"Jaws" and "The Hindenburg" win Academy Awards 1976

Steven Spielberg's blockbuster horror film Jaws and the disaster flick The Hindenburg both took home Academy Awards at the 48th annual ceremony held March 29, 1976.

Jaws won Best Music Score for John Williams. It was his second Oscar and eleventh nomination. 

Jaws won Best Sound for Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, and John Carter.  It also won Best Film Editing for Verna Fields. It was nominated for Best Picture.

The Hindenburg was nominated for five Oscars and won two. It won two Special Achievement Awards: Sound Effects for Peter Berkos; Visual Effects for Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson.  It was nominated for Best Sound, Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was the big winner that night with five Academy wins and Barry Lyndon with four. 

"The Hindenberg" released 1975

With an all-star cast, The Hindenberg was released on December 25, 1975.  It is a fictionalized version of the final days of the Hindenberg, a huge airship which blew up upon landing in New Jersey, May 6, 1937.  It starred George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning and Rene Aberjonois. 

The Hindenberg won two Special Achievement Academy Awards for sound effects and visual effects.  It was nominated for three more Oscars.

Although a box office success, it was not critically acclaimed.

My favorite movies - 1975-1978

1975 - The Hindenburg with George C. Scott and Anne Bancroft.  Nominated for 3 Academy Awards and awarded an Oscar for Special Achievements.



1976 - Murder by Death starring everybody.  I loved the snarky humor and the spoof of whodunits.



1977 - Star Wars. Duh.  It is ranked by IMDB.com as the 20th most popular movie of all time.  It won 6 Oscars: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Effects, Visual Effects and Best Music, Original Score (to John Williams).




1978 - Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder. John Williams was nominated again for Best Music, Original Score but lost to Giorgio Moroder for Midnight Express.