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1970
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"PATTON"
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"Airport"
"Five Easy Pieces"
"Love Story"

"M*A*S*H"
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Actor:
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GEORGE C. SCOTT for "Patton"
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Melvyn Douglas for "I Never Sang For My Father"
James Earl Jones for "The Great White Hope"
Jack Nicholson for "Five Easy Pieces"
Ryan O'Neal for "Love Story"
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Actress:
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GLENDA JACKSON for "Women in Love" |
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Jane Alexander for "The Great White Hope"
Ali MacGraw for "Love Story"

Sarah Miles for "Ryan's Daughter"
Carrie Snodgrass for "Diary of a Mad Housewife" |
Supporting Actor:
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JOHN MILLS for "Ryan's Daughter" |
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Richard Castellano for "Lovers and Other Strangers"
Chief Dan George for "Little Big Man"
Gene Hackman for "I Never Sang For My Father"
John Marley for "Love Story"
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Supporting Actress:
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HELEN HAYES for "Airport" |
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Karen Black for "Five Easy Pieces"
Lee Grant for "The Landlord"
Sally Kellerman for "M*A*S*H"

Maureen Stapleton for "Airport" |
Director:
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FRANKLIN SCHAFFNER for "Patton"
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Robert Altman for "M*A*S*H"

Federico Fellini for "Fellini Satyricon"
Arthur Hiller for "Love Story"

Ken Russell for "Women in Love" |
1971
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"THE FRENCH CONNECTION"
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"A Clockwork Orange"

"Fiddler on the Roof"
"The Last Picture Show"

"Nicholas and Alexandra" |
Actor:
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GENE HACKMAN for "The French Connection"
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Peter Finch for "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"
Walter Matthau for "Kotch"
George C. Scott for "The Hospital"

Topol for "Fiddler on the Roof" |
Actress:
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JANE FONDA for "Klute" |
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Julie Christie for "McCabe and Mrs. Miller"
Glenda Jackson for "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"
Vanessa Redgrave for "Mary, Queen of Scots"
Janet Suzman for "Nicholas and Alexandra" |
Supporting Actor:
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BEN JOHNSON for "The Last Picture Show"
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Jeff Bridges for "The Last Picture Show"

Leonard Frey for "Fiddler on the Roof"
Richard Jaeckel for "Sometimes a Great Notion"
Roy Scheider for "The French Connection"
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Supporting Actress:
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CLORIS LEACHMAN for "The Last Picture Show"
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Ann-Margret for "Carnal Knowledge"
Ellen Burstyn for "The Last Picture Show"

Barbara Harris for "Who is Harry Kellerman, and Why is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?"
Margaret Leighton for "The Go-Between" |
Director:
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WILLIAM FRIEDKIN for "The French Connection"
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Peter Bogdanovich for "The Last Picture Show"

Norman Jewison for "Fiddler on the Roof"
Stanley Kubrick for "A Clockwork Orange"

John Schlesinger for "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" |
1972
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"THE GODFATHER"
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"Cabaret"

"Deliverance"

"The Emigrants"
"Sounder" |
Actor:
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MARLON BRANDO for "The Godfather"
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Michael Caine for "Sleuth"
Laurence Olivier for "Sleuth"
Peter O'Toole for "The Ruling Class"
Paul Winfield for "Sounder" |
Actress:
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LIZA MINNELLI for "Cabaret"
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Diana Ross for "Lady Sings The Blues"
Maggie Smith for "Travels With My Aunt"
Cicely Tyson for "Sounder"
Liv Ullmann for "The Emigrants" |
Supporting Actor:
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JOEL GREY for "Cabaret"
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Eddie Albert for "The Heartbreak Kid"

James Caan for "The Godfather"

Robert Duvall for "The Godfather"

Al Pacino for "The Godfather"
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Supporting Actress:
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EILEEN HECKART for "Butterflies Are Free" |
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Jeannie Berlin for "The Heartbreak Kid"

Geraldine Page for "Pete 'n' Tillie"
Susan Tyrrell for "Fat City"
Shelley Winters for "The Poseidon Adventure"
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Director:
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BOB FOSSE for "Cabaret"
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John Boorman for "Deliverance"

Francis Ford Coppola for "The Godfather"

Joseph L. Mankiewicz for "Sleuth"
Jan Troell for "The Emigrants" |
1973
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"THE STING" |
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"American Graffiti"

"Cries and Whispers"
"The Exorcist"

"A Touch of Class" |
Actor:
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JACK LEMMON for "Save the Tiger" |
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Marlon Brando for "Last Tango in Paris"

Jack Nicholson for "The Last Detail"
Al Pacino for "Serpico"
Robert Redford for "The Sting" |
Actress:
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GLENDA JACKSON for "A Touch of Class" |
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Ellen Burstyn for "The Exorcist"

Marsha Mason for "Cinderella Liberty"
Barbra Streisand for "The Way We Were"

Joanne Woodward for "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" |
Supporting Actor:
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JOHN HOUSEMAN for "The Paper Chase" |
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Vincent Gardenia for "Bang the Drum Slowly"
Jack Gilford for "Save the Tiger"
Jason Miller for "The Exorcist"

Randy Quaid for "The Last Detail" |
Supporting Actress:
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TATUM O'NEAL for "Paper Moon" |
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Linda Blair for "The Exorcist"

Candy Clark for "American Graffiti"

Madeline Kahn for "Paper Moon"
Sylvia Sidney for "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" |
Director:
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GEORGE ROY HILL for "The Sting" |
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Ingmar Bergman for "Cries and Whispers"
Bernardo Bertolucci for "Last Tango in Paris"

William Friedkin for "The Exorcist"

George Lucas for "American Graffiti"
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1974
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"THE GODFATHER, PART II"
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"Chinatown"

"The Conversation"

"Lenny"
"The Towering Inferno" |
Actor:
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ART CARNEY for "Harry and Tonto" |
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Albert Finney for "Murder on the Orient Express"
Dustin Hoffman for "Lenny"
Jack Nicholson for "Chinatown"

Al Pacino for "The Godfather, Part II"
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Actress:
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ELLEN BURSTYN for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" |
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Diahann Carroll for "Claudine"
Faye Dunaway for "Chinatown"

Valerie Perrine for "Lenny"
Gena Rowlands for "A Woman Under the Influence"
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Supporting Actor:
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ROBERT DE NIRO for "The Godfather, Part II"
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Fred Astaire for "The Towering Inferno"
Jeff Bridges for "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"
Michael V. Gazzo for "The Godfather, Part II"

Lee Strasberg for "The Godfather, Part II"
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Supporting Actress:
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INGRID BERGMAN for "Murder on the Orient Express" |
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Valentina Cortese for "Day for Night"
Madeline Kahn for "Blazing Saddles"

Diane Ladd for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Talia Shire for "The Godfather, Part II"
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Director:
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FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA for "The Godfather, Part II"
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John Cassavetes for "A Woman Under the Influence"

Bob Fosse for "Lenny"
Roman Polanski for "Chinatown"

Francois Truffaut for "Day for Night" |
1975
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"ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST"
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"Barry Lyndon"
"Dog Day Afternoon"

"Jaws"

"Nashville"
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Actor:
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JACK NICHOLSON for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
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Walter Matthau for "The Sunshine Boys"
Al Pacino for "Dog Day Afternoon"

Maximilian Schell for "The Man in the Glass Booth"
James Whitmore for "Give 'Em Hell, Harry!" |
Actress:
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LOUISE FLETCHER for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
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Isabelle Adjani for "The Story of Adele H."
Ann-Margret for "Tommy"
Glenda Jackson for "Hedda"
Carol Kane for "Hester Street" |
Supporting Actor:
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GEORGE BURNS for "The Sunshine Boys" |
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Brad Dourif for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"

Burgess Meredith for "The Day of the Locust"
Chris Sarandon for "Dog Day Afternoon"

Jack Warden for "Shampoo"
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Supporting Actress:
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LEE GRANT for "Shampoo"
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Ronee Blakley for "Nashville"

Sylvia Miles for "Farewell, My Lovely"
Lily Tomlin for "Nashville"

Brenda Vaccaro for "Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough" |
Director:
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MILOS FORMAN for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
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Robert Altman for "Nashville"

Federico Fellini for "Amarcord"
Stanley Kubrick for "Barry Lyndon"
Sidney Lumet for "Dog Day Afternoon"
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1976
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"ROCKY"
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"All the President's Men"

"Bound for Glory"
"Network"

"Taxi Driver"
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Actor:
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PETER FINCH for "Network"
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Robert De Niro for "Taxi Driver"

Giancarlo Giannini for "Seven Beauties"
William Holden for "Network"

Sylvester Stallone for "Rocky"
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Actress:
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FAYE DUNAWAY for "Network"
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Marie-Christine Barrault for "Cousin, Cousine"
Talia Shire for "Rocky"

Sissy Spacek for "Carrie"

Liv Ullmann for "Face to Face" |
Supporting Actor:
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JASON ROBARDS for "All the President's Men"
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Ned Beatty for "Network"

Burgess Meredith for "Rocky"

Laurence Olivier for "Marathon Man"

Burt Young for "Rocky"
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Supporting Actress:
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BEATRICE STRAIGHT for "Network"
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Jane Alexander for "All the President's Men"

Jodie Foster for "Taxi Driver"

Lee Grant for "Voyage of the Damned"
Piper Laurie for "Carrie"
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Director:
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JOHN G. AVILDSEN for "Rocky"
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Ingmar Bergman for "Face to Face"
Sidney Lumet for "Network"

Alan J. Pakula for "All the President's Men"

Lina Wertmuller for "Seven Beauties" |
1977
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"ANNIE HALL"
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"The Goodbye Girl"

"Julia"
"Star Wars"

"The Turning Point" |
Actor:
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RICHARD DREYFUSS for "The Goodbye Girl"
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Woody Allen for "Annie Hall"

Richard Burton for "Equus"
Marcello Mastroianni for "A Special Day"
John Travolta for "Saturday Night Fever" |
Actress:
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DIANE KEATON for "Annie Hall"
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Anne Bancroft for "The Turning Point"
Jane Fonda for "Julia"
Shirley MacLaine for "The Turning Point"
Marsha Mason for "The Goodbye Girl"
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Supporting Actor:
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JASON ROBARDS for "Julia" |
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Mikhail Baryshnikov for "The Turning Point"
Peter Firth for "Equus"
Alec Guinness for "Star Wars"

Maximilian Schell for "Julia" |
Supporting Actress:
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VANESSA REDGRAVE for "Julia" |
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Leslie Browne for "The Turning Point"
Quinn Cummings for "The Goodbye Girl"

Melinda Dillon for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Tuesday Weld for "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" |
Director:
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WOODY ALLEN for "Annie Hall"
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George Lucas for "Star Wars"

Herbert Ross for "The Turning Point"
Steven Spielberg for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Fred Zinnemann for "Julia" |
1978
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"THE DEER HUNTER"
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"Coming Home"

"Heaven Can Wait"
"Midnight Express"
"An Unmarried Woman" |
Actor:
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JON VOIGHT for "Coming Home"
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Warren Beatty for "Heaven Can Wait"
Gary Busey for "The Buddy Holly Story"
Robert De Niro for "The Deer Hunter"

Laurence Olivier for "The Boys From Brazil" |
Actress:
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JANE FONDA for "Coming Home"
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Ingrid Bergman for "Autumn Sonata"
Ellen Burstyn for "Same Time, Next Year"
Jill Clayburgh for "An Unmarried Woman"
Geraldine Page for "Interiors" |
Supporting Actor:
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CHRISTOPHER WALKEN for "The Deer Hunter"
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Bruce Dern for "Coming Home"

Richard Farnsworth for "Comes a Horseman"
John Hurt for "Midnight Express"
Jack Warden for "Heaven Can Wait" |
Supporting Actress:
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MAGGIE SMITH for "California Suite" |
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Dyan Cannon for "Heaven Can Wait"
Penelope Milford for "Coming Home"

Maureen Stapleton for "Interiors"
Meryl Streep for "The Deer Hunter"
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Director:
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MICHAEL CIMINO for "The Deer Hunter"
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Woody Allen for "Interiors"
Hal Ashby for "Coming Home"

Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for "Heaven Can Wait"
Alan Parker for "Midnight Express" |
Foreign Film:
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"GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS" |
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Art Direction:
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"HEAVEN CAN WAIT" |
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Costumes:
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"Death on the Nile" |
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Documentary Feature:
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"Scared Straight" |
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Special Award for Visual Effects:
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"Superman" |
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1979
Picture:
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"KRAMER vs. KRAMER" |
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"All That Jazz"

"Apocalypse Now"

"Breaking Away"
"Norma Rae" |
Actor:
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DUSTIN HOFFMAN for "Kramer vs. Kramer" |
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Jack Lemmon for "The China Syndrome"

Al Pacino for "...And Justice For All"
Roy Scheider for "All That Jazz"

Peter Sellers for "Being There"
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Actress:
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SALLY FIELD for "Norma Rae" |
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Jill Clayburgh for "Starting Over"
Jane Fonda for "The China Syndrome"

Marsha Mason for "Chapter Two"
Bette Midler for "The Rose" |
Supporting Actor:
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MELVYN DOUGLAS for "Being There"
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Robert Duvall for "Apocalypse Now"

Frederic Forrest for "The Rose"
Justin Henry for "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Mickey Rooney for "The Black Stallion"
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Supporting Actress:
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MERYL STREEP for "Kramer vs. Kramer" |
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Jane Alexander for "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Barbarie Barrie for "Breaking Away"
Candice Bergen for "Starting Over"
Mariel Hemingway for "Manhattan"
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Director:
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ROBERT BENTON for "Kramer vs. Kramer" |
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Francis Ford Coppola for "Apocalypse Now"

Bob Fosse for "All That Jazz"

Edouard Molinaro for "La Cage Aux Folles"
Peter Yates for "Breaking Away" |
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