- 51st Academy Awards
Infobox Academy Awards
name = 51st
caption = "The Deer Hunter"
date = Monday,April 9 ,1979
site =Dorothy Chandler Pavilion ,Los Angeles
host =Johnny Carson
producer =Jack Haley, Jr.
director =Marty Pasetta
duration = 3 hours, 25 minutes
network = ABC
last = 50th
next = 52ndThe 51st Academy Awards were presentedApril 9 ,1979 at theDorothy Chandler Pavilion ,Los Angeles . The ceremonies were presided over byJohnny Carson .Winners & Nominees
Best Picture
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The Deer Hunter "
*"Coming Home "
*"Heaven Can Wait "
*"Midnight Express "
*"An Unmarried Woman "Best Director
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The Deer Hunter -Michael Cimino "
*"Coming Home -Hal Ashby "
*"Heaven Can Wait -Warren Beatty andBuck Henry "
*"Interiors -Woody Allen "
*"Midnight Express -Alan Parker "Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Coming Home -Jon Voight "
*"The Boys from Brazil -Laurence Olivier "
*"The Buddy Holly Story -Gary Busey "
*"The Deer Hunter -Robert De Niro "
*"Heaven Can Wait -Warren Beatty "Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Coming Home -Jane Fonda "
*"Autumn Sonata -Ingrid Bergman "
*"Interiors -Geraldine Page "
*"Same Time, Next Year -Ellen Burstyn "
*"An Unmarried Woman -Jill Clayburgh "Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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The Deer Hunter -Christopher Walken "
*"Comes a Horseman -Richard Farnsworth "
*"Coming Home -Bruce Dern "
*"Heaven Can Wait -Jack Warden "
*"Midnight Express -John Hurt "Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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California Suite -Maggie Smith "
*"Coming Home -Penelope Milford "
*"The Deer Hunter -Meryl Streep "
*"Heaven Can Wait -Dyan Cannon "
*"Interiors -Maureen Stapleton "Best Original Screenplay
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Coming Home -Nancy Dowd ,Waldo Salt andRobert C. Jones "
*"Autumn Sonata -Ingmar Bergman "
*"The Deer Hunter -Michael Cimino ,Deric Washburn ,Louis Garfinkle andQuinn K. Redeker "
*"Interiors -Woody Allen "
*"An Unmarried Woman -Paul Mazursky "Best Adapted Screenplay
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Midnight Express -Oliver Stone "
*"Bloodbrothers -Walter Newman "
*"California Suite -Neil Simon "
*"Heaven Can Wait -Elaine May andWarren Beatty "
*"Same Time, Next Year -Bernard Slade "Best Cinematography
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Days of Heaven -Nestor Almendros "Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
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Heaven Can Wait -Paul Sylbert ,Edwin O'Donovan andGeorge Gaines "Best Costume Design
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Death on the Nile -Anthony Powell "Best Sound
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The Deer Hunter -Richard Portman ,William L. McCaughey ,Aaron Rochin andC. Darin Knight "Best Film Editing
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The Deer Hunter -Peter Zinner "Best Music, Original Song
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Thank God It's Friday -Paul Jabara for the songLast Dance "Best Music, Original Score
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Midnight Express -Giorgio Moroder "Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation
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The Buddy Holly Story -Joe Renzetti "Best Short Film, Animated
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Special Delivery "Best Short Film, Live Action
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Teenage Father "Best Documentary, Short Subjects
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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor "Best Documentary, Features
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Scared Straight! "Best Foreign Language Film
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs "Other Awards
Notable Events
A ravaged
John Wayne , who would die of stomach cancer two months later, made his final public appearance to present the Best Picture Oscar to the producers of "The Deer Hunter".
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