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The 32nd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1979, honored the best films of 1978.

Contents 1 Winners & Nominees 1.1 Best Film 1.2 Best Actor 1.3 Best Actress 1.4 Best Supporting Actor 1.5 Best Supporting Actress 1.6 Best Direction 1.7 Best Screenplay

[edit] Winners & Nominees

[edit] Best Film

Julia

• Midnight Express
• Star Wars
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[edit] Best Actor

Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl

• Peter Ustinov in Death on the Nile
• Anthony Hopkins in Magic
• Brad Davis in Midnight Express

[edit] Best Actress

Jane Fonda in Julia

• Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl
• Anne Bancroft in The Turning Point
• Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman

[edit] Best Supporting Actor

John Hurt in Midnight Express

• Jason Robards in Julia
• François Truffaut in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Gene Hackman in Superman

[edit] Best Supporting Actress

Geraldine Page in Interiors

• Angela Lansbury in Death on the Nile
• Maggie Smith in Death on the Nile
• Mona Washbourne in Stevie

[edit] Best Direction

Alan Parker for Midnight Express

• Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Fred Zinnemann for Julia
• Robert Altman for A Wedding

[edit] Best Screenplay

Julia - Alvin Sargent

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