Editing 1979 in film (section)

==Awards==
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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[37th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 26, 1980 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[33rd British Academy Film Awards|33rd BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 20, 1980 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[52nd Academy Awards]]<br>April 14, 1980
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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
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| Best Film || ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || ''[[Breaking Away]]'' || ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' || ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
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| Best Director || colspan="3" | [[Francis Ford Coppola]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Robert Benton]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
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| Best Actor || [[Dustin Hoffman]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || [[Peter Sellers]]<br>''[[Being There]]'' || [[Jack Lemmon]]<br>''[[The China Syndrome]]'' || [[Dustin Hoffman]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
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| Best Actress || [[Sally Field]]<br>''[[Norma Rae]]'' || [[Bette Midler]]<br>''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'' || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[The China Syndrome]]'' || [[Sally Field]]<br>''[[Norma Rae]]''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[Melvyn Douglas]]<br>''[[Being There]]''<br>[[Robert Duvall]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Robert Duvall]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Melvyn Douglas]]<br>''[[Being There]]''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Meryl Streep]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]]<br>''[[Yanks]]'' || [[Meryl Streep]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Robert Benton]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Woody Allen]] and [[Marshall Brickman]]<br>''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' || [[Robert Benton]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Steve Tesich]]<br>''[[Breaking Away]]''
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| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Carmine Coppola]] and [[Francis Ford Coppola]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Ennio Morricone]]<br>''[[Days of Heaven]]'' || [[Georges Delerue]]<br>''[[A Little Romance]]''<br>[[Ralph Burns]]<br>''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]''
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| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[The Rose (song)|The Rose]]"<br>''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'' || N/A || "[[It Goes Like It Goes]]"<br>''[[Norma Rae]]''
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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[La Cage aux Folles (film)|La Cage aux Folles]]'' || N/A || ''[[The Tin Drum (film)|The Tin Drum]]''
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'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Apocalypse Now]]''''', directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]], United States
:'''''The Tin Drum''''' (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[David (1979 film)|David]]''''', directed by [[Peter Lilienthal]], West Germany