Chapter 1: IntroductionHosted by Mattie Price and Jamie DewPanelists: Ryan McNeil, JM McNabb, and Matti PriceOverview of the podcast's premise and formatDiscussion on the 48th Annual Academy Awards held in 1976Keywords: Podcast introduction, Hosts, Panelists, Academy AwardsChapter 2: Highlights of the 48th Annual Academy AwardsABC acquires broadcast rights for the first timeCo-hosts: Walter Mathau, Robert Shaw, George Siegel, Goldie Hawn, and Gene KellyHumorous remark on the desire for a heist movie with the star-studded castKeywords: Academy Awards highlights, ABC, Co-hosts, HumorChapter 3: Notable Films and Achievements"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" sweeps the five major categoriesComparison with other films achieving a clean sweepMention of Isabelle Adjani's record as the youngest Best Actress nomineeGeorge Burns becomes the oldest acting winnerKeywords: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Clean sweep, Youngest nominee, Oldest winnerChapter 4: Memorable Moments from the Ceremony"Jaws" winning multiple awards except Best PictureHonorary award presented to Mary PickfordIrving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient: Mervyn LeRoyGene Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient: Jules C. SteinKeywords: "Jaws," Mary Pickford, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Gene Hersholt Humanitarian AwardChapter 5: Musical Performances and PresentersRay Bolger's opening number, "Hollywood Honors its Own"Keith Carradine's performance of "I'm Easy"USC Trojan's marching band's closing medleyNotable presenters from outside the entertainment industryKeywords: Musical performances, Ray Bolger, Keith Carradine, USC Trojan's marching band, PresentersChapter 6: Remembering the DepartedMention of notable individuals who passed away between ceremoniesFrederick March, Paul Robeson, Lee Jay Cobb, Sal Minio, Michelle Simo, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Wild Bill Wellman, Busby Berkeley, Master Luo, Rod Serling, Sidney Buckman, Bernard HermanKeywords: In Memoriam, Departed individualsChapter 7: Closing and Future EpisodesConclusion of the episode's contentInvitation to join the panelists for the next episode on 1975Website and contact information for the podcastKeywords: Closing remarks, Next episode preview, Contact informationTranscript0:00:05 - Speaker 1For your reconsideration, for your reconsideration is a podcast. Next week we are back with another stacked panel and another great year in movies. I'm your host, mattie Price, and I'm here with the always fabulous Jamie Dew. Together we assemble great panelists with diverse points of view to discuss a specific year in mostly American filmmaking, but through the clarifying crucible of the Oscars Best Picture. Our next episode is a good one, looking at the movies of 1975. Jd is hosting that conversation and our panelists are Podcaster and writer Ryan McNeil, writer JM McNabb and, oh and me, mattie Price. I am in the panelist chair for this one. So the 48th annual Academy Awards were presented in March of 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. As was the style at the time, they awarded films made in 1975. Abc had the broadcast rights for the first time and the show was once again co-hosted. This again was a popular thing in the 70s to have multiple hosts on this show. This time it was stacked Walter Mathau, robert Shaw, george Segal, goldie Hahn and Gene Kelly. Here is my heist movie with this cast is my question. Most folks know that for the first time since it happened, one night a single movie. Milosh Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, made a clean sweep of the five major categories Best Picture, best Actor, best Actress, best Director and Best Screenplay this time adapted. It's only happened one other time so far, and that's with the Silence of the Lambs. At 20, isabella Johnny became the youngest Best Actress nominee ever at the time. Ultimately, her record was beaten first by 13-year-old Keisha Castle Hughes in whale music, and then they both went down hard to nine-year-old Kavanjanae Wallace in Beasts of the Southern Wild. At 80, george Burns became the oldest acting winner, as well as the last person born in the 19th century to receive an acting award, george Oswand. Every award it was nominated for that year, except Best Picture. The honorary award for that year went to Mary Pickford. The Irving G Thalberg Award, which is given to producers of Note, was given to Mervin G Leroy, and then they gave out a Gene Herschold Award. That's something they don't actually do all the time. That award is given for public service and working for the public good. This time they gave it to Jules C Stein, who had founded MCA, which ultimately wound up owning Universal Studios and also helped create the Hollywood canteen during World War II, which was a place where servicemen and women could go to relax and be entertained. Ray Bolger sang the opening number. It was a classy little diddy called Hollywood Honors It's Own. I cannot find any evidence of this song anywhere but presumably it existed at ...
