52nd Academy Awards

The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson who, in noting the long duration of the production, joked that President Jimmy Carter was working hard for their "release" from the ceremonies, a clear reference to the Iranian hostage crisis.

52nd Academy Awards
Date	April 14, 1980 (1980-04-14)
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Johnny Carson
Produced by	Howard W. Koch
Directed by	Marty Pasetta
Highlights
Best Picture	Kramer vs. Kramer
Most awards	Kramer vs. Kramer (5)
Most nominations	All That Jazz and Kramer vs. Kramer (9)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 12 minutes

Among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were 8 year-old Justin Henry—the youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee ever—and 79-year-old Melvyn Douglas. This was the largest age difference between two competing actors in Oscar history until 2013. Their age difference was partially the reason why Douglas did not attend the Oscars that night,[1] despite winning the award. Henry was nominated for Kramer vs. Kramer, which out of its eight other nominations, finished with five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Benton, and Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman.

Awards

Robert Benton, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor winner

Sally Field, Best Actress winner

Melvyn Douglas, Best Supporting Actor winner

Meryl Streep, Best Supporting Actress winner

Vittorio Storaro, Best Cinematography winner

H. R. Giger, Best Visual Effects co-winner

Carlo Rambaldi, Best Visual Effects co-winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().[2][3]

Best Picture	Best Director
Kramer vs. Kramer – Stanley R. Jaffe, producer All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur, producer (posthumous nomination) Apocalypse Now – Francis Coppola, producer; Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg, co-producers Breaking Away – Peter Yates, producer Norma Rae – Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose, producers	Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer Bob Fosse – All That Jazz Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now Peter Yates – Breaking Away Édouard Molinaro – La Cage aux Folles
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer as Ted Kramer Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome as Jack Godell Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All. as Arthur Kirkland Roy Scheider – All That Jazz as Joseph "Joe" Gideon Peter Sellers – Being There as Chance	Sally Field – Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over as Marilyn Holmberg Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells Marsha Mason – Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaine Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Melvyn Douglas – Being There as Ben Rand Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as Lieutenant Colonel William "Bill" Kilgore Frederic Forrest – The Rose as Huston Dyer Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer Mickey Rooney – The Black Stallion as Henry Dailey	Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps Barbara Barrie – Breaking Away as Evelyn Stoller Candice Bergen – Starting Over as Jessica Potter Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan as Tracy
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Breaking Away – Steve Tesich All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur (posthumous nomination) and Bob Fosse ...And Justice for All. – Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson The China Syndrome – Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, and James Bridges Manhattan – Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman	Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton based on the novel by Avery Corman Apocalypse Now – Francis Coppola and John Milius based on the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad La Cage aux Folles – Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret based on the play by Jean Poiret A Little Romance – Allan Burns based on the novel E=MC2 mon amour by Patrick Cauvin Norma Rae – Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. based on the book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Hank Leiferman
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
The Tin Drum (Federal Republic of Germany – West) The Maids of Wilko (Poland) Mama Turns 100 (Spain) A Simple Story (France) To Forget Venice (Italy)	Best Boy – Ira Wohl Generation on the Wind – David A. Vassar Going the Distance – Paul Cowan and Jacques Bobet The Killing Ground – Steve Singer and Tom Priestley The War at Home – Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Live Action Short Film
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist – Saul J. Turell Dae – Risto Teofilovski Koryo Celadon – Donald A. Connolly and James R. Messenger Nails – Phillip Borsos Remember Me – Dick Young	Board and Care – Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis Bravery in the Field – Roman Kroitor and Stefan Wodoslawsky Oh Brother, My Brother – Carol Lowell and Ross Lowell The Solar Film – Saul Bass and Michael Britton Solly's Diner – Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman and Larry Hankin
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Score
Every Child – Derek Lamb Dream Doll – Bob Godfrey Its So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House – Paul Fierlinger	A Little Romance – Georges Delerue 10 – Henry Mancini The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin The Champ – Dave Grusin Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith
Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score	Best Original Song
All That Jazz – Ralph Burns Breaking Away – Patrick Williams The Muppet Movie – Songs by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation by Paul Williams	"It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae – Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from The Promise – Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman "It's Easy to Say" from 10 – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Robert Wells "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie – Music and Lyrics by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Best Sound	Best Costume Design
Apocalypse Now – Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs and Nat Boxer 1941 – Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene Cantamessa The Electric Horseman – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler and Al Overton Jr. Meteor – William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut and Jack Solomon The Rose – Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells and Jim Webb	All That Jazz – Albert Wolsky Agatha – Shirley Russell Butch and Sundance: The Early Days – William Ware Theiss The Europeans – Judy Moorcroft La Cage aux Folles – Piero Tosi and Ambra Danon
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
All That Jazz – Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg and Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart and Gary J. Brink Alien – Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker Apocalypse Now – Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis and Angelo P. Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson The China Syndrome – Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Art Direction: Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris and John Vallone; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna	Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro 1941 – William A. Fraker All That Jazz – Giuseppe Rotunno The Black Hole – Frank Phillips Kramer vs. Kramer – Néstor Almendros
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
All That Jazz – Alan Heim Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman The Black Stallion – Robert Dalva Kramer vs. Kramer – Jerry Greenberg The Rose – Robert L. Wolfe and C. Timothy O'Meara	Alien – H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling 1941 – Gregory Jein, William A. Fraker and A. D. Flowers The Black Hole – Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw and Joe Hale Moonraker – Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson and John Evans Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart and Grant McCune

Special Achievement Awards[2]

• Alan Splet for sound effects editing in The Black Stallion

Academy Honorary Awards[2]

• Hal Elias
• Alec Guinness

Medal of Commendation[2]

• John O. Aalberg
• Charles G. Clarke
• John G. Frayne

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[2]

• Robert Benjamin

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award[2]

• Ray Stark

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Name	Role
Hank Simms	Announcer for the 52nd Academy Awards
Fay Kanin (AMPAS president)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Patrick Wayne	Explains the voting rules to the public
Cloris Leachman Jack Lemmon	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Ann Miller Mickey Rooney	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Dolly Parton Ben Vereen	Presenters of the Music Awards
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Robert Hays Kristy McNichol	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Farrah Fawcett Harold Russell	Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
Persis Khambatta William Shatner	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Lauren Hutton Telly Savalas	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Richard Gere	Presenter of the Medal of Commendation
Ann-Margret Jack Valenti	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Sally Kellerman Rod Steiger	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Kirk Douglas	Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Jamie Lee Curtis George Hamilton	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Gene Kelly Olivia Newton-John	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Bo Derek Christopher Reeve	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Walter Matthau Liza Minnelli	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Dustin Hoffman	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Alec Guinness
Goldie Hawn Steven Spielberg	Presenters of the award for Best Director
Neil Simon	Presenter of the Writing Awards
Walter Mirisch	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Hal Elias
Jane Fonda	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Richard Dreyfuss	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Charlton Heston	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Henry Mancini	Musical arranger and Conductor	Orchestral
Kermit the Frog	Performer	"Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie
Dudley Moore Helen Reddy	Performers	"Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say)" from 10
Melissa Manchester	Performer	"Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles and "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from The Promise
Donald O'Connor	Performer	"Dancin' on the Silver Screen"
Dionne Warwick	Performer	"It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae
Academy Awards Chorus	Performers	"That's Entertainment" during the closing credits

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations: 9 nominations: All That Jazz and Kramer vs. Kramer 8 nominations: Apocalypse Now 5 nominations: Breaking Away 4 nominations: The China Syndrome, Norma Rae and The Rose 3 nominations: 1941, La Cage aux Folles and Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2 nominations: Alien, ...And Justice for All., Being There, The Black Hole, The Black Stallion, A Little Romance, Manhattan, The Muppet Movie, Starting Over and 10

The following films received multiple awards. 5 wins: Kramer vs. Kramer 4 wins: All That Jazz 2 wins: Apocalypse Now and Norma Rae

See also

• List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• 37th Golden Globe Awards
• 1979 in film
• List of Academy Awards ceremonies
• 22nd Grammy Awards
• 31st Primetime Emmy Awards
• 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 33rd British Academy Film Awards
• 34th Tony Awards

References

1. Burstein, Patricia (14 April 1980). "Oscar Nominee Melvyn Douglas Recalls 49 Years in Hollywood—and Reagan as a Democrat". People. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
2. "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1979" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".
3. "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-07.