The 47th Academy Awards
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The 47th Academy Awards | 1975
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Tuesday, April 8, 1975
Honoring movies released in 1974
Highlights
Honorary Award
Howard Hawks, presented by John Wayne
Supporting Actor
The Godfather Part II
Robert De Niro
Costume Design
The Great Gatsby
Theoni V. Aldredge
Memorable Moments
Robert Towne
Original Screenplay winner for Chinatown, with presenter James Michener
Art Carney
Best Actor winner for Harry and Tonto, with presenter Glenda Jackson
Ingrid Bergman
Supporting Actress winner for Murder on the Orient Express
WINNERS & NOMINEES
0-9
The 81st Blow
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, Producers
A
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
- * Actress - Ellen Burstyn
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Diane Ladd
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Robert Getchell
Amarcord
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - Italy
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, Producers
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Screenplay by Mordecai Richler; Adaptation by Lionel Chetwynd
B
Benji
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Benji's Theme (I Feel Love) in "Benji" Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty Box
Blazing Saddles
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Madeline Kahn
- Film Editing - John C. Howard, Danford Greene
- Music (Song) - Blazing Saddles in "Blazing Saddles" Music by John Morris; Lyrics by Mel Brooks
C
Cats' Play
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Hungary
The Challenge...A Tribute to Modern Art
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Herbert Kline, Producer
Chinatown
11 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
- * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Robert Towne
- Actor - Jack Nicholson
- Actress - Faye Dunaway
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
- Cinematography - John A. Alonzo
- Costume Design - Anthea Sylbert
- Directing - Roman Polanski
- Film Editing - Sam O'Steen
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Jerry Goldsmith
- Best Picture - Robert Evans, Producer
- Sound - Bud Grenzbach, Larry Jost
City Out of Wilderness
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Francis Thompson, Producer
Claudine
1 NOMINATION
- Actress - Diahann Carroll
Climb
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Dewitt Jones, Producer
Closed Mondays
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, Producers
The Concert
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin, Producers
The Conversation
3 NOMINATIONS
- Best Picture - Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Fred Roos, Co-Producer
- Sound - Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Francis Ford Coppola
D
Daisy Miller
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - John Furness
Day for Night
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Valentina Cortese
- Directing - Francois Truffaut
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
The Deluge
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Poland
Don't
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Robin Lehman, Producer
E
Earthquake
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
- * Sound - Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
- * Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) - Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
- Cinematography - Philip Lathrop
- Film Editing - Dorothy Spencer
Exploratorium
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Jon Boorstin, Producer
F
The Family That Dwelt Apart
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall, Producers
G
The Godfather Part II
10 NOMINATIONS, 6 WINS
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert De Niro
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
- * Directing - Francis Ford Coppola
- * Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
- * Best Picture - Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
- * Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
- Actor - Al Pacino
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Michael V. Gazzo, Lee Strasberg
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Talia Shire
- Costume Design - Theadora Van Runkle
Gold
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Wherever Love Takes Me in "Gold" Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black
The Great Gatsby
2 WINS, 2 NOMINATIONS
- * Costume Design - Theoni V. Aldredge
- * Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
H
Harry and Tonto
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
- * Actor - Art Carney
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
Hearts and Minds
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers
Hunger
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Peter Foldes and René Jodoin, Producers
I
The Island at the Top of the World
1 NOMINATION
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
J
John Muir's High Sierra
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, Producers
L
Lacombe, Lucien
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - France
Lenny
6 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Dustin Hoffman
- Actress - Valerie Perrine
- Cinematography - Bruce Surtees
- Directing - Bob Fosse
- Best Picture - Marvin Worth, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Julian Barry
The Little Prince
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
- Music (Song) - Little Prince in "The Little Prince" Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
The Longest Yard
1 NOMINATION
- Film Editing - Michael Luciano
M
Murder on the Orient Express
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Ingrid Bergman
- Actor - Albert Finney
- Cinematography - Geoffrey Unsworth
- Costume Design - Tony Walton
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Richard Rodney Bennett
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Paul Dehn
N
Naked Yoga
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, Producers
O
One-Eyed Men Are Kings
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, Producers
P
Phantom of the Paradise
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) - Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
Planet Ocean
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - George V. Casey, Producer
S
Shanks
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Alex North
T
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jeff Bridges
The Towering Inferno
8 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
- * Cinematography - Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
- * Film Editing - Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
- * Music (Song) - We May Never Love Like This Again in "The Towering Inferno" Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Fred Astaire
- Art Direction - Art Direction: William Creber, Ward Preston; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
- Music (Original Dramatic Score) - John Williams
- Best Picture - Irwin Allen, Producer
- Sound - Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
The Truce
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Argentina
V
The Violin
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, Producers
Voyage to Next
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Faith Hubley and John Hubley, Producers
W
The Wild and the Brave
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones, Producers
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Wolfgang Reitherman, Producer
A Woman under the Influence
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Gena Rowlands
- Directing - John Cassavetes
Y
Young Frankenstein
2 NOMINATIONS
- Sound - Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
- Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
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