51st Academy Awards
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The 51st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored films released in 1978 and took place on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los
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Michael Cimino, Best Picture co-winner and Best Director winner
Jon Voight, Best Actor winner
Jane Fonda, Best Actress winner
Midnight Express (film)
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Midnight Express is a 1978 American prison drama directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir. It stars Brad Davis, with Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith,
51st Academy Awards
…Reeve. The Deer Hunter won five awards at the main awards ceremony, including Best Picture. Other winners included Coming Home with three awards, Midnight Express with two, and The Buddy Holly Story, California Suite, Days of Heaven, Death on the Nile, The Flight of the Gossamer Condor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs…
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The film was mostly shot in the lower parts of Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta.