51st Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1979)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Monday, April 9, 1979
  • For films released in: 1978
  • Location: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
  • Host(s): Johnny Carson (video)
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Two Vietnam War stories and a Warren Beatty comedy remake led the nominees for the 51st Annual Academy Awards which had a new host in Johnny Carson.

Beatty was also the first nominee since Orson Welles to be nominated in four categories in one year.

Heading into the ceremony, the following film(s) had five or more nominations:

  • The Deer Hunter: 9
  • Heaven Can Wait: 9
  • Coming Home: 8
  • Midnight Express: 6
  • Interiors: 5
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