- 1976 Oscars were held on March 29, 1977 at theDorothy
Chandler Pavilion
- co-Hosts: Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda and
Richard Pryor
- The Muhammed Ali-Chuck Wepner pro boxing fight was the
initial inspiration for Rocky
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| 1976
Nominees and Winners: |
| Best Picture |
All the President's Men, Walter Coblenz, producer
(Warner Bros.) |
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Bound for Glory, Robert F. Blumofe and Harold
Leventhal, producers (United Artists) |
|
Network, Howard Gottfried, producer (MGM/United
Artists) |
|
Rocky, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff,
producers (United Artists) |
|
Taxi Driver, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips,
producers (Columbia) |
| Best Actor |
Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver |
|
Peter Finch, Network |
|
Giancarlo Giannini, Seven Beauties |
|
William Holden, Network |
|
Sylvester Stallone, Rocky |
| Best Actress |
Marie-Christine Barrault, Cousin, Cousine |
|
Faye Dunaway, Network |
|
Talia Shire, Rocky |
|
Sissy Spacek, Carrie |
|
Liv Ullman, Face to Face |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Ned Beatty, Network |
|
Burgess Meredith, Rocky |
|
Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man |
|
Jason Robards, All the President's Men |
|
Burt Young, Rocky |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Jane Alexander, All the President's Men |
|
Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver |
|
Lee Grant, Voyage of the Damned |
|
Piper Laurie, Carrie |
|
Beatrice Straight, Network |
| Directing |
John G. Avildsen, Rocky |
|
Ingmar Bergman, Face to Face |
|
Sidney Lumet, Network |
|
Alan J. Pakula, All the President's Men |
|
Lina Wertmuller, Seven Beauties |
| Writing |
| Original Screenplay |
Walter Bernstein, The Front |
|
Paddy Chayefsky, Network |
|
Sylvester Stallone, Rocky |
|
Jean-Charles Tacchella, story and screenplay;
Daniele Thompson, adaptation, Cousin, Cousine |
|
Lina Wertmuller, Seven Beauties |
| Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium |
Federico Fellini and Bernadino Zapponi, Fellini's
Casanova |
|
Robert Getchell, Bound for Glory |
|
William Goldman, All the President's Men |
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Nicholas Meyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
|
Steve Shagan and David Butler, Voyage of the
Damned |
|
| Cinematography |
Richard H. Kline, King Kong |
|
Ernest Laszlo, Logan's Run |
|
Owen Roizman, Network |
|
Robert Surtees, A Star Is Born |
|
Haskell Wexler, Bound for Glory |
| Art Direction |
Robert F. Boyle, art direction; Arthur Jeph Parker,
set decoration, The Shootist |
|
Gene Callahan and Jack Collis, art direction; Jerry
Wunderlich, set decoration, The Last Tycoon |
|
Dale Hennesy, art direction; Robert de Vestel, set decoration,
Logan's Run |
|
George Jenkins, art direction; George Gaines, set
decoration, All the President's Men |
|
Elliot Scott and Norman Reynolds, art direction; Peter
Howitt, set decoration, The Incredible Sarah |
| Sound |
Robert Knudson, Dan Wallin, Robert Glass and Tom Overton,
A Star Is Born |
|
Donald Mitchell, Douglas Williams, Richard Tyler and
Hal Etherington, Silver Streak |
|
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander
and Jim Webb, All the President's Men |
|
Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin
and Jack Solomon, King Kong |
|
Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaughey, Lyle Burbridge
and Bud Alper, Rocky |
| Music |
| Original Song |
“Ave Satani,” The Omen, Jerry Goldsmith,
music and lyrics |
|
“Come to Me,” The Pink Panther Strikes Again,
Henry Mancini, music; Don Black, lyrics |
|
“Evergreen” (Love Theme From A Star Is Born),
A Star Is Born, Barbra Streisand, music; Paul
Williams, lyrics |
|
“Gonna Fly Now,” Rocky, Bill Conti, music;
Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, lyrics |
|
“A World That Never Was,” Half a House,
Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics |
| Original Score |
Jerry Fielding, The Outlaw Josey Wales |
|
Jerry Goldsmith, The Omen |
|
Bernard Herrmann, Obsession |
|
Bernard Herrmann, Taxi Driver |
|
Lalo Schifrin, Voyage of the Damned |
| Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation
Score |
Roger Kellaway, A Star Is Born |
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Leonard Rosenman, Bound for Glory |
|
Paul Williams, Bugsy Malone |
|
| Film Editing |
Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad, Rocky |
|
Alan Heim, Network |
|
Robert Jones and Pembroke J. Herring, Bound for Glory |
|
Eve Newman and Walter Hannemann, Two-Minute Warning |
|
Robert L. Wolfe, All the President's Men |
| Costume Design |
Alan Barrett, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
|
Danilo Donati, Fellini's Casanova |
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Anthony Mendleson, The Incredible Sarah |
|
William Theiss, Bound for Glory |
|
Mary Wills, The Passover Plot |
| Short Films |
| Animated |
Dedalo (Manfredo Manfredi, producer; Cineteam
Realizzazioni Production) |
|
Leisure (Suzanne Baker, producer; Film
Australia Production) |
|
The Street (Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover,
producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
| Live Action |
In the Region of Ice (Andre Guttfreund
and Peter Werner, producers; American Film Institute) |
|
Kudzu (Marjorie Ann Short, producer; Short
Productions) |
|
The Morning Spider (Julian Chagrin and
Claude Chagrin, producers; The Black and White Colour
Film Company) |
|
Nightlife (Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman,
producers; Opus Films Ltd.) |
|
Number One (Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon,
producers; Number One Productions) |
|
| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
American Shoeshine (Sparky Greene, producer;
Titan Films) |
|
Blackwood (Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thompson,
producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
|
The End of the Road (John Armstrong, producer;
Pelican Films) |
|
Number Our Days (Lynne Littman, producer;
Community Television of Southern California) |
|
Universe (Lester Novros, producer; Graphic
Films Corporation for NASA) |
| Feature |
Harlan County, U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple,
producer; Cabin Creek Films) |
|
Hollywood on Trial (James Gutman and David
Helpern, Jr., producers; October Films/Cinema Associates) |
|
Off the Edge (Michael Firth, producer;
Pentacle Films) |
|
People of the Wind (Anthony Howarth and
David Koff, producers; Elizabeth E. Rogers Productions) |
|
Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death
of Malcolm Lowry (Donald Brittain and Robert
Duncan, producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
|
| Foreign Language Film |
Black and White in Color, Ivory Coast |
|
Cousin, Cousine, France |
|
Jacob, the Liar, German Democratic Republic—East |
|
Nights and Days, Poland |
|
Seven Beauties, Italy |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
Pandro S. Berman |
| Visual Effects |
L.B. Abbott, Glen Robinson and Matthew
Yuricich, Logan's Run,
Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer,
King Kong |
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