Best Picture Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick, producer (Warner Bros.) Dog Day Afternoon, Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, producers (Warner Bros.) Jaws, Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, producers (Universal) Nashville, Robert Altman, producer (Paramount) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, producers (United Artists) Best Actor Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon Maximilian Schell, The Man in the Glass Booth James Whitmore, Give 'em Hell, Harry! Best Actress Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H. Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Glenda Jackson, Hedda Carol Kane, Hester Street Ann-Margret, Tommy Actor in a Supporting Role George Burns, The Sunshine Boys Brad Dourif, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Burgess Meredith, The Day of the Locust Chris Sarandon, Dog Day Afternoon Jack Warden, Shampoo Actress in a Supporting Role Ronee Blakley, Nashville Lee Grant, Shampoo Sylvia Miles, Farewell, My Lovely Lily Tomlin, Nashville Brenda Vaccaro, Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough Directing Robert Altman, Nashville Federico Fellini, Amarcord Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet, Dog Day Afternoon Writing Original Screenplay Ted Allan, Lies My Father Told Me Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra, Amarcord Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, And Now My Love Frank Pierson, Dog Day Afternoon Robert Towne and Warren Beatty, Shampoo Screenplay Adapted From Other Material Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest John Huston and Gladys Hill, The Man Who Would Be King Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi, Scent of a Woman Neil Simon, The Sunshine Boys Cinematography John Alcott, Barry Lyndon Conrad Hall, The Day of the Locust James Wong Howe, Funny Lady Robert Surtees, The Hindenburg Haskell Wexler and Bill Butler, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Art Direction Ken Adam and Roy Walker, art direction; Vernon Dixon, set decoration, Barry Lyndon Albert Brenner, art direction; Marvin March, set decoration, The Sunshine Boys Edward Carfagno, art direction; Frank McKelvy, set decoration, The Hindenburg Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell, art direction; George Gaines, set decoration, Shampoo Alexander Trauner and Tony Inglis, art direction; Peter James, set decoration, The Man Who Would Be King Sound Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery and John Carter, Jaws Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger, Jr., John Mack and Don K. Sharpless, The Hindenburg Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler and Al Overton, Jr., Bite the Bullet Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell and Jack Solomon, Funny Lady Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey and Roy Charman, The Wind and the Lion Music Original Song �How Lucky Can You Get,� Funny Lady, Fred Ebb and John Kander, music and lyrics �I'm Easy,� Nashville, Keith Carradine, music and lyrics �Now That We're in Love,� Whiffs, George Barrie, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics �Richard's Window,� The Other Side of the Mountain, Charles Fox, music; Norman Gimbel, lyrics �Theme From Mahogany� (Do You Know Where You're Going To), Mahogany, Michael Masser, music; Gerry Goffin, lyrics Original Score Gerald Fried, Birds Do It, Bees Do It Jerry Goldsmith, The Wind and the Lion Jack Nitzsche, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Alex North, Bite the Bullet John Williams, Jaws Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation Peter Matz, Funny Lady Leonard Rosenman, Barry Lyndon Peter Townshend, Tommy Film Editing Dede Allen, Dog Day Afternoon Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Verna Fields, Jaws Russell Lloyd, The Man Who Would Be King Frederic Steinkamp and Don Guidice, Three Days of the Condor Costume Design Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie, Funny Lady Yvonne Blake and Ron Talsky, The Four Musketeers Edith Head, The Man Who Would Be King Henny Noremark and Karin Erskine, The Magic Flute Ulla-Britt Soderlund and Milena Canonero, Barry Lyndon Short Films Animated Great (Grantstern Ltd.; British Lion Films Ltd.) Kick Me (Robert Swarthe, producer; Robert Swarthe Productions) Monsieur Pointu (Ren� Jodoin, Bernard Longpr� and Andr� Leduc, producers; National Film Board of Canada) Sisyphus (Marcell Jankovics, producer; Hungarofilms) Live Action Angel and Big Joe (Bert Salzman, producer; Bert Salzman Productions) Conquest of Light (Louis Marcus, producer; Louis Marcus Films Ltd.) Dawn Flight (Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh, producers; Lawrence M. Lansburgh Productions) A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo (Barry Spinello, producer; Barr Films) Doubletalk (Alan Beattie, producer; Beattie Productions) Documentary Short Subject Arthur and Lillie (Jon Else, Steven Kovacs and Kristine Samuelson, producers; Stanford University Department of Communication) The End of the Game (Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, producers; Opus Films Ltd.) Millions of Years Ahead of Man (Manfred Baier, producer; BASF) Probes in Space (George V. Casey, producer; Graphic Films) Whistling Smith (Barrie Howells and Michael Scott, producers; National Film Board of Canada) Feature The California Reich (Walter F. Parkes and Keith F. Critchlow, producers; Yasny Talking Pictures) Fighting for Our Lives (Glen Pearcy, producer; Farm Worker Film) The Incredible Machine (National Geographic Society and Wolper Productions) The Man Who Skied Down Everest (F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, producers; Crawley Films Presentation) The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (Shirley MacLaine, producer; MacLaine Productions) Foreign Language Film Dersu Uzala, U.S.S.R. Land of Promise, Poland Letters From Marusia, Mexico Sandakan No. 8, Japan Scent of a Woman, Italy Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Mervyn LeRoy Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Dr. Jules C. Stein Honorary Award To Mary Pickford in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium Sound Effects Peter Berkos, The Hindenburg Visual Effects Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson, The Hindenburg

Facts:

  • Winners Announced: March 29, 1976
  • Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
  • Hosts: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly
  • Eligibility Year: 1975
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