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January 12, 1979
Record blizzard struck the Midwest killing over 100 people
The 6th Annual American Music Awards - Barry Manilow & Linda
Ronstadt winners
January 13, 1979
YMCA files suit against the Village People for recording the
YMCA song
January 14, 1979
President Carter proposes to make Martin Luther King birthday a
national holiday
January 21, 1979
SuperBowl XIII with Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Dallas
Cowboys 35 to 31 and
Terry Bradshaw, Quarterback of the Steelers is named
MVP
January 23, 1979
Willie Mays elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 26, 1979
The "Dukes of Hazard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
January 29, 1979
Emerson, Lake & Palmer disbanded after 10 years together
The 9th NFL Pro Bowl - NFC beats AFC 13 -7
February 14, 1979
Adolph Dubs, the US Ambassador to Afghanistan is murdered
February 18, 1979
NASA launches space vehicle S-202
Snow falls in the Sahara Desert
February 28, 1979
Mr. Ed, the talking horse dies
March 2, 1979
Sir Richard Sykes, the British Ambassador is assassinated in
Holland
March 4, 1979
200th episode of "All in the Family"
US Voyager I photographs Jupiter's rings
March 9, 1979
Io, a satellite on Jupiter discovers the first extraterrestrial
volcano
March 22, 1979
The Israeli Parliament approves a peace treaty with Egypt
March 26, 1979
Michigan State Spartans shatters Indian State's 33 game winning
streak and
Magic Johnson outscores Larry Bird 24-19
April 8, 1979
204th episode of "All in the Family" is the final episode
May 3, 1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman Prime Minister of
Britain
May 12, 1979
Chris Everett's 125 match winning streak comes to an end
May 25, 1979
American Airline's DC-10 crashes during a take off at Chicago's
O'Hare Airport killing 275 people
July 16, 1979
Saddam Hussein became President of Iraq
July 18, 1979
Gold hits a record price of $303.85 an ounce in London
August 10, 1979
Michael Jackson releases his first breakthrough album Off the
Wall
September 7, 1979
The Entertainment Sports Programming Network, ESPN debuts
September 24, 1979
CompuServe system is started
September 27, 1979
Congress approves the creation of the "Department of Education"
September 28, 1979
Larry Holmes retains championship as he knocks out Earnie
Shavers in 11 rounds
September 29, 1979
Pope John Paul II is the 1st pope to visit Ireland
Gold hits a record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
October 1, 1979
The United States returns the "canal zone" to Panama after 75
years, but not the canal
October 6, 1979
Pope John Paul II is the 1st pope to visit the White House
October 11, 1979
Allan McLeod Cormack & Godfrey Newbold Hounsefield wins the
Medical Nobel Prize for
developing the CAT scan
December 15, 1979
The New York Knicks retire the 2nd number - Walt Frazer's #10
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ON FILM
The 1979 Academy Awards on April 14, 1980 presented the
following awards:
Best Picture - Kramer, Stanley R. Jaffe, producer
(Columbia)
Nominated: All That Jazz, Robert Alan
Aurthur, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)Apocalypse Now,
Francis Coppola, producer; Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and
Tom Sternberg, co-producers (United Artists)Breaking Away,
Peter Yates, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)Kramer
vs. Norma Rae, Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose,
producers (Twentieth Century-Fox)
| Actor in a Leading Role |
Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer |
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Jack Lemmon,
The China Syndrome |
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Al Pacino, …And
Justice for All |
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Roy Scheider,
All That Jazz |
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Peter Sellers,
Being There |
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| Actress in a Leading Role |
Sally Field, Norma Rae
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Jill Clayburgh,
Starting Over |
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Jane Fonda,
The China Syndrome |
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Marsha Mason,
Chapter Two |
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Bette Midler,
The Rose |
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| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Melvyn Douglas, Being There |
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Robert Duvall,
Apocalypse Now |
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Frederic Forrest,
The Rose |
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Justin Henry,
Kramer vs. Kramer |
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Mickey Rooney,
The Black Stallion |
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| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer
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Barbara Barrie,
Breaking Away |
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Candice Bergen,
Starting Over |
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Mariel Hemingway,
Manhattan |
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Jane Alexander,
Kramer vs. Kramer |
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| Directing |
Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer |
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Francis Coppola,
Apocalypse Now |
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Bob Fosse,
All That Jazz |
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Edouard Molinaro,
La Cage aux Folles |
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Peter Yates,
Breaking Away |
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| Writing |
| Screenplay Written Directly for the
Screen |
Steve Tesich, Breaking Away |
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Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob
Fosse, All That Jazz |
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Valerie Curtin and Barry
Levinson, …And Justice
for All |
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Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and
James Bridges, The
China Syndrome |
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Woody Allen and Marshall
Brickman, Manhattan |
| Screenplay Based on
Material From Another Medium |
Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer |
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Allan Burns,
A Little Romance |
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John Milius and Francis
Coppola, Apocalypse Now |
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Irving Ravetch and Harriet
Frank, Jr., Norma Rae |
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Francis Veber, Edouard
Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret,
La Cage Aux Folles |
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| Cinematography |
Vittorio Storaro, Apocalypse Now |
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William A. Fraker,
1941 |
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Frank Phillips,
The Black Hole |
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Giuseppe Rotunno,
All That Jazz |
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Nestor Almendros,
Kramer vs. Kramer |
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| Art Direction |
Philip Rosenberg and Tony Walton, art direction;
Edward Stewart and Gary Brink, set decoration, All
That Jazz |
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Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon
Harris and John Vallone, art direction; Linda DeScenna,
set decoration, Star Trek—The
Motion Picture |
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George
Jenkins, art direction; Arthur Jeph Parker, set
decoration, The China Syndrome |
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Michael Seymour, Les Dilley and Roger
Christian, art direction; lan Whittaker, set decoration,
Alien |
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Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham,
art direction; George R. Nelson, set decoration,
Apocalypse Now |
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| Sound |
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs and Nat
Boxer, Apocalypse Now |
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William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin,
Michael J. Kohut and Jack Solomon,
Meteor |
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Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don
MacDougall and Gene S. Cantamessa,
1941 |
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Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz,
Michael Minkler and Al Overton,
The Electric Horseman |
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Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams,
Paul Wells and Jim Webb, The
Rose |
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| Music |
| Original Song |
It Goes Like It Goes, Norma Rae,
music by David Shire; lyrics by Norman Gimbel
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I'll Never Say `Goodbye',
The Promise, David Shire, music; Alan and
Marilyn Bergman, lyrics |
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It's Easy to Say,” 10,
Henry Mancini, music; Robert Wells, lyrics |
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The Rainbow Connection,
The Muppet Movie, Paul Williams and Kenny
Ascher, music and lyrics |
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Through the Eyes of Love, Ice Castles, Marvin Hamlisch, music;
Carole Bayer Sager, lyrics |
| Original Score |
Georges Delerue, A Little Romance |
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Jerry Goldsmith,
Star Trek—The Motion Picture |
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Dave Grusin,
The Champ |
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Henry Mancini,
10 |
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Lalo Schifrin,
The Amityville Horror |
| Original Song Score and Its
Adaptation or Adaptation Score |
Ralph Burns, All That Jazz |
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Patrick Williams,
Breaking Away |
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Paul Williams and Kenny
Ascher, song; Paul Williams, adaptation,
The Muppet Movie |
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| Film Editing |
Alan Heim, All That Jazz
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Jerry Greenberg,
Kramer vs. Kramer |
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Robert Dalva,
The Black Stallion |
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Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald
B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman,
Apocalypse Now |
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Robert L. Wolfe and C. Timothy
O'Meara, The Rose |
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| Costume Design |
Albert Wolsky, All That Jazz
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Shirley Russell,
Agatha |
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William Ware Theiss,
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days |
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Piero Tosi and Ambra Danon,
La Cage aux Folles |
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Judy Moorcroft,
The Europeans |
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| Visual Effects |
H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick
Allder and Denys Ayling, Alien |
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William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers and
Gregory Jein, 1941 |
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Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank,
Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw and Joe
Hale, The Black Hole |
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Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson and John
Evans, Moonraker |
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Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra,
Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart and Grant
McCune, Star Trek—The Motion
Picture |
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| Short Films |
| Animated |
Every Child (Derek Lamb, producer;
National Film Board of Canada) |
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Dream
Doll (Bob Godfrey Films/Zagreb Films/Halas
and Batchelor; FilmWright) |
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It's So Nice to Have a
Wolf Around the House
(Paul Fierlinger, producer; AR&T Productions for
Learning Corporation of America) |
| Live Action |
Board and Care (Sarah Pillsbury
and Ron Ellis, producers; Ron Ellis Films) |
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Bravery in the Field
(Roman Kroitor and Stefan Wodoslawsky,
producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
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Oh Brother, My Brother
(Carol Lowell and Ross Lowell, producers;
Pyramid Films, Inc.) |
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The Solar Film
(Saul Bass and Michael Britton, producers;
Wildwood Enterprises Inc.) |
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Solly's Diner
(Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman and Larry Hankin,
producers; Mathias/Zukerman/Hankin Productions) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
(Saul J. Turell, producer; Janus Films, Inc.) |
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Koryo Celadon (Donald A.
Connolly and James R. Messenger, producers;
Charlie/Papa Productions, Inc.) |
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Nails (Phillip Borsos,
producer; National Film Board of Canada) |
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Dae (Risto Teofilovski,
producer; Vardar Film/Skopje) |
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Remember Me (Dick Young,
producer; Dick Young Productions, Ltd.) |
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| Feature |
Best Boy (Ira Wohl, producer; Only
Child Motion Pictures, Inc.) |
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Generation on the Wind (David
A. Vassar, producer; More Than One Medium) |
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Going the Distance (Paul
Cowan and Jacques Bobet, producers; National
Film Board of Canada) |
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The Killing Ground (Steve
Singer and Tom Priestley, producers; ABC News
Closeup Unit) |
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The War at Home (Glenn Silber
and Barry Alexander Brown, producers; Catalyst
Films/Madison Film Production Co.) |
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| Foreign Language Film |
The Tin Drum, Federal Republic of
Germany—West |
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Mama Turns a Hundred, Spain |
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A Simple Story, France |
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The Maids of Wilko, Poland |
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To Forget Venice, Italy |
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| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
Ray Stark |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
Robert Benjamin |
| Honorary Awards |
To Hal Elias for his dedication and
distinguished service to the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences |
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To Alec Guinness for advancing the art of
screen acting through a host of memorable and
distinguished performances |
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John O. Aalberg, Charles G. Clarke and
John G. Frayne in appreciation for outstanding
service and dedication in upholding the high standards
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| Special Achievement Award |
| Sound Editing |
Alan Splet, The Black Stallion |
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MUSIC
Events
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Disco reigns supreme in 1979, with several #1 hits from
The
Bee Gees and
Donna Summer that year. Several artists who were not
regarded as dance/disco acts, scored major successes by
releasing disco singles, including
New Wave band
Blondie with their first US number one single "Heart of
Glass",
Rod Stewart with "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and rock band
Electric Light Orchestra go disco this year with their
UK #1 LP Discovery. Country star
Kenny Rogers also issues a disco influenced album,
entitled Kenny. Hard rock band KISS also has a disco
hit this year with "I Was Made For Lovin You".
- The backlash against disco among rock loyalists is also
peaking. An
anti-disco event in
Chicago,
Illinois ultimately forced the cancellation of a major
league baseball game. When
The Knack's song "My Sharona" hit Billboard's #1 for six
weeks, many rock critics celebrated the beginning of the end
for
disco music. While 1979 may have marked the climax of
disco, it was also the only popular year for The Knack, who
quickly faded into obscurity.
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Kate Bush embarked on her first, and to date, only tour
in April. She became the first artist to use a
wireless microphone, enabling her to sing and dance at
the same time.
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Elton John reunited with lyricist
Bernie Taupin after a three-year break. The duos recent
songs are recorded in August of 1979, to be released a year
later on "21
at 33".
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