48th Academy Awards

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48th Academy Awards
March 29, 1976
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly
Howard W. Koch
Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Gene Kelly.

Winners

Feature Films

Category Winner
Best motion pictureOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSaul Zaentz and Michael Douglas
Best foreign language filmDersu UzalaUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics
Best documentary featureThe Man Who Skied Down EverestF.R. Crawley, James Hager, and Dale Hartleben
Best animated feature

Acting

Category Winner Movie
Best actor in a leading roleJack NicholsonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best actress in a leading roleLouise FletcherOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best actor in a supporting roleGeorge BurnsThe Sunshine Boys
Best actress in a supporting roleLee GrantShampoo

Screenplay & Direction

Category Winner Movie
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenFrank PiersonDog Day Afternoon
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumLawrench Hawben and Bo GoldmanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best DirectorMiloš FormanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


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Academy Awards
Academy Award of Merit:
Current Awards		 Best Picture • Best Leading Actor • Best Leading Actress • Best Supporting Actor • Best Supporting Actress • Best Animated Feature • Best Art Direction • Best Cinematography • Best Costume Design • Best Director • Best Documentary Feature • Best Documentary Short Subject • Best Film Editing • Best Foreign Language Film • Best Makeup • Best Original Score • Best Original Song • Best Animated Short Film • Best Live Action Short Film • Best Sound Mixing • Best Sound Editing • Best Visual Effects • Best Adapted Screenplay • Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award of Merit:
Retired Awards		Best Assistant Director • Best Dance Direction • Best Director of a Comedy Picture • Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels • Best Short Film - Novelty • Best Original Story • Best Title Writing • Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production
Special Awards:
Current Awards		Academy Honorary Award • Academy Special Achievement Award • Academy Award, Scientific or Technical • The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award • The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award • Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Special Awards:
Retired Awards		Academy Juvenile Award
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Events


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1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1973 1974 1975 - 1976 - 1977 1978 1979

Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI
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The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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City of Los Angeles

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Nickname: The City of Angels, L.A.
Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California
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Walter Matthau

Walter in the film Charade (1963)
Birth name Walter John Matthow
Born September 1 1920(1920--)
New York City, New York
Died July 1 2000 (aged 81)
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Robert Shaw may refer to:
  • Robert Shaw (bishop) (d. 1527), Scottish monk and prelate
  • Robert Shaw (footballer), an Australian rules football player
  • Robert Shaw (actor), an English actor
  • Robert B. Shaw, a United States poet.

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George Segal

Born January 13 1934 (1934--) (age 73)
Great Neck, Long Island, New York

Spouse(s) Marion Sobel (1956-1981)
Linda Rogoff (1983-1996)
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Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn at the 1989 Oscars.
Birth name Goldie Jean Hawn
Born November 21 1945 (1945--) (age 63)
Washington, D.C.
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Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly
Birth name Eugene Curran Kelly
Born July 23 1912(1912--)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died January 2 1996 (aged 85)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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Howard Winchel Koch (April 11, 1916 - February 16, 2001) was an American director and producer of motion pictures and television.

Born in New York City, he attended Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey.
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Academy Award

Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Country United States
First awarded May 16, 1929 to honor achievements of 1927/1928
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March 29 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events


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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1973 1974 1975 - 1976 - 1977 1978 1979

Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI
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The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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City of Los Angeles

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Nickname: The City of Angels, L.A.
Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California
Coordinates:
State
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Walter Matthau

Walter in the film Charade (1963)
Birth name Walter John Matthow
Born September 1 1920(1920--)
New York City, New York
Died July 1 2000 (aged 81)
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Robert Shaw may refer to:
  • Robert Shaw (bishop) (d. 1527), Scottish monk and prelate
  • Robert Shaw (footballer), an Australian rules football player
  • Robert Shaw (actor), an English actor
  • Robert B. Shaw, a United States poet.

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George Segal

Born January 13 1934 (1934--) (age 73)
Great Neck, Long Island, New York

Spouse(s) Marion Sobel (1956-1981)
Linda Rogoff (1983-1996)
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Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn at the 1989 Oscars.
Birth name Goldie Jean Hawn
Born November 21 1945 (1945--) (age 63)
Washington, D.C.
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Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly
Birth name Eugene Curran Kelly
Born July 23 1912(1912--)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died January 2 1996 (aged 85)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman. The film is an adaptation of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
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Saul Zaentz (IPA: [ˈzænts]; born February 28 1921) is an American film producer and former record company executive. He has won the Academy Award for Best Picture three times and in 1996 won the Irving G.
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Michael Douglas

Douglas in 2006
Birth name Michael Kirk Douglas
Born September 25 1944 (1944--) (age 63)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States


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Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала; alternate U.S. title:The Hunter) is the title of a 1923 book by the Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, telling of his travels in the Ussuri basin, and the name
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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The Man Who Skied Down Everest is a documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mt. Everest in 1970. He skied 6,600 feet (2000 m) in 2 minutes and 40 seconds and fell 1320 feet down the steep Lhotse face from the Yellow Band just below the South Col.
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Frank Radford "Budge" Crawley (November 14 1911 - May 13 1987) was an Academy Award winning film producer from Canada.

Career

Crawley was known for making avant-garde films with his wife Judith Crawley.
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Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson photograph taken at Cannes 2001.
Birth name Jack Joseph Nicholson
Born March 22 1937 (1937--) (age 70)

Spouse(s)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman. The film is an adaptation of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
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Louise Fletcher

Fletcher in 1979

Born 1934 (1934--00) (age 0)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
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