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The 48th Academy Awards
| 1976
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 29, 1976
Honoring movies released in 1975
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Highlights
Original Screenplay
Dog Day Afternoon
Frank Pierson, presented by Gore Vidal
Original Score
Jaws
John Williams
Supporting Actress
Shampoo
Lee Grant
Memorable Moments
F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartlebe
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Documentary Winners for The Man Who Skied down Everest
Verna Fields
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Film Editing winner for Jaws, with presenters Isabelle Adjani and Elliott Gould
The U.S. Bicentennial
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George Cukor, Elizabeth Taylor, Halston, Hugh O'Brien celebrate the nation's bicentennial at the end of the Oscars
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Jack Nicholson
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nominees
Walter Matthau
The Sunshine Boys
Nominees
Al Pacino
Dog Day Afternoon
Nominees
Maximilian Schell
The Man in the Glass Booth
Nominees
James Whitmore
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
George Burns
The Sunshine Boys
Nominees
Brad Dourif
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nominees
Burgess Meredith
The Day of the Locust
Nominees
Chris Sarandon
Dog Day Afternoon
Nominees
Jack Warden
Shampoo
Actress
Winner
Louise Fletcher
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nominees
Isabelle Adjani
The Story of Adele H.
Nominees
Ann-Margret
Tommy
Nominees
Glenda Jackson
Hedda
Nominees
Carol Kane
Hester Street
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Lee Grant
Shampoo
Nominees
Ronee Blakley
Nashville
Nominees
Sylvia Miles
Farewell, My Lovely
Nominees
Lily Tomlin
Nashville
Nominees
Brenda Vaccaro
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
Art Direction
Winner
Barry Lyndon
Art Direction: Ken Adam, Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon
Nominees
The Hindenburg
Art Direction: Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
Nominees
The Man Who Would Be King
Art Direction: Alexander Trauner, Tony Inglis; Set Decoration: Peter James
Nominees
Shampoo
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: George Gaines
Nominees
The Sunshine Boys
Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March
Cinematography
Winner
Barry Lyndon
John Alcott
Nominees
The Day of the Locust
Conrad Hall
Nominees
Funny Lady
James Wong Howe
Nominees
The Hindenburg
Robert Surtees
Nominees
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler
Costume Design
Winner
Barry Lyndon
Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero
Nominees
The Four Musketeers
Yvonne Blake, Ron Talsky
Nominees
Funny Lady
Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie
Nominees
The Magic Flute
Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine
Nominees
The Man Who Would Be King
Edith Head
Directing
Winner
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Milos Forman
Nominees
Amarcord
Federico Fellini
Nominees
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
Nominees
Dog Day Afternoon
Sidney Lumet
Nominees
Nashville
Robert Altman
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Man Who Skied down Everest
F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, Producers
Nominees
The California Reich
Walter F. Parkes and Keith F. Critchlow, Producers
Nominees
Fighting for Our Lives
Glen Pearcy, Producer
Nominees
The Incredible Machine
Irwin Rosten, Producer
Nominees
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Shirley MacLaine, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The End of the Game
Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers
Nominees
Arthur and Lillie
Jon Else, Steven Kovacs and Kristine Samuelson, Producers
Nominees
Millions of Years Ahead of Man
Manfred Baier, Producer
Nominees
Probes in Space
George V. Casey, Producer
Nominees
Whistling Smith
Barrie Howells and Michael Scott, Producers
Film Editing
Winner
Jaws
Verna Fields
Nominees
Dog Day Afternoon
Dede Allen
Nominees
The Man Who Would Be King
Russell Lloyd
Nominees
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn
Nominees
Three Days of the Condor
Fredric Steinkamp, Don Guidice
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Dersu Uzala
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Nominees
Land of Promise
Poland
Nominees
Letters from Marusia
Mexico
Nominees
Sandakan No. 8
Japan
Nominees
Scent of a Woman
Italy
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Mervyn LeRoy
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Dr. Jules C. Stein
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Jaws
John Williams
Nominees
Birds Do It, Bees Do It
Gerald Fried
Nominees
Bite the Bullet
Alex North
Nominees
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nitzsche
Nominees
The Wind and the Lion
Jerry Goldsmith
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Nashville
I'm Easy in "Nashville" Music and Lyrics by Keith Carradine
Nominees
Funny Lady
How Lucky Can You Get in "Funny Lady" Music and Lyrics by Fred Ebb and John Kander
Nominees
Whiffs
Now That We're In Love in "Whiffs" Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Nominees
The Other Side of the Mountain
Richard's Window in "The Other Side of the Mountain" Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Nominees
Mahogany
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) in "Mahogany" Music by Michael Masser; Lyrics by Gerry Goffin
Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
Winner
Barry Lyndon
Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
Nominees
Funny Lady
Adaptation Score by Peter Matz
Nominees
Tommy
Adaptation Score by Peter Townshend
Best Picture
Winner
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers
Nominees
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick, Producer
Nominees
Dog Day Afternoon
Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, Producers
Nominees
Jaws
Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, Producers
Nominees
Nashville
Robert Altman, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Great
Bob Godfrey, Producer
Nominees
Kick Me
Robert Swarthe, Producer
Nominees
Monsieur Pointu
Monsieur Pointu
Nominees
Sisyphus
Marcell Jankovics, Producer
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Angel and Big Joe
Bert Salzman, Producer
Nominees
Conquest of Light
Louis Marcus, Producer
Nominees
Dawn Flight
Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh, Producers
Nominees
A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo
Barry Spinello, Producer
Nominees
Doubletalk
Alan Beattie, Producer
Sound
Winner
Jaws
Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter
Nominees
Bite the Bullet
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, Al Overton, Jr.
Nominees
Funny Lady
Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell, Jack Solomon
Nominees
The Hindenburg
Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger, Jr., John Mack, Don K. Sharpless
Nominees
The Wind and the Lion
Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey, Roy Charman
Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects)
Winner
The Hindenburg
Peter Berkos
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Winner
The Hindenburg
Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Dog Day Afternoon
Frank Pierson
Nominees
Amarcord
Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
Nominees
And Now My Love
Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Nominees
Lies My Father Told Me
Ted Allan
Nominees
Shampoo
Robert Towne, Warren Beatty
Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)
Winner
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
Nominees
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
Nominees
The Man Who Would Be King
John Huston, Gladys Hill
Nominees
Scent of a Woman
Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi
Nominees
The Sunshine Boys
Neil Simon
A
Amarcord
2 NOMINATIONS
- Directing - Federico Fellini
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
And Now My Love
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Angel and Big Joe
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - Bert Salzman, Producer
Arthur and Lillie
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Jon Else, Steven Kovacs and Kristine Samuelson, Producers
B
Barry Lyndon
7 NOMINATIONS,
4 WINS
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Ken Adam, Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon
- * Cinematography - John Alcott
- * Costume Design - Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero
- * Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
- Directing - Stanley Kubrick
- Best Picture - Stanley Kubrick, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Stanley Kubrick
Birds Do It, Bees Do It
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Score) - Gerald Fried
Bite the Bullet
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Score) - Alex North
- Sound - Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, Al Overton, Jr.
C
The California Reich
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Walter F. Parkes and Keith F. Critchlow, Producers
Conquest of Light
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Louis Marcus, Producer
D
Dawn Flight
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh, Producers
A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Barry Spinello, Producer
The Day of the Locust
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Burgess Meredith
- Cinematography - Conrad Hall
Dersu Uzala
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Dog Day Afternoon
6 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Frank Pierson
- Actor - Al Pacino
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Chris Sarandon
- Directing - Sidney Lumet
- Film Editing - Dede Allen
- Best Picture - Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, Producers
Doubletalk
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Alan Beattie, Producer
E
The End of the Game
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers
F
Farewell, My Lovely
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Sylvia Miles
Fighting for Our Lives
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Glen Pearcy, Producer
The Four Musketeers
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Yvonne Blake, Ron Talsky
Funny Lady
5 NOMINATIONS
- Cinematography - James Wong Howe
- Costume Design - Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie
- Music (Original Song) - How Lucky Can You Get in "Funny Lady" Music and Lyrics by Fred Ebb and John Kander
- Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Adaptation Score by Peter Matz
- Sound - Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell, Jack Solomon
G
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1 NOMINATION
- Actor - James Whitmore
Great
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - Bob Godfrey, Producer
H
Hedda
1 NOMINATION
- Actress - Glenda Jackson
Hester Street
1 NOMINATION
- Actress - Carol Kane
The Hindenburg
5 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects) - Peter Berkos
- * Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) - Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
- Cinematography - Robert Surtees
- Sound - Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger, Jr., John Mack, Don K. Sharpless
I
The Incredible Machine
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Irwin Rosten, Producer
J
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Brenda Vaccaro
Jaws
4 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
- * Film Editing - Verna Fields
- * Music (Original Score) - John Williams
- * Sound - Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter
- Best Picture - Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, Producers
K
Kick Me
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Robert Swarthe, Producer
L
Land of Promise
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Poland
Letters from Marusia
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Mexico
Lies My Father Told Me
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Ted Allan
M
The Magic Flute
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine
Mahogany
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) in "Mahogany" Music by Michael Masser; Lyrics by Gerry Goffin
The Man in the Glass Booth
1 NOMINATION
- Actor - Maximilian Schell
The Man Who Skied down Everest
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, Producers
The Man Who Would Be King
4 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Alexander Trauner, Tony Inglis; Set Decoration: Peter James
- Costume Design - Edith Head
- Film Editing - Russell Lloyd
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - John Huston, Gladys Hill
Millions of Years Ahead of Man
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Manfred Baier, Producer
Monsieur Pointu
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Monsieur Pointu
N
Nashville
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Music (Original Song) - I'm Easy in "Nashville" Music and Lyrics by Keith Carradine
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Ronee Blakley, Lily Tomlin
- Directing - Robert Altman
- Best Picture - Robert Altman, Producer
O
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
9 NOMINATIONS,
5 WINS
- * Actor - Jack Nicholson
- * Actress - Louise Fletcher
- * Directing - Milos Forman
- * Best Picture - Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers
- * Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Brad Dourif
- Cinematography - Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler
- Film Editing - Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn
- Music (Original Score) - Jack Nitzsche
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Shirley MacLaine, Producer
The Other Side of the Mountain
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - Richard's Window in "The Other Side of the Mountain" Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
P
Probes in Space
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - George V. Casey, Producer
S
Sandakan No. 8
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Japan
Scent of a Woman
2 NOMINATIONS
- Foreign Language Film - Italy
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi
Shampoo
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Lee Grant
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Warden
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: George Gaines
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Robert Towne, Warren Beatty
Sisyphus
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Marcell Jankovics, Producer
The Story of Adele H.
1 NOMINATION
- Actress - Isabelle Adjani
The Sunshine Boys
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - George Burns
- Actor - Walter Matthau
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Neil Simon
T
Three Days of the Condor
1 NOMINATION
- Film Editing - Fredric Steinkamp, Don Guidice
Tommy
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Ann-Margret
- Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Adaptation Score by Peter Townshend
W
Whiffs
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - Now That We're In Love in "Whiffs" Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Whistling Smith
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Barrie Howells and Michael Scott, Producers
The Wind and the Lion
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Score) - Jerry Goldsmith
- Sound - Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey, Roy Charman
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