The 45th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1979. The winners were announced on 19 December 1979 and the awards were given on 1 February 1980.^[1]

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Runners-up: Peter Sellers - Being There and Nick Nolte - North Dallas Forty
• Best Actress:
  • Sally Field - Norma Rae
  • Runners-up: Bette Midler - The Rose and Hanna Schygulla - The Marriage of Maria Braun
• Best Director:
  • Woody Allen - Manhattan
  • Runners-up: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer and Bob Fosse - All That Jazz
• Best Film:
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Runners-up: Breaking Away and Manhattan
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) o Italy
  • Runners-up: La Cage aux Folles o France/Italy, Peppermint Soda (Diabolo menthe) o France and Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje) o Netherlands/Belgium
• Best Screenplay:
  • Steve Tesich - Breaking Away
  • Runners-up: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman - Manhattan and Jerzy Kosinski - Being There
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Melvyn Douglas - Being There
  • Runners-up: Frederic Forrest - The Rose and James Woods - The Onion Field
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
  • Runners-up: Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer and Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away

References

External links

• 1979 Awards