The Alternative Oscars: 1979
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- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.BEST PICTURE: Manhattan
other nominees:
Alien
Life of Brian
Apocalypse Now
All That Jazz - DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.BEST LEAD ACTOR: Peter Sellers, Being There
other nominees:
Brad Dourif, Wise Blood
Martin Sheen, Apocalypse Now
Roy Scheider, All That Jazz
Ray Winstone, Scum - DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.BEST LEAD ACTRESS: Sigourney Weaver, Alien
other nominees:
Hanna Schygulla, Die Ehe der Maria Braun
Meryl Streep, Kramer Vs. Kramer
Diane Keaton, Manhattan
Talia Shire, Rocky II - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
other nominees:
Ned Beatty, Wise Blood
John Hurt, Alien
Michael Palin, Life of Brian
Treat Williams, Hair - DirectorJohn HustonStarsBrad DourifJohn HustonDan ShorFresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Wright, Wise Blood
other nominees:
Mariel Hemingway, Manhattan
Belinda Bauer, Winter Kills
Beverly D'Angelo, Hair
Shirley MacLaine, Being There - DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.BEST DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott, Alien
other nominees:
Francis Ford Coppola, Alien
Woody Allen, Manhattan
Bob Fosse, All That Jazz
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Die Ehe der Maria Braun - DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael PalinBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Life of Brian
other nominees:
Manhattan
Alien
All That Jazz
Scum - DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Being There
other nominees:
Stalker
Wise Blood
Hair
Apocalypse Now - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.BEST CASTING: Apocalypse Now
other nominees:
Winter Kills
Hair
Wise Blood
Alien - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Stalker
other nominees:
Manhattan
Apocalypse Now
Alien
Die Ehe der Maria Braun - DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Alien
other nominees:
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Hair
Life of Brian - DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Alien
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.BEST FILM EDITING: Alien
other nominees:
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Manhattan
Rocky II - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Stalker (Soviet Union)
other nominees:
Die Ehe der Maria Braun (West Germany)
Woyzeck (West Germany)