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Academy Awards

52nd edition

  • April 14, 1980
  • United States

The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1979 and took place on April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 22 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Howard W. Koch and directed by Marty Pasetta. Comedian and talk show host Johnny Carson hosted the show for the second consecutive year. Three days earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on April 11, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by hosts Cloris Leachman and William Shatner.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Kramer vs. Kramer Stanley R. Jaffe - as producer(s) Winner
All That Jazz Robert Alan Aurthur - as producer(s) —
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Tom Sternberg - as producer(s) —
Breaking Away Peter Yates - as producer(s) —
Norma Rae Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose - as producer(s) —
Best Director
Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton Winner
All That Jazz Bob Fosse —
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola —
Breaking Away Peter Yates —
La Cage aux Folles Édouard Molinaro —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Kramer vs. Kramer Dustin Hoffman Winner
The China Syndrome Jack Lemmon —
...And Justice for All Al Pacino —
All That Jazz Roy Scheider —
Being There Peter Sellers —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Norma Rae Sally Field Winner
Starting Over Jill Clayburgh —
The China Syndrome Jane Fonda —
Chapter Two Marsha Mason —
The Rose Bette Midler —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Being There Melvyn Douglas Winner
Apocalypse Now Robert Duvall —
The Rose Frederic Forrest —
Kramer vs. Kramer Justin Henry —
The Black Stallion Mickey Rooney —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kramer vs. Kramer Meryl Streep Winner
Kramer vs. Kramer Jane Alexander —
Breaking Away Barbara Barrie —
Starting Over Candice Bergen —
Manhattan Mariel Hemingway —
Best Original Screenplay
Breaking Away Steve Tesich Winner
All That Jazz Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse —
...And Justice for All Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson —
The China Syndrome Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, James Bridges —
Manhattan Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman —
Best Adapted Screenplay
Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton Winner
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius —
La Cage aux Folles Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret —
A Little Romance Allan Burns —
Norma Rae Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. —
Best International Feature Film
The Tin Drum Volker Schlöndorff Winner
The Maids of Wilko Andrzej Wajda —
Mama Turns 100 Carlos Saura —
A Simple Story Claude Sautet —
To Forget Venice Franco Brusati —
Best Documentary Feature Film
Best Boy Ira Wohl Winner
Generation on the Wind David A. Vassar —
Going the Distance Paul Cowan, Robert Verrall, Jacques Bobet —
The Killing Ground Steve Singer, Tom Priestley —
The War at Home Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander Brown —
Best Original Score
A Little Romance Georges Delerue Winner
10 Henry Mancini —
The Amityville Horror Lalo Schifrin —
The Champ Dave Grusin —
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Jerry Goldsmith —
Best Cinematography
Apocalypse Now Vittorio Storaro Winner
1941 William A. Fraker —
All That Jazz Giuseppe Rotunno —
The Black Hole Frank Phillips —
Kramer vs. Kramer Néstor Almendros —
Best Film Editing
All That Jazz Alan Heim Winner
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 —
Best Sound
Apocalypse Now Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer Winner
1941 Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene Cantamessa —
The Electric Horseman Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler, Al Overton Jr. —
Meteor William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut, Jack Solomon —
The Rose Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells, Jim Webb —
Best Original Song Score
All That Jazz Ralph Burns Winner
Breaking Away Patrick Williams —
The Muppet Movie Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher —
Best Original Song
Norma Rae David Shire, Norman Gimbel - "It Goes Like It Goes" Winner
The Promise David Shire, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman - "I'll Never Say Goodbye" —
10 Henry Mancini, Robert Wells - "It's Easy to Say" —
The Muppet Movie Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher - "Rainbow Connection" —
Ice Castles Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager - "Through the Eyes of Love" —
Best Production Design
All That Jazz Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink Winner
Alien Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, Ian Whittaker —
Apocalypse Now Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson —
The China Syndrome George Jenkins, Arthur Jeph Parker —
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone, Linda DeScenna —
Best Costume Design
All That Jazz Albert Wolsky Winner
Agatha Shirley Russell —
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days William Ware Theiss —
The Europeans Judy Moorcroft —
La Cage aux Folles Piero Tosi, Ambra Danon —
Best Special Effects
Alien H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Dennis Ayling Winner
1941 Gregory Jein, William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers —
The Black Hole Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale —
Moonraker Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans —
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart, Grant McCune —
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Board and Care Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis Winner
Bravery in the Field Roman Kroitor, Stefan Wodoslawsky —
Oh Brother, My Brother Carol Lowell, Ross Lowell —
The Solar Film Saul Bass, Michael Britton —
Solly’s Diner Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman, Larry Hankin —
Best Documentary Short Film
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist Saul J. Turell Winner
Mother Risto Teofilovski —
Koryo Celadon Donald A. Connolly, James R. Messenger —
Nails Phillip Borsos —
Remember Me Dick Young —
Best Animated Short Film
Every Child Derek Lamb Winner
Dream Doll Bob Godfrey, Zlatko Grgić —
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House Paul Fierlinger —
Honorary Award
— Alec Guinness - for advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances. Winner
— Hal Elias - for his dedication and distinguished service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winner
Special Achievement Award
The Black Stallion Alan Splet - for Sound Editing Winner
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
— Robert Benjamin Winner
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
— Ray Stark Winner

Kramer vs. Kramer
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Kramer vs. Kramer 5
  • All That Jazz 4
  • Apocalypse Now 2
  • Norma Rae 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • All That Jazz 9
  • Kramer vs. Kramer 9
  • Apocalypse Now 8
  • Breaking Away 5
  • The China Syndrome 4
  • Norma Rae 4
  • The Rose 4
  • 1941 3
  • The Black Stallion 3
  • La Cage aux Folles 3
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Apocalypse Now 2 / 8
  • All That Jazz 4 / 9
  • Kramer vs. Kramer 5 / 9
  • Breaking Away 1 / 5
  • The China Syndrome 0 / 4
  • The Rose 0 / 4
  • 1941 0 / 3
  • La Cage aux Folles 0 / 3
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture 0 / 3
  • Norma Rae 2 / 4
  • The Black Stallion 1 / 3

Only one nomination

34 movies:
  • Agatha
  • The Amityville Horror
  • Best Boy
  • Board and Care
  • Bravery in the Field
  • Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
  • The Champ
  • Chapter Two
  • Dream Doll
  • The Electric Horseman
  • The Europeans
  • Every Child
  • Generation on the Wind
  • Going the Distance
  • Ice Castles
  • It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
  • The Killing Ground
  • Koryo Celadon
  • The Maids of Wilko
  • Mama Turns 100
  • Meteor
  • Moonraker
  • Mother
  • Nails
  • Oh Brother, My Brother
  • Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
  • The Promise
  • Remember Me
  • A Simple Story
  • The Solar Film
  • Solly’s Diner
  • The Tin Drum
  • To Forget Venice
  • The War at Home

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