1979 Oscar Shouldabeens

[CalWilliam]

BEST PICTURE: Manhattan
BEST DIRECTING: Woody Allen, Manhattan
BEST LEADING ACTOR: Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer
BEST LEADING ACTRESS: Nastassja Kinski, Tess
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Melvyn Douglas, Being There
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer
BEST SCREENPLAY: Manhattan
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tess

[Kellens101]

Best Picture: Manhattan
Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola for Apocalypse Now
Best Actor: Peter Sellers in Being There
Best Actress: Sally Field in Norma Rae
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep in Kramer vs Kramer
Best Original Screenplay: Manhattan
Best Adapted Screenplay: Being There
Best Score: Star Trek-The Motion Picture
Best Art Direction: Alien
Best Costume Design: The Marriage of Maria Braun
Best Editing: All That Jazz
Best Cinematography: Apocalypse Now
Best Sound: Apocalypse Now
Best Foreign Film: The Marriage of Maria Braun

[mojoe92]

Best Picture

The Rose- RUNNER UP
Breaking Away- 5th Place
Norma Rae- 3rd Place
Apocalypse Now- 4thPlace
The Warrios- WINNER

Best Director

Robert Moore- Chapter Two- RUNNER UP
James Frawley- The Muppet Movie- 3rd Place
Ridley Scott- Alien- 4th Place
James Bridges- The China Syndrome- 5th Place
Walter Hill- The Warriors- WINNER

Best Actress

Marsha Mason- Chapter Two- 5th Place
Sally Field- Norma Rae- WINNER
Bette Midler- The Rose- RUNER UP
Meryl Streep- Kramer vs. Kramer- 3rd Place
Sigourney Weaver- Alien- 4th Place

Best Actor

James Brolin- The Amityville Horror- WINNER
Peter Falk- The In-Laws- 4th Place
Roy Scheider- All That Jazz- RUNNER UP
Dustin Hoffman- Kramer vs. Kramer- 3rd Place
Sylvester Stallone- Rocky 2- 5th Place

Best Supporting Actress

Barbara Barrie- Breaking Away- RUNNER UP
Jane Alexander- Kramer vs. Kramer- WINNER
Sally Kellerman- A Little Romance- 5th Place
Mariel Hemingway- Manhattan- 3rd Place
Bernadette Peters- The Jerk- 4th Place

Best Supporting Actor

Frederic Forrest- The Rose- 4th Place
Marlon Brando- Apocalypse Now-5th Place
James Remar- The Warriors- 3rd Place
Rick Schroeder- The Champ- RUNNER UP
Justin Henry- Kramer vs. Kramer- WINNER

[ksrymy]

BEST PICTURE
01. Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
02. All That Jazz (dir. Bob Fosse)
03. Alien (dir. Ridley Scott)
04. Breaking Away (dir. Peter Yates)
05. Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
06. The Marriage of Maria Braun (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
07. Monty Python's The Life of Brian (dir. Terry Jones)
08. Real Life (dir. Albert Brooks)
09. Nosferatu the Vampyre (dir. Werner Herzog)
10. The Brood (dir. David Cronenberg)

BEST DIRECTOR
01. Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker
02. Bob Fosse, All That Jazz
03. Ridley Scott, Alien
04. Peter Yates, Breaking Away
05. Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now

BEST ACTOR
01. Roy Scheider, All That Jazz
02. David Bennent, The Tin Drum
03. Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome
04. Klaus Kinski, Nosferatu the Vampyre
05. Alexander Kaidanovsky, Stalker

BEST ACTRESS
01. Hanna Schygulla, The Marriage of Maria Braun
02. Judy Davis, My Brilliant Career
03. Bette Midler, The Rose
04. Sally Field, Norma Rae
05. Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. Melvyn Douglas, Being There
02. Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
03. Paul Dooley, Breaking Away
04. James Woods, The Onion Field
05. Denholm Elliott, Saint Jack

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer
02. Shirley MacLaine, Being There
03. Barbara Barrie, Breaking Away
04. Angela Winkler, The Tin Drum
05. Blythe Danner, The Great Santini

BEST SCREENPLAY
01. Real Life (Monica McGowan Johnson, Harry Shearer, Albert Brooks)
02. Monty Python's The Life of Brian (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin)
03. Stalker (Arkadiy & Boris Strugatskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky, based on the novel “Roadside Picnic” by Arkadiy & Boris Strugatskiy)
04. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
05. All That Jazz (Robert Alan Arthur, Bob Fosse)

BEST FILM EDITING
01. All That Jazz (Alan Heim)
02. Alien (Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherley)
03. Stalker (Lyudmila Feyginova)
04. Apocalypse Now (Lisa Fruchtman, Gerald B. Greenberg, Walter Murch)
05. Breaking Away (Cynthia Scheider)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
01. Stalker (Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy, Georgi Rerberg)
02. Tess (Ghislain Cloquet, Geoffrey Unsworth)
03. All That Jazz (Giuseppe Rotunno)
04. The Black Stallion (Caleb Deschanel)
05. Apocalypse Now (Vittorio Storaro)

BEST ART DIRECTION
01. Alien (Michael Seymour, Roger Christian, Leslie Dilley, Ian Whittaker)
02. All That Jazz (Philip Rosenberg, Gary J. Brink, Edward Stewart)
03. Stalker (Aleksandr Boym, Andrei Tarkovsky, Shavkat Abdusalamov, Rashit Safiullin)
04. Nosferatu the Vampyre (Henning von Gierke)
05. Tess (Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
01. All That Jazz (Albert Wolsky)
02. Tess (Anthony Powell)
03. Nosferatu the Vampyre (Gisela Storch)
04. The Warriors (Bobbie Mannix, Mary Ellen Winston)
05. My Brilliant Career (Anna Senior)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
01. Nosferatu the Vampyre (Popol Vuh)
02. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Jerry Goldsmith)
03. Tess (Philippe Sarde)
04. The Black Stallion (Carmine Coppola)
05. A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
01. Rock 'n' Roll High School ("Rock 'n' Roll High School," music and lyrics by Dee Dee, Joey, & Johnny Ramone, performed by Ramones)
02. Monty Python's The Life of Brian ("Always Looks on the Bright Side of Life," music by Eric Idle & John Altman, lyrics by Eric Idle, performed by Eric Idle)
03. The Rose ("The Rose," music and lyrics by Amanda McBroom, performed by Bette Midler)
04. The Muppet Movie ("The Rainbow Connection," music and lyrics by Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher, performed by Jim Henson)
05. The Warriors ("In the City," music and lyrics by Barry De Vorzon & Joe Walsh, performed by Joe Walsh)

BEST SOUND
01. Alien (Max Bell, Derrick Leather, Bill Rowe, James Shields)
02. Apocalypse Now (Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer)
03. Moonraker (Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Gordon K. McCallum)
04. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Richard L. Anderson, Noyan Cosarer, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bill Varney)
05. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Milan Bor, Jim Willis)

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
01. Nosferatu the Vampyre (Dominique Colladant, Reiko Kruk, Ludovic Paris)
02. Zombi 2 (Giannetto De Rossi, Mirella De Rossi, Maurizio Trani)
03. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Rick Stratton)
04. All That Jazz (Fern Buchner, Romaine Greene, Jay Cannistraci)
05. Tess (Didier Lavergne, Ludovic Paris)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
01. Alien (H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Dennis Ayling)
02. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart, Grant McCune)
03. The Black Hole (Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale)
04. Moonraker ( Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans)
05. 1941 (Gregory Jein, William A. Fraker, and A. D. Flowers)

FINAL TALLY
9 nominations: All That Jazz (3 wins)
7 nominations: Stalker (3 wins)
6 nominations: Alien (3 wins), Apocalypse Now, Nosferatu the Vampyre (2 wins)
5 nominations: Breaking Away, Tess
4 nominations: The Marriage of Maria Braun (1 win), Star Trek: The Motion Picture
3 nominations: Monty Python's Life of Brian
2 nominations: Being There (1 win), The Black Stallion, The China Syndrome, Moonraker, My Brilliant Career, Real Life (1 win), The Rose, The Tin Drum, The Warriors
1 nomination: The Black Hole, The Brood, The Great Santini, Kramer vs. Kramer (1 win), A Little Romance, The Muppet Movie, 1941, Norma Rae, The Onion Field, Rock 'n' Roll High School (1 win), Saint Jack, Zombi 2

[Mister Tee]

I can't express how crushed I was when Manhattan failed to be nominated for best picture or even best director (to say nothing of cinematography, editing, acting...) I'd thought when the DGA came through, Woody was on his way to further recognition. That the directors nominated Molinaro for the broader-than-a-barn La Cage rather than Woody for what I consider his supreme achievement baffles me to this day.

There was some thought that his failure to show up the Annie Hall night two year earlier had annoyed voters enough they excluded him. But most likely it was simply the breadth of contenders that year -- there are alot of movies you could have argued for as deserving best picture recognition that didn't get it (Being There, Hair, The Black Stallion and 10 all had enthusiastic supporters), and the five nominees are fairly respectabvle as well.

[Sabin]

Shame.

[Big Magilla]

Yes, all of that.

[Sabin]

How seriously was Manhattan considered for the Academy Awards? I see online Woody Allen was (deservedly) nominated by the Director's Guild and that the film received a scant single Golden Globe nomination for Best Dramatic Picture. Was it seen as a contender for Picture, Director, and Cinematography on top of its nominations for Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay? Was Diane Keaton given any thought in what appears to be a fairly strong field? I personally think that this is the best Woody Allen performance I've ever seen.

[Snick's Guy]

Picture:

* Manhattan
Breaking Away
Kramer Vs Kramer
Being There
Apocalypse Now

Actor:
* Roy Schieder (All That Jazz)
Peter Sellers (Being There)
Dustin Hoffman (Kramer Vs Kramer)
Dudley Moore (10)
Alan Alda (The Seduction Of Joe Tynan)

Actress:
* Bette Midler (The Rose)
Diane Keaton (Manhattan)
Marsha Mason (Chapter Two)
Sally Field (Norma Rae)
Vanessa Redgrave (Agatha)

Supporting Actor:
* Jackie Earle Haley (Breaking Away)
Melvyn Douglas (Being There)
Frederic Forrest (The Rose)
Michael Murphy (Manhattan)
Patrick McGoohan (Escape From Alcatraz)

Supporting Actress:
* Meryl Streep (Kramer Vs Kramer)
Jane Aleander (Kramer Vs Kramer)
Valerie Harper (Chapter Two)
Candice Bergen (Starting Over)
Babara Harris (The Seduction Of Joe Tynan)

[paperboy]

BEST PICTURE
Alien
All That Jazz
Breaking Away
Hair
Norma Rae

BEST DIRECTOR
Milos Forman - Hair
Bob Fosse - All That Jazz
Ridley Scott - Alien
Peter Weir - Picnic At Hanging Rock
Peter Yates - Breaking Away

BEST ACTOR
Alan Arkin - The In-Laws
Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away
Roy Scheider - All That Jazz
Peter Sellers - Being There
Treat Williams - Hair

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Field - Norma Rae
Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome
Diane Keaton - Manhattan
Bette Midler - The Rose
Sigourney Weaver - Alien

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dooley - Breaking Away
Melvyn Douglas - Being There
Ian Holm - Alien
Ron Leibman - Norma Rae
Daniel Stern - Breaking Away

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer
Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away
Candice Bergen - Starting Over
Rachel Roberts – Picnic At Hanging Rock
Meryl Streep - Manhattan

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alien – Dan O’Bannon
All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse
Breaking Away – Steve Tesich
The In-Laws – Andrew Bergman
Manhattan – Woody Allen

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Being There – Jerzy Kosinski
Hair – Michael Weller
Kramer vs Kramer – Robert Benton
Norma Rae – Harriet Frank Jnr, Irving Ravetch
Picnic At Hanging Rock - Cliff Green



Edited By paperboy on 1245128659

[Hustler]

In Argentina the film was forbidden from its year of release up to 1983. I don´t consider it one of the best movies Bertolucci have filmed even though Clayburgh´s performance is more than acceptable.



Edited By Hustler on 1220215351

[Precious Doll]

I think you will find that most of the older members on the board, including myself, have seen it.

When I first saw it I loved the film overall but Jill Clayburgh didn't particularly stand out as anything special. If you scroll down this page further you will see that it is my 'Best of the Year' selection.

I rewatched it about 10 years later on late night TV and recall still being impressed by the film.

Fast forward to 2008 I have still not had a chance to watch it again. I purchased a German DVD from Amazon (German branch) a few years ago that has a beautiful print version of the film (with optional German subtitles) but to date I have not had a chance to watch it (along with a whole lot of other stuff I would like to view again).

Have a framed poster of the film too.

I recall that before the film actually opened it was considered controversial but when it came out it proved to be nothing but a storm in a teacup so to speak. It is probably also generally considered it be the start of the decline of Bertolucci's films in general.

[Reza]

Yes, I've seen it. Jill Clayburgh is the sole reason to watch the film. She was then at her peak phase in her career. Having scored a win recently at Cannes for An Unmarried Woman (1978), which was followed by an Oscar nod. She would score a consecutive nod for Starting Over (1978)
and was nominated for two Golden Globes - in the drama category for La Luna and the comedy category for Starting Over.

Working for Bertolucci - an acclaimed European director - was the ''right'' thing to do for her. Never mind if the film is basically crap!



Edited By Reza on 1220178886

[Cinemanolis]

Has anyone seen Bertolucci's 'La Luna'? I hadn't heard of it before and I just caught it on TV. I don't know what to make of this film. It has some really bad moments and a terrible leading man (boy) Matthew Barry. Not that he had an easy job depicting a yound man who is a drug addit and has a 'sexual' relation with his mum, but still he destroyed the whole movie for me. The screenplay was also laughable at times, but Bertolucci managed to create the right atmosphere. Gorgeous cinematography and a very courageous decision from Jill Claybourgh to accept such a controversial role in the peak of her career. Has anybody else seen it?



Edited By Cinemanolis on 1220128452

[Big Magilla]

Techicially, no, as it opened April 11, 1980 three days before the 1979 Oscars were given out. Keep in mind the foreign film Oscar is voted on by a select few who see all five nominees at special screenings. The general membership like the rest of the U.S. has to wait for general release, or in later years, home video, to see all the nominees.

The Tin Drum, however, was an extremely popualr foregin language film, winning numerous best foregin film awards from critics' groups the following year including the L.A. Film Critics and the Naional Board of Review. The N.Y. Film Critics went for Alan Resnais' Mon Oncle d'Amerique from France while the Golden Globes, which left langauge out of its foreign film award, went for Roman Polanksi's English language Tess from the U.K.

Among the popular foreign language films released in the U.S. in 1979 were La cage aux Folles (France), The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Italy), and The Marriage of Maria Braun and Nosferatu (both Germany) and Soldier of Orange (Holland).