The 50th Academy Awards were given away on April 3, 1978 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The host of the evening was Bob Hope and Annie Hall walked away with the Best Picture win. Star Wars won six Oscars for technical awards and as a result took home the most Oscars for the evening. Below is a list of the nominees and winners. Click the BasementRejects Review link under a title for a review of the movie.
Best Picture:
WINNER: Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars
The Turning Point
Best Director:
WINNER: Woody Allen—Annie Hall
George Lucas—Star Wars
Herbert Ross—The Turning Point
Steven Spielberg—Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann—Julia
Best Actor:
Woody Allen—Annie Hall
Richard Burton—Equus
WINNER: Richard Dreyfuss—The Goodbye Girl
Marcello Mastroianni—A Special Day
John Travolta—Saturday Night Fever
Best Actress:
Anne Bancroft—The Turning Point
Jane Fonda—Julia
WINNER: Diane Keaton—Annie Hall
Shirley MacLaine—The Turning Point
Marsha Mason—The Goodbye Girl
Best Supporting Actor:
Mikhail Baryshnikov—The Turning Point
Peter Firth—Equus
Alec Guinness—Star Wars
WINNER: Jason Robards—Julia
Maximilian Schell—Julia
Best Supporting Actress:
Leslie Browne—The Turning Point
Quinn Cummings—The Goodbye Girl
Melinda Dillon—Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Vanessa Redgrave—Julia
Tuesday Weld—Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Best Original Screenplay:
WINNER: Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
The Late Show
Star Wars
The Turning Point
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Equus
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
WINNER: Julia
Oh, God!
That Obscure Object of Desire
Best Foreign Language Film:
Iphigenia
WINNER: Madame Rosa
Operation Thunderbolt
A Special Day
That Obscure Object of Desire
Best Documentary Feature:
The Children of Theatre Street
High Grass Circus
Home to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Union Maids
WINNER: Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
Best Documentary Short Subject:
Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
First Edition
WINNER: Gravity Is My Enemy
Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
The Shetland Experience
Best Live Action Short Film:
The Absent-Minded Waiter
Floating Free
WINNER: I’ll Find a Way
Notes on the Popular Arts
Spaceborne
Best Animated Short Film:
Bead Game
The Doonesbury Special
Jimmy the C
WINNER: The Sand Castle
Best Original Score:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Julia
Mohammad, Messenger of God
The Spy Who Loved Me
WINNER: Star Wars
Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score:
WINNER: A Little Night Music
Pete’s Dragon
The Slipper and the Rose
Best Original Song:
“Candle on the Water”—Pete’s Dragon
“Nobody Does It Better”—The Spy Who Loved Me
“The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me”—The Slipper and the Rose
“Someone’s Waiting for You”—The Rescuers
WINNER: “You Light Up My Life”—You Light Up My Life
Best Sound:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Deep
Sorcerer
WINNER: Star Wars
The Turning Point
Best Costume Design:
Airport ’77
Julia
A Little Night Music
The Other Side of Midnight
WINNER: Star Wars
Best Art Direction:
Airport ’77
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Spy Who Loved Me
WINNER: Star Wars
The Turning Point
Best Cinematography:
WINNER: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Islands in the Stream
Julia
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
The Turning Point
Best Film Editing:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Julia
Smokey and the Bandit
WINNER: Star Wars
The Turning Point
Best Visual Effects:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
WINNER: Star Wars
