Golden Globes
1979


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1979 37th Golden Globe Awards

Best Picture - Drama
Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola
The China Syndrome - Michael Douglas, Bruce Gilbert
Kramer vs. Kramer - Stanley Jaffe
Manhattan - Charles Joffe
Norma Rae - Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose

Best Picture - Comedy or Musical
Being There - Andrew Braunsberg
Breaking Away - Peter Yates
Hair - Michael Butler, Lester Persky
The Rose - Aaron Russo, Martin Worth
10 - Tony Adams, Blake Edwards

Best Actor - Drama
Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
Al Pacino - And Justice For All
Jon Voight - The Champ
James Woods - The Onion Field

Best Actor - Comedy or Musical
George Hamilton - Love at First Bite
Dudley Moore - 10
Burt Reynolds - Starting Over
Roy Scheider - All That Jazz
Peter Sellers - Being There

Best Actress - Drama
Jill Clayburgh - Luna
Lisa Eichorn - Yanks
Sally Field - Norma Rae
Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason - Promises in the Dark

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
Julie Andrews - 10
Jill Clayburgh - Starting Over
Marsha Mason - Chapter Two
Shirley MacLaine - Being There
Bette Midler - The Rose

Best Supporting Actor
Melvyn Douglas - Being There
Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now
Frederic Forrest - The Rose
Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer
Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance

Best Supporting Actress
Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer
Kathleen Beller - Promises in the Dark
Candice Bergen - Starting Over
Valerie Harper - Chapter Two
Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Director
Woody Allen - Manhattan
Hal Ashby - Being There
Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer
James Bridges - The China Syndrome
Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
Peter Yates - Breaking Away

Best Screenplay
Being There - Robert C. Jones, Jerzy Kosinski
Breaking Away - Steve Tesich
The China Syndrome - James Bridges, T.S. Cook, Mike Gray
Kramer vs. Kramer - Robert Benton
Norma Rae - Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch

Best Score
Alien - Jerry Goldsmith
The Amityville Horror - Lalo Schifrin
Apocalypse Now - Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
The Black Stallion - Carmine Coppola
A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
Star Trek the Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
10 - Henry Mancini

Best Song
"Better Than Ever" - Starting Over - Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
"The Main Event" - The Main Event - Paul Jabara, Bruce Roberts
"The Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie - Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams
"The Rose" - The Rose - Amanda McBroom
"Through the Eyes of Love" - Ice Castles - Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager

New Star of the Year - Female
Susan Anton - Golden Girl
Bo Derek - 10
Lisa Eichorn - Yanks
Lynn Holly Johnson - Ice Castles
Bette Midler - The Rose

New Star of the Year - Male
Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away
Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer
Dean Paul Martin - The Player
Rick Schroder - The Champ
Treat Williams - Hair

Best Foreign Film
La Cage aux Folles - France / Italy
The European - United Kingdom
The Marriage of Maria Braun - West Germany
Soldier of Orange - The Netherlands
Till Marriage Do Us Part - Italy

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Henry Fonda

World Female Film Favorite
Jane Fonda

World Male Film Favorite
Roger Moore