51st Annual Academy Awards
April 9, 1979

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Host: Johnny Carson

Televised over ABC

Welcome and introduction of Johnny Carson:Academy President Howard W. Koch
Honorary Award to Walter Lantz:Robin Williams
Voting rules:Danny Thomas
Supporting Actor:Dyan Cannon & Telly Savalas
Scientific or Technical Awards:Maggie Smith & Maureen Stapleton
Short Films:Robby Benson & Carol Lynley
Documentary Awards:Mia Farrow & David L. Wolper
Art Direction:Shirley Jones & Ricky Schroder
Costume Design:Ray Bolger & Jack Haley
Film Editing:Dom DeLuise & Valerie Perrine
Visual Effects:Steve Martin
Sound:Margot Kidder & Christopher Reeve
Cinematography:James Coburn & Kim Novak
Song:Ruby Keeler & Kris Kristofferson
Song about unnominated songs - "Oscar's Only Human":Introduced by Paul Williams; performed by Steve Lawrence & Sammy Davis Jr.
Scoring Awards:Dean Martin & Raquel Welch
Honorary Award to the Museum of Modern Art:Gregory Peck
Honorary Award to King Vidor:Audrey Hepburn
Foreign Film:Yul Brynner & Natalie Wood
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:Jack Valenti
Supporting Actress:George Burns & Brooke Shields
Writing Awards:Lauren Bacall & Jon Voight
Director:Francis Ford Coppola & Ali MacGraw
Honorary Award to Laurence Olivier:Cary Grant
Actress:Richard Dreyfuss & Shirley MacLaine
Actor:Ginger Rogers & Diana Ross
Best Picture:John Wayne
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"-- Olivia Newton-John
"Last Dance"-- Donna Summer
"The Last Time I Felt Like This"-- Johnny Mathis & Jane Olivor
"Ready to Take a Chance Again"-- Barry Manilow
"When You're Loved"-- Debby Boone

Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Michael Cimino with their Oscars® for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director
Christopher Walken with his Award for Best Supporting Actor
Maggie Smith (with presenter Brooke Shields) and her Oscar® for
Best Supporting Actress
Oliver Stone (with presenter Lauren Bacall) and his Oscar® for Adapted Screenplay
Nestor Almendros (with presenters Kim Novak and James Coburn) and his Oscar® for Cinematography

Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan and George Gaines (with presenters Shirley Jones & Ricky Schroder) and their Awards for Art Direction
Giorgio Moroder (with presenter Raquel Welch) and his Oscar® for Original Score
Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd with their Oscars® for Documentary Short Subject
Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin and Darin Knight [with presenters Christopher Reeve & Margot Kidder (c.)] and their Awards for Best Sound
John Wayne and host Johnny Carson
Show Executive Producer:Jack Haley Jr.
Telecast Director for ABC:Marty Pasetta
Writing credits:Buz Kohan
Musical Director:Jack Elliott