49th Academy Awards
| 49th Academy Awards | |
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| Date | March 28, 1977 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles |
| Hosted by | Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Warren Beatty |
| Produced by | William Friedkin |
| Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Rocky |
| Most awards | All the President's Men and Network (4) |
| Most nominations | Network and Rocky (10) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 3 hours, 38 minutes |
The 49th Academy Awards were presented March 28, 1977, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, and Warren Beatty.
This Academy Awards ceremony is notable for Peter Finch becoming the first posthumous winner of an Oscar for acting, a feat matched only by Heath Ledger 32 years later. Beatrice Straight set another record by becoming the actor with shortest performance ever in a film to win an acting Oscar, with only five minutes and forty seconds of screentime in Network. Network, along with All the President's Men, were the two biggest champs of the ceremony with four Oscars each; however, John G. Avildsen won Best Director, presaging Rocky's eventual Best Picture victory.
Piper Laurie was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Carrie (1976), her first acting role since her Best Actress-nominated performance in The Hustler (1961), thus being nominated for two consecutive roles, 15 years apart.
As of the 88th Academy Awards, Network remains the last film to receive five acting nominations, and the last to win three acting Oscars. It was also the third and, to date, last film (after Mutiny on the Bounty and From Here to Eternity) to receive three nominations in lead acting categories. It was the eleventh of fifteen films (to date) to receive nominations in all four acting categories.
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