49th Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1977)
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- Date of Ceremony: Monday, March 28, 1977
- For films released in: 1976
- Location: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
- Host(s): Richard Pryor (video), Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn and Warren Beatty
The 49th Annual Academy Award nominations had two films with ten nominations apiece, Rocky and Network.
The two films had different backgrounds. Network was written by Paddy Chayefsky who already had Two Oscars® and another nomination under his belt. Rocky was a sleeper hit written by a relatively unknown Sylvester Stallone.
Heading into the ceremony, the following film(s) had five or more nominations:
- Rocky: 10
- Network: 10
- All the President's Men: 8
- Bound for Glory: 6