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Best Picture - Drama Win: Apocalypse Now Runner-Up: Kramer vs. Kramer Runner-Up: Manhattan Runner-Up: Norma Rae Runner-Up: The China Syndrome Best Picture - Musical or Comedy Win: Breaking Away Runner-Up: 10 Runner-Up: Being There Runner-Up: Hair Runner-Up: The Rose Best Director Win: Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now Runner-Up: Hal Ashby, Being There Runner-Up: Peter Yates, Breaking Away Runner-Up: Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer Runner-Up: James Bridges, The China Syndrome Best Actor - Drama Win: Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer Runner-Up: Al Pacino, ...And Justice for All Runner-Up: Jon Voight, The Champ Runner-Up: Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome Runner-Up: James Woods, The Onion Field Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Win: Peter Sellers, Being There Runner-Up: Dudley Moore, 10 Runner-Up: Roy Scheider, All That Jazz Runner-Up: George Hamilton, Love at First Bite Runner-Up: Burt Reynolds, Starting Over Best Actress - Drama Win: Sally Field, Norma Rae Runner-Up: Jill Clayburgh, La Luna Runner-Up: Marsha Mason, Promises in the Dark Runner-Up: Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome Runner-Up: Lisa Eichhorn, Yanks Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Win: Bette Midler, The Rose Runner-Up: Julie Andrews, 10 Runner-Up: Shirley MacLaine, Being There Runner-Up: Chapter Two Runner-Up: Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over Best Supporting Actor Win: Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now Win: Melvyn Douglas, Being There Runner-Up: Laurence Olivier, A Little Romance Runner-Up: Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer Runner-Up: Frederic Forrest, The Rose Best Supporting Actress Win: Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer Runner-Up: Valerie Harper, Chapter Two Runner-Up: Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer Runner-Up: Kathleen Beller, Promises in the Dark Runner-Up: Candice Bergen, Starting Over Best Screenplay Win: Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer Runner-Up: Jerzy Kosinski, Being There Runner-Up: Steve Tesich, Breaking Away Runner-Up: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr. , Norma Rae Runner-Up: Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges , The China Syndrome

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