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Which Oscar-winning film was the first to use Dolby Stereo?

  • A Clockwork Orange

  • Star Wars

  • The Godfather

  • A Star is Born

Answer

A Star is Born (1976) was the first film to use Dolby Stereo, a technology that improved the quality of movie soundtracks by encoding four channels of audio into two. This film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and helped popularize Dolby's audio technology in the film industry.
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