The 48th Academy Awards | 1976
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 29, 1976
Honoring movies released in 1975
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
Documentary Winners for The Man Who Skied down Everest
Verna Fields
Film Editing winner for Jaws, with presenters Isabelle Adjani and Elliott Gould
The U.S. Bicentennial
George Cukor, Elizabeth Taylor, Halston, Hugh O'Brien celebrate the nation's bicentennial at the end of the Oscars
WINNERS & NOMINEES
A
Amarcord
2 NOMINATIONS
Directing - Federico Fellini Writing (Original Screenplay) - Federico Fellini, Tonino GuerraAnd Now My Love
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Original Screenplay) - Claude Lelouch, Pierre UytterhoevenAngel and Big Joe
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Short Film (Live Action) - Bert Salzman, ProducerArthur and Lillie
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) - Jon Else, Steven Kovacs and Kristine Samuelson, ProducersB
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 KubrickBirds Do It, Bees Do It
1 NOMINATION
Music (Original Score) - Gerald FriedBite 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, ProducersConquest of Light
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) - Louis Marcus, ProducerD
Dawn Flight
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) - Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh, ProducersA Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) - Barry Spinello, ProducerThe Day of the Locust
2 NOMINATIONS
Actor in a Supporting Role - Burgess Meredith Cinematography - Conrad HallDersu Uzala
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Foreign Language Film - Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsDog 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, ProducersDoubletalk
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Live Action) - Alan Beattie, ProducerE
The End of the Game
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Documentary (Short Subject) - Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, ProducersF
Farewell, My Lovely
1 NOMINATION
Actress in a Supporting Role - Sylvia MilesFighting for Our Lives
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) - Glen Pearcy, ProducerThe Four Musketeers
1 NOMINATION
Costume Design - Yvonne Blake, Ron TalskyFunny 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 SolomonG
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1 NOMINATION
Actor - James WhitmoreGreat
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Short Film (Animated) - Bob Godfrey, ProducerH
Hedda
1 NOMINATION
Actress - Glenda JacksonHester Street
1 NOMINATION
Actress - Carol KaneThe 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. SharplessI
The Incredible Machine
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) - Irwin Rosten, ProducerJ
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
1 NOMINATION
Actress in a Supporting Role - Brenda VaccaroJaws
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, ProducersK
Kick Me
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Animated) - Robert Swarthe, ProducerL
Land of Promise
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film - PolandLetters from Marusia
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film - MexicoLies My Father Told Me
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Original Screenplay) - Ted AllanM
The Magic Flute
1 NOMINATION
Costume Design - Henny Noremark, Karin ErskineMahogany
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 GoffinThe Man in the Glass Booth
1 NOMINATION
Actor - Maximilian SchellThe Man Who Skied down Everest
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Documentary (Feature) - F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, ProducersThe 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 HillMillions of Years Ahead of Man
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) - Manfred Baier, ProducerMonsieur Pointu
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Animated) - Monsieur PointuN
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, ProducerO
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 NitzscheThe Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) - Shirley MacLaine, ProducerThe 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 GimbelP
Probes in Space
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) - George V. Casey, ProducerS
Sandakan No. 8
1 NOMINATION
Foreign Language Film - JapanScent of a Woman
2 NOMINATIONS
Foreign Language Film - Italy Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Ruggero Maccari, Dino RisiShampoo
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 BeattySisyphus
1 NOMINATION
Short Film (Animated) - Marcell Jankovics, ProducerThe Story of Adele H.
1 NOMINATION
Actress - Isabelle AdjaniThe 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 SimonT
Three Days of the Condor
1 NOMINATION
Film Editing - Fredric Steinkamp, Don GuidiceTommy
2 NOMINATIONS
Actress - Ann-Margret Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Adaptation Score by Peter TownshendW
Whiffs
1 NOMINATION
Music (Original Song) - Now That We're In Love in "Whiffs" Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy CahnWhistling Smith
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) - Barrie Howells and Michael Scott, ProducersThe Wind and the Lion
2 NOMINATIONS
Music (Original Score) - Jerry Goldsmith Sound - Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey, Roy CharmanNo Films Found