The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977) (TV)

Director:

Marty Pasetta

Release Date:

28 marzo 1977 (USA)

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Awards Show | TV Special | Hollywood | Live Performance | Song

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"New Hollywood" Faces Phantoms of the Past

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Co-host
Ellen Burstyn	...	Co-host
Jane Fonda	...	Co-host
Richard Pryor	...	Co-host
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Edward Albert	...	Himself - Performer
Muhammad Ali	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ann-Margret	...	Herself - Performer & Presenter: Music Awards
John G. Avildsen	...	Himself - Winner: Best Director
Pearl Bailey	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Pandro S. Berman	...	Himself - Thalberg Award Recipient
Robert Chartoff	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Chevy Chase	...	Himself - Presenter
Paddy Chayefsky	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Scott Conrad	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Neil Diamond	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Song
Tamara Dobson	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
Faye Dunaway	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Marty Feldman	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short
Eletha Finch	...	Herself - accepting Best Actor Award for her late husband Peter Finch
Louise Fletcher	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
William Goldman	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Jerry Goldsmith	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
Richard Halsey	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Lillian Hellman	...	Herself - Presenter: Documentary Awards
William Holden	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Film Editing
Tom Jones	...	Himself - Performer
Marthe Keller	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Barbara Kopple	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Lynne Littman	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Norman Mailer	...	Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
Walter Mirisch	...	President
Jeanne Moreau	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Director
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
Tatum O'Neal	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jason Robards	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Leonard Rosenman	...	Himself - Winner: Best Score Adaptation
Roy Scheider	...	Himself - Presenter: Special Achievement Award
Red Skelton	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Sound
Sissy Spacek	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sylvester Stallone	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Best Original Screenplay & Co-presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Beatrice Straight	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Barbra Streisand	...	Herself - Performer & Winner: Best Original Song
Donald Sutherland	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
Cicely Tyson	...	Herself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Liv Ullmann	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ben Vereen	...	Himself - Performer
Tony Vivante	...	Himself - Performer
Paul Williams	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
Irwin Winkler	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivialidades:

When Andre R. Guttfreund and Peter Werner won for Best Live Action Short for their film In the Region of the Ice (1976) the academy, for some reason, only presented them with one Oscar. Presenter Marty Feldman, realizing that there was one Oscar and two winners, threw the Oscar on the floor breaking it in half and gave a half to each of the winners.

Quotes:

Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short: I would like to take this opportunity to point out that God made me in his own image.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)

"New Hollywood" Faces Phantoms of the Past

Streamlined show was produced by William Friedkin who insisted on only black or white clothes and NO audience reaction shots. He failed on both! Co-host Ellen Burstyn, so incensed by her former director's edict, wore a men's tuxedo in protest. Furthermore, there are shots of Mickey Rooney, Olivia DeHavilland, Brenda Vaccaro, and even Pat McCormack (!?!?!) sprinkled throughout the show.

Presenters are solo. This gets rid of the needless scripted banter between presenters. The previous year reached an all-time low in banter with embarrassing moments between Goldie Hawn & George Segal and Roddy MCDowell & Brenda Vaccaro. The presenters are a bizarre array of "New Hollywood" (Tamara Dobson, Marty Feldman, Marthe Keller) and older vets no longer involved in film (Pearl Bailey, Red Skelton) all of them making their sole Oscar appearance.

I must admit that when I saw this show on its initial broadcast, I thought Skelton was hysterical. Watching it now 30 years later, I am pained by the extraordinary length given to his routine.

Perhaps, Red's comedy was designed to counterbalance the bitter animosity Lillian Hellman spewed before the documentary awards. Having known Lily as a friend, I can say she had every right to say what she did. And she said it perfectly!! When she says "maybe you have no regrets when you survive", the camera cuts to dear friend and nominee Lee Grant, a black list survivor herself.

The other drama surrounded the Best Actor award. The Academy, still reeling from the Scott/Brando fiascoes, did not want proxies to accept. This meant Mrs. Peter Finch. There are some who believe that the Academy was fearful of allowing Mrs. Finch, a woman of color, accept for her husband. Whatever. Paddy Chayevsky called Elthea Finch from her seat (in the back of the house!) and she gave a most moving speech for her husband (who deserved the award 5 years earlier for Sunday BLOODY Sunday).

High Points: 1) Sylvester Stallone in his overnight stardom. Whether bantering with Muhammad Ali or sitting like a slob awaiting an award, he is amazing. Of course by the following year he had "gone Hollywood" and all of this character was long gone.

2) Barbra Streisand in her only Oscar performance. She performs a lackluster EVERGREEN and wins her second Oscar.

3) A totally surprised Beatrice Straight winning for NETWORK. A few points are taken away by her giving a speech that was longer than her role in the film!!!

4) A totally surprised Faye Dunaway (what the hell was she wearing???) who thanked the "boys in the back room"

Low Points: 1) Lee Grant was a nominee who won the previous year. Why didn't she present an award?

2)What was Cicely Tyson's tie to Pandro S. Berman? They never did anything together. What about Ginger Rogers or Fred Astaire??

4)Norman Mailer?

5) Jeanne Moreau was a GREAT choice for Best Director. BUT as Friedkin's then wife it only adds to the feeling of impropriety.