48th Academy Awards

48th Academy Awards
DateMarch 29, 1976
SiteDorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted byWalter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn and Gene Kelly
Produced byHoward W. Koch
Directed byMarty Pasetta
Highlights
Best PictureOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Most awardsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (5)
Most nominationsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (9)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC
Duration3 hours, 12 minutes

The 48th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 29, 1976, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Gene Kelly. This year, ABC took over broadcast rights from NBC and has maintained the rights to this day.

Miloš Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest made a "clean sweep" of the five major categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Adapted). It was the second of three films to date to do so, following It Happened One Night in 1934 and preceding The Silence of the Lambs in 1991.

20-year-old French actress Isabelle Adjani received her first nomination for Best Actress this year, becoming the youngest nominee that category, breaking the record set by 22-year-old Elizabeth Hartman in 1965. Her record would be surpassed by 13-year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes in 2004, and again in 2013 by nine-year old Quvenzhané Wallis, the current record. Adjani also co-presented the award for Best Film Editing.

At 80, George Burns became the oldest acting winner, as well as the last person born in the nineteenth century to receive an acting award. His record stood until Jessica Tandy won Best Actress in 1989; Burns was later succeeded as the oldest Best Supporting Actor winner by Christopher Plummer, who won in 2012 for Beginners at the age of 82.

Jaws won all its nominations except Best Picture, the last film to do so until Traffic. As of the 94th Academy Awards, Amarcord, nominated for Best Director, is the last film to be nominated for Academy Awards in separate years (having won the award for Best Foreign Language Film the year before).

NBC's coverage of the NCAA championship basketball game aired opposite the ceremony; during the presentation of the Best Film Editing award, the winner was jokingly announced by presenter Elliott Gould as "Indiana, 86-68," after the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers had won the NCAA title that night in Philadelphia.[1]

Winners and nominees

Michael Douglas, Best Picture co-winner
Miloš Forman, Best Director winner
Jack Nicholson, Best Actor winner
Louise Fletcher, Best Actress winner
George Burns, Best Supporting Actor winner
Lee Grant, Best Supporting Actress winner
Bo Goldman, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
John Williams, Best Original Score winner
Keith Carradine, Best Original Song winner
Milena Canonero, Best Costume Design co-winner

Nominees were announced on February 17, 1976. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[2]

Best Picture Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Screenplay Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
Best Foreign Language Film Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short Subject Best Live Action Short Film
Best Animated Short Film Best Original Dramatic Score
Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation Best Original Song
Best Sound Best Costume Design
Best Art Direction Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing

Multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple awards
Awards Film
5 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4 Barry Lyndon
3 Jaws
2 The Hindenburg

Academy Honorary Award

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Special Achievement Award

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:

Presenters

Name Role
Hank Simms Announcer for the 48th Academy Awards
Ray Bolger Introducer of the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Walter Mirisch
Walter Mirisch (AMPAS President) Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Joel Grey
Madeline Kahn
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Robert Blake Presenter of the Special Achievement Award
Marisa Berenson
O. J. Simpson
Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Margaux Hemingway
Roy Scheider
Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Beau Bridges
Marilyn Hassett
Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Charlton Heston Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dr. Jules C. Stein
Anthony Hopkins
Charlotte Rampling
Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Jennifer O'Neill
Telly Savalas
Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Linda Blair
Ben Johnson
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Rod McKuen
Marlo Thomas
Presenters of the Music Awards
Stockard Channing
Billy Dee Williams
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Isabelle Adjani
Elliott Gould
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Jacqueline Bisset
Jack Valenti
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Burt Bacharach
Angie Dickinson
Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
William Friedkin Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Mervyn LeRoy
Diane Keaton
William Wyler
Presenters of the award for Best Director
Gore Vidal Presenter of the Writing Awards
Walter Mirisch Presenter of the Honorary Award to Mary Pickford
Charles Bronson
Jill Ireland
Presenters of the award for Best Actress
Art Carney Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Audrey Hepburn Presenter of the award for Best Picture
Elizabeth Taylor Introducer of the performance of "America the Beautiful" by the Spirit of Troy

Performers

Name Role Performed
John Williams Musical arranger and conductor Orchestral
Ray Bolger Performer "Hollywood Honors Its Own"
Keith Carradine Performer "I'm Easy" from Nashville
Bernadette Peters Performer "How Lucky Can You Get" from Funny Lady
Steve Lawrence Performer "Now That We're in Love" from Whiffs
Kelly Garrett Performer "Richard's Window" from The Other Side of the Mountain
Diana Ross Performer "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" from Mahogany
Spirit of Troy Performers "America the Beautiful/That’s Entertainment!" (instrumental)

See also

References

  1. ^ Hughes, James (November 19, 2013). "The Sporting Life of Elliott Gould". Grantland. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2011.