Alternate Oscars: 1977

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Duellists

House

Sorcerer

Star Wars*

BEST DIRECTOR:

George Lucas, Star Wars*

David Lynch, Eraserhead

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, House

Ridley Scott, The Duellists

Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

BEST ACTOR:

Keith Carradine, The Duellists

Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl

Harvey Keitel, The Duellists*

Roy Scheider, Sorcerer

John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever

BEST ACTRESS:

Shelley Duvall, 3 Women

Diane Keaton, Looking for Mr. Goodbar*

Sophia Loren, A Special Day

Kathleen Quinlan, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Gena Rowlands, Opening Night

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Harrison Ford, Star Wars

Jackie Gleason, Smokey and the Bandit

Alec Guinness, Star Wars*

Jason Robards, Julia

Clemens Scheitz, Stroszek

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Joan Blondell, Opening Night

Melinda Dillon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Teri Garr, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Vanessa Redgrave, Julia*

Sissy Spacek, 3 Women

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Duellists*

Equus

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Sorcerer

That Obscure Object of Desire

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Annie Hall

Close Encounters of the Third Kind*

The Goodbye Girl

The Late Show

Star Wars

BEST ART DIRECTION:

The Duellists

House

New York, New York

Star Wars*

Suspiria

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind*

The Duellists

Eraserhead

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Suspiria

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

The Duellists*

House

New York, New York

Star Wars

Suspiria

BEST FILM EDITING:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Eraserhead

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Sorcerer

Star Wars*

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

House

Sorcerer

Star Wars*

Suspiria

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"East Bound and Down" from Smokey and the Bandit

"New York, New York" from New York, New York*

"Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me

"Stayin' Alive" from Saturday Night Fever

"Tomorrow is Another Day" from The Rescuers

BEST MAKEUP:

The Duellists

Eraserhead

House

Star Wars*

Suspiria

BEST SOUND:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Duellists

Eraserhead

Sorcerer

Star Wars*

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

House

The Spy Who Loved Me

Star Wars*

Suspiria

BEST STUNTS:

A Bridge Too Far

Smokey and the Bandit

Sorcerer*

The Spy Who Loved Me

Star Wars

BEST CASTING:

3 Women

The Duellists

The Goodbye Girl

Slap Shot

Star Wars*

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

The Duellists*

House

A Special Day

Suspiria

That Obscure Object of Desire