The nominees for the 50th Academy Awards were announced on February 21, 1978. Julia and The Turning Point tied for the most nominations with eleven each.[2] The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on April 3. Woody Allen became the first person to receive nominations for acting, directing, screenwriting for the same film since Orson Welles, who previously achieved this feat for 1941's Citizen Kane. With its 11 nominations and zero wins, The Turning Point became the most nominated film in Oscar history without a win, a record that still stands (tied by The Color Purple in 1985).
This event marked the second time that three films received 10 or more nominations: Julia and The Turning Point both received 11 nominations each, while Star Wars received 10.
Awards
Woody Allen, Best Director winner and Best Original Screenplay co-winner
Debby Boone's performance of You Light Up My Life was accompanied by schoolgirls described as "affiliated with the John Tracy Clinic for the Deaf" interpreting the lyrics in sign language. After complaints that their signing was incomprehensible, it was revealed the girls were not deaf and had been taught rudimentary signing specifically for the performance. This prompted protests from the Alliance for Deaf Artists.[4]
Redgrave speech
During the ceremony, Vanessa Redgrave won the Best Supporting Actress award for Julia (1977). Her nomination drew a lot of attention and backlash even prior to the ceremony, as in 1977 she had also produced and appeared in the film The Palestinian, which followed the activities of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon,[5][6] an organization that at the time was defined as a terrorist organization by Israel due to its responsibility for the deaths of thousands of civilians.[7] The film was criticized by many Jewish groups for its perceived anti-Israel slant,[6] and members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) picketed Redgrave's nomination outside the Academy Awards ceremony while counter-protestors waved PLO flags.[5] Redgrave won the Oscar and made the following acceptance speech:
My dear colleagues, I thank you very much for this tribute to my work. I think that Jane Fonda and I have done the best work of our lives, and I think this is in part due to our director, Fred Zinnemann. [Audience applause.]
And I also think it's in part because we believed and we believe in what we were expressing—two out of millions who gave their lives and were prepared to sacrifice everything in the fight against fascist and racistNazi Germany.
And I salute you, and I pay tribute to you, and I think you should be very proud that in the last few weeks you've stood firm, and you have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums [gasps from the audience, followed by a smattering of boos and clapping] whose behavior— [continuation of booing until it quieted down] whose behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression. [General applause]
And I salute that record and I salute all of you for having stood firm and dealt a final blow against that period when Nixon and McCarthy launched a worldwide witch hunt against those who tried to express in their lives and their work the truth that they believe in. [some boos and hissing] I salute you and I thank you and I pledge to you that I will continue to fight against anti-Semitism and fascism.
Two hours later,[8] when it came his turn to announce the winners for the two Best Screenplay awards, Paddy Chayefsky, perturbed by what he perceived as "cracks about Jews"[8] at the Academy Awards, replied:
Before I get on to the writing awards, there's a little matter I'd like to tidy up—at least if I expect to live with myself tomorrow morning. I would like to say—personal opinion, of course—that I'm sick and tired of people exploiting the occasion of the Academy Awards [loud applause] for the propagation of their own personal political propaganda. [Loud applause] I would like to suggest to Miss Redgrave that her winning an Academy Award is not a pivotal moment in history, does not require a proclamation, and a simple 'thank you' would have sufficed. [Loud applause]
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
^Bialik, Carl (February 26, 2008). "And the Oscar Goes to... Fewer TV Viewers". The Wall Street Journal. from the original on April 4, 2008.
^Harmetz, Aljean (February 22, 1978). "Woody Allen Is Up For Three Oscars". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^"The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
^Crouse, Richard (October 22, 2005). Reel Winners: Movie Award Trivia. Dundurn. pp. 138–139. ISBN9781770701991. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
^ abFretts, Bruce (January 11, 2019). "Oscars Rewind: The Most Political Ceremony in Academy History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^"Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^ abJohn Bradey, "The craft of the screenwriter", 1981. Page 57
External links
75 Years of Oscar - 1978, E! Online
Academy Awards, USA: 1978 January 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, IMDb
filmsite.org: 1977 Academy Awards Winners and History
Redgrave's 'Zionist Hoodlums' Speech Shocks Hollywood
January 08, 2023
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The 50th Academy Awards ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3 1978 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7 00 p m PST 10 00 p m EST During the ceremony AMPAS presented Academy Awards commonly referred to as Oscars in 22 categories The ceremony televised in the United States by ABC was produced by Howard W Koch and was directed by Marty Pasetta Actor and comedian Bob Hope hosted for the nineteenth time He first presided over the 12th ceremony held in 1940 and had last served as a co host of the 47th ceremony held in 1975 Five days earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills California on March 29 the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by hosts Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck 50th Academy AwardsOfficial posterDateApril 3 1978SiteDorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles California U S Hosted byBob HopeProduced byHoward W KochDirected byMarty PasettaHighlightsBest PictureAnnie HallMost awardsStar Wars 6 Most nominationsJulia and The Turning Point 11 TV in the United StatesNetworkABCDuration3 hours 30 minutesRatings39 73 million31 1 Nielsen ratings 1 49th Academy Awards 51st Annie Hall won four awards including Best Picture Other winners included Star Wars with six awards Julia with three and Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Goodbye Girl Gravity Is My Enemy I ll Find a Way A Little Night Music Madame Rosa The Sand Castle Who Are the DeBolts And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids and You Light Up My Life with one Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 Awards 1 2 Academy Honorary Awards 1 3 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1 4 Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award 1 5 Special Achievement Awards 2 Ceremony 2 1 Redgrave speech 3 Presenters and performers 3 1 Presenters 3 2 Performers 4 Multiple nominations and awards 5 Tribute 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksWinners and nominees EditThe nominees for the 50th Academy Awards were announced on February 21 1978 Julia and The Turning Point tied for the most nominations with eleven each 2 The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on April 3 Woody Allen became the first person to receive nominations for acting directing screenwriting for the same film since Orson Welles who previously achieved this feat for 1941 s Citizen Kane With its 11 nominations and zero wins The Turning Point became the most nominated film in Oscar history without a win a record that still stands tied by The Color Purple in 1985 This event marked the second time that three films received 10 or more nominations Julia and The Turning Point both received 11 nominations each while Star Wars received 10 Awards Edit Woody Allen Best Director winner and Best Original Screenplay co winner Richard Dreyfuss Best Actor winner Diane Keaton Best Actress winner Jason Robards Best Supporting Actor winner Vanessa Redgrave Best Supporting Actress winner John Williams Best Original Score winner Vilmos Zsigmond Best Cinematography winner Richard Chew Best Film Editing co winner Richard Edlund Best Visual Effects co winner Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger 3 Best Picture Best DirectorAnnie Hall Charles H Joffe producer The Goodbye Girl Ray Stark producer Julia Richard Roth producer Star Wars Gary Kurtz producer The Turning Point Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents producers Woody Allen Annie Hall Steven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann Julia George Lucas Star Wars Herbert Ross The Turning PointBest Actor Best ActressRichard Dreyfuss The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield Woody Allen Annie Hall as Alvy Max Singer Richard Burton Equus as Doctor Martin Dysart Marcello Mastroianni A Special Day as Gabriele John Travolta Saturday Night Fever as Anthony Tony Manero Diane Keaton Annie Hall as Annie Hall Anne Bancroft The Turning Point as Emma Jacklin Jane Fonda Julia as Lillian Hellman Shirley MacLaine The Turning Point as DeeDee Rodgers Marsha Mason The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFaddenBest Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressJason Robards Julia as Dashiell Hammett Mikhail Baryshnikov The Turning Point as Yuri Kopeikine Peter Firth Equus as Alan Strang Alec Guinness Star Wars as Obi Wan Kenobi Maximilian Schell Julia as Johann Vanessa Redgrave Julia as Julia Leslie Browne The Turning Point as Emilia Rodgers Quinn Cummings The Goodbye Girl as Lucy McFadden Melinda Dillon Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Jillian Guiler Tuesday Weld Looking for Mr Goodbar as Katherine DunnBest Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Based on Factual Material or on Story Material Not Previously Published or Produced Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumAnnie Hall Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman The Goodbye Girl Neil Simon The Late Show Robert Benton Star Wars George Lucas The Turning Point Arthur Laurents Julia Alvin Sargent based on the novel Pentimento by Lillian Hellman Equus Peter Shaffer based on his play I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Gavin Lambert and Lewis John Carlino based on the novel by Hannah Greene Oh God Larry Gelbart based on the novel by Avery Corman That Obscure Object of Desire Luis Bunuel and Jean Claude Carriere based on the novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre LouysBest Foreign Language Film Best Documentary FeatureMadame Rosa France Iphigenia Greece Operation Thunderbolt Israel A Special Day Italy That Obscure Object of Desire Spain Who Are the DeBolts And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids John Korty Dan McCann and Warren L Lockhart The Children of Theatre Street Robert Dornhelm and Earle Mack High Grass Circus Bill Brind Torben Schioler and Tony Ianzelo Homage to Chagall The Colours of Love Harry Rasky Union Maids James Klein Julia Reichert and Miles MogulescuBest Documentary Short Subject Best Live Action Short FilmGravity Is My Enemy John Joseph and Jan Stussy Agueda Martinez Our People Our Country Moctesuma Esparza First Edition Helen Whitney and DeWitt L Sage Jr Of Time Tombs and Treasures James R Messenger and Paul N Raimondi The Shetland Experience Douglas Gordon I ll Find a Way Beverly Shaffer and Yuki Yoshida The Absent Minded Waiter William E McEuen Floating Free Jerry Butts Notes on the Popular Arts Saul Bass Spaceborne Philip DauberBest Animated Short Film Best Original ScoreThe Sand Castle Co Hoedeman Bead Game Ishu Patel The Doonesbury Special John Hubley posthumous nomination Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau Jimmy the C James Picker Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker Star Wars John Williams Close Encounters of the Third Kind John Williams Julia Georges Delerue Mohammad Messenger of God Maurice Jarre The Spy Who Loved Me Marvin HamlischBest Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Best Original SongA Little Night Music Adapted by Jonathan Tunick Pete s Dragon Song Score by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn Adapted by Irwin Kostal The Slipper and the Rose The Story of Cinderella Song Score by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman Adapted by Angela Morley You Light Up My Life from You Light Up My Life Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks Candle on the Water from Pete s Dragon Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me Music by Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager The Slipper and the Rose Waltz He Danced with Me She Danced with Me from The Slipper and the Rose The Story of Cinderella Music and Lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman Someone s Waiting for You from The Rescuers Music by Sammy Fain Lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn RobbinsBest Sound Best Costume DesignStar Wars Don MacDougall Ray West Bob Minkler and Derek Ball Close Encounters of the Third Kind Robert Knudson Robert J Glass Don MacDougall and Gene Cantamessa The Deep Walter Goss Dick Alexander Tom Beckert and Robin Gregory Sorcerer Robert Knudson Robert J Glass Richard Tyler and Jean Louis Ducarme The Turning Point Theodore Soderberg Paul Wells Douglas O Williams and Jerry Jost Star Wars John Mollo Airport 77 Edith Head and Burton Miller Julia Anthea Sylbert A Little Night Music Florence Klotz The Other Side of Midnight Irene SharaffBest Art Direction Best CinematographyStar Wars Art Direction John Barry Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley Set Decoration Roger Christian Airport 77 Art Direction George C Webb Set Decoration Mickey S Michaels Close Encounters of the Third Kind Art Direction Joe Alves and Dan Lomino Set Decoration Phil Abramson The Spy Who Loved Me Art Direction Ken Adam and Peter Lamont Set Decoration Hugh Scaife The Turning Point Art Direction Albert Brenner Set Decoration Marvin March Close Encounters of the Third Kind Vilmos Zsigmond Islands in the Stream Fred J Koenekamp Julia Douglas Slocombe Looking for Mr Goodbar William A Fraker The Turning Point Robert SurteesBest Film Editing Best Visual EffectsStar Wars Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew Close Encounters of the Third Kind Michael Kahn Julia Walter Murch Smokey and the Bandit Walter Hannemann and Angelo Ross The Turning Point William Reynolds Star Wars John Stears John Dykstra Richard Edlund Grant McCune and Robert Blalack Close Encounters of the Third Kind Roy Arbogast Douglas Trumbull Matthew Yuricich Gregory Jein and Richard YuricichAcademy Honorary Awards Edit Margaret BoothJean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Edit Charlton HestonIrving G Thalberg Memorial Award Edit Walter MirischSpecial Achievement Awards Edit Ben Burtt for the creation of the alien creature and robot voices in Star Wars Frank Warner for sound effects editing in Close Encounters of the Third KindCeremony EditDebby Boone s performance of You Light Up My Life was accompanied by schoolgirls described as affiliated with the John Tracy Clinic for the Deaf interpreting the lyrics in sign language After complaints that their signing was incomprehensible it was revealed the girls were not deaf and had been taught rudimentary signing specifically for the performance This prompted protests from the Alliance for Deaf Artists 4 Redgrave speech Edit During the ceremony Vanessa Redgrave won the Best Supporting Actress award for Julia 1977 Her nomination drew a lot of attention and backlash even prior to the ceremony as in 1977 she had also produced and appeared in the film The Palestinian which followed the activities of the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO in Lebanon 5 6 an organization that at the time was defined as a terrorist organization by Israel due to its responsibility for the deaths of thousands of civilians 7 The film was criticized by many Jewish groups for its perceived anti Israel slant 6 and members of the Jewish Defense League JDL picketed Redgrave s nomination outside the Academy Awards ceremony while counter protestors waved PLO flags 5 Redgrave won the Oscar and made the following acceptance speech My dear colleagues I thank you very much for this tribute to my work I think that Jane Fonda and I have done the best work of our lives and I think this is in part due to our director Fred Zinnemann Audience applause And I also think it s in part because we believed and we believe in what we were expressing two out of millions who gave their lives and were prepared to sacrifice everything in the fight against fascist and racist Nazi Germany And I salute you and I pay tribute to you and I think you should be very proud that in the last few weeks you ve stood firm and you have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums gasps from the audience followed by a smattering of boos and clapping whose behavior continuation of booing until it quieted down whose behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression General applause And I salute that record and I salute all of you for having stood firm and dealt a final blow against that period when Nixon and McCarthy launched a worldwide witch hunt against those who tried to express in their lives and their work the truth that they believe in some boos and hissing I salute you and I thank you and I pledge to you that I will continue to fight against anti Semitism and fascism Two hours later 8 when it came his turn to announce the winners for the two Best Screenplay awards Paddy Chayefsky perturbed by what he perceived as cracks about Jews 8 at the Academy Awards replied Before I get on to the writing awards there s a little matter I d like to tidy up at least if I expect to live with myself tomorrow morning I would like to say personal opinion of course that I m sick and tired of people exploiting the occasion of the Academy Awards loud applause for the propagation of their own personal political propaganda Loud applause I would like to suggest to Miss Redgrave that her winning an Academy Award is not a pivotal moment in history does not require a proclamation and a simple thank you would have sufficed Loud applause Presenters and performers EditThe following individuals listed in order of appearance presented awards or performed musical numbers Presenters Edit Name RoleHank Simms Announcer for the 50th annual Academy AwardsHoward W Koch AMPAS President Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremonyBette Davis Gregory Peck Explained the voting rules to the publicJohn Travolta Presenter of the award for Best Supporting ActressMark Hamill R2 D2C 3PO Presenters of the Special Achievement AwardJodie Foster Mickey MousePaul Williams Presentations of the Short Films AwardsWilliam Holden Barbara Stanwyck Presenters of the Best SoundJoan Fontaine Presenter of the award for Best Visual EffectsKirk Douglas Raquel Welch Presenters of the Documentary AwardsBilly Dee Williams Presenter of the Scientific amp Technical AwardsGreer Garson Henry Winkler Presenters of the award of Best Art DirectionEva Marie Saint Jack Valenti Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language FilmMichael Caine Maggie Smith Presenters of the award for Best Supporting ActorNatalie Wood Presenter of the award for Best Costume DesignJohnny Green Henry ManciniOlivia Newton John Presenters of the Music AwardsGoldie Hawn Jon Voight Presenters of the award for Best CinematographyBette Davis Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Charlton HestonOlivia de Havilland Presenter of the Honorary Award to Margaret BoothFarrah Fawcett Marcello Mastroianni Presenters of the award for Best Film EditingFred Astaire Presenter of the award for Best Original SongCicely Tyson King Vidor Presenters of the award for Best DirectorPaddy Chayefsky Presenter of the awards for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Based on Factual Material or on Story Material Not Previously Published or Produced and Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumJanet Gaynor Walter Matthau Presenters of the award for Best ActressSylvester Stallone Presenter of the award for Best ActorStanley Kramer Presenter of the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award to Walter MirischJack Nicholson Presenter of the award for Best PicturePerformers Edit Performer Role PerformedNelson Riddle Musical arranger and conductor OrchestralDebbie Reynolds Performer Look How Far We ve Come Debby Boone Performer You Light Up My Life from You Light Up My LifeGloria Loring Performer Candle on the Water from Pete s Dragon and Someone s Waiting for You from The RescuersSammy Davis Jr Marvin Hamlisch Performers Come Light the Candles Aretha Franklin Performer Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved MeJane Powell Performer The Slipper and the Rose Waltz He Danced with Me from The Slipper and the RoseAcademy Awards Chorus Performers That s Entertainment Multiple nominations and awards EditThese films had multiple nominations 11 nominations Julia and The Turning Point 10 nominations Star Wars 8 nominations Close Encounters of the Third Kind 5 nominations Annie Hall and The Goodbye Girl 3 nominations Equus and The Spy Who Loved Me 2 nominations Airport 77 A Little Night Music Looking for Mr Goodbar Pete s Dragon The Slipper and the Rose A Special Day and That Obscure Object of Desire The following films received multiple awards 6 wins Star Wars also won a special award 4 wins Annie Hall 3 wins JuliaTribute EditSammy Davis Jr and Marvin Hamlisch performed Come Light the Candles in tribute to Richard Carlson Zero Mostel Peter Finch Joan Crawford Bing Crosby Elvis Presley Groucho Marx Charlie ChaplinSee also Edit1977 in film 20th Grammy Awards 29th Primetime Emmy Awards 30th Primetime Emmy Awards 31st British Academy Film Awards 32nd Tony Awards 35th Golden Globe AwardsReferences Edit Bialik Carl February 26 2008 And the Oscar Goes to Fewer TV Viewers The Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on April 4 2008 Harmetz Aljean February 22 1978 Woody Allen Is Up For Three Oscars The New York Times Retrieved August 22 2021 The 50th Academy Awards 1978 Nominees and Winners oscars org Archived from the original on November 11 2014 Retrieved October 5 2011 Crouse Richard October 22 2005 Reel Winners Movie Award Trivia Dundurn pp 138 139 ISBN 9781770701991 Retrieved November 6 2015 a b Fretts Bruce January 11 2019 Oscars Rewind The Most Political Ceremony in Academy History The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved February 5 2022 a b EmanuelLevy Oscar Politics Redgrave Vanessa Julia Emanuel Levy Retrieved February 5 2022 Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Anti Defamation League Retrieved February 5 2022 a b John Bradey The craft of the screenwriter 1981 Page 57External links Edit75 Years of Oscar 1978 E Online Academy Awards USA 1978 Archived January 7 2007 at the Wayback Machine IMDb filmsite org 1977 Academy Awards Winners and History Redgrave s Zionist Hoodlums Speech Shocks Hollywood Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 50th Academy Awards amp oldid 1124017274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
