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1979 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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Date
  
December 15, 1979

Best Picture
  
Kramer vs. Kramer

The 5th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1979, were announced on 15 December 1979 and given on 9 January 1980.

Winners

  • Best Picture:
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Runners-up: Apocalypse Now and Breaking Away
  • Best Director:
  • Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Runners-up: Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now and Bob Fosse – All That Jazz
  • Best Actor:
  • Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Runner-up: Roy Scheider – All That Jazz
  • Best Actress:
  • Sally Field – Norma Rae
  • Runners-up: Marsha Mason – Chapter Two and Bette Midler – The Rose
  • Best Supporting Actor:
  • Melvyn Douglas – Being There and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
  • Best Supporting Actress:
  • Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer, Manhattan and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
  • Best Screenplay:
  • Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Best Cinematography:
  • Caleb Deschanel – The Black Stallion
  • Best Music Score:
  • Carmine Coppola – The Black Stallion
  • Best Foreign Film:
  • Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje) • Belgium/Netherlands
  • Runner-up: The Last Wave • Australia
  • New Generation Award:
  • John Carpenter
  • Career Achievement Award:
  • John Huston

    • References

    1979 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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