52nd Academy Awards

52nd Academy Awards
Date	April 14, 1980
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Hosted by	Johnny Carson
Produced by	Howard W. Koch
Directed by	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

The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 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 until 2013. Ironically, their age difference was partially the reason why Douglas did not attend the Oscars that night,^[1] despite winning the award. Henry was nominated for Kramer vs. Kramer, which out of its eight other nominations, finished with five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Benton, and Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman.

Awards

Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor winner

Sally Field, Best Actress winner

Melvyn Douglas, Best Supporting Actor winner

Meryl Streep, Best Supporting Actress winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().^[2][3]

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 Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All Roy Scheider – All That Jazz Peter Sellers – Being There	Sally Field – Norma Rae Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome Marsha Mason – Chapter Two Bette Midler – The Rose
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Melvyn Douglas – Being There Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now Frederic Forrest – The Rose Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer Mickey Rooney – The Black Stallion	Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer Barbara Barrie – Breaking Away Candice Bergen – Starting Over Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan
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; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman "It's Easy to Say" from 10 – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Robert Wells "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie – Music and Lyrics by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
All That Jazz – Alan Heim The Black Stallion – Robert Dalva Kramer vs. Kramer – Jerry Greenberg Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman The Rose – Robert L. Wolfe and C. Timothy O'Meara	Alien – H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling The Black Hole – Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw and Joe Hale 1941 – Gregory Jein, William A. Fraker, and A. D. Flowers 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^[2]

• Hal Elias
• Alec Guinness

Medal of Commendation^[2]

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

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award^[2]

• Robert Benjamin

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award^[2]

• Ray Stark

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Name	Role
Simms, HankHank Simms	Announcer for the 52nd Academy Awards
Kanin, FayFay Kanin (AMPAS president)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Wayne, PatrickPatrick Wayne	Explains the voting rules to the public
Leachman, ClorisCloris Leachman Jack Lemmon	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Miller, AnnAnn Miller Mickey Rooney	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction and Best Set Decoration
Parton, DollyDolly Parton Ben Vereen	Presenters of the Music Awards
Fairbanks Jr., DouglasDouglas Fairbanks Jr.	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Hays, RobertRobert Hays Kristy McNichol	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Fawcett, FarrahFarrah Fawcett Harold Russell	Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
Khambatta, PersisPersis Khambatta William Shatner	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Hutton, LaurenLauren Hutton Telly Savalas	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Gere, RichardRichard Gere	Presenter of the Medal of Commendation
Ann-Margret Jack Valenti	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Steiger, RodRod Steiger Sally Kellerman	Presenters of the award for Best Sound Mixing
Douglas, KirkKirk Douglas	Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Curtis, Jamie LeeJamie Lee Curtis George Hamilton	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Kelly, GeneGene Kelly Olivia Newton-John	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Derek, BoBo Derek Christopher Reeve	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Matthau, WalterWalter Matthau Liza Minnelli	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Hoffman, DustinDustin Hoffman	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Alec Guinness
Hawn, GoldieGoldie Hawn Steven Spielberg	Presenters of the award for Best Director
Simon, NeilNeil Simon	Presenter of the Writing Awards
Mirisch, WalterWalter Mirisch	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Hal Elias
Fonda, JaneJane Fonda	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Dreyfuss, RichardRichard Dreyfuss	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Heston, CharltonCharlton Heston	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Mancini, HenryHenry Mancini	Musical arranger Conductor	Orchestral
Kermit the Frog Miss Piggy Paul Williams	Performers	"Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie
Moore, DudleyDudley Moore Helen Reddy	Performers	"Song from 10 (It's Easy to Say)" from 10
Manchester, MelissaMelissa Manchester	Performer	"Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from The Promise
O'Connor, DonaldDonald O'Connor	Performer	"Dancin' on the Silver Screen"
Warwick, DionneDionne Warwick	Performer	"It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae
Academy Awards Chorus, Academy Awards Chorus	Performers	"That's Entertainment" during the closing credits

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, La Cage aux Folles, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• 2 nominations: 10, Alien, ...And Justice for All, Being There, The Black Hole, The Black Stallion, 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

• 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

References

1. Burstein, Patricia (14 April 1980). "Oscar Nominee Melvyn Douglas Recalls 49 Years in Hollywood—and Reagan as a Democrat". People. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
2. The Official Acadademy Awards® Database
3. "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07.