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The 50th Academy Awards - 1977

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com

The fiftieth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 3, 1978 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bob Hope hosted the event.

The 1977 Academy Award Winners

Picture: Annie Hall
Actor: Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl)
Actress: Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Supporting Actor: Jason Robards (Julia)
Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave (Julia)
Director: Woody Allen (Annie Hall)
Adapted Screenplay: Alvin Sargent (Julia)
Original Screenplay: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (Annie Hall)
Song: "You Light Up My Life" (You Light Up My Life)
Score: Star Wars (Original) / A Little Night Music (Adaptation)
Cinematography: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Costume Design: Star Wars
Art / Set Decoration: Star Wars
Film Editing: Star Wars
Foreign Language Film: Madame Rosa (France)
Sound: Star Wars
Visual Effects: Star Wars
Short Films: Sand Castle (Animated) / I'll Find a Way (Live Action)
Documentaries: Gravity Is My Enemy (Short) / Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (Feature)

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