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Best Picture
 ALL THAT JAZZ - Columbia/20th Century-Fox. Produced by Robert Alan Aurthur
APOCALYPSE NOW - Omni Zoetrope, UA. Francis Ford Coppola, producer. Co-produced by Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg
BREAKING AWAY - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Peter Yates
 KRAMER VS. KRAMER (Won 5 Awards) - Jaffe, Columbia. Produced by Stanley R. Jaffe
NORMA RAE - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose
Actor
Roy Scheider in ALL THAT JAZZ
Dustin Hoffman in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Jack Lemmon in THE CHINA SYNDROME
Al Pacino in ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Peter Sellers in BEING THERE
Actress
Jill Clayburgh in STARTING OVER
Sally Field in NORMA RAE
Jane Fonda in THE CHINA SYNDROME
Marsha Mason in CHAPTER TWO
Bette Midler in THE ROSE
Supporting Actor
Melvyn Douglas in BEING THERE
Robert Duvall in APOCALYPSE NOW
Frederic Forrest in THE ROSE
Justin Henry in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Mickey Rooney in THE BLACK STALLION
Supporting Actress
Jane Alexander in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Barbara Barrie in BREAKING AWAY
Candice Bergen in STARTING OVER
Mariel Hemingway in MANHATTAN
Meryl Streep in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Director
Bob Fosse for ALL THAT JAZZ
Francis Ford Coppola for APOCALYPSE NOW
Peter Yates for BREAKING AWAY
Robert Benton for KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Edouard Molinaro for LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Valerie Curtin & Barry Levinson - ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Robert Alan Aurthur & Bob Fosse - ALL THAT JAZZ
Steve Tesich - BREAKING AWAY
Mike Gray, T. S. Cook & James Bridges - THE CHINA SYNDROME
Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman - MANHATTAN
Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
John Milius & Francis Ford Coppola - APOCALYPSE NOW
Robert Benton - KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon & Jean Poiret - LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Allan Burns - A LITTLE ROMANCE
Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank, Jr. - NORMA RAE
Foreign Language Film
PANNY Z WILKA (THE MAIDS OF WILKO, Poland)
MAMÁ CUMPLE CIEN AÑOS (MAMA TURNS A HUNDRED, Spain)
UNE HISTOIRE SIMPLE (A SIMPLE STORY, France)
DIE BLECHTROMMEL (THE TIN DRUM, West Germany)
DIMENTICARE VENEZIA (TO FORGET VENICE, Italy)
Art Direction/Set Decoration
Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley & Roger Christian - Art Direction, Ian Whittaker - Set Decoration: ALIEN
Philip Rosenberg & Tony Walton - Art Direction, Edward Stewart & Gary Brink - Set Decoration: ALL THAT JAZZ
Dean Tavoularis & Angelo Graham - Art Direction, George R. Nelson - Set Decoration: APOCALYPSE NOW
George Jenkins - Art Direction, Arthur Jeph Parker - Set Decoration: THE CHINA SYNDROME
Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris & John Vallone - Art Decoration, Linda DeScenna - Set Decoration: STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE
Cinematography
Giuseppe Rotunno - ALL THAT JAZZ
Vittorio Storaro - APOCALYPSE NOW
Frank Phillips - THE BLACK HOLE
Nestor Almendros - KRAMER VS. KRAMER
William A. Fraker - 1941
Costume Design
Shirley Russell - AGATHA
Albert Wolsky - ALL THAT JAZZ
William Ware Theiss - BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS
Judy Moorcroft - THE EUROPEANS
Piero Tosi & Ambra Danon - LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Documentary (Features)
Ira Wohl, Producer - BEST BOY
David A. Vassar, Producer - GENERATION ON THE WIND
Paul Cowan & Jacques Bobet, Producers - GOING THE DISTANCE
Steve Singer & Tom Priestley, Producers - THE KILLING GROUND
Glenn Silber & Barry Alexander Brown, Producers - THE WAR AT HOME
Documentary (Short Subjects)
Risto Teofilovski, Producer - DAE
Donald A. Connolly & James R. Messenger, Producers - KORYO CELADON
Phillip Borsos, Producer - NAILS
Saul J. Turrell, Producer - PAUL ROBESON: TRIBUTE TO AN ARTIST
Dick Young, Producer - REMEMBER ME
Film Editing
Alan Heim - ALL THAT JAZZ
Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald Greenberg & Lisa Fruchtman - APOCALYPSE NOW
Robert Dalva - THE BLACK STALLION
Jerry Greenberg - KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Robert L. Wolfe & C. Timothy O'Meara - THE ROSE
Music: Original Score
Lalo Schifrin - THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
Dave Grusin - THE CHAMP
Georges Delerue - A LITTLE ROMANCE
Jerry Goldsmith - STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE
Henry Mancini - 10
Music: Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
Ralph Burns - ALL THAT JAZZ
Patrick Williams - BREAKING AWAY
Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher - Song Score THE MUPPET MOVIE
Music: Original Song
David Shire - Music, Norman Gimbel - Lyric NORMA RAE "It Goes Like It Goes" 
Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher - Music & Lyric THE MUPPET MOVIE "The Rainbow Connection"
Henry Mancini - Music, Robert Wells - Lyric 10 "Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say)"
Marvin Hamlisch - Music, Carole Bayer Sager - Lyric ICE CASTLES "Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love)"
David Shire - Music, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman - Lyric THE PROMISE "I'll Never Say Goodbye"
Short Films (Animated)
Bob Godfrey & Zlatko Grgic, Producers - THE DREAM DOLL
Derek Lamb, Producer - EVERY CHILD
Paul Fierlinger, Producer - IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A WOLF AROUND THE HOUSE
Short Films (Live Action)
Sarah Pillsbury & Ron Ellis, Producers - BOARD AND CARE
Roman Kroitor & Stefan Wodoslawsky, Producers - BRAVERY IN THE FIELD
Carol Lowell & Ross Lowell, Producers - OH BROTHER, MY BROTHER
Saul Bass & Michael Britton, Producers - THE SOLAR FILM
Harry Mathias, Jay Zuckerman & Larry Hankin, Producers - SOLLY'S DINER
Sound
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs & Nat Boxer - APOCALYPSE NOW
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler & Al Overton, Jr. - THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN
William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut & Jack Solomon - METEOR
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall & Gene S. Cantamessa - 1941
Theodore Soderberg, Douglas O. Williams, Paul Wells & Jim Webb - THE ROSE
Visual Effects
H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder & Denys Ayling - ALIEN
Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw & Joe Hale - THE BLACK HOLE
Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson & John Evans - MOONRAKER
William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers & Gregory Jein - 1941
Douglas Trumbull, John C. Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart & Grant McCune - STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE
Special Achievement Awards
Alan R. Splet - Sound Editing THE BLACK STALLION
Scientific Or Technical
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
Mark Serrurier - For the progressive development of the Moviola from the 1924 invention of his father, Ivan Serrurier, to the present Series 20 sophisticated film editing equipment.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
 Neiman-Tillar Associates & Mini-Micro Systems Inc. - For the design and engineering of an Automated Computer-Controlled Editing Sound System (ACCESS) for motion picture post-production.
Technical Achievement Award (Citation)
 Michael V. Chewey, III, Walter G. Eggers & Allen Hecht (MGM Laboratories) - For the development of a Computer-controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory.
Irwin Young, Paul Kaufman & Fredrik Schlyter (DuArt Film Laboratories Inc.) - For the development of a Computer-controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory.
James S. Stanfield & Paul W. Trester - For the development and manufacture of a device for the repair or protection of sprocket holes in motion picture film.
Zoran Perisic (Courier Films Ltd.) - For the Zoptic Special Optical Effects Device for motion picture photography.
A. D. Flowers & Logan R. Frazee - For the development of a device to control flight patterns of miniature airplanes during motion picture photography.
Kollmorgen Corporation, Photo Research Division - For the development of the Spectra Series II Cine Special Exposure Meter for motion picture photography.
Bruce Lyon & John Lamb - For the development of a Video Animation System for testing motion picture animation sequences.
Ross Lowell (Lowel-Light Manufacturing Inc.) - For the development of compact lighting equipment for motion picture photography.
Honorary and Other Awards
Alec Guinness - For advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances. Winner presented a Statuette.
Hal Elias - For his dedication and distinguished service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winner presented a Statuette.
 John O. Aalberg, Charles G. Clarke & John G. Frayne - Presented in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winners presented Medals of Commendation.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Ray Stark
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Robert Benjamin
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FIRSTS
· Supporting Actor nominee Justin Henry, 8, youngest performer nominated for an Oscar®.
· Justin Henry nominated for film debut.
RULE CHANGES
Visual Effects again becomes a regular competitive category.
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Manhattan
Director: Woody Allen - Manhattan
Actor: Burt Reynolds - Starting Over
Cinematography: Gordon Willis - Manhattan, Caleb Deshanel - The Black Stallion
ROLE REVERSALS
· Sally Field almost didn't get her first shot at an Oscar®. She was offered the role of Norma Rae only after Jill Clayburgh, Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway turned it down.
· Meryl Streep lucked out when Columbia's Sherry Lansing insisted on her over Kate Jackson.
· The China Syndrome (originally titled Power) would have had a different energy with Richard Dreyfuss in Michael Douglas's role and Jack Nicholson in Jack Lemmon's shoes.
· Bette Midler nixed Nashville, Rocky and Foul Play in favor of a part that could make her an instant screen icon: The Pearl, a.k.a. The Rose.
· Laurence Olivier turned down the part of the billionaire who launches Chance the Gardener's political career in Being There.
UNMENTIONABLES
· Norma Rae was based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton, who was critical of Martin Ritt's interpretation of her story.
· Two weeks after the premiere of The China Syndrome, a leak at the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island, PA, sent radioactive steam into the atmosphere. This event made the film a hit, with domestic rentals over $26 million.
· Breaking Away was dubbed the year's "worst-marketed film," with Fox concentrating its publicity efforts on Alien.
· Critics blasted Fanco Zeffirelli's remake of The Champ. "If it was shameless when Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper first played it," wrote Newsweek, "it's downright decadent in the hands of the operatic Zeffirelli." Time commented that Faye Dunaway's "reperoire of neurotic mannerisms brings back unwanted memories of her performance in Chinatown, even to the point of imbuing The Champ with bizarre incestuous undercurrents."
· Hanna Schygulla, the star of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Marriage of Eva Braun, emerged as the year's new sex symbol.
· The surprise art house hit, though, was La Cage aux folles. The comedy became one of the highest- grossing foreign- language films ever, pulling in over $7 million.
· Bette Midler, veteran of TV, records and concerts, scored a hit with her first featured film role in The Rose, which was based on the life of rock singer Janis Joplin.
· Dustin Hoffman agreed to do Kramer vs. Kramer if he could improvise, demand extra takes, and oversee the editing. Director Robert Benton swallowed his pride. "I've never let an actor in on the writing or the editing before," he said. "I always thought the actors were hired to ruin the writer's lines."
· After the nominations were announced Bob Fosse thought his movie, All That Jazz, "doesn't have a chance. It's going to be mostly Kramer vs. Kramer. I'm such a long shot I think anyone who bets on me should get a toaster, like they give out in banks, for having made the investment."
· Melvyn Douglas did not attend the Awards show. "The whole thing is absurd, my competing with an eight-year-old," he told reporters.
· Opening the broadcast, Hank Sims announced the Academy's new president, "the distinguished writer, Mr. Fay Kanin." Ms. Kanin walked out laughing and said, "Movies have become a national treasure."
· Feature Documentary winner Ira Wohl's acceptance speech droned on for almost 4 minutes. Producer Howard W. Koch fumed, "I don't know if we should give Oscars® to the people who are from nowhere."
· When Alan Splet did not appear to accept his Special Achievement Award for the sound effects editing on The Black Stallion, presenter Johnny Carson commented, "It always happens. First George C. Scott doesn't show, then Marlon Brando, and now Alan Splet."
· Best Song composer David Shire remarked, "I'd like to thank my young son and his mother, Talia Shire, who taught my heart something it needed to know before I could find out what my music could really be about." The Shires were divorced a few months later.
· Dustin Hoffman erased any worries about what he would say in his acceptance speech. His remarks were restrained and elegant. He acknowledged the 60,000 SAG actors who don't work and ended by saying, "none of you have ever lost and I am proud to share this with you and I thank you."
· In the excitement at the Governor's Ball, Meryl Streep left her statuette in the ladies' room.
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