Oscar Rewrite: 1978

 

Best PictureThe Deer Hunter

Best Director: Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter)   Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven)

Best Actor: Jon Voight (Coming Home)   John Belushi (Animal House)

Best Actress: Jane Fonda (Coming Home)   Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween)

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter)

Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith (California Suite)  Stockard Channing (Grease)

Best Original Screenplay: Coming Home

Best Adapted Screenplay: Midnight Express   Superman

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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