- 1977 Oscars were held on April 3, 1978 at the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion
- Host: Bob Hope
- No matter how hard you check below, the Saturday Night
Fever Soundtrack will not be found in the list of nominees
below
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| 1977
Nominees and Winners: |
| Best Picture |
Annie Hall, Charles H. Joffe, producer (United
Artists) |
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The Goodbye Girl, Ray Stark, producer (MGM/Warner
Bros.) |
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Julia, Richard Roth, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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Star Wars, Gary Kurtz, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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The Turning Point, Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents,
producers (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Actor in a Leading Role |
Woody Allen, Annie Hall |
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Richard Burton, Equus |
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Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl |
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Marcello Mastroianni, A Special Day |
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John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever |
| Actress in a Leading Role |
Anne Bancroft, The Turning Point |
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Jane Fonda, Julia |
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Diane Keaton, Annie Hall |
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Shirley MacLaine, The Turning Point |
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Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Turning Point |
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Peter Firth, Equus |
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Alec Guinness, Star Wars |
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Jason Robards, Julia |
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Maximilian Schell, Julia |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Leslie Browne, The Turning Point |
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Quinn Cummings, The Goodbye Girl |
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Melinda Dillon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
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Vanessa Redgrave, Julia |
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Tuesday Weld, Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
| Directing |
Woody Allen, Annie Hall |
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George Lucas, Star Wars |
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Herbert Ross, The Turning Point |
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Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
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Fred Zinnemann, Julia |
| Writing |
| Original Screenplay |
Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, Annie
Hall |
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Robert Benton, The Late Show |
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Arthur Laurents, The Turning Point |
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George Lucas, Star Wars |
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Neil Simon, The Goodbye Girl |
| Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium |
Luis Buńuel and Jean-Claude Carričre, That
Obscure Object of Desire |
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Larry Gelbart, Oh, God! |
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Gavin Lambert and Lewis John Carlino, I Never
Promised You a Rose Garden |
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Alvin Sargent, Julia |
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Peter Shaffer, Equus |
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| Cinematography |
William A. Fraker, Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
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Fred J. Koenekamp, Islands in the Stream |
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Douglas Slocombe, Julia |
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Robert Surtees, The Turning Point |
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Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters of the Third
Kind |
| Art Direction |
Ken Adam and Peter Lamont, art direction; Hugh Scaife,
set decoration, The Spy Who Loved Me |
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Joe Alves and Dan Lomino, art direction; Phil Abramson,
set decoration, Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
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John Barry, Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley, art
direction; Roger Christian, set decoration, Star Wars |
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Albert Brenner, art direction; Marvin March, set decoration,
The Turning Point |
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George C. Webb, art direction; Mickey S. Michaels, set
decoration, Airport '77 |
| Sound |
Walter Goss, Dick Alexander, Tom Beckert and Robin Gregory,
The Deep |
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Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall and
Gene S. Cantamessa, Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
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Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Richard Tyler and Jean-Louis
Ducarme, Sorcerer |
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Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler and Derek Ball,
Star Wars |
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Theodore Soderberg, Paul Wells, Douglas O. Williams
and Jerry Jost, The Turning Point |
| Music |
| Original Song |
“Candle on the Water,” Pete's Dragon, Al
Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, music and lyrics |
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“Nobody Does It Better,” The Spy Who Loved
Me, Marvin Hamlisch, music; Carole Bayer Sager,
lyrics |
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“The Slipper and the Rose Waltz” (He Danced With
Me/She Danced With Me), The Slipper and the Rose—The
Story of Cinderella, Richard M. Sherman and
Robert B. Sherman, music and lyrics |
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“Someone's Waiting for You,” The Rescuers,
Sammy Fain, music; Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins,
lyrics |
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“You Light Up My Life,” You Light Up My
Life, Joseph Brooks, music and lyrics |
| Original Score |
Georges Delerue, Julia |
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Marvin Hamlisch, The Spy Who Loved Me |
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Maurice Jarre, Mohammad—Messenger of God |
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John Williams, Close Encounters of the Third
Kind |
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John Williams, Star Wars |
| Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation
Score |
Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, song; Irwin Kostal,
adaptation, Pete's Dragon |
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Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, song;
Angela Morley, adaptation, The Slipper and the
Rose—The Story of Cinderella |
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Jonathan Tunick, A Little Night Music |
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| Film Editing |
Walter Hannemann and Angelo Ross, Smokey and the
Bandit |
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Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew, Star
Wars |
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Michael Kahn, Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
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Walter Murch, Julia |
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William Reynolds, The Turning Point |
| Costume Design |
Edith Head and Burton Miller, Airport '77 |
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Florence Klotz, A Little Night Music |
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John Mollo, Star Wars |
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Irene Sharaff, The Other Side of Midnight |
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Anthea Sylbert, Julia |
| Visual Effects |
Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Gregory
Jein and Richard Yuricich, Close Encounters of the
Third Kind |
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John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant
McCune and Robert Blalack, Star Wars |
| Short Films |
| Animated |
The Bead Game (Ishu Patel, producer; National
Film Board of Canada) |
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The Doonesbury Special (John Hubley, Faith
Hubley and Garry Trudeau, producers; Hubley Studios) |
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Jimmy the C (James Picker, Robert Grossman
and Craig Whitaker, producers; Motionpicker Production) |
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The Sand Castle (Co Hoedeman, producer;
National Film Board of Canada) |
| Live Action |
The Absent-Minded Waiter (William E. McEuen,
producer; Aspen Film Society) |
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Floating Free (Jerry Butts, producer; Trans
World International) |
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I'll Find a Way (Beverly Shaffer and
Yuki Yoshida, producers; National Film Board of
Canada) |
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Notes on the Popular Arts (Saul Bass, producer;
Saul Bass Films) |
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Spaceborne (Philip Dauber, producer; Lawrence
Hall of Science Production for the Regents of the
University of California with the cooperation of
NASA) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
(Moctesuma Esparza, producer; Moctesuma Esparza
Production) |
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First Edition (Helen Whitney and DeWitt
L. Sage, Jr., producers; D.L. Sage Productions) |
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Gravity Is My Enemy (John Joseph and
Jan Stussy, producers; John Joseph Production) |
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Of Time, Tombs and Treasure (James R. Messenger
and Paul N. Raimondi, producers; Charlie/Papa Productions,
Inc.) |
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The Shetland Experience (Douglas Gordon,
producer; Balfour Films) |
| Feature |
The Children of Theatre Street (Robert
Dornhelm and Earle Mack, producers; Mack-Vaganova
Company) |
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High Grass Circus (Bill Brind, Torben Schioler
and Tony lanzelo, producers; National Film Board
of Canada) |
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Homage to Chagall—The Colours of Love (Harry
Rasky, producer; CBC Production) |
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Union Maids (James Klein, Julia Reichert
and Miles Mogulescu, producers; Klein, Reichert,
Mogulescu Production) |
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Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They
Get Nineteen Kids? (Korty Films and Charles
M. Schulz Creative Associates in association with
Sanrio Films) |
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| Foreign Language Film |
Iphigenia, Greece |
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Madame Rosa, France |
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Operation Thunderbolt, Israel |
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A Special Day, Italy |
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That Obscure Object of Desire, Spain |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
Walter Mirisch |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
Charlton Heston |
| Honorary Awards |
To Margaret Booth for her exceptional contribution
to the art of film editing in the motion picture industry |
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To Gordon E. Sawyer in appreciation for outstanding
service and dedication in upholding the high standards
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
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To Sidney P. Solow in appreciation for outstanding
service and dedication in upholding the high standards
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| Sound Effects Editing |
Frank E. Warner, Close Encounters
of the Third Kind,
Benjamin Burtt, Jr. for the creation of the alien,
creature and robot voices in Star Wars |
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