32nd British Academy Film Awards

The 32nd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at the Wembley Conference Centre, London in 1979, honoured the best films of 1978.[1]

32nd British Academy Film Awards
Date22 March 1979
SiteWembley Conference Centre
Hosted bySue Lawley
Michael York
Highlights
Best FilmJulia
Best ActorRichard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
Best ActressJane Fonda
Julia
Most awardsJulia (4)
Most nominationsJulia (10)

The film Julia had ten nominations and four awards, including Best Film of 32nd BAFTA.[2]

Winners and nominees

JuliaFred Zinnemann

Alan ParkerMidnight Express

Richard DreyfussThe Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield

Jane FondaJulia as Lillian Hellman

John HurtMidnight Express as Max

Geraldine PageInteriors as Eve

JuliaAlvin Sargent

JuliaDouglas Slocombe

Death on the NileAnthony Powell

Midnight ExpressGerry Hambling

Star WarsJohn Williams

Close Encounters of the Third KindJoe Alves

Star Wars – Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt

The Silent Withness – David Rolfe

Best Short Factual Film

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook – Tony White

Best Specialised Film

Twenty Times More Likely – Robert Young

  • How a Man Schall Be Armyd – Anthony Wilkinson
  • Leonard Lewis – Safety Net
  • Play SafeDavid Eady

Christopher ReeveSuperman as Superman

SupermanLes Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field,
Derek Meddings, Zorin Perisic and Wally Veevers

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
10 Julia
9 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
6 Midnight Express
Star Wars
5 Superman
4 Death on the Nile
3 The Goodbye Girl
2 The Duellists
Interiors
Saturday Night Fever
A Wedding
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
4 Julia
3 Midnight Express
2 Star Wars

See also

References

  1. "BAFTA AWARDS - COLOUR". www.aparchive.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. "1979 BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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