Rich Picks
19761978

Awards & Top Films

1977

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1977 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1977

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The Goodbye GirlNo award data
2
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The Turning PointNo award data
3
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EquusNo award data
4
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HeroesNo award data
5
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Annie HallNo award data
6
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeNo award data
7
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A Special DayNo award data
8
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Saturday Night FeverNo award data
9
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New York, New YorkNo award data
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You Light Up My LifeNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

Annie Hall
Producers: Charles H. Joffe and Woody Allen
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
Julia
Producer: Richard Roth
OscarNBRBAFTA
Rocky
Producer: John G. Avildsen
OscarNBRBAFTA
The Goodbye Girl
Producer: Ray Stark
OscarGlobe
Network
Producer: Sidney Lumet
OscarNBRBAFTA
Star Wars
Producer: Gary Kurtz
OscarNBRBAFTA
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
NBRBAFTA
Saturday Night Fever
GlobeNBR
The Turning Point
Producers: Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents
OscarNBR
A Bridge Too Far
Producer: Richard Attenborough
BAFTA
Equus
NBR
Harlan County, USA
NBR
High Anxiety
Globe
New York, New York
Globe
The Late Show
NBR
The Picture Show Man
NBR

International Feature

That Obscure Object of Desire
Producer: Luis Buñuel
GlobeNBR
A Special Day
Producer: Ettore Scola
Globe
Cría Cuervos
Producer: Carlos Saura
Globe
Madame Rosa
Producer: Moshé Mizrahi
Globe
Pardon Mon Affaire
Producer: Yves Robert
Globe

Directing & Editing

Directing

Woody Allen
Annie Hall
OscarGlobeDGA
Herbert Ross
The Turning Point
OscarGlobeDGA
Luis Buñuel
That Obscure Object of Desire
NBR
Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
OscarGlobeDGA
Fred Zinnemann
Julia
OscarGlobe
George Lucas
Star Wars
OscarDGA
Fred Zinnemann
Julia
DGA
George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Globe

Editing

Richard Halsey
Rocky
OscarBAFTA
Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, and Richard Chew
Star Wars
OscarBAFTA
Ralph Rosenblum and Wendy Greene Bricmont
Annie Hall
BAFTA
Michael Kahn
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
OscarBAFTA
Walter Murch
Julia
OscarBAFTA
Alan Heim
Network
OscarBAFTA
Antony Gibbs
A Bridge Too Far
BAFTA
Walter Hannemann and Angelo Ross
Smokey and The Bandit
Oscar
William Reynolds
The Turning Point
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Peter Finch
Network
GlobeBAFTA
Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
OscarBAFTA
Richard Burton
Equus
OscarGlobe
John Travolta
Saturday Night Fever
OscarNBR
Marcello Mastroianni
A Special Day
OscarGlobe
Woody Allen
Annie Hall
OscarBAFTA
Sylvester Stallone
Rocky
GlobeBAFTA
Al Pacino
Bobby Deerfield
Globe
Henry Winkler
Heroes
Globe
Gregory Peck
MacArthur
Globe
William Holden
Network
BAFTA

Actress in a Leading Role

Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
OscarBAFTA
Anne Bancroft
The Turning Point
OscarNBRBAFTA
Jane Fonda
Julia
OscarBAFTA
Marsha Mason
The Goodbye Girl
OscarBAFTA
Shelley Duvall
3 Women
BAFTA
Faye Dunaway
Network
BAFTA
Lily Tomlin
The Late Show
BAFTA

Actor in a Supporting Role

Edward Fox
A Bridge Too Far
BAFTA
Tom Skerritt
The Turning Point
NBR
Jason Robards
Julia
OscarBAFTA
Peter Firth
Equus
Oscar
Colin Blakely
Equus
BAFTA
Robert Duvall
Network
BAFTA
Alec Guinness
Star Wars
Oscar
Zero Mostel
The Front
BAFTA
Mikhail Baryshnikov
The Turning Point
Oscar

Actress in a Supporting Role

Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
OscarNBRBAFTA
Julia
Alvin Sargent based on the novel Pentimento by Lillian Hellman
Oscar
Jenny Agutter
Equus
BAFTA
Vanessa Redgrave
Julia
Oscar
Annie Hall
Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Oscar
The Turning Point
Arthur Laurents
Oscar
Melinda Dillon
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Oscar
Joan Plowright
Equus
BAFTA
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Gavin Lambert and Lewis John Carlino based on the novel by Hannah Greene
Oscar
Star Wars
George Lucas
Oscar
Oh
Larry Gelbart based on the novel by Avery Corman
Oscar
God!
Larry Gelbart based on the novel by Avery Corman
Oscar
Tuesday Weld
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
Oscar
That Obscure Object of Desire
Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière based on the novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs
Oscar
The Goodbye Girl
Neil Simon
Oscar
Shelley Winters
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
BAFTA
Equus
Peter Shaffer based on his play
Oscar
The Late Show
Robert Benton
Oscar
Quinn Cummings
The Goodbye Girl
Oscar
Leslie Browne
The Turning Point
Oscar
Geraldine Chaplin
Welcome to L.A.
BAFTA

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall
OscarGlobeWGA
Neil Simon
The Goodbye Girl
OscarGlobeWGA
Arthur Laurents
The Turning Point
OscarGlobeWGA
Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
GlobeWGA
George Lucas
Star Wars
OscarWGA
Robert Benton
The Late Show
OscarWGA
Alvin Sargent
Julia
Globe
Norman Wexler
Saturday Night Fever
WGA
Nancy Dowd
Slap Shot
WGA

Screenplay (Adapted)

Alvin Sargent
Julia
WGA
Larry Gelbart
Oh, God!
WGA
Neil Simon
The Goodbye Girl
Globe
Woody Allen
Annie Hall
Globe
Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Globe
Lewis John Carlino and Gavin Lambert
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
WGA
Denne Bart Petitclerc
Islands in the Stream
WGA
Alvin Sargent
Julia
Globe
Richard Brooks
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
WGA
Walter Bernstein
Semi-Tough
WGA
Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum
The Spy Who Loved Me
WGA
Arthur Laurents
The Turning Point
Globe

Visual

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
OscarBAFTA
Douglas Slocombe
Julia
OscarBAFTA
Geoffrey Unsworth
A Bridge Too Far
BAFTA
Giuseppe Rotunno
Fellini's Casanova
BAFTA
Fred J. Koenekamp
Islands in the Stream
Oscar
William A. Fraker
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
Oscar
Christopher Challis
The Deep
BAFTA
Robert Surtees
The Turning Point
Oscar
Peter Suschitzky
Valentino
BAFTA

Art Direction

Art Direction: Joe Alves, Dan Lomino, and Set Decoration: Phil Abramson
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Production design: Art Direction: Joe Alves, Dan Lomino, and Set Decoration: Phil Abramson
OscarBAFTA
Leslie Dilley, Art Direction: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, and Set Decoration: Roger Christian
Star Wars
Production design: Leslie Dilley, Art Direction: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, and Set Decoration: Roger Christian
OscarBAFTA
Danilo Donati
Fellini's Casanova
Production design: Danilo Donati
BAFTA
Peter Lamont, Art Direction: Ken Adam, Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife, and Ken Adam
The Spy Who Loved Me
Production design: Peter Lamont, Art Direction: Ken Adam, Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife, and Ken Adam
OscarBAFTA
Terence Marsh
A Bridge Too Far
Production design: Terence Marsh
BAFTA
Art Direction: George C. Webb and Set Decoration: Mickey S. Michaels
Airport '77
Production design: Art Direction: George C. Webb and Set Decoration: Mickey S. Michaels
Oscar
Set Decoration: Marvin March and Art Direction: Albert Brenner
The Turning Point
Production design: Set Decoration: Marvin March and Art Direction: Albert Brenner
Oscar
Philip Harrison
Valentino
Production design: Philip Harrison
BAFTA

Costuming

John Mollo
Star Wars
OscarBAFTA
Danilo Donati
Fellini's Casanova
BAFTA
Anthea Sylbert
Julia
OscarBAFTA
Florence Klotz
A Little Night Music
Oscar
Edith Head and Burton Miller
Airport '77
Oscar
Michael Annals
Joseph Andrews
BAFTA
Theadora Van Runkle
New York, New York
BAFTA
Irene Sharaff
The Other Side of Midnight
Oscar
Shirley Ann Russell
Valentino
BAFTA

Effects

John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, John Stears, and Robert Blalack
Star Wars
Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar

Sound & Music

Original Score

Barbra Streisand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Paul Williams, Kenny Loggins, Kenneth Ascher, Rupert Holmes, Leon Russell, and Donna Weiss
A Star Is Born
GlobeBAFTA
John Addison
A Bridge Too Far
BAFTA
John Williams
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Globe
John Williams
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
GlobeBAFTA
Barry Gibb
Saturday Night Fever
GlobeBAFTA
Marvin Hamlisch
The Spy Who Loved Me
GlobeBAFTA
Richard Rodney Bennett
Equus
BAFTA
Joel Hirschhorn
Pete's Dragon
Globe

Original Song

Unknown Song
You Light Up My Life
Music & lyrics: Joseph Brooks
Globe
Unknown Song
New York, New York
Music & lyrics: Fred Ebb, New York, and John Kander
Globe
Unknown Song
Saturday Night Fever
Music & lyrics: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and The Bee Gees
Globe
Unknown Song
The Deep
Music & lyrics: John Barry
Globe
Unknown Song
The Spy Who Loved Me
Music & lyrics: Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch
Globe

Sound Mixing

Robin O'Donoghue, Simon Kaye, and Gerry Humphreys
A Bridge Too Far
BAFTA
Dan Wallin, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, and Tom Overton
A Star Is Born
BAFTA
Dick Vorisek
Network
BAFTA
Richard Portman, Kay Rose, and Larry Jost
New York, New York
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Robin O'Donoghue, Simon Kaye, and Gerry Humphreys
A Bridge Too Far
BAFTA
Dan Wallin, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, and Tom Overton
A Star Is Born
BAFTA
Dick Vorisek
Network
BAFTA
Richard Portman, Kay Rose, and Larry Jost
New York, New York
BAFTA