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Golden Globe Awards
 
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizes outstanding achievements by conferring annual Awards of Merit, (Golden Globe® Awards), serving as a constant incentive within the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television.
 
 
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Pick of the Litter 1979
Manhattan
(1979)  R
Successful TV writer Isaac Davis (Allen) yearns to be a serious writer. He struggles through a series of ill-fated romances, including one with high school senior Tracy (Hemingway) and another with Mary (Keaton), who's also having an on-again, off-again affair with Yale (Murphy), Isaac's best friend. Streep does very well ... more
The Tin Drum
(1979)  R
German child in the 1920s wills himself to stop growing in response to the increasing Nazi presence in Germany. He communicates his anger and fear by pounding on a tin drum. Memorable scenes, excellent cast. In German with English subtitles. Adapted from the novel by Gunter Grass.
Every Man for Himself
(1979)  Unrated
One of the funniest, most beautiful, and most deeply disturbing films of Godard's career. Set in the cold, symbolic neutrality of Switzerland, the three loosely intertwined plot threads tell of lovers who manipulate and control each other with varying degrees of passion and disgust, and for very different reasons. (A ... more
Apocalypse Now
(1979)  R
Coppola's $40 million epic vision of the Vietnam War was inspired by Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness," and continues to be the subject of debate. Disillusioned Army captain Sheen travels upriver into Cambodia to assassinate overweight renegade colonel Brando. His trip is punctuated by surrealistic battles and a terrifying ... more
The Marriage of Maria Braun
(1979)  R
In post-WWII Germany, a young woman uses guile and sexuality to survive as the nation rebuilds itself into an industrial power. The first movie in Fassbinder's trilogy about German women in Germany during the post war years, it is considered one of the director's finest films, and an indispensable example ... more

Golden Globe Awards 1979
 
 
Ellen Burstyn
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Maggie Smith
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
 
(Winner) Maggie Smith for California Suite
(1978) PG 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Heaven Can Wait
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
 
(Winner) Heaven Can Wait
(1978) PG 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Heaven Can Wait
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 
(Winner) Dyan Cannon for Heaven Can Wait
(1978) PG 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Jon Voight
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
 
(Winner) Jon Voight for Coming Home
(1978) R \"\"

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Warren Beatty
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
 
(Winner) Warren Beatty for Heaven Can Wait
(1978) PG 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Autumn Sonata
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 
(Winner) Autumn Sonata
(1978) Unrated 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Midnight Express
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
 
(Winner) Midnight Express
(1978) R 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Midnight Express
Best Screenplay
 
(Winner) Midnight Express
(1978) R 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Midnight Express
Best Motion Picture - Drama
 
(Winner) Midnight Express
(1978) R 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
John Hurt
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
 
(Winner) John Hurt for Midnight Express
(1978) R 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Michael Cimino
Achievement in directing
 

Nominees:
No Nominees Under this category
 
 

 
Jane Fonda
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
 
(Winner) Jane Fonda for Coming Home
(1978) R \"\"

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No Nominees Under this category
 
 


 
 
 
 
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