Oscars 1978 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Equus
Julia

Best Director!

Winner: George Lucas, Star Wars!

Nominees:
Woody Allen - Annie Hall
Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann - Julia
Herbert Ross - The Turning Point

Best Actor!

Winner: John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever!

Nominees:
Woody Allen - Annie Hall
Richard Burton - Equus
Richard Dreyfuss - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Peter Firth - Equus

Best Actress!

Winner: Diane Keaton, Annie Hall!

Nominees:
Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point
Shelley Duvall - 3 Women
Jane Fonda - Julia
Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Alec Guinness, Star Wars!

Nominees:
Harrison Ford - Star Wars
Jason Robards - Julia
Maximilian Schell - Julia
Francois Truffaut - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Vanessa Redgrave, Julia!

Nominees:
Jenny Agutter - Equus
Leslie Brown - The Turning Point
Melinda Dillon - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Joan Plowright - Equus

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, Annie Hall!

Nominees:
Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Neil Simon - The Goodbye Girl
George Lucas - Star Wars
Arthur Laurents - The Turning Point

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Alvin Sargent, Julia!

Nominees:
William Goldman - A Bridge Too Far
Peter Shaffer - Equus
Norman Wexler - Saturday Night Fever
Luis Bunuel and Jean-Claude Carriere - That Obscure Object of Desire

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: Madame Rosa!

Nominees:
Iphigenia
Operation Thunderbolt
A Special Day
That Obscure Object of Desire

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?

Nominees:
The Children of Theatre Street
High Grass Circus
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Union Maids

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Gravity Is My Enemy!

Nominees:
Augeda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
First Edition
Of Time, Tombs and Treasure
The Shetland Experience

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: I'll Find a Way!

Nominees:
The Absent-Minded Waiter
Floating Free
Notes on the Popular Arts
Spaceborne

Best Animated Short!

Winner: The Sand Castle!

Nominees:
Bead Game
The Doonesbury Special
Jimmy the C

Best Original Score!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Julia
Mohammad, Messenger of God
The Spy Who Loved Me

Best Song or Adaptation Score!

Winner: A Little Night Music!

Nominees:
Pete's Dragon
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

Best Original Song!

Winner: Sammy Fain, Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins - Someone's Waiting for You, The Rescuers!

Nominees:
Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn - Candle on the Water, Pete's Dragon
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb - Staying Alive, Saturday Night Fever
Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager - Nobody Does It Better, The Spy Who Loved Me
Joseph Brooks - You Light Up My Life, You Light Up My Life

Best Costume Design!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Airport '77
Julia
A Little Night Music
The Other Side of Midnight

Best Sound Mixing!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Deep
Sorcerer
The Turning Point

Best Sound Editing!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Best Art Direction!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Airport '77
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Turning Point

Best Cinematography!

Winner: Close Encounters of the Third Kind!

Nominees:
Islands in the Stream
Julia
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
The Turning Point

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Julia
Smokey and the Bandit
The Turning Point

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: Star Wars!

Nominees:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind