The 52nd annual Academy Awards ceremony from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
Host: Johnny Carson.
Announcer: Hank Simms
Kramer vs. Kramer won for best picture
Dustin Hoffman: Best Actor
Sally Field: Best Actress
Melvyn Douglas: Best Supporting Actor
Meryl Streep: Best Supporting Actress
In addition to clips from the nominated films, entertainment plans called for an elaborate production number headlined by Donald O('Connor and 32 dancers, who salute Hollywood's leading hoofers and choreographers.
Scheduled presenters include Ann-Margret, Bo Derek, Richard Dreyfuss, Farrah Fawcett, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, Charlton Heston, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney, and Harold Russell, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1946 for "The Best Years of Our Lives."
NOMINATED SONGS AND PEFORMERS:
"It Goes Like It Goes" (from "Norma Rae").........Dionne Warwick
"The Rainbow Connection" (from "The Muppet Movie")
...............................Kermit the Frog
"Song from '10' (It's Easy to Say)".....Helen Reddy, Dudley Moore
"Theme from "Ice Castles" ("Through the Eyes of Love)"
"Theme from "The Promise" ("I'll Never Say 'Goodbye')"
......................Melissa Manchester
MAJOR NOMINATIONS:
MOTION PICUTURE - BEST FILM: "All That Jazz," "Apocalypse Now," "Breaking Away," "Kamer vs, Kramer," "Norma Rae."
DIRECTOR: Robert Benton ("Kramer vs. Kramer"), Francis Ford Coppola ("Apocalypse Now"), Bob Fosse ("All That Jazz"), Edouard Molinaro ("La Cage aux Follies"), Peter Yates ("Breaking Away").
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jane Alexander ("Kramer vs Kramer"), Barbara Barrie ("Breaking Away"), Mariel Hemingway ("Manhattan"), Meryl Streep ("Kramer vs. Kramer").
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Melvin Douglas ("Being There"), Robert Duvall ("Apocalypse Now"), "Frederic Forrest ("The Rose"), Justin Henry ("Kramer vs Kramer'), Mickey Rooney ("The Black Stallion").
BEST ACTOR: Dustin Hoffman ("Kramer vs Kramer"), Jack Lemmon ("The China Syndrome)."
The 52nd annual Academy Awards ceremony from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
Host: Johnny Carson.
Announcer: Hank Simms
Kramer vs. Kramer won for best picture
Dustin Hoffman: Best Actor
Sally Field: Best Actress
Melvyn Douglas: Best Supporting Actor
Meryl Streep: Best Supporting Actress
In addition to clips from the nominated films, entertainment plans called for an elaborate production number headlined by Donald O('Connor and 32 dancers, who salute Hollywood's leading hoofers and choreographers.
Scheduled presenters include Ann-Margret, Bo Derek, Richard Dreyfuss, Farrah Fawcett, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, Charlton Heston, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney, and Harold Russell, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1946 for "The Best Years of Our Lives."
NOMINATE SONGS AND PEFORMERS:
"It Goes Like It Goes" (from "Norma Rae").........Dionne Warwick
"The Rainbow Connection" (from "The Muppet Movie")
...............................Kermit the Frog
"Song from '10' (It's Easy to Say)".....Helen Reddy, Dudley Moore
"Theme from "Ice Castles" ("Through the Eyes of Love)"
"Theme from "The Promise" ("I'll Never Say 'Goodbye')"
......................Melissa Manchester
MAJOR NOMINATIONS:
MOTION PICUTURE - BEST FILM: "All That Jazz," "Apocalypse Now," "Breaking Away," "Kamer vs, Kramer," "Norma Rae."
DIRECTOR: Robert Benton ("Kramer vs. Kramer"), Francis Ford Coppola ("Apocalypse Now"), Bob Fosse ("All That Jazz"), Edouard Molinaro ("La Cage aux Follies"), Peter Yates ("Breaking Away").
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jane Alexander ("Kramer vs Kramer"), Barbara Barrie ("Breaking Away"), Mariel Hemingway ("Manhattan"), Meryl Streep ("Kramer vs. Kramer").
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Melvin Douglas ("Being There"), Robert Duvall ("Apocalypse Now"), "Frederic Forrest ("The Rose"), Justin Henry ("Kramer vs Kramer'), Mickey Rooney ("The Black Stallion").
BEST ACTOR: Dustin Hoffman ("Kramer vs Kramer"), Jack Lemmon ("The China Syndrome)." 