Best Dramatic Presentation, 1979

Superman

Richard Donner; Screenplay by Mario Puzo and David Newman and Leslie Newman & Robert Benton; Story by Mario Puzo; based on the character created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster

Also on the ballot

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio) (1978)Douglas Adams; Geoffrey Perkins, Producer
  • Watership Down (1978)Martin Rosen; Screenplay by Martin Rosen; based on the novel by Richard Adams
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)Philip Kaufmann; Screenplay by W. D. Richter; based on the novel by Jack Finney
  • The Lord of the Rings (1978)Ralph Bakshi; Screenplay by Peter S. Beagle and Chris Conkling; based on the first half of the trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien