1975 (48th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1975 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1975 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1975 to December 31, 1975 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1975 Ceremony
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Monday, March 29, 1976 7:00 PM Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1975 Winners
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Best Picture: One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Fantasy Films Production; United Artists Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy in the film One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest |
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Best Actress: Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest |
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Best Supporting Actor: George Burns as Al Lewis in the film The Sunshine Boys |
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Best Supporting Actress: Lee Grant as Felicia Karpf in the film Shampoo |
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Best Song: I’m Easy from the film Nashville Music and lyrics by Keith Carradine Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1975 Nominees
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Best Picture Nominees |
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |
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Best Actor Nominees (Version 1) |
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Best Actor Nominees (Version 2) |
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Best Actress Nominees (Version 1) |
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Best Actress Nominees (Version 2) |