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Academy Awards, USA: 1978

Oscar

Date:	3 April
Host:	Bob Hope (I)
Location:	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Annie Hall (1977) - Charles H. Joffe
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Ray Stark Julia (1977) - Richard Roth (IV) Star Wars (1977) - Gary Kurtz (I) Turning Point, The (1977) - Herbert Ross (I); Arthur Laurents

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Richard Dreyfuss
Other Nominees:
	Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen Equus (1977) - Richard Burton (I) Giornata particolare, Una (1977) - Marcello Mastroianni Saturday Night Fever (1977) - John Travolta

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Annie Hall (1977) - Diane Keaton
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Marsha Mason Julia (1977) - Jane Fonda Turning Point, The (1977) - Anne Bancroft (I) Turning Point, The (1977) - Shirley MacLaine

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Jason Robards - Jason Robards was not present at the awards ceremony. Maximilian Schell accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Equus (1977) - Peter Firth Julia (1977) - Maximilian Schell Star Wars (1977) - Alec Guinness Turning Point, The (1977) - Mikhail Baryshnikov

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Vanessa Redgrave
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Melinda Dillon Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Quinn Cummings Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) - Tuesday Weld Turning Point, The (1977) - Leslie Browne

Best Director


Winner:
	Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen - Woody Allen was not present at the awards ceremony. Co-presenter King Vidor accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Steven Spielberg Julia (1977) - Fred Zinnemann Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas Turning Point, The (1977) - Herbert Ross (I)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen; Marshall Brickman - Woody Allen was not present at the awards ceremony.
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Neil Simon (I) Late Show, The (1977) - Robert Benton (I) Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas Turning Point, The (1977) - Arthur Laurents

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Alvin Sargent
Other Nominees:
	Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) - Luis Bu�uel; Jean-Claude Carri�re Equus (1977) - Peter Shaffer I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) - Gavin Lambert; Lewis John Carlino Oh, God! (1977) - Larry Gelbart

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Vilmos Zsigmond
Other Nominees:
	Islands in the Stream (1977) - Fred J. Koenekamp Julia (1977) - Douglas Slocombe (I) Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) - William A. Fraker Turning Point, The (1977) - Robert Surtees

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - John Barry (III); Norman Reynolds; Leslie Dilley; Roger Christian (I)
Other Nominees:
	Airport '77 (1977) - George C. Webb; Mickey S. Michaels Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Joe Alves; Daniel A. Lomino; Phil Abramson Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) - Ken Adam; Peter Lamont; Hugh Scaife Turning Point, The (1977) - Albert Brenner; Marvin March

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - John Mollo
Other Nominees:
	Airport '77 (1977) - Edith Head; Burton Miller Julia (1977) - Anthea Sylbert Little Night Music, A (1977) - Florence Klotz Other Side of Midnight, The (1977) - Irene Sharaff

Best Sound


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - Don MacDougall; Ray West (I); Bob Minkler; Derek Ball (I) - Derek Ball was not present at the awards ceremony.
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Robert Knudson; Robert Glass (I); Don MacDougall; Gene S. Cantamessa Deep, The (1977) - Walter Goss; Rick Alexander (II) (as Dick Alexander); Tom Beckert; Robin Gregory Sorcerer (1977) - Robert Knudson; Robert Glass (I); Richard Tyler (I); Jean-Louis Ducarme Turning Point, The (1977) - Theodore Soderberg; Paul Wells (I); Douglas O. Williams; Jerry Jost

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - Paul Hirsch (I); Marcia Lucas; Richard Chew
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Michael Kahn (I) Julia (1977) - Walter Murch; Marcel Durham Smokey and the Bandit (1977) - Walter Hannemann; Angelo Ross Turning Point, The (1977) - William Reynolds (II)

Best Effects, Visual Effects


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - John Stears; John Dykstra (I); Richard Edlund; Grant McCune; Robert Blalack
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Roy Arbogast; Douglas Trumbull; Matthew Yuricich; Gregory Jein; Richard Yuricich

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	You Light Up My Life (1977) - Joseph Brooks (I) - For the song "You Light Up My Life".
Other Nominees:
	Pete's Dragon (1977) - Al Kasha; Joel Hirschhorn - For the song "Candle on the Water". Rescuers, The (1977) - Sammy Fain (music); Carol Connors (II) (lyrics); Ayn Robbins (lyrics) - For the song "Someone's Waiting For You". Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella, The (1976) - Richard M. Sherman; Robert B. Sherman - For the song "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me)". Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) - Marvin Hamlisch (music); Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) - For the song "Nobody Does It Better".

Best Music, Original Score


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - John Williams (I)
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - John Williams (I) Julia (1977) - Georges Delerue Message, The (1976) - Maurice Jarre (I) Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) - Marvin Hamlisch

Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score


Winner:
	Little Night Music, A (1977) - Jonathan Tunick
Other Nominees:
	Pete's Dragon (1977) - Al Kasha; Joel Hirschhorn; Irwin Kostal Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella, The (1976) - Richard M. Sherman; Robert B. Sherman; Angela Morley

Best Short Film, Animated


Winner:
	Château de sable, Le (1977) - Co Hoedeman
Other Nominees:
	Bead Game, The (1977) - Ishu Patel Doonesbury Special, A (1977) - John Hubley; Faith Hubley; Garry Trudeau Jimmy the C (1977) - Jimmy Picker; Robert Grossman (III); Craig Whitaker

Best Short Film, Live Action


Winner:
	I'll Find a Way (1977) - Beverly Shaffer; Yuki Yoshida (I)
Other Nominees:
	Absent-Minded Waiter, The (1977) - William E. McEuen Floating Free (1977) - Jerry Butts Notes on the Popular Arts (1977) - Saul Bass Spaceborne (1977) - Philip Dauber

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Gravity Is My Enemy (1977) - John C. Joseph; Jan Stussy
Other Nominees:
	Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country (1977) - Moctesuma Esparza First Edition (1977) - Helen Whitney; DeWitt Sage Of Time, Tombs and Treasures (1977) - James R. Messenger; Paul Raimondi Shetland Experience, The (1977) - Douglas Gordon (III)

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Who Are the DeBolts? [And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?] (1977) - John Korty; Dan McCann (I); Warren Lockhart
Other Nominees:
	Children of Theatre Street, The (1977) - Robert Dornhelm; Earle Mack High Grass Circus (1977) - Bill Brind; Torben Schioler; Tony Ianzelo Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977) - Harry Rasky Union Maids (1976) - Jim Klein (II); Julia Reichert (I); Miles Mogulescu

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Vie devant soi, La (1977) - France
Other Nominees:
	Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) - Spain Giornata particolare, Una (1977) - Italy Ifigeneia (1977) - Greece Mivtsa Yonatan (1977) - Israel

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Margaret Booth - For her exceptional contribution to the art of film editing in the motion picture industry.

Special Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Frank E. Warner - For sound effects editing. Star Wars (1977) - Ben Burtt (as Benjamin Burtt Jr.) - For sound effects. (For the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices.)

Medal of Commendation


Awarded to:
	Gordon Sawyer; Sidney P. Solow - In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Walter Mirisch

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	Charlton Heston

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	29 March
Location:	Versailles Room, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA


Winner:
	Garrett Brown (I); The Cinema Products Corp. Engineering Staff under the supervision of John Jurgens - For the invention and development of Steadicam. - The award was presented outside the technical awards ceremony as part of the main ceremony on 3 April.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Eastman Kodak Co. - For the development and introduction of a new duplicating film for motion pictures. Panavision, Inc. - For the concept and engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera. John Dykstra (I); Alvah J. Miller; Jerry Jeffress - For the development of the Dykstraflex Camera (Dykstra) and the engineering of the Electronic Motion Control System (Miller/Jeffress) used in concert for multiple exposure visual effects motion picture photography. Joseph D. Kelley (Glen Glenn Sound); Emory M. Cohen (Glen Glenn Sound); Barry K. Henley (Glen Glenn Sound); Hammond H. Holt (Glen Glenn Sound); John Agalsoff Sr. (Glen Glenn Sound) - For the concept and development of a post-production audio processing system for motion picture films. Paul Kenworthy; William R. Latady - For the invention and development of the Kenworthy Snorkel Camera System for motion picture photography. Stefan Kudelski (Nagra Magnetic Recorders, Inc.) - For the engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Nagra 4.2L sound recorder for motion picture production.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	EECO (Electronic Engineering Co. of California) - For developing a method for interlocking non-sprocketed film and tape media used in motion picture production. Panavision, Inc. - For the design of Panalite, a camera-mounted controllable light for motion picture photography. Panavision, Inc. - For the engineering of the Panahead gearhead for motion picture cameras. Piclear, Inc. - For originating and developing an attachment to motion picture projectors to improve screen image quality. Bernhard Kuhl (OSRAM GmbH); Werner Block (OSRAM GmbH) - For the development of the HMI high-efficiency discharge lamp for motion picture lighting. Ernst F. Nettman (Astrovision Division of Continental Camera Systems, Inc.) - For the engineering of its Snorkel Aerial Camera System.