| 48th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Date | March 29, 1976 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Walter Matthau,Robert Shaw,George Segal,Goldie Hawn andGene Kelly |
| Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
| Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Most awards | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (5) |
| Most nominations | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (9) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 3 hours, 12 minutes |
The48th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 29, 1976, at theDorothy Chandler Pavilion inLos Angeles,California. The ceremonies were presided over byWalter Matthau,Robert Shaw,George Segal,Goldie Hawn, andGene Kelly.
Miloš Forman'sOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest made a "clean sweep" of the five major categories:Best Picture,Best Actor,Best Actress,Best Director andBest Screenplay (Adapted). It was the second of three films to date to do so, followingIt Happened One Night in1934 and precedingThe Silence of the Lambs in1991.
20-year-old French actressIsabelle Adjani received her first nomination for Best Actress this year, becoming the youngest nominee that category, breaking the record set by 22-year-oldElizabeth Hartman in1965. Her record would be surpassed by 13-year-oldKeisha Castle-Hughes in 2004, and again in 2013 by nine-year oldQuvenzhané Wallis, the current record. Adjani also co-presented the award forBest Film Editing.
At 80,George Burns became theoldest acting winner, as well as the last person born in the nineteenth century to receive an acting award. His record stood untilJessica Tandy won Best Actress in1989; Burns was later succeeded as the oldestBest Supporting Actor winner byChristopher Plummer, who won in 2012 forBeginners at the age of 82.
Jaws won all its nominations except Best Picture, the last film to do so untilTraffic. As of the94th Academy Awards,Amarcord, nominated for Best Director, is the last film to be nominated for Academy Awards in separate years (having won the award forBest Foreign Language Film theyear before).
This ceremony marked the return of Oscar telecasts toABC, which carried the event from1961 untilNBC held the rights for a 5-year period beginning in1971. (ABC has maintained Oscar TV rights to this day.)NBC's coverage of theNCAA Division I basketball championship aired the same night as the ceremony, and while Adjani unsealed the envelope for Best Film Editing, co-presenterElliott Gould jokingly announced the winner as "Indiana, 86-68" (the title game's outcome inPhiladelphia).[1]
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Nominees were announced on February 17, 1976. Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[2]
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 5 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 4 | Barry Lyndon |
| 3 | Jaws |
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:
| 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 theJean 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 toMary 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 theSpirit of Troy |
| Name | Role | Performed |
|---|---|---|
| John Williams | Musical arranger and conductor | Orchestral |
| Ray Bolger | Performer | "Hollywood Honors Its Own" |
| Keith Carradine | Performer | "I'm Easy" fromNashville |
| Bernadette Peters | Performer | "How Lucky Can You Get" fromFunny Lady |
| Steve Lawrence | Performer | "Now That We're in Love" fromWhiffs |
| Kelly Garrett | Performer | "Richard's Window" fromThe Other Side of the Mountain |
| Diana Ross | Performer | "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" fromMahogany |
| Spirit of Troy | Performers | "America the Beautiful/That’s Entertainment!" (instrumental) |
