The 52nd Academy Awards were given away April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Johnny Carson serving as host. The big winner for the night was Kramer vs. Kramer for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Best Picture:
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Breaking Away
WINNER: Kramer vs. Kramer
Norma Rae
Best Director:
WINNER: Robert Benton—Kramer vs. Kramer
Francis Ford Coppola—Apocalypse Now
Bob Fosse—All That Jazz
Edouard Molinaro—La Cage aux Folles
Peter Yates—Breaking Away
Best Actor:
WINNER: Dustin Hoffman—Kramer vs. Kramer
Jack Lemmon—The China Syndrome
Al Pacino—…And Justice for All
Roy Scheider—All That Jazz
Peter Sellers—Being There
Best Actress:
Jill Clayburgh—Starting Over
WINNER: Sally Field—Norma Rae
Jane Fonda—The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason—Chapter Two
Bette Midler—The Rose
Best Supporting Actor:
WINNER: Melvyn Douglas—Being There
Robert Duvall—Apocalypse Now
Frederic Forrest—The Rose
Justin Henry—Kramer vs. Kramer
Mickey Rooney—The Black Stallion
Best Supporting Actress:
Jane Alexander—Kramer vs. Kramer
Barbara Barrie—Breaking Away
Candice Bergen—Starting Over
Mariel Hemingway—Manhattan
WINNER: Meryl Streep—Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Writing—Original Screenplay:
All That Jazz
…And Justice for All
Being There
The China Syndrome
WINNER: Breaking Away
Best Writing—Adapted Screenplay:
Apocalypse Now
La Cage aux Folles
WINNER: Kramer vs. Kramer
A Little Romance
Norma Rae
Best Foreign Language Film:
The Maids of Wilko
Mama Turns a Hundred
A Simple Story
WINNER: The Tin Drum
To Forget Venice
Best Documentary—Feature:
WINNER: Best Boy
Generation on the Wind
Going the Distance
The Killing Ground
The War at Home
Best Documentary—Short Subject:
Dae
Koryo Celadon
Nails
WINNER: Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Remember Me
Best Live Action Short:
WINNER: Board and Care
Bravery in the Field
Oh Brother, My Brother
The Solar Film
Solly’s Dinner
Best Animated Short:
Dream Doll
WINNER: Every Child
It’s so Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
Best Original Score:
10
The Amityville Horror
The Champ
WINNER: A Little Romance
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Best Original Song or Adapted Score:
WINNER: All That Jazz
Breaking Away
The Muppet Movie
Best Sound Editing:
WINNER: The Black Stallion
Best Sound Mixing:
1941
WINNER: Apocalypse Now
The Electric Horseman
Meteor
The Rose
Best Art Direction:
Alien
WINNER: All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
The China Syndrome
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Best Cinematography:
1941
All That Jazz
WINNER: Apocalypse Now
The Black Hole
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Costume Design:
Agatha
WINNER: All That Jazz
La Cage aux Folles
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
The Europeans
Best Film Editing:
WINNER: All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Black Stallion
The Rose
Best Visual Effects:
1941
WINNER: Alien
The Black Hole
Moonraker
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
