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Best Picture

	1. Atlantic City
	2. Reds
	3. Prince of the City
	4. Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco)
	5. Pennies from Heaven

Best Director

	1. Louis Malle - Atlantic City
	2. Sidney Lumet - Prince of the City
	3. Héctor Babenco - Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco)

Best Actor

	1. Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
	2. Gene Hackman - All Night Long
	3. Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond

Best Actress

	1. Marília Pêra - Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco)
	2. Faye Dunaway - Mommie Dearest
	3. Diane Keaton - Reds

Best Supporting Actor

	1. Robert Preston - S.O.B.
	2. Jerry Orbach - Prince of the City
	3. Jack Nicholson - Reds

Best Supporting Actress

	1. Maureen Stapleton - Reds
	2. Mona Washbourne - Stevie
	3. Lisa Eichhorn - Cutter's Way

Best Screenplay

	1. John Guare - Atlantic City
	2. Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths - Reds
	3. Dennis Potter - Pennies from Heaven
	3. Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet - Prince of the City

Best Cinematography

	1. Gordon Willis - Pennies from Heaven
	2. Vilmos Zsigmond - Blow Out
	3. Vittorio Storaro - Reds