1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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The 45th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1979. The winners were announced on 19 December 1979 and the awards were given on 1 February 1980.

Winners

Best Actor:

Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer

Runners-up: Peter Sellers - Being There and Nick Nolte - North Dallas Forty

Best Actress:

Sally Field - Norma Rae

Runners-up: Bette Midler - The Rose and Hanna Schygulla - The Marriage of Maria Braun

Best Director:

Woody Allen - Manhattan

Runners-up: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer and Bob Fosse - All That Jazz

Best Film:

Kramer vs. Kramer

Runners-up: Breaking Away and Manhattan

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) • Italy

Runners-up: La Cage aux Folles • France/Italy, Peppermint Soda (Diabolo menthe) • France and Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje) • Netherlands/Belgium

Best Screenplay:

Steve Tesich - Breaking Away

Runners-up: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman - Manhattan and Jerzy Kosinski - Being There

Best Supporting Actor:

Melvyn Douglas - Being There

Runners-up: Frederic Forrest - The Rose and James Woods - The Onion Field

Best Supporting Actress:

Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer and The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Runners-up: Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer and Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away

References

1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Wikipedia

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