Holly Hunter , Harvey Keitel , Anna Paquin . `` Le monde du silence '' becomes first ever documentary to win in 1956 . In 1979 , Coppola 's unfinished version of `` Apocalypse Now '' takes top prize . The year is 1980 and the world has changed dramatically since then : Vietnam War ; Watergate scandal ; Iran hostage crisis ; Falklands war ; Gulf War ; Iraq invasion ; Afghanistan conflict ; Kosovo war ;
`` Le monde du silence '' becomes first ever documentary to win in 1956 . In 1979 , Coppola 's unfinished version of `` Apocalypse Now '' takes top prize . The year is 1980 and the world has changed dramatically since then : Vietnam War ; Watergate scandal ; Iran hostage crisis ; Falklands war ; Gulf War ; Iraq invasion ; Afghanistan conflict ; Kosovo war ;