49th Academy Awards Ceremony
(1977)
218 minutes
Drama / Family / News
Monday, March 28, 1977 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn and Warren Beatty
BEST PICTURE
Rocky
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
BEST DIRECTOR
John G. Avildsen - Rocky
Alan J. Pakula - All the President's Men
Ingmar Bergman - Face to Face
Sidney Lumet - Network
Lina Wertmuller - Seven Beauties
BEST ACTOR
Peter Finch - Network
William Holden - Network
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
Giancarlo Giannini - Seven Beauties
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
BEST ACTRESS
Faye Dunaway - Network
Sissy Spacek - Carrie
Marie-Christine Barrault - Cousin, cousine
Liv Ullmann - Face to Face
Talia Shire - Rocky
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jason Robards - All the President's Men
Laurence Olivier - Marathon Man
Ned Beatty - Network
Burgess Meredith - Rocky
Burt Young - Rocky
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Beatrice Straight - Network
Jane Alexander - All the President's Men
Piper Laurie - Carrie
Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver
Lee Grant - Voyage of the Damned
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Network - Paddy Chayefsky
Cousin, cousine - Jean Charles Tacchella and Daniele Thompson
The Front - Walter Bernstein
Rocky - Sylvester Stallone
Seven Beauties - Lina Wertmuller
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All the President's Men - William Goldman
Bound for Glory - Robert Getchell
Fellini's Casanova - Federico Fellini and Bernandino Zapponi
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer
Voyage of the Damned - Steve Shagan and David Butler
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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 ART DIRECTION AND SET DIRECTION
All the President's Men - George Jenkins and George Gaines
The Incredible Sarah - Elliot Scott, Norman Reynolds, and Peter Howitt
The Last Tycoon - Gene Callahan, Jack T. Collis, and Jerry Wunderlich
Logan's Run - Dale Hennesy and Robert De Vestel
The Shootist - Robert F. Boyle and Arthur Jeph Parker
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
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 SOUND
All the President's Men - Arthur Piantadosi , Les Fresholtz , Dick Alexander and Jim Webb
King Kong - Harry W. Tetrick, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin and Jack Solomon
Rocky - Harry W. Tetrick, William McCaughey, Lyle J. Burbridge and Bud Alper
Silver Streak - Donald O. Mitchell , Douglas O. Williams, Richard Tyler and Harold M. Etherington
A Star Is Born - Robert Knudson, Dan Wallin, Robert Glass and Tom Overton
BEST FILM EDITING
Rocky - Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad
All the President’s Men - Robert L. Wolfe
Bound for Glory - Robert Jones, Pembroke J. Herring
Network - Alan Heim
Two-Minute Warning - Eve Newman, Walter Hannemann
BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG
" Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born )" from " A Star Is Born " Music by Barbra Streisand; Lyrics by Paul Williams
"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
"A World That Never Was" from " Half a House " Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE
The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith
Obsession - Bernard Herrmann
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding
Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
Voyage of the Damned - Lalo Schifrin
BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
Bound for Glory - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
Bugsy Malone - Song Score and Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
A Star Is Born - Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
Dedalo - Manfredo Manfredi, Producer
Leisure - Suzanne Baker, Producer
The Street - Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover, Producers
The Street - Caroline Leaf
BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
In the Region of Ice - Andre Guttfreund and Peter Werner, Producers
Kudzu - Marjorie Anne Short, Producer
The Morning Spider - Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin, Producers
Nightlife - Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers
Number One - Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon, Producers
BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECTS
Number Our Days - Lynne Littman, Producer
American Shoeshine - Sparky Greene, Producer
Blackwood - Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thomson, Producers
The End of the Road - John Armstrong, Producer
Universe - Lester Novros, Producer
BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES
Harlan County, U.S.A. - Barbara Kopple, Producer
Hollywood on Trial - James Gutman and David Helpern, Jr., Producers
Off the Edge - Michael Firth, Producer
People of the Wind - Anthony Howarth and David Koff, Producers
Volcano : An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry - Donald Brittain and Robert Duncan, Producers
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Black and White in Color - Ivory Coast
Cousin, Cousine - France
Jacob, the Liar - German Democratic Republic
Nights and Days - Poland
Seven Beauties - Italy
PRESENTERS
Muhammad Ali and Sylvester Stallone (Best Supporting Actress)
Ann-Margret (Music Awards)
Pearl Bailey (Best Foreign Language Film)
Chevy Chase (Voting Rules)
Marty Feldman (Short Subjects Awards)
Neil Diamond (Best Original Song)
Tamara Dobson (Best Costume Design)
Louise Fletcher (Best Actress)
Lillian Hellman (Documentary Awards)
William Holden (Best Film Editing)
Marthe Keller (Best Art Direction and Set Decoration)
Norman Mailer (Writing Awards)
Jeanne Moreau (Best Director)
Jack Nicholson (Best Picture)
Tatum O'Neal (Best Supporting Actor)
Roy Scheider (Special Achievement Award)
Red Skelton (Best Sound)
Donald Sutherland (Best Cinematography)
Cicely Tyson (Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
Liv Ullmann (Best Actor)
PERFORMERS
Edward Albert ("A World That Never Was" from Half a House )
Ann-Margret ("It All Started in Someone's Head")
Tom Jones ("Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again)
Barbra Streisand (" Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born )" from A Star Is Born )
Ben Vereen ("Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky)
Tony Vivante ("Ave Satani" from The Omen )
