1979 Birthdays - 1979 Memorium - 1979 Missing - Discussion Board

I'm hoping to get Bucky to start providing his yearly movie reviews for us - they were always so entertaining.  1979 in film was interesting and the 52nd Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson kept us in the reality of the day when Johnny joked about the length of the awards ceremony stating that Jimmy Carter, then U.S. President, was negotiating for their release, refering to the Iran hostage crisis.

Academy Awards:

• Best Motion Picture
  Kramer vs. Kramer - winner
  All That Jazz
  Apocalypse Now
  Breaking Away
  Norma Rae
  
  
• Best Foreign Language Film
  The Tin Drum Federal, Republic of Germany - West - winner
  The Maids of Wilko, Poland
  Mama Turns a Hundred, Spain
  A Simple Story, France
  To Forget Venice, Italy
  
  
• Best Documentary Feature
  Best Boy, Ira Wohl - winner
  Generation on the Wind (David A. Vassar, producer; More Than One Medium)
  Going the Distance (Paul Cowan and Jacques Bobet, producers; National Film Board of Canada)
  The Killing Ground (Steve Singer and Tom Priestley, producers; ABC News Closeup Unit)
  The War at Home (Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown, producers; Catalyst Films/Madison Film Production Co.)
  
  
• Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer - winner
  Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome
  Al Pacino, And Justice for All
  Roy Scheider, All That Jazz
  Peter Sellers, Being There
  
  
• Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Sally Field, Norma Rae - winner
  Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over
  Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome
  Marsha Mason, Chapter Two
  Bette Midler, The Rose
  
  
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Melvyn Douglas, Being There - winner
  Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
  Frederic Forrest, The Rose
  Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer
  Mickey Rooney, The Black Stallion
  
  
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer - winner
  Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer
  Barbara Barrie, Breaking Away
  Candice Bergen, Starting Over
  Mariel Hemingway, Manhattan
  
  
• Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
  Steve Tesich, Breaking Away - winner
  Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, Manhattan
  Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse, All That Jazz
  Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson, And Justice for All
  Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges, The China Syndrome
  
  
• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
  Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer - winner
  Allan Burns, A Little Romance
  John Milius and Francis Coppola, Apocalypse Now
  Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr., Norma Rae
  Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret, La Cage Aux Folles
  
  
• Best Director:
  Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer - winner
  Francis Coppola, Apocalypse Now
  Bob Fosse, All That Jazz
  Edouard Molinaro, La Cage aux Folles
  Peter Yates, Breaking Away
  
  
• Original Song:
  “It Goes Like It Goes,” Norma Rae, music by David Shire; lyrics by Norman Gimbel - winner
  “I'll Never Say `Goodbye',” The Promise, David Shire, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics
  “It's Easy to Say,” 10, Henry Mancini, music; Robert Wells, lyrics
  “The Rainbow Connection,” The Muppet Movie, Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher, music and lyrics
  “Through the Eyes of Love,” Ice Castles, Marvin Hamlisch, music; Carole Bayer Sager, lyrics
  
  
• Original Score:
  Georges Delerue, A Little Romance - winner
  Jerry Goldsmith, Star Trek—The Motion Picture
  Dave Grusin, The Champ
  Henry Mancini, 10
  Lalo Schifrin, The Amityville Horror
  
  
• Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score:
  Ralph Burns, All That Jazz - winner
  Patrick Williams, Breaking Away
  Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher, song; Paul Williams, adaptation, The Muppet Movie