The 49th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 28, 1977, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, hosted by Richard Pryor, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, and Warren Beatty. Both Network and All the President's Men won four Oscars, the most of the evening, but lost Best Picture and Best Director, as well as Best Editing, to Rocky.

Network became the second film (after A Streetcar Named Desire) to win three acting Oscars, the last to do so until Everything Everywhere All at Once, and the last, as of the 97th Academy Awards, to receive five acting nominations. It was also the eleventh of fifteen films (to date) to receive nominations in all four acting categories. Best Actor winner Peter Finch became the first posthumous acting winner, having suffered a fatal heart attack in mid-January. With only five minutes and two seconds of screentime, Beatrice Straight set a record for the shortest performance ever to win an acting Oscar (Best Supporting Actress). Paddy Chayefsky won his third solo writing Oscar for Network, a record that remains to this day.

Sylvester Stallone became the first person since Orson Welles to receive nominations for writing and acting for the same film (Rocky), losing in both categories to Network.

Piper Laurie was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Carrie (1976), her first role since her Best Actress-nominated performance in The Hustler (1961), thus being nominated for two consecutive roles, fifteen years apart.

Lina Wertmüller became the first woman nominated for Best Director for Seven Beauties, which was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. With her win for Best Original Song as the composer for the love theme "Evergreen" from A Star Is Born, Barbra Streisand became the first woman to be honored in the category, and, as of the 97th Academy Awards, the only person to have won Academy Awards for both acting and songwriting (following her Best Actress win for Funny Girl at the 40th Academy Awards).

No honorary awards were given this year.

ABC held the rights to the Oscars from 1961 to 1970 and regained them for the 1976 event. For the second straight year, the ceremony was scheduled directly opposite the NCAA championship basketball game on NBC, won by Marquette in Al McGuire's final game as head coach.

Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced on February 10, 1977. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Select "1976" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".

Rocky – Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, producersAll the President's Men – Walter Coblenz, producer Bound for Glory – Robert F. Blumofe and Harold Leventhal, producers Network – Howard Gottfried, producer Taxi Driver – Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips, producers | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|John G. Avildsen – Rocky Alan J. Pakula – All the President's Men Ingmar Bergman – Face to Face Sidney Lumet – Network Lina Wertmüller – Seven BeautiesPeter Finch – Network as Howard Beale (posthumous award) Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle Giancarlo Giannini – Seven Beauties as Pasqualino William Holden – Network as Max Schumacher Sylvester Stallone – Rocky as Rocky BalboaFaye Dunaway – Network as Diana Christensen Marie-Christine Barrault – Cousin Cousine as Marthe Talia Shire – Rocky as Adrian Pennino Sissy Spacek – Carrie as Carrie White Liv Ullmann – Face to Face as Jenny IsakssonJason Robards – All the President's Men as Ben Bradlee Ned Beatty – Network as Arthur Jensen Burgess Meredith – Rocky as "Mickey" Goldmill Laurence Olivier – Marathon Man as Dr. Christian Szell Burt Young – Rocky as Paulie PenninoBeatrice Straight – Network as Louise Schumacher Jane Alexander – All the President's Men as Judy Graham Hoback Jodie Foster – Taxi Driver as Iris Steensma Lee Grant – Voyage of the Damned as Lillian Rosen Piper Laurie – Carrie as Margaret WhiteNetwork – Paddy Chayefsky Cousin Cousine – Jean-Charles Tacchella and Danièle Thompson The Front – Walter Bernstein Rocky – Sylvester Stallone Seven Beauties – Lina WertmüllerAll the President's Men – William Goldman based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward Bound for Glory – Robert Getchell based on the book by Woody Guthrie Fellini's Casanova – Federico Fellini and Bernardino Zapponi based on the autobiography Histoire de ma vie by Giacomo Casanova The Seven-Per-Cent Solution – Nicholas Meyer based on his novel Voyage of the Damned – David Butler and Steve Shagan based on the book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan WittsBlack and White in Color (Côte d'Ivoire) Cousin Cousine (France) Jacob the Liar (East Germany) Nights and Days (Poland) Seven Beauties (Italy)Harlan County, USA – Barbara Kopple Hollywood on Trial – James Gutman and David Helpern Jr. Off the Edge – Michael Firth People of the Wind – Anthony Howarth and David Koff Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry – Donald Brittain and John KramerNumber Our Days – Lynne Littman American Shoeshine – Sparky Greene Blackwood – Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thomson The End of the Road – John Armstrong Universe – Lester NovrosIn the Region of Ice – Andre R. Guttfreund and Peter Werner Kudzu – Marjorie Anne Short The Morning Spider – Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin Nightlife – Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman Number One – Dyan Cannon and Vince CannonLeisure – Suzanne Baker Dedalo – Manfredo Manfredi The Street – Caroline Leaf and Guy GloverThe Omen – Jerry Goldsmith Obsession – Bernard Herrmann (posthumous nomination) The Outlaw Josey Wales – Jerry Fielding Taxi Driver – Bernard Herrmann (posthumous nomination) Voyage of the Damned – Lalo SchifrinBound for Glory – Leonard Rosenman Bugsy Malone – Paul Williams A Star Is Born – Roger Kellaway"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 WebsterAll the President's Men – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Jim Webb King Kong – Harry Warren Tetrick (posthumous nomination), William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin and Jack Solomon Rocky – Harry Warren Tetrick (posthumous nomination), William McCaughey, Lyle Burbridge and Bud Alper Silver Streak – Donald Mitchell, Douglas Williams, Richard Tyler and Hal Etherington A Star Is Born – Robert Knudson, Dan Wallin, Robert Glass and Tom OvertonAll the President's Men – Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: George Gaines The Incredible Sarah – Art Direction: Elliot Scott and Norman Reynolds; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt The Last Tycoon – Art Direction: Gene Callahan and Jack T. Collis; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich Logan's Run – Art Direction: Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Robert De Vestel The Shootist – Art Direction: Robert F. Boyle; Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph ParkerBound for Glory – Haskell Wexler King Kong – Richard H. Kline Logan's Run – Ernest Laszlo Network – Owen Roizman A Star Is Born – Robert SurteesFellini'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 Rocky – Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad All the President's Men – Robert L. Wolfe Bound for Glory – Robert C. Jones and Pembroke J. Herring Network – Alan Heim Two-Minute Warning – Eve Newman and Walter Hannemann

Special Achievement Awards (Visual Effects) King Kong – Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer. Logan's Run – L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson and Matthew Yuricich.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Pandro S. Berman

Multiple nominations and awards

+ Films with multiple nominationsNominationsFilm10 Network Rocky 8 All the President's Men 6 Bound for Glory 4 Seven Beauties A Star Is Born Taxi Driver 3 Cousin Cousine Voyage of the Damned 2 Carrie Face to Face Fellini's Casanova The Incredible Sarah King Kong Logan's Run The Omen The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

+ Films with multiple awardsAwardsFilm 4All the President's Men Network 3 Rocky 2 Bound for Glory

Presenters and performers The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:

Presenters Name Role Announcer of the 49th annual Academy Awards (AMPAS President) Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony Explains the voting rules to the public Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor Presenter of the Short Films Awards Presenter of the Special Achievement Award Presenter of the award for Best Art DirectionSylvester Stallone Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing Presenter of the award for Best Sound Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Pandro S. Berman Presenter of the award for Best Cinematography Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language FilmAnn-Margret Presenter of the Music Awards Presenter of the Documentary Awards Presenter of the award for Best Original Song Presenter of the Writing Awards Presenter of the award for Best Director Presenter of the award for Best Costume Design Presenter of the award for Best Actor Presenter of the award for Best Actress Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers Name Role Performed Musical arranger and conductor Orchestral Performer “Magic Circle (It All Started in Someone's Head)“ Performer "A World That Never Was" from Half a House Performer "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky Performer "Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again Performer "Ave Satani" from The Omen Performer "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born Performer “Magic Circle (Reprise)”

See also 34th Golden Globe Awards 1976 in film 19th Grammy Awards 28th Primetime Emmy Awards 29th Primetime Emmy Awards 30th British Academy Film Awards 31st Tony Awards

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