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50th Academy Awards (1978)
Actor in a Leading Roll
- Woody Allen in “Annie Hall”
- Richard Burton in “Equus”
- Richard Dreyfuss in “The Goodbye Girl”
- Marcello Mastroianni in “A Special Day”
- John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever”
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Mikhail Baryshnikov in “The Turning Point”
- Peter Firth in “Equus”
- Alec Guinness in “Star Wars”
- Jason Robards in “Julia”
- Maximilian Schell in “Julia”
Actress in a Leading Role
- Anne Bancroft in “The Turning Point”
- Jane Fonda in “Julia”
- Diane Keaton in “Annie Hall”
- Shirley MacLaine in “The Turning Point”
- Marsha Mason in “The Goodbye Girl”
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Leslie Browne in “The Turning Point“
- Quinn Cummings in “The Goodbye Girl“
- Melinda Dillon in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind“
- Vanessa Redgrave in “Julia“
- Tuesday Weld in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar“
Art Direction
- “Airport ’77” Art Direction: George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Mickey S. Michaels
- “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Art Direction: Joe Alves, Dan Lomino; Set Decoration: Phil Abramson
- “The Spy Who Loved Me” Art Direction: Ken Adam, Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife
- “Star Wars” Art Direction: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Roger Christian
- “The Turning Point” Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March
Cinematography
- “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Vilmos Zsigmond
- “Islands in the Stream” Fred J. Koenekamp
- “Julia” Douglas Slocombe
- “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” William A. Fraker
- “The Turning Point” Robert Surtees
Costume Design
- “Airport ’77” Edith Head, Burton Miller
- “Julia” Anthea Sylbert
- “A Little Night Music” Florence Klotz
- “The Other Side of Midnight” Irene Sharaff
- “Star Wars” John Mollo
Directing
- “Annie Hall” Woody Allen
- “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Steven Spielberg
- “Julia” Fred Zinnemann
- “Star Wars” George Lucas
- “The Turning Point” Herbert Ross
Documentary (Feature)
- “The Children of Theatre Street” Robert Dornhelm and Earle Mack, Producers
- “High Grass Circus” Bill Brind, Torben Schioler and Tony Ianzelo, Producers
- “Homage to Chagall–The Colours of Love” Harry Rasky, Producer
- “Union Maids” James Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu, Producers
- “Who Are the Debolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?” John Korty, Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
- “Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country” Moctesuma Esparza, Producer
- “First Edition” Helen Whitney and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
- “Gravity Is My Enemy” John Joseph and Jan Stussy, Producers
- “Of Time, Tombs and Treasure” James R. Messenger and Paul N. Raimondi, Producers
- “The Shetland Experience” Douglas Gordon, Producer
Film Editing
- “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Michael Kahn
- “Julia” Walter Murch
- “Smokey and the Bandit” Walter Hannemann, Angelo Ross
- “Star Wars” Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew
- “The Turning Point” William Reynolds
Foreign Language Film
- “Iphigenia” Greece
- “Madame Rosa” France
- “Operation Thunderbolt” Israel
- “A Special Day” Italy
- “That Obscure Object of Desire” Spain
Music (Original Score)
- “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” John Williams
- “Julia” Georges Delerue
- “Mohammad – Messenger of God” Maurice Jarre
- “The Spy Who Loved Me” Marvin Hamlisch
- “Star Wars” John Williams
Music (Original Song Score and its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)
- “A Little Night Music” Adaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick
- “Pete’s Dragon” Song Score by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
- “The Slipper and the Rose–The Story of Cinderella” Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley
Music (Original Song)
- “Candle on the Water” from “Pete’s Dragon” Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
- “Nobody Does It Better” from “The Spy Who Loved Me” Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
- “The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me)” from “The Slipper and the Rose–The Story of Cinderella” Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- “Someone’s Waiting for You” from “The Rescuers” Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins
- “You Light Up My Life” from “You Light Up My Life” Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks
Best Picture
- “Annie Hall” Charles H. Joffe, Producer
- “The Goodbye Girl” Ray Stark, Producer
- “Julia” Richard Roth, Producer
- “Star Wars” Gary Kurtz, Producer
- “The Turning Point” Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
- “The Bead Game” Ishu Patel, Producer
- “The Doonesbury Special” John Hubley, Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau, Producers
- “Jimmy the C” James Picker, Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker, Producers
- “The Sand Castle” Co Hoedeman, Producer
Short Film (Live Action)
- “The Absent-Minded Waiter” William E. McEuen, Producer
- “Floating Free” Jerry Butts, Producer
- “I’ll Find a Way” Beverly Shaffer and Yuki Yoshida, Producers
- “Notes on the Popular Arts” Saul Bass, Producer
- “Spaceborne” Philip Dauber, Producer
Sound
- “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa
- “The Deep” Walter Goss, Dick Alexander, Tom Beckert, Robin Gregory
- “Sorcerer” Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Richard Tyler, Jean-Louis Ducarme
- “Star Wars” Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball
- “The Turning Point” Theodore Soderberg, Paul Wells, Douglas O. Williams, Jerry Jost
Visual Effects
- “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Gregory Jein, Richard Yuricich
- “Star Wars” John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack
Writing (Screenplay-based on material from another medium)
- “Equus” Peter Shaffer
- “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino
- “Julia” Alvin Sargent
- “Oh, God!” Larry Gelbart
- “That Obscure Object of Desire” Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen-based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)
- “Annie Hall” Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
- “The Goodbye Girl” Neil Simon
- “The Late Show” Robert Benton
- “Star Wars” George Lucas
- “The Turning Point” Arthur Laurents
Alphabetical
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Other Side of Midnight, The (1977)
Special Day, A (Una Giornate Particolare) (1977)
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)
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