49th Academy Awards

49th Academy Awards

Date	March 28, 1977
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Hosted by	Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Warren Beatty
Produced by	William Friedkin
Directed by	Marty Pasetta
Highlights
Best Picture	Rocky
Most awards	All the President's Men and Network (4)
Most nominations	Network and Rocky (10)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 38 minutes

The 49th Academy Awards were presented March 28, 1977, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, and Warren Beatty.

This Academy Awards ceremony is notable for Peter Finch becoming the first posthumous winner of an Oscar for acting, a feat matched only by Heath Ledger 32 years later. Beatrice Straight set another record by becoming the actor with shortest performance ever in a film to win an acting Oscar, with only five minutes and forty seconds of screentime in Network. Network, along with All the President's Men, were the two biggest champs of the ceremony with four Oscars each; however, John G. Avildsen won Best Director, presaging Rocky's eventual Best Picture victory.

Piper Laurie was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Carrie (1976), her first acting role since her Best Actress-nominated performance in The Hustler (1961), thus being nominated for two consecutive roles, 15 years apart.

As of the 88th Academy Awards, Network remains the last film to receive five acting nominations, and the last to win three acting Oscars. It was also the third and, to date, last film (after Mutiny on the Bounty and From Here to Eternity) to receive three nominations in lead acting categories.

This year's Academy Awards is also notable for the first ever female nominee for Best Director, Lina Wertmüller for Seven Beauties. To date, three further female directors have been nominated: Jane Campion for The Piano in 1993, Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation in 2003, and Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2009 (the first to win the award). Barbra Streisand received her second Academy Award, composing music for the love theme "Evergreen", the first woman to be honored as a composer.

No honorary awards were given this year.

Winners and nominees

Peter Finch, Best Actor winner

Faye Dunaway, Best Actress winner

Jason Robards, Best Supporting Actor winner

Beatrice Straight, Best Supporting Actress winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().^[1]^[2]

Best Picture	Best Director
Rocky – Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler All the President's Men – Walter Coblenz Bound for Glory – Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal Network – Howard Gottfried Taxi Driver – Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips	John G. Avildsen – Rocky Ingmar Bergman – Face to Face Sidney Lumet – Network Alan J. Pakula – All the President's Men Lina Wertmüller – Seven Beauties
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Peter Finch – Network* as Howard Beale** Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle Giancarlo Giannini – Seven Beauties as Pasqualino William Holden – Network as Max Schumacher Sylvester Stallone – Rocky as Rocky Balboa	*Faye Dunaway – Network* as Diana Christensen** Marie-Christine Barrault – Cousin Cousine as Marthe Talia Shire – Rocky as Adriana Pennino Sissy Spacek – Carrie as Carrie White Liv Ullmann – Face to Face as Jenny Isaksson
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Jason Robards – All the President's Men* as Ben Bradlee** Ned Beatty – Network as Arthur Jensen Burgess Meredith – Rocky as "Mickey" Goldmill Laurence Olivier – Marathon Man as Dr. Christian Szell Burt Young – Rocky as Paulie Pennino	*Beatrice Straight – Network* as Louise Schumacher** Jane Alexander – All the President's Men as Judy Graham Hoback Jodie Foster – Taxi Driver as Iris Steensma Lee Grant – Voyage of the Damned as Lillian Rosen Piper Laurie – Carrie as Margaret White
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Network – Paddy Chayefsky Cousin Cousine – Jean-Charles Tacchella and Danièle Thompson The Front – Walter Bernstein Rocky – Sylvester Stallone Seven Beauties – Lina Wertmüller	All the President's Men – William Goldman Bound for Glory – Robert Getchell Fellini's Casanova – Federico Fellini and Bernardino Zapponi The Seven-Per-Cent Solution – Nicholas Meyer Voyage of the Damned – David Butler and Steve Shagan
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Costume Design
Black and White in Color (Côte d'Ivoire) Cousin Cousine (France) Jacob the Liar (East Germany) Nights and Days (Poland) Seven Beauties (Italy)	Fellini's Casanova – Danilo Donati Bound for Glory – William Ware Theiss The Incredible Sarah – Anthony Mendleson The Passover Plot – Mary Wills The Seven-Per-Cent Solution – Alan Barrett
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
Harlan County, USA – Barbara Kopple Hollywood on Trial – David Helpern Off the Edge – Michael Firth People of the Wind – Anthony Howarth and David Koff Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry – Donald Brittain and John Kramer	Number Our Days – Lynne Littman and Barbara Myerhoff, producers American Shoeshine Blackwood The End of the Road Universe
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
In the Region of Ice – Peter Werner Kudzu – Marjorie Anne Short The Morning Spider – Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin Nightlife – Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman Number One – Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon	Leisure – Suzanne Baker Dedalo – Manfredo Manfredi The Street – Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover
Best Original Score	Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score
The Omen – Jerry Goldsmith Obsession – Bernard Herrmann The Outlaw Josey Wales – Jerry Fielding Taxi Driver – Bernard Herrmann Voyage of the Damned – Lalo Schifrin	Bound for Glory – Leonard Rosenman Bugsy Malone – Paul Williams A Star Is Born – Roger Kellaway
Best Original Song	Best Sound Mixing
*"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born* – Music: Barbra Streisand Lyrics: Paul Williams** "A World That Never Was" from Half a House – Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster "Ave Satani" from The Omen – Music and lyrics by Jerry Goldsmith "Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again – Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Don Black "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky – Music by Bill Conti; lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins	All the President's Men – Dick Alexander, Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi, and Jim Webb King Kong – William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Jack Solomon, and Harry W. Tetrick Rocky – Bud Alper, Lyle J. Burbridge, William McCaughey and Harry W. Tetrick Silver Streak – Harold M. Etherington, Donald O. Mitchell, Richard Tyler, and Douglas Williams A Star Is Born – Robert Glass, Robert Knudson, Tom Overton, and Dan Wallin
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
All the President's Men – Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: George Gaines The Incredible Sarah – Art Direction: Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Norman Reynolds The Last Tycoon – Art Direction: Gene Callahan and Jack T. Collis; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich Logan's Run – Art Direction: Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Robert De Vestel The Shootist – Art Direction: Robert F. Boyle; Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker	Bound for Glory – Haskell Wexler King Kong – Richard H. Kline Logan's Run – Ernest Laszlo Network – Owen Roizman A Star Is Born – Robert L. Surtees
Best Film Editing
Rocky – Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad All the President's Men – Robert L. Wolfe Bound for Glory – Robert C. Jones, Pembroke J. Herring Network – Alan Heim Two-Minute Warning – Eve Newman, Walter Hannemann

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Pandro S. Berman

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: Network, Rocky
8 nominations: All The President's Men
6 nominations: Bound for Glory
4 nominations: Seven Beauties, A Star is Born, Taxi Driver
3 nominations: Cousin Cousine, Voyage of the Damned
2 nominations: Carrie, Face to Face, Fellini's Casanova, The Incredible Sarah, King Kong, Logan's Run, The Omen, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The following films received multiple awards.

4 wins: All the President's Men and Network
3 wins: Rocky
2 wins: Bound for Glory

Presenters and performers

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

Presenters

Name	Role
Simms, HankHank Simms	Announcer of the 49th annual Academy Awards
Mirisch, WalterWalter Mirisch (AMPAS President)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Chase, ChevyChevy Chase	Explains the voting rules to the public
O'Neal, TatumTatum O'Neal	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Feldman, MartyMarty Feldman	Presenter of the Short Subjects Awards
Scheider, RoyRoy Scheider	Presenter of the Special Achievement Award
Keller, MartheMarthe Keller	Presenter of the award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Ali, MuhammadMuhammad Ali Sylvester Stallone	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Holden, WilliamWilliam Holden	Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing
Skelton, RedRed Skelton	Presenter of the award for Best Sound
Tyson, CicelyCicely Tyson	Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Pandro S. Berman
Sutherland, DonaldDonald Sutherland	Presenter of the award for Best Cinematography
Bailey, PearlPearl Bailey	Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Ann-Margret	Presenter of the Music Awards
Hellman, LillianLillian Hellman	Presenter of the Documentary Awards
Diamond, NeilNeil Diamond	Presenter of the award for Best Original Song
Mailer, NormanNorman Mailer	Presenter of the Writing Awards
Moreau, JeanneJeanne Moreau	Presenter of the award for Best Director
Dobson, TamaraTamara Dobson	Presenter of the award for Best Costume Design
Ullmann, LivLiv Ullmann	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Fletcher, LouiseLouise Fletcher	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Nicholson, JackJack Nicholson	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Conti, BillBill Conti	Musical arranger Conductor	Orchestral
Ann-Margret, Ann-Margret	Performer	“Magic Circle (It All Started in Someone's Head)“
Albert, EdwardEdward Albert	Performer	"A World That Never Was" from Half a House
Vereen, BenBen Vereen	Performer	"Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky
Jones, TomTom Jones	Performer	"Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Vivante, TonyTony Vivante	Performer	"Ave Satani" from The Omen
Streisand, BarbraBarbra Streisand	Performer	"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born
Ann-Margret, Ann-Margret	Performer	“Magic Circle (Reprise)”

Academy Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Records Most wins per ceremony Oscar season Governors Awards Pre-show

Merit awards	Best Picture Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Adapted Screenplay Original Screenplay Animated Feature Documentary Feature Foreign Language Film Animated Short Film Documentary Short Subject Live Action Short Film Cinematography Costume Design Film Editing Makeup and Hairstyling Original Score Original Song Original Musical Production Design Sound Editing Sound Mixing Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Special Achievement Academy Award Student Academy Award

Retired awards	Assistant Director Dance Direction Director of a Comedy Picture Engineering Effects Short Subject, Two-reel Short Subject, Comedy Short Subject, Novelty Story Title Writing Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Academy Juvenile Award

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References

↑ The Official Academy Awards® Database
↑ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

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