Oscars Academy Awards (1970-1979) ------------------------------------ The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring achievements in the film industry. The awards, first presented in 1927, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1953 and is now seen live in more than 200 countries. ------------------------------------ 1970 (43rd) ACTOR George C. Scott -- Patton {"General George S. Patton, Jr."} [NOTE: Mr. Scott refused the award.] ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE John Mills -- Ryan's Daughter {"Michael"} ACTRESS Glenda Jackson -- Women in Love {"Gudrun Brangwen"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Helen Hayes -- Airport {"Ada Quonsett"} ART DIRECTION Patton -- Art Direction: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet CINEMATOGRAPHY Ryan's Daughter -- Freddie Young COSTUME DESIGN Cromwell -- Nino Novarese DIRECTING Patton -- Franklin J. Schaffner DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Woodstock -- Bob Maurice, Producer DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Interviews with My Lai Veterans -- Joseph Strick, Producer FILM EDITING Patton -- Hugh S. Fowler FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion -- Italy MUSIC (Original Score) Love Story -- Francis Lai MUSIC (Original Song Score) Let It Be -- Music and lyrics by The Beatles MUSIC (Song--Original for the Picture) "For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers -- Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Robb Royer (aka Robb Wilson) and James Griffin (aka Arthur James) BEST PICTURE Patton -- Frank McCarthy, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Is It Always Right to Be Right? -- Nick Bosustow, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) The Resurrection of Broncho Billy -- John Longenecker, Producer SOUND Patton -- Douglas Williams, Don Bassman SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Tora! Tora! Tora! -- A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) MASH -- Ring Lardner, Jr. WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) Patton -- Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Frank Sinatra HONORARY AWARD To Lillian Gish for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures. To Orson Welles for superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Ingmar Bergman SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To LEONARD SOKOLOW and EDWARD H. REICHARD of Consolidated Film Industries for the concept and engineering of the Color Proofing Printer for motion pictures. [Laboratory] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC. for the development and introduction of a series of compact tungsten halogen lamps for motion picture production. [Lighting] To B. J. LOSMANDY for the concept, design and application of micro-miniature solid state amplifier modules used in motion picture recording equipment. [Sound] To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY and PHOTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION for the design and engineering of an improved video color analyzer for motion picture laboratories. [Laboratory] To ELECTRO SOUND INCORPORATED for the design and introduction of the Series 8000 Sound System for motion picture theatres. [Sound] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1971 (44th) ACTOR Gene Hackman -- The French Connection {"Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Ben Johnson -- The Last Picture Show {"Sam the Lion"} ACTRESS Jane Fonda -- Klute {"Bree Daniel"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Cloris Leachman -- The Last Picture Show {"Ruth Popper"} ART DIRECTION Nicholas and Alexandra -- Art Direction: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon CINEMATOGRAPHY Fiddler on the Roof -- Oswald Morris COSTUME DESIGN Nicholas and Alexandra -- Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo DIRECTING The French Connection -- William Friedkin DOCUMENTARY (Feature) The Hellstrom Chronicle -- Walon Green, Producer DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Sentinels of Silence -- Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, Producers FILM EDITING The French Connection -- Jerry Greenberg FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Garden of the Finzi Continis -- Italy MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score) Summer of '42 -- Michel Legrand MUSIC (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) Fiddler on the Roof -- Adaptation Score by John Williams MUSIC (Song--Original for the Picture) "Theme From Shaft" from Shaft -- Music and Lyrics by Isaac Hayes BEST PICTURE The French Connection -- Philip D'Antoni, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Animated) The Crunch Bird -- Ted Petok, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) Sentinels of Silence -- Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, Producers SOUND Fiddler on the Roof -- Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Bedknobs and Broomsticks -- Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) The French Connection -- Ernest Tidyman WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) The Hospital -- Paddy Chayefsky HONORARY AWARD To Charles Chaplin for the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To JOHN N. WILKINSON of Optical Radiation Corporation for the development and engineering of a system of xenon arc lamphouses for motion picture projection. [Lighting] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To THOMAS JEFFERSON HUTCHINSON, JAMES R. ROCHESTER and FENTON HAMILTON for the development and introduction of the Sunbrute system of xenon arc lamps for location lighting in motion picture production. [Lighting] To PHOTO RESEARCH, A DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION, for the development and introduction of the film-lens balanced Three Color Meter. [Photography] To ROBERT D. AUGUSTE and CINEMA PRODUCTS COMPANY for the development and introduction of a new crystal controlled lightweight motor for the 35mm motion picture Arriflex camera. [Camera] To PRODUCERS SERVICE CORPORATION and CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES; and to CINEMA RESEARCH CORPORATION and RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for the engineering and implementation of fully automated blow-up motion picture printing systems. [Laboratory] To CINEMA PRODUCTS COMPANY for a control motor to actuate zoom lenses on motion picture cameras. [Camera] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1972 (45th) ACTOR Marlon Brando -- The Godfather {"Don Vito Corleone"} [NOTE: Mr. Brando refused the award.] ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Joel Grey -- Cabaret {"The Master of Ceremonies"} ACTRESS Liza Minnelli -- Cabaret {"Sally Bowles"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Eileen Heckart -- Butterflies Are Free {"Mrs. Baker"} ART DIRECTION Cabaret -- Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel CINEMATOGRAPHY Cabaret -- Geoffrey Unsworth COSTUME DESIGN Travels with My Aunt -- Anthony Powell DIRECTING Cabaret -- Bob Fosse DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Marjoe -- Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan, Producers DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) This Tiny World -- Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers FILM EDITING Cabaret -- David Bretherton FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie -- France MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score) Limelight -- Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell MUSIC (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) Cabaret -- Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns MUSIC (Song--Original for the Picture) "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure -- Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn BEST PICTURE The Godfather -- Albert S. Ruddy, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Animated) A Christmas Carol -- Richard Williams, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream -- Richard Barclay, Producer SOUND Cabaret -- Robert Knudson, David Hildyard WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) The Godfather -- Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) The Candidate -- Jeremy Larner SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects) The Poseidon Adventure -- L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Rosalind Russell HONORARY AWARD To Charles S. Boren, Leader for 38 years of the industry's enlightened labor relations and architect of its policy of non-discrimination. With the respect and affection of all who work in films. To Edward G. Robinson who achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen...in sum, a Renaissance man. From his friends in the industry he loves. [NOTE: The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer this award on January 6, 1973. Mr. Robinson passed away on January 26th, and the award was accepted on his behalf by his wife.] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To JOSEPH E. BLUTH for research and development in the field of electronic photography and transfer of video tape to motion picture film. [Laboratory] To EDWARD H. REICHARD and HOWARD T. LA ZARE of Consolidated Film Industries, and EDWARD EFRON of IBM for the engineering of a computerized light valve monitoring system for motion picture printing. [Laboratory] To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the development and engineering of the Panaflex motion picture camera. [Camera] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To PHOTO RESEARCH, A DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION, and PSC TECHNOLOGY INC., ACME PRODUCTS DIVISION, for the Spectra Film Gate Photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory] To CARTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. and RAMTRONICS for the RAMtronics light-valve photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory] To DAVID DEGENKOLB, HARRY LARSON, MANFRED MICHELSON and FRED SCOBEY of DeLuxe General Incorporated for the development of a computerized motion picture printer and process control system. [Laboratory] To JIRO MUKAI and RYUSHO HIROSE of Canon, Inc., and WILTON R. HOLM of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Canon Macro Zoom Lens for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters] To PHILIP V. PALMQUIST and LEONARD L. OLSON of the 3M Company, and FRANK P. CLARK of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography. [Props] To E. H. GEISSLER and G. M. BERGGREN of Wil-Kin Inc., for engineering of the Ultra-Vision Motion Picture Theater Projection System. [Projection] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1973 (46th) ACTOR Jack Lemmon -- Save the Tiger {"Harry Stoner"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE John Houseman -- The Paper Chase {"Professor Kingsfield"} ACTRESS Glenda Jackson -- A Touch of Class {"Vicki Allessio"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Tatum O'Neal -- Paper Moon {"Addie Loggins"} ART DIRECTION The Sting -- Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James Payne CINEMATOGRAPHY Cries and Whispers -- Sven Nykvist COSTUME DESIGN The Sting -- Edith Head DIRECTING The Sting -- George Roy Hill DOCUMENTARY (Feature) The Great American Cowboy -- Kieth Merrill, Producer DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Princeton: A Search for Answers -- Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers FILM EDITING The Sting -- William Reynolds FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Day for Night -- France MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score) The Way We Were -- Marvin Hamlisch MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) The Sting -- Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch MUSIC (Song) "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were -- Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman BEST PICTURE The Sting -- Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers SHORT SUBJECT (Animated) Frank Film -- Frank Mouris, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) The Bolero -- Allan Miller and William Fertik, Producers SOUND The Exorcist -- Robert Knudson, Chris Newman WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) The Exorcist -- William Peter Blatty WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) The Sting -- David S. Ward JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Lew Wasserman HONORARY AWARD To Henri Langlois for his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future. To Groucho Marx in recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequalled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Lawrence Weingarten SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To JOACHIM GERB and ERICH KASTNER of The Arnold and Richter Company for the development and engineering of the Arriflex 35BL motion picture camera. [Camera] To MAGNA-TECH ELECTRONIC CO., INC. for the engineering and development of a high-speed re-recording system for motion picture production. [Sound] To WILLIAM W. VALLIANT of PSC Technology Inc., HOWARD F. OTT of Eastman Kodak Company, and GERRY DIEBOLD of The Richmark Camera Service Inc. for the development of a liquid-gate system for motion-picture printers. [Laboratory] To HAROLD A. SCHEIB, CLIFFORD H. ELLIS and ROGER W. BANKS of Research Products Incorporated for the concept and engineering of the Model 2101 optical printer for motion picture optical effects. [Laboratory] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To ROSCO LABORATORIES, INC. for the technical advances and the development of a complete system of light-control materials for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters] To RICHARD H. VETTER of Todd-AO Corporation for the design of an improved anamorphic focusing system for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1974 (47th) ACTOR Art Carney -- Harry and Tonto {"Harry"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Robert De Niro -- The Godfather Part II {"Vito Corleone"} ACTRESS Ellen Burstyn -- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore {"Alice Hyatt"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Ingrid Bergman -- Murder on the Orient Express {"Greta Ohlsson"} ART DIRECTION The Godfather Part II -- Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson CINEMATOGRAPHY The Towering Inferno -- Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc COSTUME DESIGN The Great Gatsby -- Theoni V. Aldredge DIRECTING The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Hearts and Minds -- Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Don't -- Robin Lehman, Producer FILM EDITING The Towering Inferno -- Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Amarcord -- Italy MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score) The Godfather Part II -- Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) The Great Gatsby -- Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle MUSIC (Song) "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno -- Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn BEST PICTURE The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers SHORT FILM (Animated) Closed Mondays -- Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, Producers SHORT FILM (Live Action) One-Eyed Men Are Kings -- Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, Producers SOUND Earthquake -- Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr. WRITING (Original Screenplay) Chinatown -- Robert Towne WRITING (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects) Earthquake -- Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Arthur B. Krim HONORARY AWARD To Howard Hawks - A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema. To Jean Renoir - a genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To JOSEPH D. KELLY of Glen Glenn Sound for the design of new audio control consoles which have advanced the state of the art of sound recording and rerecording for motion picture production. [Sound] To THE BURBANK STUDIOS SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation. [Sound] To SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation. [Sound] To QUAD-EIGHT SOUND CORPORATION for the engineering and construction of new audio control consoles designed by The Burbank Studios Sound Department and by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department. [Sound] To WALDON O. WATSON, RICHARD J. STUMPF, ROBERT J. LEONARD and the UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS SOUND DEPARTMENT for the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To THE ELEMACK COMPANY, ROME, ITALY, for the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly. [Camera Cranes] To LOUIS AMI of Universal City Studios for the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures. [Stage Operations] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1975 (48th) ACTOR Jack Nicholson -- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest {"Randle Patrick McMurphy"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE George Burns -- The Sunshine Boys {"Al Lewis"} ACTRESS Louise Fletcher -- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest {"Nurse Mildred Ratched"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Lee Grant -- Shampoo {"Felicia Karpf"} ART DIRECTION Barry Lyndon -- Art Direction: Ken Adam, Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon CINEMATOGRAPHY Barry Lyndon -- John Alcott COSTUME DESIGN Barry Lyndon -- Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero DIRECTING One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Milos Forman DOCUMENTARY (Feature) The Man Who Skied down Everest -- F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, Producers DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) The End of the Game -- Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers FILM EDITING Jaws -- Verna Fields FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Dersu Uzala -- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics MUSIC (Original Score) Jaws -- John Williams MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) Barry Lyndon -- Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman MUSIC (Original Song) "I'm Easy" from Nashville -- Music and Lyrics by Keith Carradine BEST PICTURE One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers SHORT FILM (Animated) Great -- Bob Godfrey, Producer SHORT FILM (Live Action) Angel and Big Joe -- Bert Salzman, Producer SOUND Jaws -- Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter WRITING (Original Screenplay) Dog Day Afternoon -- Frank Pierson WRITING (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Sound Effects) The Hindenburg -- Peter Berkos SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects) The Hindenburg -- Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Dr. Jules C. Stein HONORARY AWARD To Mary Pickford in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Mervyn LeRoy SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To CHADWELL O'CONNOR of the O'Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of a fluid-damped camera-head for motion picture photography. [Stage Operations] To WILLIAM F. MINER of Universal City Studios, Inc. and the WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION for the development and engineering of a solid-state, 500 kilowatt, direct-current static rectifier for motion picture lighting. [Lighting] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To LAWRENCE W. BUTLER and ROGER BANKS for the concept of applying low inertia and stepping electric motors to film transport systems and optical printers for motion picture production. [Special Photographic] To DAVID J. DEGENKOLB and FRED SCOBEY of Deluxe General Incorporated and JOHN C. DOLAN and RICHARD DUBOIS of the Akwaklame Company for the development of a technique for silver recovery from photographic wash-waters by ion exchange. [Laboratory] To JOSEPH WESTHEIMER for the development of a device to obtain shadowed titles on motion picture films. [Special Photographic] To CARTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. and RAMTRONICS for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines. [Laboratory] To HOLLYWOOD FILM COMPANY for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines. [Laboratory] To BELL & HOWELL for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines. [Laboratory] To FREDRIK SCHLYTER for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines. [Laboratory] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1976 (49th) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Peter Finch -- Network {"Howard Beale"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jason Robards -- All the President's Men {"Ben Bradlee"} ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Faye Dunaway -- Network {"Diana Christensen"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Beatrice Straight -- Network {"Louise Schumacher"} ART DIRECTION All the President's Men -- Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: George Gaines CINEMATOGRAPHY Bound for Glory -- Haskell Wexler COSTUME DESIGN Fellini's Casanova -- Danilo Donati DIRECTING Rocky -- John G. Avildsen DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Harlan County, U.S.A. -- Barbara Kopple, Producer DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Number Our Days -- Lynne Littman, Producer FILM EDITING Rocky -- Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Black and White in Color -- Ivory Coast MUSIC (Original Score) The Omen -- Jerry Goldsmith MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) Bound for Glory -- Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman MUSIC (Original Song) "Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born -- Music by Barbra Streisand; Lyrics by Paul Williams BEST PICTURE Rocky -- Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers SHORT FILM (Animated) Leisure -- Suzanne Baker, Producer SHORT FILM (Live Action) In the Region of Ice -- Andre Guttfreund and Peter Werner, Producers SOUND All the President's Men -- Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Jim Webb WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) All the President's Men -- William Goldman WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) Network -- Paddy Chayefsky SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects) King Kong -- Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank Van der Veer Logan's Run -- L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson, Matthew Yuricich IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Pandro S. Berman SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES and the BARNEBEY-CHENEY COMPANY for the development of a system for the recovery of film-cleaning solvent vapors in a motion picture laboratory. [Laboratory] To WILLIAM L. GRAHAM, MANFRED G. MICHELSON, GEOFFREY F. NORMAN and SIEGFRIED SEIBERT of Technicolor for the development and engineering of a Continuous, High-Speed, Color Motion Picture Printing System. [Laboratory] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To FRED BARTSCHER of Kollmorgen Corporation and to GLENN BERGGREN of the Schneider Corporation for the design and development of a single-lens magnifier for motion picture projection lenses. [Lenses and Filters] To PANAVISION INCORPORATED for the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters] To HIROSHI SUZUKAWA of Canon and WILTON R. HOLM of AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters] To CARL ZEISS COMPANY for the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters] To PHOTO RESEARCH DIVISION OF THE KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION for the engineering and manufacture of the Spectra TriColor Meter. [Photography] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1977 (50th) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Richard Dreyfuss -- The Goodbye Girl {"Elliot Garfield"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jason Robards -- Julia {"Dashiell Hammett"} ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Diane Keaton -- Annie Hall {"Annie Hall"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Vanessa Redgrave -- Julia {"Julia"} ART DIRECTION Star Wars -- Art Direction: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Roger Christian CINEMATOGRAPHY Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Vilmos Zsigmond COSTUME DESIGN Star Wars -- John Mollo DIRECTING Annie Hall -- Woody Allen DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? -- John Korty, Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart, Producers DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Gravity Is My Enemy -- John Joseph and Jan Stussy, Producers FILM EDITING Star Wars -- Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Madame Rosa -- France MUSIC (Original Score) Star Wars -- John Williams MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) A Little Night Music -- Adaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick MUSIC (Original Song) "You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life -- Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks BEST PICTURE Annie Hall -- Charles H. Joffe, Producer SHORT FILM (Animated) The Sand Castle -- Co Hoedeman, Producer SHORT FILM (Live Action) I'll Find a Way -- Beverly Shaffer and Yuki Yoshida, Producers SOUND Star Wars -- Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball VISUAL EFFECTS Star Wars -- John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) Julia -- Alvin Sargent WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) Annie Hall -- Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD To Benjamin Burtt, Jr. for the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices featured in Star Wars. SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Sound Effects Editing) Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Frank E. Warner JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Charlton Heston HONORARY AWARD To Margaret Booth for her exceptional contribution to the art of film editing in the motion picture industry. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Walter Mirisch SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I) To GARRETT BROWN and the CINEMA PRODUCTS CORPORATION ENGINEERING STAFF under the supervision of John Jurgens, for the invention and development of Steadicam. [Camera Cranes] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To JOSEPH D. KELLY, EMORY M. COHEN, BARRY K. HENLEY, HAMMOND H. HOLT and JOHN AGALSOFF of Glen Glenn Sound for the concept and development of a Post-production Audio Processing System for Motion Picture Films. [Sound] To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the concept and engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera. [Camera] To N. PAUL KENWORTHY, JR. and WILLIAM R. LATADY for the invention and development of the Kenworthy Snorkel Camera System for motion picture photography. [Camera] To JOHN C. DYKSTRA for the development of a facility uniquely oriented toward visual effects photography, and to ALVAH J. MILLER and JERRY JEFFRESS for the engineering of the Electronic Motion Control System used in concert for multiple exposure visual effects motion picture photography. [Systems] To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for the development and introduction of a new duplicating film for motion pictures. [Film] To STEFAN KUDELSKI of Nagra Magnetic Recorders, Incorporated, for the engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Nagra 4.2L sound recorder for motion picture production. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To ERNST NETTMANN of the Astrovision Division of Continental Camera Systems, Incorporated, for the engineering of its Periscope Aerial Camera System. [Camera] To EECO (Electronic Engineering Company of California) for developing a method for interlocking non-sprocketed film and tape media used in motion picture production. [Systems] To DR. BERNHARD KÜHL and WERNER BLOCK of OSRAM, GmbH, for the development of the HMI high-efficiency discharge lamp for motion picture lighting. [Lighting] To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the design of Panalite, a camera-mounted controllable light for motion picture photography. [Lighting] To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the engineering of the Panahead gearhead for motion picture cameras. [Stage Operations] To PICLEAR, INCORPORATED, for originating and developing an attachment to motion picture projectors to improve screen image quality. [Laboratory] MEDAL OF COMMENDATION To Gordon E. Sawyer in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To Sidney Paul Solow in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1978 (51st) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Jon Voight -- Coming Home {"Luke Martin"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Christopher Walken -- The Deer Hunter {"Nick"} ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Jane Fonda -- Coming Home {"Sally Hyde"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Maggie Smith -- California Suite {"Diana Barrie"} ART DIRECTION Heaven Can Wait -- Art Direction: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan; Set Decoration: George Gaines CINEMATOGRAPHY Days of Heaven -- Nestor Almendros COSTUME DESIGN Death on the Nile -- Anthony Powell DIRECTING The Deer Hunter -- Michael Cimino DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Scared Straight! -- Arnold Shapiro, Producer DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) The Flight of the Gossamer Condor -- Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers FILM EDITING The Deer Hunter -- Peter Zinner FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Get Out Your Handkerchiefs -- France MUSIC (Adaptation Score) The Buddy Holly Story -- Joe Renzetti MUSIC (Original Score) Midnight Express -- Giorgio Moroder MUSIC (Original Song) "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday -- Music and Lyrics by Paul Jabara BEST PICTURE The Deer Hunter -- Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers SHORT FILM (Animated) Special Delivery -- Eunice Macaulay and John Weldon, Producers SHORT FILM (Live Action) Teenage Father -- Taylor Hackford, Producer SOUND The Deer Hunter -- Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) Midnight Express -- Oliver Stone WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Coming Home -- Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects) Superman -- Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Leo Jaffe HONORARY AWARD To Walter Lantz for bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures. To The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film for the contribution it has made to the public's perception of movies as an art form. To Laurence Olivier for the full body of his work, for the unique achievements of his entire career and his lifetime of contribution to the art of film. To King Vidor for his incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit) To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for the research and development of a Duplicating Color film for Motion Pictures. [Film] To STEFAN KUDELSKI of Nagra Magnetic Recorders, Incorporated, for the continuing research, design and development of the Nagra Production Sound Recorder for Motion Pictures. [Sound] To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, and its engineering staff under the direction of ROBERT E. GOTTSCHALK, for the concept, design and continuous development of the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera System. [Camera] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) To RAY M. DOLBY, IOAN R. ALLEN, DAVID P. ROBINSON, STEPHEN M. KATZ and PHILIP S. J. BOOLE of Dolby Laboratories, Incorporated, for the development and implementation of an improved Sound Recording and Reproducing System for Motion Picture Production and Exhibition. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award) To KARL MACHER and GLENN M. BERGGREN of Isco Optische Werke for the development and introduction of the Cinelux-ULTRA Lens for 35mm Motion Picture Projection. [Lenses and Filters] To DAVID J. DEGENKOLB, ARTHUR L. FORD and FRED J. SCOBEY of DeLuxe General, Incorporated, for the development of a Method to Recycle Motion Picture Laboratory Photographic Wash Waters by Ion Exchange. [Laboratory] To KIICHI SEKIGUCHI of CINE-FI International for the development of the CINE-FI Auto Radio Sound System for Drive-In Theaters. [Systems] To LEONARD CHAPMAN of Leonard Equipment Company, for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Chapman Hustler Dolly. [Camera Cranes] To JAMES L. FISHER of J.L. Fisher, Incorporated, for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Fisher Model Ten Dolly. [Camera Cranes] To ROBERT STINDT of Production Grip Equipment Company, for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Stindt Dolly. [Camera Cranes] MEDAL OF COMMENDATION To Linwood G. Dunn in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To Loren L. Ryder in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To Waldon O. Watson in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1979 (52nd) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Dustin Hoffman -- Kramer vs. Kramer {"Ted Kramer"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Melvyn Douglas -- Being There {"Benjamin Rand"} ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Sally Field -- Norma Rae {"Norma Rae"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Meryl Streep -- Kramer vs. Kramer {"Joanna Kramer"} ART DIRECTION All That Jazz -- Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart, Gary Brink CINEMATOGRAPHY Apocalypse Now -- Vittorio Storaro COSTUME DESIGN All That Jazz -- Albert Wolsky DIRECTING Kramer vs. Kramer -- Robert Benton DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Best Boy -- Ira Wohl, Producer DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist -- Saul J. Turell, Producer FILM EDITING All That Jazz -- Alan Heim FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Tin Drum -- Federal Republic of Germany MUSIC (Original Score) A Little Romance -- Georges Delerue MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score) All That Jazz -- Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns MUSIC (Original Song) "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae -- Music by David Shire; Lyric by Norman Gimbel BEST PICTURE Kramer vs. Kramer -- Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer SHORT FILM (Animated) Every Child -- Derek Lamb, Producer SHORT FILM (Live Action) Board and Care -- Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis, Producers SOUND Apocalypse Now -- Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer VISUAL EFFECTS Alien -- H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) Kramer vs. Kramer -- Robert Benton WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Breaking Away -- Steve Tesich SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Sound Editing) The Black Stallion -- Alan Splet JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD Robert Benjamin HONORARY AWARD To Alec Guinness for advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances. To Hal Elias for his dedication and distinguished service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Ray Stark SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit) To MARK SERRURIER for the progressive development of the Moviola from the 1924 invention of his father, Iwan Serrurier, to the present Series 20 sophisticated film editing equipment. [Editorial] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) To NEIMAN-TILLAR ASSOCIATES for the creative development and to MINI-MICRO SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, for the design and engineering of an Automated Computer-Controlled Editing Sound System (ACCESS) for motion picture post-production. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award) To MICHAEL V. CHEWEY, WALTER G. EGGERS and ALLEN HECHT of M-G-M Laboratories for the development of a Computer-controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory. [Laboratory] To IRWIN YOUNG, PAUL KAUFMAN and FREDRIK SCHLYTER of Du Art Film Laboratories, Incorporated, for the development of a Computer-controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory. [Laboratory] To JAMES S. STANFIELD and PAUL W. TRESTER for the development and manufacture of a device for the repair or protection of sprocket holes in motion picture film. [Projection] To ZORAN PERISIC of Courier Films, Limited, for the Zoptic Special Optical Effects Device for motion picture photography. [Special Photographic] To A. D. FLOWERS and LOGAN R. FRAZEE for the development of a device to control flight patterns of miniature airplanes during motion picture photography. [Stage Operations] To PHOTO RESEARCH DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION for the development of the Spectra Series II Cine Special Exposure Meter for motion picture photography. [Photography] To BRUCE LYON and JOHN LAMB for the development of a Video Animation System for testing motion picture animation sequences. [Cartoon Process] To ROSS LOWELL of Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Incorporated, for the development of compact lighting equipment for motion picture photography. [Lighting] MEDAL OF COMMENDATION To John O. Aalberg in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To Charles G. Clarke in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To John G. Frayne in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.