48th Academy Awards

48th Academy Awards
48th Academy Awards
Date	March 29, 1976
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn and Gene 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
	← 47th; Academy Awards; 49th →;

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
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz, producers‡ Barry Lyndon – Stanley Kubrick, producer Dog Day Afternoon – Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, producers Jaws – Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, producers Nashville – Robert Altman, producer	Miloš Forman – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest‡ Federico Fellini – Amarcord Stanley Kubrick – Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet – Dog Day Afternoon Robert Altman – Nashville
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Jack Nicholson – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Randle Patrick McMurphy*‡ Walter Matthau – The Sunshine Boys* as Willy Clark Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon as Sonny Wortzik Maximilian Schell – The Man in the Glass Booth as Arthur Goldman James Whitmore – Give 'em Hell, Harry! as Harry S. Truman	*Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Nurse Mildred Ratched*‡ Isabelle Adjani – The Story of Adele H.* as Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry Ann-Margret – Tommy as Nora Walker Glenda Jackson – Hedda as Hedda Gabler Carol Kane – Hester Street as Gitl
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*George Burns – The Sunshine Boys* as Al Lewis*‡ Brad Dourif – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Billy Bibbit Burgess Meredith – The Day of the Locust as Harry Greener Chris Sarandon – Dog Day Afternoon as Leon Jack Warden – Shampoo as Lester Karpf	*Lee Grant – Shampoo* as Felicia Karpf*‡ Ronee Blakley – Nashville* as Barbara Jean Sylvia Miles – Farewell, My Lovely as Jessie Halstead Florian Lily Tomlin – Nashville as Linnea Reese Brenda Vaccaro – Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough as Linda Riggs
Best Original Screenplay	Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
Dog Day Afternoon – Frank Pierson‡ Amarcord – Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra And Now My Love – Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven Lies My Father Told Me – Ted Allan Shampoo – Warren Beatty and Robert Towne	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben based on the novel by Ken Kesey‡ Barry Lyndon – Stanley Kubrick based on The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Makepeace Thackeray The Man Who Would Be King – John Huston and Gladys Hill based on the story by Rudyard Kipling Profumo di donna – Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi based on the novel Il buio e il mare by Giovanni Arpino The Sunshine Boys – Neil Simon based on his play
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
Dersu Uzala (Soviet Union)‡ Letters from Marusia (Mexico) Profumo di donna (Italy) The Promised Land (Poland) Sandakan No. 8 (Japan)	The Man Who Skied Down Everest – F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben‡ The California Reich – Keith Critchlow and Walter F. Parkes Fighting for Our Lives – Glen Pearcy The Incredible Machine – Irwin Rosten The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir – Shirley MacLaine
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Live Action Short Film
The End of the Game – Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman‡ Arthur and Lillie Millions of Years Ahead of Man Probes in Space Whistling Smith	Angel and Big Joe – Bert Salzman‡ Conquest of Light – Louis Marcus Dawn Flight – Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo – Barry Spinello Doubletalk – Alan Beattie
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Score
Great – Bob Godfrey‡ Kick Me – Robert Swarthe Monsieur Pointu – René Jodoin, Bernard Longpré and André Leduc Sisyphus – Marcell Jankovics	Jaws – John Williams‡ Birds Do It, Bees Do It – Gerald Fried Bite the Bullet – Alex North One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Jack Nitzsche The Wind and the Lion – Jerry Goldsmith
Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation	Best Original Song
Barry Lyndon – Leonard Rosenman‡ Funny Lady – Peter Matz Tommy – Pete Townshend	*"I'm Easy" from Nashville* – Music and Lyrics by Keith Carradine*‡ "How Lucky Can You Get?" from Funny Lady* – Music and Lyrics by Kander and Ebb "Now That We’re In Love" from Whiffs – Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn "Richard’s Window" from The Other Side of the Mountain – Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" from Mahogany – Music by Michael Masser; Lyrics by Gerry Goffin
Best Sound	Best Costume Design
Jaws – Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery and John Carter‡ Bite the Bullet – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler and Al Overton Jr. Funny Lady – Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell and Jack Solomon The Hindenburg – Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger Jr., John Mack and Don K. Sharpless The Wind and the Lion – Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey and Roy Charman	Barry Lyndon – Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund‡ The Four Musketeers – Yvonne Blake and Ron Talsky Funny Lady – Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie The Magic Flute – Karin Erskine and Henny Noremark The Man Who Would Be King – Edith Head
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Barry Lyndon – Art Direction: Ken Adam and Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon‡ The Hindenburg – Art Direction: Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Frank R. McKelvy The Man Who Would Be King – Art Direction: Alexandre Trauner and Tony Inglis; Set Decoration: Peter James Shampoo – Art Direction: Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: George Gaines The Sunshine Boys – Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March	Barry Lyndon – John Alcott‡ The Day of the Locust – Conrad Hall Funny Lady – James Wong Howe The Hindenburg – Robert Surtees One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Bill Butler and Haskell Wexler
Best Film Editing
Jaws – Verna Fields‡ Dog Day Afternoon – Dede Allen The Man Who Would Be King – Russell Lloyd One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Richard Chew, Sheldon Kahn and Lynzee Klingman Three Days of the Condor – Don Guidice and Fredric Steinkamp

Multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
9	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7	Barry Lyndon
6	Dog Day Afternoon
5	Funny Lady
	The Hindenburg
	Nashville
4	Jaws
	The Man Who Would Be King
	Shampoo
	The Sunshine Boys
2	Amarcord
	Bite the Bullet
	The Day of the Locust
	Profumo di donna
	Tommy
	The Wind and the Lion

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

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)

References

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