1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards objet du désir")<br> 3. John Travolta – "Saturday Night Fever" 1. Diane Keaton – "Annie Hall"<br> 2. Shelley Duvall – "3 Women"<br> 3. Jane Fonda – "Julia" 1. Edward Fox – "A Bridge Too Far"<br> 2. Bill Macy – "The Late Show"<br> 3. David Hemmings – "Islands in the Stream"<br> 3. Maximilian Schell – "Julia" 1. Ann Wedgeworth – "Handle with Care"<br> 2. Marcia Rodd – "Handle with Care"<br> 3. Sissy Spacek – "3 Women" 1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 12th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 19 December 1977, honored the best filmmaking of
Annie Hall with the words, "ending to be shot." Allen suggested "Anhedonia", a term for the inability to experience pleasure, as a working title, and Brickman suggested alternatives including "It Had to Be Jew", "Rollercoaster Named Desire" and "Me and My Goy." An advertising agency, hired by United Artists, embraced Allen's choice of an obscure word by suggesting the studio take out newspaper advertisements that looked like fake tabloid headlines such as "Anhedonia Strikes Cleveland!". However, Allen experimented with several titles over five test screenings, including "Anxiety" and "Annie and Alvy", before settling on "Annie Hall". Several references in the film to