ACADEMY AWARDS, THE 52ND ANNUAL (TV)
Summary
The fifty-second annual Academy Award presentations, broadcast live from Los Angeles. Celebrities presenting awards or performing include the following: Henry Mancini, Jack Lemmon, Cloris Leachman, Jim Henson's Kermit the Frog, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Dolly Parton, Ben Vereen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Reddy, Dudley Moore, Robert Hayes, Kristy McNichol, Harold Russell, Farrah Fawcett, William Shatner, and Persis Khambata. Award winners include: Meryl Streep for Best Supporting Actress; "A Little Romance" for Best Original Score; Robert S. Benjamin, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; and "Best Boy" for Best Feature Length Documentary. During the second hour, performers and presenters include Melissa Manchester, Lauren Hutton, Telly Savalas, Richard Gere, Donald O'Connor, Walter Mirisch, Jack Valenti, Ann-Margret, Rod Steiger, Sally Kellerman, Kirk Douglas, Jamie Lee Curtis, and George Hamilton. Award winners include: "Every Child" for Best Animated Short Film; "Board and Care" for Best Dramatic Short Film; Hal Ellias, Honorary award; "The Tin Drum" for Best Foreign Film; and Ray Stark, the Irving G. Thalberg award.
Performers and presenters include: Dionne Warwick, Gene Kelly, Olivia Newton-John, Bo Derek, Christopher Reeve, Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dustin Hoffman, Goldie Hawn, Steven Spielberg, Neil Simon, Jane Fonda, and Richard Dreyfuss. Award winners include "It Goes Like It Goes" for Best Song; Melvyn Douglas for Best Supporting Actor ("Being There"); Alec Guinness, honorary award; Robert Benton for Best Director ("Kramer vs. Kramer"); Steve Tesich for Best Original Screenplay ("Breaking Away"); Dustin Hoffman for Best Actor ("Kramer vs. Kramer"); Sally Field for Best Actress ("Norma Rae"); and "Kramer vs. Kramer" for Best Picture. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: April 14, 1980 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:56:07
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0686
- GENRE: Award presentations
- SUBJECT HEADING: Oscar awards; Films; Music, Popular (songs, etc.); Puppets
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Howard W. Koch … Producer
- Michael B. Seligman … Associate Producer
- Marty Pasetta … Director
- Buz Kohan … Writer
- Leonard Spigelgass … Writer
- Rod Warren … Writer
- Michael Barrie … Writer
- Jim Mulholland … Writer
- Larry Grossman … Writer
- Henry Mancini … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Director
- Johnny Carson … Host
- Ann-Margret
- Robert S. Benjamin
- Robert Benton
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Bo Derek
- Kirk Douglas
- Melvyn Douglas
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Hal Elias
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Farrah Fawcett (See also: Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
- Sally Field
- Jane Fonda
- Richard Gere
- Alec Guinness
- George Hamilton
- Goldie Hawn
- Robert Hayes
- Jim Henson
- Dustin Hoffman
- Lauren Hutton
- Sally Kellerman
- Gene Kelly
- Persis Khambata
- Cloris Leachman
- Jack Lemmon
- Melissa Manchester
- Walter Matthau
- Kristy McNichol
- Ann Miller
- Liza Minnelli
- Walter Mirisch
- Dudley Moore
- Donald O'Connor
- Olivia Newton-John
- Dolly Parton
- Helen Reddy
- Christopher Reeve
- Mickey Rooney
- Harold Russell
- Telly Savalas
- William Shatner
- Neil Simon (See also: Doc Simon)
- Steven Spielberg
- Ray Stark
- Rod Steiger
- Meryl Streep
- Steve Tesich
- Jack Valenti
- Ben Vereen
- Dionne Warwick