48th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy Awards | name = 48th
caption = "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"
date = Monday, March 29, 1976
site = Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
host = Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly
producer = Howard W. Koch
director = Marty Pasetta
duration= 3 hours, 12 minutes
network = ABC
last = 47th
next = 49thThe 48th 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 & Nominees

Best Picture

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
*"Barry Lyndon"
*"Dog Day Afternoon"
*"Jaws"
*"Nashville

Best Actor in a Leading Role

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nicholson"
*"Dog Day Afternoon - Al Pacino"
*"Give 'em Hell, Harry! - James Whitmore"
*"The Man in the Glass Booth - Maximilian Schell"
*"The Sunshine Boys - Walter Matthau"

Best Actress in a Leading Role

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Louise Fletcher"
*"Hedda - Glenda Jackson"
*"Hester Street - Carol Kane"
*"The Story of Adele H - Isabelle Adjani"
*"Tommy - Ann-Margret"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

"The Sunshine Boys - George Burns"
*"The Day of the Locust - Burgess Meredith"
*"Dog Day Afternoon - Chris Sarandon"
*"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Brad Dourif"
*"Shampoo - Jack Warden"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

"Shampoo - Lee Grant"
*"Farewell, My Lovely - Sylvia Miles"
*"Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough - Brenda Vaccaro"
*"Nashville - Lily Tomlin"
*"Nashville - Ronee Blakley"

Best Director

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Milos Forman"
*"Amarcord - Federico Fellini"
*"Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick"
*"Dog Day Afternoon - Sidney Lumet"
*"Nashville - Robert Altman"

Best Adapted Screenplay

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman"
*"Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick"
*"That Female Scent - Dino Risi and Ruggero Maccari"
*"The Man Who Would Be King - John Huston and Gladys Hill"
*"The Sunshine Boys - Neil Simon"

Best Original Screenplay

"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 - Robert Towne and Warren Beatty"

Best Cinematography

"Barry Lyndon - John Alcott"

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

"Barry Lyndon - Ken Adam , Roy Walker and Vernon Dixon"

Best Costume Design

"Barry Lyndon - Ulla-Britt Soderlund and Milena Canonero"

Best Sound

"Jaws - Robert L. Hoyt , Roger Heman Jr. , Earl Madery and John R. Carter"

Best Film Editing

"Jaws - Verna Fields"

Best Music, Original Song

"Nashville - Keith Carradine for the song I'm Easy"

Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

"Barry Lyndon - Leonard Rosenman"

Best Music, Original Score

"Jaws - John Williams"

Best Short Film, Animated

"Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel)"

Best Short Film, Live Action

"Angel and Big Joe"

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

"The End of the Game"

Best Documentary, Features

"The Man Who Skied Down Everest"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Dersu Uzala - Soviet Union"