1978 Academy Awards – Film Editing Winner and Nominees

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

Paul Hirsch

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Michael Kahn

Julia

Walter Murch

Smokey and the Bandit

Walter Hannemann

The Turning Point

William Reynolds