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The 46th Academy Awards
| 1974
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Tuesday, April 2, 1974
Honoring movies released in 1973
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Highlights
Supporting Actor
The Paper Chase
John Houseman
Adapted Screenplay
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
Honorary Award
Groucho Marx
Memorable Moments
Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch
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Original Song winners for "The Way We Were"
Tatum O'Neal
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Supporting Actress winner for Paper Moon
Edith Head
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Costume Designer winner for The Sting, with presenter Twiggy
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Jack Lemmon
Save the Tiger
Nominees
Marlon Brando
Last Tango in Paris
Nominees
Jack Nicholson
The Last Detail
Nominees
Al Pacino
Serpico
Nominees
Robert Redford
The Sting
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
John Houseman
The Paper Chase
Nominees
Vincent Gardenia
Bang the Drum Slowly
Nominees
Jack Gilford
Save the Tiger
Nominees
Jason Miller
The Exorcist
Nominees
Randy Quaid
The Last Detail
Actress
Winner
Glenda Jackson
A Touch of Class
Nominees
Ellen Burstyn
The Exorcist
Nominees
Marsha Mason
Cinderella Liberty
Nominees
Barbra Streisand
The Way We Were
Nominees
Joanne Woodward
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Tatum O'Neal
Paper Moon
Nominees
Linda Blair
The Exorcist
Nominees
Candy Clark
American Graffiti
Nominees
Madeline Kahn
Paper Moon
Nominees
Sylvia Sidney
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Art Direction
Winner
The Sting
Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James Payne
Nominees
Brother Sun Sister Moon
Art Direction: Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta; Set Decoration: Carmelo Patrono
Nominees
The Exorcist
Art Direction: Bill Malley; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich
Nominees
Tom Sawyer
Art Direction: Philip Jefferies; Set Decoration: Robert de Vestel
Nominees
The Way We Were
Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
Cinematography
Winner
Cries and Whispers
Sven Nykvist
Nominees
The Exorcist
Owen Roizman
Nominees
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jack Couffer
Nominees
The Sting
Robert Surtees
Nominees
The Way We Were
Harry Stradling, Jr.
Costume Design
Winner
The Sting
Edith Head
Nominees
Cries and Whispers
Marik Vos
Nominees
Ludwig
Piero Tosi
Nominees
Tom Sawyer
Donfeld
Nominees
The Way We Were
Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry
Directing
Winner
The Sting
George Roy Hill
Nominees
American Graffiti
George Lucas
Nominees
Cries and Whispers
Ingmar Bergman
Nominees
The Exorcist
William Friedkin
Nominees
Last Tango in Paris
Bernardo Bertolucci
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Great American Cowboy
Kieth Merrill, Producer
Nominees
Always a New Beginning
John D. Goodell, Producer
Nominees
Battle of Berlin
Bengt von zur Muehlen, Producer
Nominees
Journey to the Outer Limits
Alex Grasshoff, Producer
Nominees
Walls of Fire
Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Princeton: A Search for Answers
Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
Nominees
Background
Carmen D'Avino, Producer
Nominees
Children at Work (Paisti Ag Obair)
Louis Marcus, Producer
Nominees
Christo's Valley Curtain
Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Producers
Nominees
Four Stones for Kanemitsu
Terry Sanders and June Wayne, Producers
Film Editing
Winner
The Sting
William Reynolds
Nominees
American Graffiti
Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
Nominees
The Day of the Jackal
Ralph Kemplen
Nominees
The Exorcist
Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay
Nominees
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Frank P. Keller, James Galloway
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Day for Night
France
Nominees
The House on Chelouche Street
Israel
Nominees
L'Invitation
Switzerland
Nominees
The Pedestrian
West Germany
Nominees
Turkish Delight
The Netherlands
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Lawrence Weingarten
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Lew Wasserman
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
Winner
The Way We Were
Marvin Hamlisch
Nominees
Cinderella Liberty
John Williams
Nominees
The Day of the Dolphin
Georges Delerue
Nominees
Papillon
Jerry Goldsmith
Nominees
A Touch of Class
John Cameron
Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
Winner
The Sting
Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
Nominees
Jesus Christ Superstar
Adaptation Score by Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Nominees
Tom Sawyer
Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
Music (Song)
Winner
The Way We Were
The Way We Were in "The Way We Were" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Nominees
A Touch of Class
All That Love Went To Waste in "A Touch of Class" Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Nominees
Live and Let Die
Live And Let Die in "Live and Let Die" Music and Lyrics by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
Nominees
Robin Hood
Love in "Robin Hood" Music by George Bruns; Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston
Nominees
Cinderella Liberty
Nice To Be Around in "Cinderella Liberty" Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Paul Williams
Best Picture
Winner
The Sting
Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers
Nominees
American Graffiti
Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gary Kurtz, Co-Producer
Nominees
Cries and Whispers
Ingmar Bergman, Producer
Nominees
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty, Producer
Nominees
A Touch of Class
Melvin Frank, Producer
Short Subject (Animated)
Winner
Frank Film
Frank Mouris, Producer
Nominees
The Legend of John Henry
Nick Bosustow and David Adams, Producers
Nominees
Pulcinella
Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini, Producers
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
The Bolero
Allan Miller and William Fertik, Producers
Nominees
Clockmaker
Richard Gayer, Producer
Nominees
Life Times Nine
Pen Densham and John Watson, Producers
Sound
Winner
The Exorcist
Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
Nominees
The Day of the Dolphin
Richard Portman, Lawrence O. Jost
Nominees
The Paper Chase
Donald O. Mitchell, Lawrence O. Jost
Nominees
Paper Moon
Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz
Nominees
The Sting
Ronald K. Pierce, Robert Bertrand
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Winner
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
Nominees
The Last Detail
Robert Towne
Nominees
The Paper Chase
James Bridges
Nominees
Paper Moon
Alvin Sargent
Nominees
Serpico
Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
Writing (Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Winner
The Sting
David S. Ward
Nominees
American Graffiti
George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
Nominees
Cries and Whispers
Ingmar Bergman
Nominees
Save the Tiger
Steve Shagan
Nominees
A Touch of Class
Melvin Frank, Jack Rose
A
Always a New Beginning
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - John D. Goodell, Producer
American Graffiti
5 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Candy Clark
- Directing - George Lucas
- Film Editing - Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
- Best Picture - Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gary Kurtz, Co-Producer
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) - George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
B
Background
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Carmen D'Avino, Producer
Bang the Drum Slowly
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Vincent Gardenia
Battle of Berlin
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Bengt von zur Muehlen, Producer
The Bolero
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Live Action) - Allan Miller and William Fertik, Producers
Brother Sun Sister Moon
1 NOMINATION
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta; Set Decoration: Carmelo Patrono
C
Children at Work (Paisti Ag Obair)
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Louis Marcus, Producer
Christo's Valley Curtain
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Producers
Cinderella Liberty
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Marsha Mason
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - John Williams
- Music (Song) - Nice To Be Around in "Cinderella Liberty" Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Paul Williams
Clockmaker
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Richard Gayer, Producer
Cries and Whispers
5 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Cinematography - Sven Nykvist
- Costume Design - Marik Vos
- Directing - Ingmar Bergman
- Best Picture - Ingmar Bergman, Producer
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) - Ingmar Bergman
D
Day for Night
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - France
The Day of the Dolphin
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Georges Delerue
- Sound - Richard Portman, Lawrence O. Jost
The Day of the Jackal
1 NOMINATION
- Film Editing - Ralph Kemplen
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The Exorcist
10 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Sound - Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
- * Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - William Peter Blatty
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jason Miller
- Actress - Ellen Burstyn
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Linda Blair
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Bill Malley; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich
- Cinematography - Owen Roizman
- Directing - William Friedkin
- Film Editing - Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay
- Best Picture - William Peter Blatty, Producer
F
Four Stones for Kanemitsu
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Terry Sanders and June Wayne, Producers
Frank Film
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Animated) - Frank Mouris, Producer
G
The Great American Cowboy
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Kieth Merrill, Producer
H
The House on Chelouche Street
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Israel
J
Jesus Christ Superstar
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Adaptation Score by Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
2 NOMINATIONS
- Cinematography - Jack Couffer
- Film Editing - Frank P. Keller, James Galloway
Journey to the Outer Limits
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Alex Grasshoff, Producer
L
L'Invitation
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Switzerland
The Last Detail
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Jack Nicholson
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Randy Quaid
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Robert Towne
Last Tango in Paris
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Marlon Brando
- Directing - Bernardo Bertolucci
The Legend of John Henry
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Animated) - Nick Bosustow and David Adams, Producers
Life Times Nine
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Pen Densham and John Watson, Producers
Live and Let Die
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Live And Let Die in "Live and Let Die" Music and Lyrics by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
Ludwig
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Piero Tosi
P
The Paper Chase
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - John Houseman
- Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Lawrence O. Jost
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - James Bridges
Paper Moon
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Tatum O'Neal
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Madeline Kahn
- Sound - Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Alvin Sargent
Papillon
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Jerry Goldsmith
The Pedestrian
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - West Germany
Princeton: A Search for Answers
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
Pulcinella
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Animated) - Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini, Producers
R
Robin Hood
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Love in "Robin Hood" Music by George Bruns; Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston
S
Save the Tiger
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor - Jack Lemmon
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Gilford
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) - Steve Shagan
Serpico
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Al Pacino
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
The Sting
10 NOMINATIONS,
7 WINS
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James Payne
- * Costume Design - Edith Head
- * Directing - George Roy Hill
- * Film Editing - William Reynolds
- * Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
- * Best Picture - Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers
- * Writing (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) - David S. Ward
- Actor - Robert Redford
- Cinematography - Robert Surtees
- Sound - Ronald K. Pierce, Robert Bertrand
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Joanne Woodward
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Sylvia Sidney
T
Tom Sawyer
3 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Philip Jefferies; Set Decoration: Robert de Vestel
- Costume Design - Donfeld
- Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
A Touch of Class
5 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress - Glenda Jackson
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - John Cameron
- Music (Song) - All That Love Went To Waste in "A Touch of Class" Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- Best Picture - Melvin Frank, Producer
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) - Melvin Frank, Jack Rose
Turkish Delight
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - The Netherlands
W
Walls of Fire
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney, Producers
The Way We Were
6 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Marvin Hamlisch
- * Music (Song) - The Way We Were in "The Way We Were" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
- Actress - Barbra Streisand
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
- Cinematography - Harry Stradling, Jr.
- Costume Design - Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry
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