Academy Awards 1976

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The 1976 Academy Awards took place on March 29, 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . It was the 48th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1975. Diana Ross was the first singer in this event to write her Oscar-nominated song Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) from the film Mahogany was broadcast live via satellite; she sang the song in the Netherlands while walking the streets of Amsterdam .

Statistics
(films with more than one nomination are listed)
N = nomination; S = victory
Movie N S.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest 9 5
Barry Lyndon 7th 4th
Dog days 6th 1
Nashville 5 1
Funny lady 5 0
The White shark 4th 3
The Sunny Boys 4th 1
shampoo 4th 1
The man who wanted to be king 4th 0
The Hindenburg 3 0
Amarcord 2 0
The fragrance of women 2 0
The day of the locust 2 0
The wind and the lion 2 0
700 miles west 2 0
Tommy 2 0

Moderation

Goldie Hawn , Gene Kelly , Walter Matthau , George Segal and Robert Shaw hosted the Academy Awards.

Winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by Audrey Hepburn

One flew over the cuckoo 's nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) - Michael Douglas , Saul Zaentz

Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick
Great White Shark (Jaws) - David Brown , Richard D. Zanuck
Dog days (Dog Day Afternoon) - Martin Bregman , Martin Elfand
Nashville - Robert Altman

Best director

presented by Diane Keaton and William Wyler

Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Robert Altman - Nashville
Federico Fellini - Amarcord
Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
Sidney Lumet - Dog Days (Dog Day Afternoon)

Best Actor

presented by Art Carney

Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Walter Matthau - The Sunny Boys (The Sunshine Boys)
Al Pacino - Dog Days (Dog Day Afternoon)
Maximilian Schell - The Man in the Glass Booth
James Whitmore - Give 'em Hell, Harry!

Best main actress

presented by Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland

Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adèle H. (L'Histoire d'Adèle H.)
Glenda Jackson - Hedda Gabler
Carol Kane - Hester Street
Ann-Margret - Tommy

Best supporting actor

presented by Linda Blair and Ben Johnson

George Burns - Die Sunny-Boys (The Sunshine Boys)

Brad Dourif - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Burgess Meredith - The Day of the Locust (The Day of the Locust)
Chris Sarandon - Dog Day Afternoon (Dog Day Afternoon)
Jack Warden - shampoo

The best supporting actress

presented by Joel Gray and Madeline Kahn

Lee Grant - shampoo

Ronee Blakley - Nashville
Sylvia Miles - Farewell, My Lovely (Farewell, My Lovely)
Lily Tomlin - Nashville
Brenda Vaccaro - Once is not enough (Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough)

Best adapted script

presented by Gore Vidal

Bo Goldman , Lawrence Hauben - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Gladys Hill , John Huston - wanted to be The Man, the King (The Man Who Would Be King)
Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
Ruggero Maccari , Dino Risi - The fragrance of women (Profumo di donna)
Neil Simon - The Sunny-Boys (The Sunshine Boys)

Best original script

presented by Gore Vidal

Frank Pierson - Dog Days (Dog Day Afternoon)

Ted Allen - Beloved Lies ( Lies My Father Told Me )
Warren Beatty , Robert Towne - Shampoo
Federico Fellini , Tonino Guerra - Amarcord
Claude Lelouch , Pierre Uytterhoeven - For a lifetime (Toute une vie)

Best camera

presented by Stockard Channing and Billy Dee Williams

John Alcott - Barry Lyndon

Bill Butler , Haskell Wexler - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Conrad L. Hall - The Day of the Locust (The Day of the Locust)
James Wong Howe - Funny Lady
Robert Surtees - The Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)

Best production design

presented by Anthony Hopkins and Charlotte Rampling

Ken Adam , Vernon Dixon , Roy Walker - Barry Lyndon

Albert Brenner , Marvin March - Die Sunny-Boys (The Sunshine Boys)
W. Stewart Campbell , Richard Sylbert , George Gaines - Shampoo
Edward C. Carfagno , Frank R. McKelvy - Die Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)
Tony Inglis , Peter James , Alexandre Trauner - wanted to be The Man, the King (The Man Who Would Be King)

Best costume design

presented by Jennifer O'Neill and Telly Savalas

Milena Canonero , Ulla-Britt Söderlund - Barry Lyndon

Ray Aghayan , Bob Mackie - Funny Lady
Yvonne Blake , Ron Talsky - The Four Musketeers - Die Rache der Mylady (The Four Musketeers)
Karin Erskine , Henny Noremark - Die Zauberflöte (Trollflöjten)
Edith Head - wanted to be The Man, the King (The Man Who Would Be King)

Best Score (Original Score)

presented by Rod McKuen and Marlo Thomas

John Williams - Jaws (Jaws)

Gerald Fried - The Pairings of Animals (Birds Do It, Bees Do It)
Jerry Goldsmith - The Wind and the Lion (The Wind and the Lion)
Jack Nitzsche - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Alex North - 700 miles west (Bite the Bullet)

Best Score (Original Song Score and / or Adaptation)

presented by Rod McKuen and Marlo Thomas

Leonard Rosenman - Barry Lyndon

Peter Matz - Funny Lady
Pete Townshend - Tommy

Best song

presented by Rod McKuen and Marlo Thomas

"I'm Easy" from Nashville - Keith Carradine

"How Lucky Can You Get" from Funny Lady - Fred Ebb , John Kander
"Now That We're In Love" from Cash - The unstoppable career of Private Ass (Whiffs) - George Barrie , Sammy Cahn
"Richard's Window" from the downside (The Other Side of the Mountain) - Charles Fox , Norman Gimbel
"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" from Mahogany (Mahogany) - Gerry Goffin , Michael Masser

Best cut

presented by Isabelle Adjani and Elliott Gould

Verna Fields - Great White Shark (Jaws)

Dede Allen - Dog Days (Dog Day Afternoon)
Richard Chew , Sheldon Kahn , Lynzee Klingman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Don Guidice , Fredric Steinkamp - The Three Days of the Condor
Russell Lloyd - wanted to be The Man, the King (The Man Who Would Be King)

Best tone

presented by Margaux Hemingway and Roy Scheider

John R. Carter , Robert L. Hoyt , Roger Heman Jr. , Earl Madery - Jaws (Jaws)

John A. Bolger Jr. , John L. Mack , Leonard Peterson , Don Sharpless - Die Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)
Roy Charman , William McCaughey , Aaron Rochin , Harry W. Tetrick - The Wind and the Lion (The Wind and the Lion)
Les Fresholtz , Arthur Piantadosi , Al Overton Jr. , Richard Tyler - 700 Miles West (Bite the Bullet)
Don MacDougall , Richard Portman , Jack Solomon , Curly Thirlwell - Funny Lady

Best animated short film

presented by Marisa Berenson and OJ Simpson

Great - Bob Godfrey

Kick Me - Robert Swarthe
Monsieur Pointu - Bernard Longpré , André Leduc
Sisyphus - Marcell Jankovics

Best short film

presented by Marisa Berenson and OJ Simpson

Angel and Big Joe - Bert Salzman

A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo - Barry J. Spinello
Conquest of Light - Louis Marcus
Dawn Flight - Brian Lansburgh , Larry Lansburgh
Doubletalk - Alan Beattie

Best Documentary (Short Film)

presented by Beau Bridges and Marilyn Hassett

The End of the Game - Robin Lehman , Claire Wilbur

Arthur and Lillie - Jon Else , Steven Kovacs , Kristine Samuelson
Millions of years ahead (Millions of Years Ahead of Man) - Manfred Baier
Probes in Space - George Casey
Whistling Smith - Barrie Howells , Michael JF Scott

Best documentary

presented by Beau Bridges and Marilyn Hassett

Shot ride from Mount Everest (The Man Who Skied Down Everest) - FR Crawley , James Hager , Dale Hartleben

Fighting for Our Lives - Glen Pearcy
The California Empire - Keith Critchlow , Walter F. Parkes
The Incredible Machine - Irwin Rosten
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir - Shirley MacLaine

Best foreign language film

presented by Jacqueline Bisset and Jack Valenti

Uzala, the Kyrgyz (Dersu Usala) , Soviet Union - Akira Kurosawa

Actas de Marusia , Mexico - Miguel Littín
The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) , Poland - Andrzej Wajda
The fragrance of women (Profumo di donna) , Italy - Dino Risi
Sandakan, House No. 8 (Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo) , Japan - Kei Kumai

Prizes of honor

Honorary Oscar

Special Achievement Award

Albert Whitlock , Glen Robinson for Best Visual Effects in The Hindenburg ( The Hindenburg )
Peter Berkos for the best sound effects in Die Hindenburg ( The Hindenburg )

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Scientific and Engineering Award

Chadwell O'Connor
William F. Miner

Technical Achievement Award

Lawrence W. Butler , Roger Banks
David J. Degenkolb , Fred Scobey , John Dolan , Richard Dubois
Joseph Westheimer
Carter Equipment Co., Inc. , Ramtronics
Hollywood Film Co.
Bell & Howell
Fredrik Schlyter

literature

  • Norbert Stresau : The Oscar. All award-winning films, directors and actors since 1929. 3rd edition. Heyne, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-453-07872-1 . (Heyne Film Library, No. 198.)
  • Hans-Jürgen Kubiak: The Oscar Films. The best films from 1927/28 to 2004. The best non-English language films from 1947 to 2004. The best animated films from 2001 to 2004. Schüren, Marburg 2005, ISBN 3-89472-386-6 .

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