Past Winners

1978 Oscar Winners

Best Picture

The Deer Hunter
Coming Home
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
An Unmarried Woman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jon Voight, Coming Home
Laurence Olivier, The Boys from Brazil
Gary Busey, The Buddy Holly Story
Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter
Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jane Fonda, Coming Home
Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata
Geraldine Page, Interiors
Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year
Jill Clayburgh, An Unmarried Woman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter
Richard Farnsworth, Comes a Horseman
Bruce Dern, Coming Home
Jack Warden, Heaven Can Wait
John Hurt, Midnight Express

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Maggie Smith, California Suite
Penelope Milford, Coming Home
Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter
Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait
Maureen Stapleton, Interiors

Best Director

Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter
Hal Ashby, Coming Home
Warren Beatty and Buck Henry, Heaven Can Wait
Woody Allen, Interiors
Alan Parker, Midnight Express

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