30th British Academy Film Awards

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30th British Academy Film Awards
Date24 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)

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]

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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]

Winners and nominees

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Jack Nicholson, Best Actor winner
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Louise Fletcher, Best Actress winner
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Brad Dourif, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Jodie Foster, Best Supporting Actress winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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

Statistics

See also

References

  1. "30th BAFTA Awards - Film". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Sir Denis Forman". www.bafta.org. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. "BBC One London – 24 March 1977". BBC Programme Index. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022.