30th British Academy Film Awards

30th British Academy Film Awards
Date	24 March 1977
Site	Wembley Conference Centre
Hosted by	Esther Rantzen Roger Moore
Highlights
Best Film	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actor	Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress	Louise Fletcher One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Most awards	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (6)
Most nominations	**All the President's Men and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest** (10)
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The 30th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 24 March 1977 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1976. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1976.^[1]^[2]

Miloš Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won the award for Best Film, Direction (Forman), Actor (Jack Nicholson), Actress (Louise Fletcher), Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif) and Editing (Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn). The film received a total of 6 awards. Jodie Foster received Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Bugsy Malone and Taxi Driver.

The ceremony was hosted by Esther Rantzen and Roger Moore.^[3]

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Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Denis Forman

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Miloš Forman All the President's Men – Alan J. Pakula Bugsy Malone – Alan Parker Taxi Driver – Martin Scorsese	Best Direction Miloš Forman – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Alan J. Pakula – All the President's Men Alan Parker – Bugsy Malone Martin Scorsese – Taxi Driver
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Jack Nicholson – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Randle "R.P." McMurphy** Dustin Hoffman – All the President's Men as Carl Bernstein Dustin Hoffman – Marathon Man as Thomas "Babe" Levy Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle Walter Matthau – The Bad News Bears as Morris Buttermaker Walter Matthau – The Sunshine Boys as Willy Clark	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Nurse Ratched** Lauren Bacall – The Shootist as Bond Rogers Liv Ullmann – Face to Face as Jenny Isaksson Rita Moreno – The Ritz as Googie Gomez
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Brad Dourif – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Billy Bibbit** Jason Robards – All the President's Men as Ben Bradlee Martin Balsam – All the President's Men as Howard Simons Michael Hordern – The Slipper and the Rose as King	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Jodie Foster – Bugsy Malone* as Tallulah Jodie Foster – Taxi Driver as Iris** Annette Crosbie – The Slipper and the Rose as Fairy Godmother Billie Whitelaw – The Omen as Mrs. Baylock Vivien Merchant – The Homecoming as Ruth
Best Screenplay Bugsy Malone – Alan Parker All the President's Men – William Goldman One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman The Sunshine Boys – Neil Simon	Best Cinematography Picnic at Hanging Rock – Russell Boyd Aces High – Gerry Fisher and Peter Allwork All the President's Men – Gordon Willis One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler and William A. Fraker
Best Costume Design The Marquise of O (Die Marquise von O...) – Moidele Bickel Bugsy Malone – Monica Howe Picnic at Hanging Rock – Judy Dorsman The Slipper and the Rose – Julie Harris	Best Editing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn All the President's Men – Robert L. Wolfe Marathon Man – Jim Clark Taxi Driver – Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro
Best Original Music Taxi Driver – Bernard Herrmann (posthumous) Bugsy Malone – Paul Williams One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Jack Nitzsche The Slipper and the Rose – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman	Best Production Design Bugsy Malone – Geoffrey Kirkland All the President's Men – George C. Jenkins King Kong – Mario Chiari and Dale Hennesy The Slipper and the Rose – Ray Simm
Best Sound Bugsy Malone – Les Wiggins, Clive Winter and Ken Baker All the President's Men – Milton Burrow, Jim Webb, Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi and Dick Alexander One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Mary McGlone, Robert Rutledge, Veronica Selver, Larry Jost and Mark Berger Picnic at Hanging Rock – Greg Bell and Dan Connelly	Best Documentary The Canadians (Los Canadienses) – Albert Kish White Rock – Tony Maylam
Best Short Factual Film The End of the Road – John Armstrong Energy in Perspective – Peter De Normanville The Speed Sailors – John Spencer	Best Specialised Film Hydraulics – Anthony Searle For the Want of a Nail – Joe Mendoza Let's Sleep on It – Christopher Rolling Proteins – Lawrence Crabb Slender Chance – Michael Crosfield
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles *Jodie Foster – Bugsy Malone* / Taxi Driver as Tallulah and Iris, respectively**

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
10	All the President's Men
10	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
9	Bugsy Malone
7	Taxi Driver
5	The Slipper and the Rose
3	Picnic at Hanging Rock
2	Marathon Man
2	The Sunshine Boys

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
6	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5	Bugsy Malone
3	Taxi Driver

References

^ "30th BAFTA Awards - Film". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^ "Sir Denis Forman". www.bafta.org. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "BBC One London – 24 March 1977". BBC Programme Index. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022.

External links

Official Website

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