Nominees
Jack Lemmon
The China Syndrome
Al Pacino
...And Justice for All
Roy Scheider
All That Jazz
Peter Sellers
Being There
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Melvyn Douglas
Being There
Nominees
Frederic Forrest
The Rose
Justin Henry
Kramer vs. Kramer
Mickey Rooney
The Black Stallion
Robert Duvall
Apocalypse Now
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Sally Field
Norma Rae
Nominees
Jill Clayburgh
Starting Over
Jane Fonda
The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason
Chapter Two
Bette Midler
The Rose
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Meryl Streep
Kramer vs. Kramer
Nominees
Jane Alexander
Kramer vs. Kramer
Barbara Barrie
Breaking Away
Candice Bergen
Starting Over
Mariel Hemingway
Manhattan
Best Picture
Winner
Kramer vs. Kramer
Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer
Nominees
All That Jazz
Robert Alan Aurthur, Producer
Apocalypse Now
Francis Coppola, Producer; Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg, Co-Producers
Breaking Away
Peter Yates, Producer
Norma Rae
Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose, Producers
Cinematography
Winner
Apocalypse Now
Vittorio Storaro
Nominees
All That Jazz
Giuseppe Rotunno
The Black Hole
Frank Phillips
Kramer vs. Kramer
Nestor Almendros
1941
William A. Fraker
Costume Design
Winner
All That Jazz
Albert Wolsky
Nominees
Agatha
Shirley Russell
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
William Ware Theiss
The Europeans
Judy Moorcroft
La Cage aux Folles
Piero Tosi, Ambra Danon
Directing
Winner
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
Nominees
La Cage aux Folles
Edouard Molinaro
All That Jazz
Bob Fosse
Apocalypse Now
Francis Coppola
Breaking Away
Peter Yates
Film Editing
Winner
All That Jazz
Alan Heim
Nominees
Apocalypse Now
Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman
The Black Stallion
Robert Dalva
Kramer vs. Kramer
Jerry Greenberg
The Rose
Robert L. Wolfe, C. Timothy O'Meara
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Tin Drum
Federal Republic of Germany
Nominees
The Maids of Wilko
Poland
Mama Turns a Hundred
Spain
A Simple Story
France
To Forget Venice
Italy
Visual Effects
Winner
Alien
H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
Nominees
The Black Hole
Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale
Moonraker
Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans
1941
William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers, Gregory Jein
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart, Grant McCune
Art Direction
Winner
All That Jazz
Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart, Gary Brink
Nominees
The China Syndrome
Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Art Direction: Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Alien
Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
Apocalypse Now
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Ray Stark
Music (Original Score)
Winner
A Little Romance
Georges Delerue
Nominees
The Amityville Horror
Lalo Schifrin
The Champ
Dave Grusin
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Jerry Goldsmith
10
Henry Mancini
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Saul J. Turell, Producer
Nominees
Dae
Risto Teofilovski, Producer
Koryo Celadon
Donald A. Connolly and James R. Messenger, Producers
Nails
Phillip Borsos, Producer
Remember Me
Dick Young, Producer
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Best Boy
Ira Wohl, Producer
Nominees
Generation on the Wind
David A. Vassar, Producer
Going the Distance
Paul Cowan and Jacques Bobet, Producers
The Killing Ground
Steve Singer and Tom Priestley, Producers
The War at Home
Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown, Producers
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Robert Benjamin
Sound
Winner
Apocalypse Now
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer
Nominees
The Electric Horseman
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler, Al Overton
Meteor
William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut, Jack Solomon
1941
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa
The Rose
Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells, Jim Webb
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Every Child
Derek Lamb, Producer
Nominees
Dream Doll
Bob Godfrey and Zlatko Grgic, Producers
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf around the House
Paul Fierlinger, Producer
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Board and Care
Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis, Producers
Nominees
Bravery in the Field
Roman Kroitor and Stefan Wodoslawsky, Producers
Oh Brother, My Brother
Carol Lowell and Ross Lowell, Producers
The Solar Film
Saul Bass and Michael Britton, Producers
Solly's Diner
Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman and Larry Hankin, Producers
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Norma Rae
It Goes Like It Goes in "Norma Rae" Music by David Shire; Lyric by Norman Gimbel
Nominees
The Muppet Movie
The Rainbow Connection in "The Muppet Movie" Music and Lyric by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher
Ice Castles
Through The Eyes Of Love in "Ice Castles" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager
The Promise
I'll Never Say 'Goodbye' in "The Promise" Music by David Shire; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
10
It's Easy To Say in "10" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Robert Wells
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
Nominees
Apocalypse Now
John Milius, Francis Coppola
La Cage aux Folles
Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret
A Little Romance
Allan Burns
Norma Rae
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Breaking Away
Steve Tesich
Nominees
The China Syndrome
Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges
Manhattan
Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
All That Jazz
Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse
...And Justice for All
Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score)
Winner
All That Jazz
Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
Nominees
Breaking Away
Adaptation Score by Patrick Williams
The Muppet Movie
Song Score by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
Special Achievement Award (Sound Editing)
Winner
The Black Stallion
Alan Splet
E
The Electric Horseman
1 NominationSound - Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler, Al Overton
The Europeans
1 NominationCostume Design - Judy Moorcroft
Every Child
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Film (Animated) - Derek Lamb, Producer