In 1971, Norman Jewison's musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” competed with “The French Connection,” which won Best Picture and other Oscars; Kubrick's “A Clockwork Orange,” Bogdanovich's period drama “The Last Picture Show,” and the historical chronicle “Nicholas and Alexandra.”

“Hope and Glory” was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Director for John Boorman, and Original Screenplay also for Boorman.

Multi-talented actor-producer-director-writer Warren Beatty was nominated for two Director Oscars: in 1978, for the comedy “Heaven Can Wait,” which he co-helmed with Buck Henry, and in 1981 for “Reds.”

Avildsen is one of the few Oscar-winning directors to be nominated just once, and clearly he benefited from the sweep factor. The other nominees for Best Director in 1976 were: Ingmar Bergman for “Face to Face,” Sidney Lumet for “Network,” Alan J. Pakula for “All the President's Men,” and Lina Wertmuller for “Seven Beauties.”

“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” was nominated for six Oscras, including Best Actress, winning awards for its popular title song as well as for some technical categories.