1978 Milstead Movie Awards
BEST PICTURE
COMING HOME (United Artists; Jerome Hellman)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Paramount/OP; Bert Schneider & Harold
Schneider)
THE DEER HUNTER (EMI; Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino & John Peverall)
GREASE (Paramount/RSO; Robert Stigwood & Allan
Carr)
HALLOWEEN (Falcon International; Debra Hill)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Paramount/Dogwood; Warren
Beatty)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (United Artists; Robert H.
Solo)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Columbia/Casablanca Filmworks; David
Puttnam & Alan Marshall)
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (Universal; Matty Simmons
& Ivan Reitman)
SUPERMAN (Warner Bros/Dovemead/Salkind; Pierre
Spengler)
Also Considered:
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Martin Richards & Stanley
O'Toole); THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY (Freddy Bauer); CALIFORNIA SUITE (Ray Stark); CAPRICORN ONE (Paul N. Lazarus III); DEATH ON THE NILE (John Brabourne & Richard Goodwin); ERASERHEAD (David
Lynch); EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (Robert Daley); FOUL PLAY (Thomas L. Miller & Edward K. Milkis); THE MEDUSA TOUCH (Jack Gold & Anne V. Coates); AN UNMARRIED WOMAN (Paul Mazursky
& Tony Ray)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Alan Alda as "George Peters" - SAME TIME, NEXT
YEAR
Richard Burton as "John Morlar" - THE MEDUSA
TOUCH
Gary Busey as "Buddy Holly" - THE BUDDY HOLLY
STORY
Brad Davis as "Billy Hayes" - MIDNIGHT
EXPRESS
Robert DeNiro as "Michael" - THE DEER HUNTER
Laurence Olivier as "Ezra Lieberman" - THE BOYS FROM
BRAZIL
Gregory Peck as "Dr. Josef Mengele" - THE BOYS FROM
BRAZIL
Christopher Reeve as "Clark Kent / Superman" -
SUPERMAN
John Travolta as "Danny Zuko" - GREASE
Jon Voight as "Luke Martin" - COMING HOME
Also Considered:
Warren Beatty (HEAVEN CAN WAIT); James Brolin (CAPRICORN
ONE); Chevy Chase (FOUL PLAY); Richard Gere (DAYS OF HEAVEN); Dustin Hoffman (STRAIGHT TIME); Anthony Hopkins (MAGIC); Nick Nolte (WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN); Eric Roberts (KING OF THE GYPSIES);
Donald Sutherland (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS); Peter Ustinov (DEATH ON THE NILE)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Ingrid Bergman as "Charlotte Andergast" - AUTUMN
SONATA
Ellen Burstyn as "Doris" - SAME TIME, NEXT
YEAR
Jill Clayburgh as "Erica" - AN UNMARRIED
WOMAN
Jane Fonda as "Sally Hyde" - COMING HOME
Meg Foster as "Stella Cooke" - A DIFFERENT
STORY
Glenda Jackson as "Stevie Smith" - STEVIE
Margot Kidder as "Lois Lane" - SUPERMAN
Olivia Newton-John as "Sandy Olsson" -
GREASE
Geraldine Page as "Eve" - INTERIORS
Liv Ullmann as "Eva Andergast" - AUTUMN
SONATA
Also Considered:
Brooke Adams (DAYS OF HEAVEN); Brooke Adams (INVASION OF
THE BODY SNATCHERS); Genevieve Bujold (COMA); Carol Burnett (A WEDDING); Julie Christie (HEAVEN CAN WAIT); Jamie Lee Curtis (HALLOWEEN); Goldie Hawn (FOUL PLAY); Camille Keaton (I SPIT ON
YOUR GRAVE); Melanie Mayron (GIRLFRIENDS); Diana Ross (THE WIZ)
BEST DIRECTOR
Hal Ashby - COMING HOME
Charles Burnett - KILLER OF SHEEP
John Carpenter - HALLOWEEN
Michael Cimino - THE DEER HUNTER
Richard Donner - SUPERMAN
Peter Hyams - CAPRICORN ONE
Philip Kaufman - INVASION OF THE BODY
SNATCHERS
David Lynch - ERASERHEAD
Terrence Malick - DAYS OF HEAVEN
Alan Parker - MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
Also Considered:
Woody Allen (INTERIORS); Robert Altman (A WEDDING); Warren
Beatty & Buck Henry (HEAVEN CAN WAIT); Jack Gold (THE MEDUSA TOUCH); John Guillermin (DEATH ON THE NILE); Randal Kleiser (GREASE); John Landis (NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE); Paul
Mazursky (AN UNMARRIED WOMAN); Franklin J. Schaffner (THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL); Paul Schrader (BLUE COLLAR)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
John Belushi as "John Blutarsky" - NATIONAL LAMPOON'S
ANIMAL HOUSE
Bruce Dern as "Capt. Bob Hyde" - COMING HOME
Patrick Dewaere as "Stephane" - GET OUT YOUR
HANKERCHIEFS
Richard Farnsworth as "Dodger" - COMES A
HORSEMAN
Gene Hackman as "Lex Luthor" - SUPERMAN
John Hurt as "Max" - MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
Donald Pleasance as "Dr. Sam Loomis" -
HALLOWEEN
John Savage as "Steven" - THE DEER HUNTER
Christopher Walken as "Nick" - THE DEER HUNTER
Jack Warden as "Max Corkle" - HEAVEN CAN
WAIT
Also Considered:
Jeff East (SUPERMAN); Elliott Gould (CAPRICORN ONE); Hal
Holbrook (CAPRICORN ONE); James Mason (THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL); Dudley Moore (FOUL PLAY); Robert Morley (WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE?); Leonard Nimoy (INVASION OF THE BODY
SNATCHERS); Randy Quaid (MIDNIGHT EXPRESS); Sam Shepard (DAYS OF HEAVEN); Lino Ventura (THE MEDUSA TOUCH)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Dyan Cannon as "Julia Farnsworth" - HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Stockard Channing as "Rizzo" - GREASE
Louise Fletcher as "Marlene DuChard" - THE CHEAP
DETECTIVE
Angela Lansbury as "Mrs. Salome Otterbourne" - DEATH ON
THE NILE
Penelope Milford as "Vi Munson" - COMING
HOME
Irene Miracle as "Susan" - MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
Maggie Smith as "Diana Barrie" - CALIFORNIA
SUITE
Maureen Stapleton as "Pearl" - INTERIORS
Meryl Streep as "Linda" - THE DEER HUNTER
Mona Washbourne as "Aunt" - STEVIE
Also Considered:
Veronica Cartwright (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS); Didi
Conn (GREASE); Uta Hagen (THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL); Linda Manz (DAYS OF HEAVEN); Valerie Perrine (SUPERMAN); Lee Remick (THE MEDUSA TOUCH); Theresa Russell (STRAIGHT TIME); Anita Skinner
(GIRLFRIENDS); Maggie Smith (DEATH ON THE NILE); Brenda Vaccaro (CAPRICORN ONE)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (the entire cast)
CALIFORNIA SUITE (the entire cast)
COMING HOME (the entire cast)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (the entire cast)
DEATH ON THE NILE (the entire cast)
THE DEER HUNTER (the entire cast)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (the entire cast)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (the entire cast)
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (the entire cast)
AN UNMARRIED WOMAN (the entire cast)
Also Considered:
AUTUMN SONATA; THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY; CAPRICORN ONE; FOUL PLAY; GREASE; INTERIORS; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS; THE MEDUSA TOUCH; NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE; SUPERMAN
BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION
BLOODBROTHERS (Walter Newman)
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Heywood Gould)
CALIFORNIA SUITE (Neil Simon)
THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (Fred
Schepsi)
THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (Michael
Crichton)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Warren Beatty & Elaine
May)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (W.D.
Richter)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Oliver Stone)
THE MEDUSA TOUCH (John Briley)
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (Bernard Slade)
Also Considered:
BORN AGAIN (Walter Bloch); COMA (Michael Crichton); DEATH
ON THE NILE (Anthony Schaffer); GREASE (Bronte Woodard & Allan Carr); KING OF THE GYPSIES (Frank Pierson); NEWSFRONT (Philip Noyce); STRAIGHT TIME (Alvin Sargent, Edward Bunker &
Jeffrey Boam); SUPERMAN (Tom Mankiewicz, Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman & Robert Benton); WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (Peter Stone); WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (Judith
Rascoe & Robert Stone)
BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL
BLUE COLLAR (Paul Schrader & Leonard
Schrader)
CAPRICORN ONE (Peter Hyams)
COMING HOME (Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt & Robert C.
Jones)
THE DEER HUNTER (Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle & Quinn K.
Redeker)
THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (Jeremy Joe
Kronsberg)
FOUL PLAY (Colin Higgins)
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (Harold Ramis, Douglas
Kenney & Chris Miller)
AN UNMARRIED WOMAN (Paul Mazursky)
UP IN SMOKE (Tommy Chong & Cheech
Marin)
Also Considered:
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick); ERASERHEAD (David
Lynch); HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter & Debra Hill); HOUSE CALLS (Max Shulman, Julius J. Epstein, Alan Mandel & Charles Shyer); INTERIORS (Woody Allen); JUBILEE (Derek Jarman); KILLER OF
SHEEP (Charles Burnett); MOVIE MOVIE (Larry Gelbart & Sheldon Keller); THE SHOUT (Michael Austin, Jerzy Skolimowski & Robert Graves); A WEDDING (John Considine, Patrick Resnick, Allan
F. Nicholls & Robert Altman)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Saul Zaentz)
RIP VAN WINKLE (Will Vinton)
THE SMALL ONE (Don Bluth)
SPECIAL DELIVERY (Eunice Macauley & John
Weldon)
WATERSHIP DOWN (Martin Rosen)
Also Considered:
AFTERLIFE (Ishu Patel); THE DEVIL & DANIEL MOUSE
(Clive A. Smith); LEGEND OF THE MAIDEN TOWER (Masud Panahi); OH MY DARLING (Nico Crama); ORGABLEIE PO (Yefim Gamburg)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
AUTUMN SONATA (Sven Nykvist)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Nestor Almendros)
DEATH ON THE NILE (Jack Cardiff)
THE DEER HUNTER (Vilmos Zsigmond)
THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (Geoffrey
Unsworth)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (William A. Fraker)
PRETTY BABY (Sven Nykvist)
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (Robert Surtees)
SUPERMAN (Geoffrey Unsworth)
THE WIZ (Oswald Morris)
Also Considered:
BIG WEDNESDAY (Bruce Surtees & Greg MacGillivray); THE
BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Henri Decae); CAPRICORN ONE (Bill Butler); THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (Ian Baker); COMING HOME (Haskell Wexler); GREASE (Bill Butler); HALLOWEEN (Dean Cundey);
INTERNATIONAL VELVET (Tony Imi); INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Michael Chapman); MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Michael Seresin)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
THE BRINK'S JOB (Ruth Morley)
CALIFORNIA SUITE (Patricia Norris)
CARAVANS (Renie Conley)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Patricia Norris)
DEATH ON THE NILE (Anthony Powell)
THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (Anthony
Mendleson)
GREASE (Albert Wolsky)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Theodore Van Runkle & Richard
Bruno)
SUPERMAN (Yvonne Blake)
THE WIZ (Tony Walton)
Also Considered:
AMERICAN HOT WAX (Robert DeMora); BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
(Jean-Pierre Dorleac); THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY (Bill Flores, Michael Butler & Thalia Phillips); THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (Bruce Finlayson); CHINA 9, LIBERTY 37 (Franco Carretti); THE
EYES OF LAURA MARS (Theoni V. Aldredge); INTERIORS (Joel Schumacher); INTERNATIONAL VELVET (John Furniss); PRETTY BABY (Mina Mittelman); THE SWARM (Paul Zastupnevich)
BEST FILM EDITING
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Robert E. Swink)
CAPRICORN ONE (James Mitchell)
COMING HOME (Don Zimmerman)
THE DEER HUNTER (Peter Zinner)
GREASE (John F. Burnett)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Douglas
Stewart)
THE LAST WALTZ (Yeu-Bun Yee)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Gerry Hambling)
THE MEDUSA TOUCH (Ian Crafford)
SUPERMAN (Stuart Baird)
Also Considered:
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Billy Weber); ERASERHEAD (David Lynch);
EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (Joel Cox & Ferris Webster); HALLOWEEN (Charles Bornstein & Tommy Lee Wallace); HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Robert C. Jones & Don Zimmerman); HOOPER (Donn Cambern);
INTERNATIONAL VELVET (Timothy Gee); NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (George Folsey, Jr.); NEWSFRONT (John Scott); PIRANHA (Mark Goldblatt & Joe Dante)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
AI NO BOREI (Japan; Nagisa Oshima)
ANGI VERA (Hungary; Pal Gabor)
AUTUMN SONATA (Sweden; Ingmar Bergman)
THE CHESS PLAYERS (India; Satyajit Ray)
FIVE DEADLY VENOMS (Hong Kong; Chang Cheh)
GET OUT YOUR HANKERCHIEFS (France; Bertrand
Blier)
MAN OF MARBLE (Poland; Istvan Szabo)
THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS (Italy; Ermanno
Olmi)
THOSE WONDERFUL MOVIE CRANKS (Czechoslovakia; Jiri
Menzel)
VIVA ITALIA! (Italy; Mario Monicelli)
Also Considered:
DEAR DETECTIVE (France; Philippe de Broca); A DREAM OF
PASSION (Greece; Jules Dassin); DRUNKEN MASTER (Hong Kong; Yeun Woo-Ping); THE GLASS CELL (German Federal Republic; Hans W. Geisendörfer); THE GREEN ROOM (France; François Truffaut);
HUNGARIANS (Hungary; Zoltan Fabri); LEMON POPSICLE (Israel; Boaz Davidson); ROCKERS (Jamaica; Theodoros Bafaloukos); THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (Hong Kong; Chia-Liang Liu); WHITE BIM, BLACK
EAR (USSR; Stanislav Rostoskiy)
BEST MAKEUP DESIGN
ERASERHEAD (credit unknown)
THE FURY (William Tuttle & Rick
Baker)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Thomas Burman &
Edouard Henriques)
THE MANITOU (Joe McKinney & Thomas
Burman)
THE WIZ (Stan Winston)
Also Considered:
THE EYES OF LAURA MARS (Vincent Callaghan, Lynn Donohue
& Lee Harman); GREASE (Daniel Striepeke, Edwin Allen & Christine George); HALLOWEEN (Erica Ulland); THE REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (Harry Frampton); SUPERMAN (Stuart
Freeborn)
BEST ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Jerry Goldsmith)
CAPRICORN ONE (Jerry Goldsmith)
THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (Bruce
Smeaton)
THE CHILDREN OF SANCHEZ (Chuck Mangione)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Ennio Morricone)
DEATH ON THE NILE (Nino Rota)
HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Leonard Rosenman)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Giorgio Moroder)
SUPERMAN (John Williams)
Also Considered:
BLUE COLLAR (Jack Nitzsche); DAMIEN: OMEN II (Jerry
Goldsmith); THE DEER HUNTER (Stanley Myers); F.I.S.T. (Bill Conti); INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Denny Zeitlin); INTERNATIONAL VELVET (Francis Lai); MAGIC (Jerry Goldsmith); THE MEDUSA
TOUCH (Michael J. Lewis); PIRANHA (Pino Donaggio); PRETTY BABY (Jerry Wexler)
BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE
THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY (Joe Renzetti)
THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE (Lalo Schifrin)
FOUL PLAY (Charles Fox)
GREASE (Barry Gibb)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Dave Grusin)
THE MAGIC OF LASSIE (Robert M. Sherman & Robert B.
Sherman)
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (Elmer
Bernstein)
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (Marvin Hamlisch)
AN UNMARRIED WOMAN (Bill Conti)
THE WIZ (Quincy Jones)
Also Considered:
THE BIG FIX (Bill Conti); CALIFORNIA SUITE (Claude
Bolling); THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (Patrick Williams); CORVETTE SUMMER (Craig Safan); GET OUT YOUR HANKERCHIEFS (Georges Delerue); HOUSE CALLS (Henry Mancini); JUBILEE (Brian Eno); THE ONE &
ONLY (Patrick Williams); REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (Henry Mancini); A WEDDING (Tom Walls)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Animal House" - NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (Stephen
Bishop)
"Annie's Back In Town" - PARADISE ALLEY (Tom
Waits)
"Bright Eyes" - WATERSHIP DOWN (Mike Batt)
"Every Which Way But Loose" - EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE
(Steve Dorff, Milton Brown & Snuff Garrett)
"Grease" - GREASE (Barry Gibb)
"Hopefully Devoted To You" - GREASE (John
Farrar)
"Last Dance" - THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY (Paul
Jabara)
"The Last Time I Felt Like This" - SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR
(Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman)
"Ready To Take A Chance Again" - FOUL PLAY (Norman Gimbel
& Charles Fox)
"When You're Loved" - THE MAGIC OF LASSIE (Richard M.
Sherman & Robert B. Sherman)
Also Considered:
"Beauty School Drop Out" - GREASE (Jim Jacobs & Warren
Casey); "Greased Lightning" - GREASE (Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey); "I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home" - EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (Steve Dorff & Milton Brown); "In Heaven" - ERASERHEAD
(Peter Ivers); "Mithrandir" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Leonard Rosenman & Mark Fleischer); "Move 'Em Out" - REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (Henry Mancini & Leslie Bricusse); "Salty Dog
Blues" - EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (Steve Dorff & Snuff Garrett); "Summer Nights" - GREASE (Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey); "We Go Together" - GREASE (Jim Jacobs & Warren
Casey); "You're The One That I Want" - GREASE (John Farrar)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN / SET DECORATION
THE BRINK'S JOB (Dean Tavoularis & Angelo Graham;
George R. Nelson)
CALIFORNIA SUITE (Albert Brenner; Marvin
March)
CAPRICORN ONE (Albert Brenner; Rick Simpson)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Jack Fisk; Robert Gould)
DEATH ON THE NILE (Peter Murton, Brian Ackland-Snow &
Terry Ackland-Snow)
THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (Maurice
Carter)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Paul Sylbert & Edwin O'Donovan;
George Gaines)
INTERIORS (Mel Bourne; Daniel Robert)
SUPERMAN (John Barry; Peter Howitt)
THE WIZ (Tony Walton & Philip Rosenberg; Edward
Stewart & Robert Drumheller)
Also Considered:
THE AMAZING CAPTAIN NEMO (Eugene Lourie & Duane Alt);
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Gil Parrondo & Peter Lamont; Vernon Dixon); THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (Wendy Dickson); THE DEER HUNTER (Ron Hobbs & Kim Swados); GREASE (Philip Jeffries;
James Berkey); MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Geoffrey Kirkland); NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (John J. Lloyd; Hal Hausman); PARADISE ALLEY (John W. Corso; Jerry Adams); PRETTY BABY (Trevor Williams;
Jim Berkey); RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN (John B. Mansbridge; Frank R. McKelvy)
BEST SOUND
THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY (Tex Rudloff, Joel Fein, Curly
Thirlwell & Willie Burton)
CAPRICORN ONE (Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael
Minkler & Jerry Jost)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (John K. Wilkinson, Robert Glass, John
Reitz & Barry Thomas)
THE DEER HUNTER (Richard Portman, William McCaughy, Aaron
Rochin & Darin Knight)
THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (Gerry Humphreys & Derek
Ball)
HOOPER (Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall
& Jack Solomon)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Mark Berger, Andrew Wiskes
& Art Rochester)
JAWS 2 (Robert L. Hoyt & Jim Alexander)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Bill Rowe & Clive
Winter)
SUPERMAN (Gordon K. McCallum, Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas le Messurier & Roy Charman)
Also Considered:
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Richard Overton, Richard Weaver
& Don Bassman); CONVOY (Donald O. Mitchell, Steve Maslow, Robert J. Pitt & Bill Randall); DAMIEN: OMEN II (Theodore Soderbergh, Paul Wells, Douglas O. Williams & Al Overton);
FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (Robin Gregory, Doug Turner & Bob Jones); GREASE (Bill Varney & Jerry Jost); HALLOWEEN (Tex Rudloff & Thomas Causey); HEAVEN CAN WAIT (John K. Wilkinson
& Tom Overton); INTERNATIONAL VELVET (Peter Desbois & Jonathan Bates); THE MEDUSA TOUCH (Gordon K. McCallum, Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas le Messurier & Ivan Sharrock); PIRANHA
(Joel Goldsmith)
BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
DAMIEN: OMEN II (William Hartman & Edward
Rossi)
ERASERHEAD (Alan R. Splet)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Ben Burtt)
PIRANHA (Richard L. Anderson & Dave
Yewdall)
SUPERMAN (Chris Greenham & Peter
Pennell)
Also Considered:
CAPRICORN ONE (Robert Henderson); CONVOY (Samuel C.
Crutcher & Robert Henderson); THE DEER HUNTER (James J. Klinger); FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (Derek Holding & Bill Trent); THE WILD GEESE (Colin Miller & Allan Sones)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
ERASERHEAD (Frederick Elmes & David
Lynch)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Dell Rheume & Russ
Hessey)
JAWS 2 (Roy Arbogast & Robert A.
Mattey)
THE MEDUSA TOUCH (Brian Johnson & Doug
Ferris)
SUPERMAN (Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings & Zoran Perisic)
Also Considered:
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Richard Edlund, Joe Goss & Karl
G. Miller); THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE (Eustace Lycett, Art Cruickshank & Danny Lee); DAMIEN: OMEN II (Ira Anderson, Jr.); RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN (Eustace Lycett, Art Cruickshank &
Danny Lee); THE WIZ (Albert Whitlock)
Most Wins:
4 - THE DEER HUNTER / SUPERMAN
3 - COMING HOME
2 - GREASE / HEAVEN CAN WAIT / MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
1 - AUTUMN SONATA / DAYS OF HEAVEN / INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / WATERSHIP DOWN / THE WIZ
Most Nominations:
13 - SUPERMAN
11 - THE DEER HUNTER
10 - MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
9 - COMING HOME / GREASE / HEAVEN CAN WAIT
8 - DAYS OF HEAVEN
7 - INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR
6 - THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
5 - CALIFORNIA SUITE / CAPRICORN ONE / DEATH ON THE NILE / THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY / THE WIZ
WORST FILM
THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN (Michael
Ritchie)
IF EVER I SEE YOU AGAIN (Joe Brooks)
LASERBLAST (Charles Band)
MELODY IN LOVE (Hubert Frank)
MOMENT BY MOMENT (Robert Stigwood)
RABBIT TEST (Edgar Rosenberg)
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (Robert Stigwood)
SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS (Paul Fabian & Stephen
Traxler)
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (Joe Layton, Jeff Starsh,
Ken Welch & Mitzie Welch)
THE SWARM (Irwin Allen)
WORST ACTOR
Alan Blanchard - SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS
Joe Brooks - IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN
Michael Caine - THE SWARM
Billy Crystal - RABBIT
TEST
Peter Hooten - DOCTOR STRANGE
Lee Majors - THE NORSEMAN
Kim Milford - LASERBLAST
Sylvester Stallone - F.I.S.T. / PARADISE
ALLEY
John Travolta - MOMENT BY MOMENT
Robert Vaughn - THE LUCIFER COMPLEX
WORST ACTRESS
Jacqueline Bisset - THE GREEK TYCOON
Joan Collins - THE STUD
Farrah Fawcett - SOMEBODY KILLED HER HUSBAND
Britta Glatzeder - MELODY IN LOVE
Sondra Locke - DEATH GAME / EVERY WHICH WAY BUT
LOOSE
Stefanie Powers - THE ASTRAL FACTOR
Joan Prather - RABBIT TEST
Brooke Shields - PRETTY BABY
Lily Tomlin - MOMENT BY MOMENT
Mae West - SEXTETTE
WORST DIRECTOR
Irwin Allen - THE SWARM
John Berry - THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN
Joe Brooks - IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN
John DeBello - ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
Michael Rae - LASERBLAST
Joan Rivers - RABBIT TEST
Michael Schultz - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Sylvester Stallone - PARADISE ALLEY
Stephen Traxler - SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS
Jane Wagner - MOMENT BY MOMENT
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Frampton - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
BAND
Mark Gruner - JAWS 2
Jackie Earle Haley - THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO
JAPAN
George Kennedy - BRASS TARGET
Dudley Moore - THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Laurence Olivier - THE BETSY
Alex Rocco - RABBIT TEST
Gianni Russo - LASERBLAST
Richard Widmark - THE SWARM
Burt Young - CONVOY
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Eddie Benton - DOCTOR STRANGE
Claudine Bird - MELODY IN LOVE
Olivia de Havilland - THE SWARM
Joan Greenwood - THE HOUND OF THE
BASKERVILLES
Shelley Hack - IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN
Sue Lyon - THE ASTRAL FACTOR
Judy Motulsky - SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS
Doris Roberts - RABBIT TEST
Diane Steinberg - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
BAND
Shelley Winters - KING OF THE GYPSIES
WORST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTATION)
THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN (Bill
Lancaster)
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE (Rene Cardona, Jr.)
THE BETSY (William Bast & William
Bernstein)
THE BIG SLEEP (Michael Winner)
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
& Paul Morrissey)
MATILDA (Timothy Galfas & Albert S.
Ruddy)
MYSTERIES (Paul de Lussanet)
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (Henry Edwards)
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps,
Bruce Vilanch, Rod Warren & Mitzie Welch)
THE SWARM (Stirling Silliphant)
WORST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)
THE ASTRAL FACTOR (Arthur C. Pierce)
FACES OF DEATH (Alan Black)
IF EVER I SEE YOU AGAIN (Joe Brooks & Martin
Davidson)
LASERBLAST (Franne Schacht & Frank Ray
Perilli)
MELODY IN LOVE (Hubert Frank)
MOMENT BY MOMENT (Jane Wagner)
PARADISE ALLEY (Sylvester Stallone)
RABBIT TEST (Joan Rivers & Jay Redack)
SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS (Stephen Traxler)
THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY & THAT-A-WAY (Tim
Conway)
WORST REMAKE / SEQUEL / RIPOFF
THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN (Michael Ritchie)
BARRACUDA (Wayne Crawford & Harry
Kerwin)
THE BIG SLEEP (Michael Winner & Elliott
Kastner)
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (John
Goldstone)
IT LIVES AGAIN (IT'S ALIVE II) (Larry Cohen)
KING SOLOMON'S MINES (Alvin Rakoff & Susan
Lewis)
OLIVER'S STORY (David V. Picker)
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (Joe Layton, Jeff Starsh,
Ken Welch & Mitzie Welch)
STINGRAY (Richard Taylor)
THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS (James Kenelm Clarke)
WORST ORIGINAL SCORE
THE ASTRAL FACTOR (Richard Hieronymous, Bill Marx &
Alan Oldfield)
BARRACUDA (Klaus Schulze)
THE BEES (Richard Gillis)
DOCTOR STRANGE (Paul Chihara)
IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN (Joe Brooks)
LASERBLAST (Joel Goldsmith & Richard Band)
MOMENT BY MOMENT (Lee Holdridge)
SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS (Steve Zuckerman)
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (Ian Fraser)
THE SWARM (Jerry Goldsmith)
WORST ORIGINAL SONG
"Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes" - ATTACK OF THE KILLER
TOMATOES (John de Bello)
"A Day To Celebrate" - THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (Ken Welch & Mitzie
Welch)
"If Ever I See You Again" - IF EVER I SEE YOU AGAIN (Joe
Brooks)
"Light The Sky On Fire" - THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL
(Ken Welch & Mitzie Welch)
"Puberty Love" - ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (Gordon
Goodwin, Paul Sundfor, Costa Dillon, John de Bello & J. Stephen Peace)
"Pretty Lady" - THE TOOLBOX MURDERS
(George Deaton)
"Something To Sell" - IF I EVER SEE YOU
AGAIN (Joe Brooks)
"Too Close To Paradise" - PARADISE CITY
(Bill Conti & Carole Bauer-Sager)
"When It's Over" - IF EVER I SEE YOU AGAIN (Joe
Brooks)
"Will This Be The Song I'll Be Singing Tomorrow?" - GAME
OF DEATH (John Barry)
WORST MAKEUP
THE ALIEN FACTOR (John Cosentino, Britt McDonough &
Larry Schlechter)
THE COMEBACK (George Partleton)
LASERBLAST (Steve Neill & Ve Neill)
SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS (Penny
Gottlieb)
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (Keith Crary, Verne Langdon, Mike Lorenz & Jim Nielsen)
WORST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE ALIEN FACTOR (Ernest D. Farino)
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (Craig Berkos & Robert
Matzenauer)
AVALANCHE (Frank de Marco, Roger George & Mel
Underwood)
THE BEES (Dan Genis & Jack Rabin)
DOCTOR STRANGE (Thomas J. Wright & Mark
Wolf)
LASERBLAST (Steve Neill & Harry Woolman)
MESSAGE FROM SPACE (Tetsuzô Ôsawa)
THE SWARM (L.B. Abbott)
SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS (Penny Gottlieb)
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (Jenn de Joux &
Elizabeth Savel)
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