Mhemberero yechi50 yeAcademy Awards, yakapiwa neAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), yakabata mafirimu akabudiswa muna 1977 uye yakaitika pana April 3, 1978, paDorothy Chandler Pavilion muLos Angeles kutanga na7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 manheru EST. Munguva yemhemberero yacho, AMPAS yakapa Academy Awards (inowanzonzi Oscars) mumapoka 23. Mhemberero yacho, yakaparadzirwa paterevhizheni muUnited States neABC, yakabudiswa naHoward W. Koch uye yakatungamirirwa naMarty Pasetta. Mutambi uye muiti wemifananidzo Bob Hope akagamuchira kwenguva yechi 19. Akatanga kutungamirira mhemberero yechi12
rakaitwa muna 1940 uye rakanga rapedzisira kushanda semubatsiri wemhemberero yechi47 yakaitwa muna 1975. Mazuva mashanu izvi zvisati zvaitika, pamhemberero yakaitwa paThe Beverly Hilton muBeverly Hills, California, musi waMarch 29, Academy Scientific and Technical Awards yakapiwa naKirk Douglas naGregory Peck.