There was a lot going on in 1976. Underdog Jimmy Carter beat Gerald Ford for the presidency, China’s Chairman Mao Zedong died after 27 years in charge, and Australia passed the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, the first legislation in Australia that enabled First Nations people to claim land rights. While a heatwave swept Europe, pop culture caught fire; Abba put out “Dancing Queen”, The Eagles released their Hotel California album, and, in the year’s last month, The Sex Pistols cursed live on British TV.
But cinema was something else. People still talk in hushed tones about the Oscars that followed, where,
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