Annie Hall: 1977 Best Picture

“Annie Hall” won 4 Oscars at the 50th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. That was out of 5 nominations. It was up against these 3 films with way more nominations: “Star Wars” (10), “Turning Point” (11) and “Julia” (11).

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” also had more nominations (8) than “Annie Hall” and “The Goodbye Girl” had the same number. Even though it didn’t win Best Picture, “Star Wars” was the big winner of the evening with 6 Oscars and a Special Achievement award went to Ben Burtt for the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices.

Other films of 1977 were “Smokey and the Bandit”, “Saturday Night Fever”, “Oh, God!”, “A Bridge Too Far”, “The Deep”, “The Spy Who Loved Me”, “Equus”, “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “High Anxiety”. Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in “Pumping Iron”, while Muhammad Ali was “The Greatest.” We don’t have to tell you who starred in “Viva Knievel!”

Jeopardy! clues on “Annie Hall”
BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS $400: In this 1977 Woody Allen-Diane Keaton film, author Truman Capote had an uncredited bit as a Truman Capote look-alike
THE WGA’s TOP 101 SCREENPLAYS $600: The highest-ranked comedy was this 1977 film co-written by Marshall Brickman
FILM CRITICISM $400: “Repetitious and aimless as to seem to beg for oblivion”, said John Simon of this 1977 Woody Allen film
CURMUDGEONLY QUOTES $400: “Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable”, said Woody Allen in this 1977 film
INTELLIGENT FILMS $500: Woody Allen finds media guru Marshall McLuhan in a theater lobby in this 1977 film
DECK THE “HALL”s $100: Woody Allen won 2 Oscars for this 1977 film
THE OSCARS $400: Woody Allen was nominated for acting in, directing & writing this 1977 film; he won for the latter 2

More 1977 film clues:
BALLET DANCERS IN THE CINEMA $1600: He made his feature film debut in 1977’s “The Turning Point” & followed it up with a starring role in “White Nights”
POP “STAR”s $800: Parts of this 1977 blockbuster were inspired by the Japanese films “The Hidden Fortress” & “Yojimbo”
A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE? $200: “Friday Night Sniffles” could have been a prequel to this 1977 film
ON THE BIG SCREEN $2000: Heard here, the “Wilhelm Scream” debuted in a 1951 film but has been used in over 120 others, notably in this 1977 sci fi pic
KENNY $2,000 (Daily Double): At 3’8″ tall, Kenny Baker was memorable as this alphanumeric character in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002 & 2005 films
MY NAME IS GEORGE $2,500 (Daily Double): In a 1977 film he is asked “to tell the truth…& nothing but the truth” & answers, “So help me, me”
QUOTHE THE FILM $1600: This 1977 film: “The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea”
MOVIE-MOBILES $1200: In this 1977 film Burt Reynolds avoids cops while making a major beer run in a Trans Am
2005 IG NOBEL PRIZES $800: 2 U.K. minds won the Peace Ig Nobel for analyzing brain cells of locusts that were watching this 1977 George Lucas film
CELEBRITY CEREAL $600: You only need to add an “s” to the name of this 1977 film android to get his popular cereal
MOVIE DIRECTORS $1000: In 1977 he directed his first film, “Grand Theft Auto”, from a script he co-wrote with his father Rance
CHART TOPPERS $2000: He wrote Bread’s only No. 1 hit, “Make It With You”, as well as the title track to the 1977 film “The Goodbye Girl”
DISCO IN-FILM-O $400: Tara on “All My Children”, Karen Lynn Gorney was a star of this 1977 disco film that could have been Bee-Gee rated
’70s MOVIE THEMES $400: Start spreadin’ the news — Liza Minnelli introduced this title track, the theme to a 1977 film
CINEMANIA $400: This 1977 film that was the highest-earning film of the 1970s didn’t even take place in our galaxy
“SPY” MOVIES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew skiing in Colorado) In a spectacular chase scene, 007 skis off of a cliff near the beginning of this 1977 James Bond film
KNOCK, KNOCK $400: This 1977 film was “as exciting as last year’s weather reports”; guess the force wasn’t with that critic
POP CULTURE $1000: Not to be confused with the boy singers, the Hanson Brothers were hockey goons in this 1977 film
#VIDEOASIS $400: The U.S. national monument seen here is featured prominently in this 1977 Spielberg film (Devils Tower)
FILM ROLES $500: Former “Jeopardy!” host Art Fleming played W. Averell Harriman in a 1977 film with Gregory Peck as this general
DREAMERS $800: This director of “M*A*S*H” & “Nashville” based his 1977 film “Three Women” on one of his dreams
TUESDAY $800: Tuesday was Oscar-nominated for her role in this 1977 Diane Keaton film
MUSICALS $400: This 1977 film was the basis for a 1998 London musical starring Adam Garcia as Tony Manero
MOVIE CHARACTERS $300: John Travolta played paint salesman & disco king Tony Manero in this 1977 film
CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $1000: “Soldier of Orange”, a 1977 film from this country, made Rutger Hauer an international star
MUSICAL THEATRE $500: This playwright adapted the 1993 musical “The Goodbye Girl” from his own screenplay of the 1977 film
“BLACK” & “WHITE” $500: In this 1977 film, an international terrorist organization plots to blow up the Super Bowl
THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $100: Jessica Lange won in 1977 for her performance in this film, & we’re not monkeying around
HISTORICAL FILMS $400: Gregory Peck played the title role in this 1977 film bio about a U.S. general
FILMS OF THE ’70S $100: In a 1977 film, Diane Keaton was “Looking For” him
MR. MOVIES $200: Though Diane Keaton never found the title character in this 1977 film, she found someone really nuts
BALLET $1000: Ballet stars Mikhail Baryshnikov & Leslie Browne were both up for Oscars for this 1977 film
PLAYTIME $200: In 1977, Kenner sold gift certificates for toys based on this sci-fi film since the toys didn’t exist yet
MOVIES: The stars of this 1977 film appeared on the February 10, 1997 cover of Time
DIRECTORS: He was an actor for 21 years before he directed his 1st feature film at age 23 in 1977

List of Best Picture Oscars (50s-70s)