Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 49th Academy Awards

March 28, 1977  •  Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles  •  Hosted by Various

1
First Posthumous Win
5
Shortest Winning Performance (min)
Peter Finch became the first posthumous Best Actor winner for his iconic Howard Beale in Network
Beatrice Straight won Supporting Actress with only 5 minutes and 2 seconds of screen time — the shortest winning performance ever
Network received 10 nominations and 4 wins including three acting awards
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Rocky
Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
Best Director
Winner
John G. Avildsen
Rocky
Ingmar Bergman— Face to Face
Sidney Lumet— Network
Alan J. Pakula— All the President's Men
Lina Wertmuller— Seven Beauties
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Peter Finch
Network
Robert De Niro— Taxi Driver
Giancarlo Giannini— Seven Beauties
William Holden— Network
Sylvester Stallone— Rocky
Best Actress
Winner
Faye Dunaway
Network
Marie-Christine Barrault— Cousin Cousine
Talia Shire— Rocky
Sissy Spacek— Carrie
Liv Ullmann— Face to Face
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Jason Robards
All the President's Men
Ned Beatty— Network
Burgess Meredith— Rocky
Laurence Olivier— Marathon Man
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Beatrice Straight
Network
Jane Alexander— All the President's Men
Jodie Foster— Taxi Driver
Lee Grant— Voyage of the Damned
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Paddy Chayefsky
Network
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
William Goldman
All the President's Men
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Leonard Rosenman
Bound for Glory
Best Original Song
Winner
"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" — Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
A Star Is Born
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Haskell Wexler
Bound for Glory
Best Film Editing
Winner
Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad
Rocky
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
George Jenkins, George Gaines
All the President's Men
Best Costume Design
Winner
Danilo Donati
Fellini's Casanova
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, Al Overton Jr.
All the President's Men
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
L.B. Abbott, Glen Robinson, Matthew Yuricich
Logan's Run
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Leisure
Film Australia
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Harlan County USA
Barbara Kopple — coal miners' strike
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Black and White in Color
Ivory Coast — Jean-Jacques Annaud