49th Annual Academy Awards
March 29, 1977

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Hosts: Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn & Warren Beatty

Televised over ABC
Opening number - "It All Started in Someone's Head":Ann-Margret
Welcome & opening remarks:Academy President Walter Mirisch
Explanation of voting rules:Chevy Chase
Supporting Actor:Tatum O'Neal
Costume Design:Tamara Dobson
Short Films:Marty Feldman
When the two winning producers for Live Action Short Film came to accept their Award, Marty Feldman threw the stautette on the stage, broke it in two, and handed each each a half.
Special Visual Effects:Roy Scheider
Art Direction:Marthe Keller
Supporting Actress:Sylvester Stallone (w. Muhammad Ali)
Film Editing:William Holden
Sound:Red Skelton
Thalberg Award:Cicely Tyson
Cinematography:Donald Sutherland
Foreign Film:Pearl Bailey
Scoring Awards:Ann-Margret
Documentary Awards:Lillian Hellman
Song:Neil Diamond
Writing Awards:Norman Mailer
Director:Jeanne Moreau
Actor:Liv Ullmann
This Award was given to Peter Finch posthumously. Network writer Paddy Chayevsky and Finch's widow accepted the Award on his behalf.
Actress:Louise Fletcher
Best Picture:Jack Nicholson
Finale - "It All Started in Someone's Head" (Reprise):Ann-Margret
"Ave Satani"-- Tony Vivante
"Come to Me"-- Tom Jones
"Evergreen"-- Barbra Streisand
"Gonna Fly Now"-- Ben Vereen
"A World That Never Was"-- Eddie Albert

Sylvester Stallone (writer & star of Best Picture Rocky) with the film's producers
John Avildson with his Oscar® for Best Director
Faye Dunaway with her Oscar® for Best Actress
Jason Robards (with presenter Tatum O'Neal) and his Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor

Vanessa Redgrave with her Award for Best Supporting Actress
Haskell Wexler with his Oscar® for Best Cinematography
Paul Williams and Barbra Streisand with their Awards for Best Song
Show Producer:William Friedkin
Telecast Director for ABC:Marty Pasetta
Musical Director:Bill Conti