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36th Golden Globe Awards
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36th Golden Globe Awards 1979

The 36th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and television for 1978. Held on January 27, 1979, the event celebrated outstanding achievements in motion pictures across a wide range of categories, from Best Motion Picture to individual performance and technical awards.

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Highlights

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Total movie nominations

17

Total movie wins

5

Total people nominations

37

Total people wins

11

Midnight Express

Most Nominations

Midnight Express

 8 nominations
Midnight Express

Most Wins

Midnight Express

 6 wins

Most recognized genres

Drama

Drama

11 nominations 1 wins
Romance

Romance

7 nominations 2 wins
Comedy

Comedy

5 nominations 1 wins

Most Nominations

Brad Davis

2 nominations

Best Motion Picture – Drama

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Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

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Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama (Actor)

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Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama (Actress)

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Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Actor)

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Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Actress)

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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)

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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress)

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Best Director

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Best Screenplay

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Best Original Score

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Best Original Song

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New Star of the Year – Actor

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New Star of the Year – Actress

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All winners and nominees

Best Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER

Midnight Express

NOMINEES

Coming Home

 

Days of Heaven

 

The Deer Hunter

 

An Unmarried Woman

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

WINNER

Grease

NOMINEES

Heaven Can Wait

 

Foul Play

Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama (Actor)

WINNER

Coming Home Jon Voight

NOMINEES

Midnight Express Brad Davis

 

The Deer Hunter Robert De Niro

 

Magic Anthony Hopkins

 

The Boys from Brazil Gregory Peck

Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama (Actress)

WINNER

Coming Home Jane Fonda

NOMINEES

An Unmarried Woman Jill Clayburgh

 

Interiors Geraldine Page

Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Actor)

WINNER

Grease John Travolta

NOMINEES

Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty

 

The Buddy Holly Story Gary Busey

 

Foul Play Chevy Chase

Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Actress)

NOMINEES

Foul Play Goldie Hawn

 

Grease Olivia Newton-John

Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)

WINNER

Midnight Express John Hurt

NOMINEES

Coming Home Bruce Dern

 

Foul Play Dudley Moore

 

The Deer Hunter Christopher Walken

Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress)

WINNER

Heaven Can Wait Dyan Cannon

NOMINEES

Interiors Maureen Stapleton

 

The Deer Hunter Meryl Streep

Best Director

WINNER

Midnight Express Alan Parker

NOMINEES

The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino

 

Interiors Woody Allen

 

Coming Home Hal Ashby

 

Days of Heaven Terrence Malick

 

An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Midnight Express Oliver Stone

NOMINEES

The Deer Hunter

 

Foul Play Colin Higgins

 

Interiors Woody Allen

 

An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky

Best Original Score

WINNER

Midnight Express Giorgio Moroder

NOMINEES

Superman II John Williams

 

An Unmarried Woman

Best Original Song

NOMINEES

Grease

 

Foul Play

 

Grease

New Star of the Year – Actor

WINNER

Midnight Express Brad Davis

NOMINEES

Foul Play Chevy Chase

 

King of the Gypsies Eric Roberts

 

The Boys in Company C Andrew Stevens

New Star of the Year – Actress

WINNER

Goin' South Mary Steenburgen

NOMINEES

Midnight Express Irene Miracle

 

Corvette Summer Annie Potts

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