52nd Academy Awards

52nd Academy Awards
Date	Monday, April 14, 1980
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Host	Johnny Carson
Producer	Howard W. Koch
Director	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
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The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 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.

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.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Kramer vs. Kramer All That Jazz Apocalypse Now Breaking Away Norma Rae	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 Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All Roy Scheider – All That Jazz Peter Sellers – Being There Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome	Sally Field – Norma Rae Marsha Mason – Chapter Two Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome Bette Midler – The Rose Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Melvyn Douglas – Being There Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now Mickey Rooney – The Black Stallion Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer Frederic Forrest – The Rose	Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer Barbara Barrie – Breaking Away Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan Candice Bergen – Starting Over
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Breaking Away – Steve Tesich ...And Justice for All – Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse The China Syndrome – Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges Manhattan – Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman	Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton Apocalypse Now – Francis Ford Coppola and John Milius La Cage aux Folles – Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret A Little Romance – Allan Burns Norma Rae – Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr.
Best Foreign Language Film
The Tin Drum (Federal Republic of Germany - West) The Maids of Wilko (Poland) Mama Turns a Hundred (Spain) A Simple Story (France) To Forget Venice (Italy)
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
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	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
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
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	Every Child – Derek Lamb Dream Doll – Bob Godfrey It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House – Paul Fierlinger
Best Original Score	Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score
A Little Romance – Georges Delerue Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith The Champ – Dave Grusin 10 – Henry Mancini The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin	All That Jazz – Ralph Burns Breaking Away – Patrick Williams The Muppet Movie – Song by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation by Paul Williams
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
The Black Stallion – Alan Splet	Apocalypse Now – Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs and Nat Boxer 1941 – Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene Cantamessa Meteor – William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut and Jack Solomon The Electric Horseman – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler and Al Overton, Jr. The Rose – Theodore Soderberg, Douglas O. Williams, Paul Wells and Jim Webb
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
All That Jazz – Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg and Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart and Gary Brink 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 Alien – Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Les Dilley and Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker Apocalypse Now – Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson	Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro Kramer vs. Kramer – Nestor Almendros 1941 – William A. Fraker The Black Hole – Frank Phillips All That Jazz – Giuseppe Rotunno
Best Costume Design	Best Original Song
All That Jazz – Albert Wolsky The Europeans – Judy Moorcroft Agatha – Shirley Russell Butch and Sundance: The Early Days – William Ware Theiss La Cage aux Folles – Piero Tosi and Ambra Danon	"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; Lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman "It's Easy to Say" from 10 – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Robert Wells "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie – Music and Lyric by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
All That Jazz – Alan Heim The Black Hole – Robert Dalva Kramer vs. Kramer – Jerry Greenberg Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtmlan The Rose – Robert L. Wolfe and C. Timothy O'Meara	Alien – H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling The Black Hole – Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw and Joe Hale 1941 – William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers and Gregory Jein 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

Academy Honorary Awards

• Hal Elias
• Alec Guinness

Medal of Commendation

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

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Robert Benjamin

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Ray Stark

Presenters

• Ann-Margret and Jack Valenti (Presenters: Best Foreign Language Film)
• Jamie Lee Curtis and George Hamilton (Presenters: Best Cinematography)
• Bo Derek and Christopher Reeve (Presenters: Best Film Editing)
• Kirk Douglas (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
• Farrah Fawcett and Harold Russell (Presenters: Best Visual Effects)
• Richard Gere (Presenter: Medal of Commendation)
• Robert Hays and Kristy McNichol (Presenters: Best Costume Design)
• Lauren Hutton and Telly Savalas (Presenters: Short Subjects Awards)
• Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John (Presenters: Best Original Song)
• Persis Khambatta and William Shatner (Presenters: Documentary Awards)
• Cloris Leachman and Jack Lemmon (Presenters: Best Supporting Actress)
• Walter Matthau and Liza Minnelli (Presenters: Best Supporting Actor)
• Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney (Presenters: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration)
• Walter Mirisch (Presenter: Honorary Award to Hal Elias)
• Dolly Parton and Ben Vereen (Presenters: Music Awards)
• Dustin Hoffman (Presenter: Honorary Award to Alec Guinness)
• Goldie Hawn and Steven Spielberg (Presenters: Best Director)
• Neil Simon (Presenter: Writing Awards)
• Jane Fonda (Presenter: Best Actor)
• Richard Dreyfuss (Presenter: Best Actress)
• Charlton Heston (Presenter: Best Picture)

Performers

• Kermit the Frog ("The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie)
• Melissa Manchester ("Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles and "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from The Promise)
• Donald O'Connor ("Dancin' on the Silver Screen")
• Helen Reddy and Dudley Moore ("Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say)" from 10)
• Dionne Warwick ("It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae)

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

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

The following films received multiple awards.

• 5 wins: Kramer vs. Kramer
• 4 wins: All That Jazz
• 2 wins: Apocalypse Now, Norma Rae

See also

• Academy Award
• Academy Honorary Award
• 52nd Academy Awards nominees and winners
• 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
• Governors Awards