The forty-eighth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, March 29, 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. When Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) won for best actress, she added sign language to her acceptance speech. To her deaf parents she said, "I want to say thank you . . . for teaching me to have a dream."
The hosts for the evening were Goldie Hawn, Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Gene Kelly, and George Segal.
The 1975 Academy Award Winners
Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestActor: Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Actress: Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Supporting Actor: George Burns (The Sunshine Boys)
Supporting Actress: Lee Grant (Shampoo)
Director: Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Adapted Screenplay: Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Original Screenplay: Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon)
Song: "I'm Easy" (Nashville)
Score: Jaws (Original) / Barry Lyndon (Adaptation)
Cinematography: Barry Lyndon
Costume Design: Barry Lyndon
Art / Set Decoration: Barry Lyndon
Film Editing: Jaws
Foreign Language Film: Dersu Uzala (U.S.S.R.)
Sound: Jaws
Short Films: Great (Animated) / Angel and Big Joe (Live Action)
Documentaries: The End of the Game (Short) / The Man Who Skied Down Everest (Feature)
