Editing 1978 in film (section)

== Awards ==

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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[36th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 27, 1979 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[32nd British Academy Film Awards|32nd BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 22, 1979 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[51st Academy Awards]]<br>April 9, 1979
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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
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| Best Film || ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' || ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
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| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Michael Cimino]]<br>''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' || [[Alan Parker]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || [[Michael Cimino]]<br>''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
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| Best Actor || [[Jon Voight]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' || [[Warren Beatty]]<br>''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' || [[Richard Dreyfuss]]<br>''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' || [[Jon Voight]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
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| Best Actress || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' || [[Ellen Burstyn]]<br>''[[Same Time, Next Year (film)|Same Time, Next Year]]''<br>[[Maggie Smith]]<br>''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]'' || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="3" | [[John Hurt]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || [[Christopher Walken]]<br>''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Dyan Cannon]]<br>''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' || [[Geraldine Page]]<br>''[[Interiors]]'' || [[Maggie Smith]]<br>''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Oliver Stone]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Alvin Sargent]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || [[Oliver Stone]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Nancy Dowd]], [[Waldo Salt]] and [[Robert C. Jones]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
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| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Giorgio Moroder]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || [[John Williams]]<br>''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' || [[Giorgio Moroder]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''<br>[[Joe Renzetti]]<br>''[[The Buddy Holly Story]]''
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| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[Last Dance (Donna Summer song)|Last Dance]]"<br>''[[Thank God It's Friday (film)|Thank God It's Friday]]'' || N/A || "[[Last Dance (Donna Summer song)|Last Dance]]"<br>''[[Thank God It's Friday (film)|Thank God It's Friday]]''
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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[Autumn Sonata]]'' || N/A || ''[[Get Out Your Handkerchiefs]]''
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'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Tree of Wooden Clogs]]''''' (L'Albero degli zoccoli), directed by [[Ermanno Olmi]], Italy

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Trout (film)|Trout]]''''' (''Las Truchas''), directed by [[José Luis García Sánchez]], Spain
:'''''[[What Max Said]]''''' (''Las Palabras de Max''), directed by [[Emilio Martínez-Lázaro]], Spain