The 48th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 29, 1976, at the

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. The ceremonies were presided over by

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, Robert Shaw, George Segal,

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, and

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. This year,

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took over broadcast rights from

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and has maintained the rights to this day. Miloš Forman's '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' made a " clean sweep" of the five major categories:

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, Best Actor,

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and Best Screenplay (Adapted). It was the second of three films to date to do so, following ''

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'' in

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and preceding '' The Silence of the Lambs'' in

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. 20-year-old French actress

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received her first nomination for

this year, becoming the youngest nominee that category, breaking the record set by 22-year-old

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. Her record would be surpassed by 13-year-old

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in 2004, and again in 2013 by nine-year old

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, the current record. Adjani also co-presented the award for Best Film Editing. At 80,

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became the oldest acting winner, as well as the last person born in the nineteenth century to receive an acting award. His record stood until

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won

in 1989; Burns was later succeeded as the oldest Best Supporting Actor winner by

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, who won in 2012 for '' Beginners'' at the age of 82. ''

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'' won all its nominations except Best Picture, the last film to do so until ''

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''. As of the

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, '' Amarcord'', nominated for

, is the last film to be nominated for Academy Awards in separate years (having won the award for

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the year before). NBC's coverage of the NCAA championship basketball game aired opposite the ceremony; during the presentation of the Best Film Editing award, the winner was jokingly announced by presenter

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as "Indiana, 86–68", after the undefeated

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had won the NCAA title that night in

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Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced on February 17, 1976. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations: *''9 nominations'': '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' *''7 nominations'': ''

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'' *''6 nominations'': ''

Dog Day Afternoon ''Dog Day Afternoon'' is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning. The screenplay is wr ...

'' *''5 nominations'': ''

Funny Lady ''Funny Lady'' is a 1975 American biographical musical comedy-drama film and the sequel to the 1968 film '' Funny Girl''. The film stars Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall and Ben Vereen. Herbert Ross, who helmed the musi ...

'' and ''

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'' *''4 nominations'': ''

'', ''

The Man Who Would Be King "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was first published in '' The Phantom Rickshaw and other Ee ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' *''3 nominations'': '' The Hindenburg'' *''2 nominations'': '' Amarcord'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' The following films received multiple awards. *''5 wins'': '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' *''4 wins'': ''

'' *''3 wins'': ''

Academy Honorary Award

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Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

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Special Achievement Award

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and Glen Robinson for visual effect work on '' The Hindenburg'' *

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for sound effect work on '' The Hindenburg''

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Performers

References

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Winners and nominees

Multiple nominations and awards

Academy Honorary Award

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Special Achievement Award

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Performers

See also

References

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