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The Oscars: The 45th Academy Awards (1972): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS AWARDS
10
10
8
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
Cabaret
The Godfather
The Poseidon Adventure
Lady Sings the Blues
The Emigrants
Sleuth
Sounder
Travels with My Aunt
Butterflies Are Free
Deliverance
Young Winston
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Cabaret
The Godfather
Butterflies Are Free
The Candidate
A Christmas Carol
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Limelight
Marjoe
Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream
The Poseidon Adventure
This Tiny World
Travels with My Aunt

NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND

Best Picture winner
Best Picture nominee
Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)


Cabaret - Cy Feuer
Deliverance - John Boorman
The Emigrants - Bengt Forslund
The Godfather - Albert S. Ruddy
Sounder - Robert B. Radnitz

DIRECTING


Cabaret - Bob Fosse
Deliverance - John Boorman
The Emigrants - Jan Troell
The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola
Sleuth - Joseph L. Mankiewicz

ACTOR


Marlon Brando - The Godfather [1]
Michael Caine - Sleuth
Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class
Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
Paul Winfield - Sounder

ACTRESS


Liza Minnelli - Cabaret
Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues
Maggie Smith - Travels with My Aunt
Cicely Tyson - Sounder
Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)


Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid
James Caan - The Godfather
Robert Duvall - The Godfather
Joel Grey - Cabaret
Al Pacino - The Godfather

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)


Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid
Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free
Geraldine Page - Pete 'n' Tillie
Susan Tyrrell - Fat City
Shelley Winters - The Poseidon Adventure

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY


Cabaret - Jay Allen
The Emigrants - Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund
The Godfather - Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Pete 'n' Tillie - Julius J. Epstein
Sounder - Lonne Elder III

STORY AND SCREENPLAY (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)


The Candidate - Jeremy Larner
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Story, Screenplay by Luis Buņuel; in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carričre
Lady Sings the Blues - Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
Murmur of the Heart - Louis Malle
Young Winston - Carl Foreman

SONG (Song--Original for the Picture)


"Ben" - Ben - Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black
"Come Follow, Follow Me" - The Little Ark - Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Marsha Karlin
"Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean - Music by Maurice Jarre; Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman
"The Morning After" - The Poseidon Adventure - Music, Lyrics by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
"Strange Are the Ways of Love" - The Stepmother - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE


The Godfather - Nino Rota [2]
images - John Williams
Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
Napoleon and Samantha - Buddy Baker
The Poseidon Adventure - John Williams
Sleuth - John Addison [2]

SCORING (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)


Cabaret - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
Lady Sings the Blues - Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
Man of La Mancha - Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal

FILM EDITING


Cabaret - David Bretherton
Deliverance - Tom Priestley
The Godfather - William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
The Hot Rock - Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger
The Poseidon Adventure - Harold F. Kress

CINEMATOGRAPHY


Butterflies Are Free - Charles B. Lang
Cabaret - Geoffrey Unsworth
The Poseidon Adventure - Harold E. Stine
1776 - Harry Stradling Jr.
Travels with My Aunt - Douglas Slocombe

ART DIRECTION


Cabaret - Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel
Lady Sings the Blues - Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: Reg Allen
The Poseidon Adventure - Art Direction: William Creber; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
Travels with My Aunt - Art Direction: John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing
Young Winston - Art Direction: Geoffrey Drake, Don Ashton, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson; Set Decoration: Peter James

COSTUME DESIGN


The Godfather - Anna Hill Johnstone
Lady Sings the Blues - Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch
The Poseidon Adventure - Paul Zastupnevich
Travels with My Aunt - Anthony Powell
Young Winston - Anthony Mendleson

SOUND


Butterflies Are Free - Arthur Piantadosi, Charles Knight
Cabaret - Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
The Candidate - Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
The Godfather - Bud Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman
The Poseidon Adventure - Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis

VISUAL EFFECTS (Special Achievement Award)


The Poseidon Adventure - L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


The Dawns Here Are Quiet - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - France
I Love You Rosa - Israel
My Dearest Seņorita - Spain
The New Land - Sweden

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)


Ape and Super-Ape - Bert Haanstra
Malcolm X - Marvin Worth, Arnold Perl
Manson - Robert Hendrickson, Laurence Merrick
Marjoe - Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan
The Silent Revolution - Eckehard Munck

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)


Hundertwasser's Rainy Day - Peter Schamoni
K-Z - Giorgio Treves
Selling Out - Tadeusz Jaworski
This Tiny World - Charles Huguenot van der Linden, Martina Huguenot van der Linden
The Tide of Traffic - Humphrey Swingler

SHORT SUBJECT (Animated)


A Christmas Carol - Richard Williams
Kama Sutra Rides Again - Bob Godfrey
Tup Tup - Nedeljko Dragic

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)


Frog Story - Ron Satlof, Ray Gideon
Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream - Richard Barclay
Solo - David Adams

HONORARY AWARDS


To Charles S. Boren, Leader for 38 years of the industry's enlightened labor relations and architect of its policy of non-discrimination. With the respect and affection of all who work in films.
To Edward G. Robinson who achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen...in sum, a Renaissance man. From his friends in the industry he loves. [3]

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD


Rosalind Russell

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)


To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the development and engineering of the Panaflex motion picture camera. [Camera]
To EDWARD H. REICHARD and HOWARD T. LA ZARE of Consolidated Film Industries, and EDWARD EFRON of IBM for the engineering of a computerized light valve monitoring system for motion picture printing. [Laboratory]
To JOSEPH E. BLUTH for research and development in the field of electronic photography and transfer of video tape to motion picture film. [Laboratory]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)


To CARTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. and RAMTRONICS for the RAMtronics light-valve photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory]
To DAVID DEGENKOLB, HARRY LARSON, MANFRED MICHELSON and FRED SCOBEY of DeLuxe General Incorporated for the development of a computerized motion picture printer and process control system. [Laboratory]
To PHOTO RESEARCH, A DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION, and PSC TECHNOLOGY INC., ACME PRODUCTS DIVISION, for the Spectra Film Gate Photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory]
To JIRO MUKAI and RYUSHO HIROSE of Canon, Inc., and WILTON R. HOLM of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Canon Macro Zoom Lens for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
To E. H. GEISSLER and G. M. BERGGREN of Wil-Kin Inc., for engineering of the Ultra-Vision Motion Picture Theater Projection System. [Projection]
To PHILIP V. PALMQUIST and LEONARD L. OLSON of the 3M Company, and FRANK P. CLARK of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography. [Props]

ACADEMY NOTES


1. Mr. Brando refused the award.
2. 'The Godfather' score was originally announced as one of the five official nominees. It was later pointed out that portions of the score and the main theme were composed by Mr. Rota for his score to the 1958 Italian film, 'Fortunella.' The Music Branch was given this information and re-balloted to determine the fifth nomination. The list of six films they were to choose from were the remaining five of the Top ten preliminary listings, plus 'The Godfather' score. The results of the re-balloting was that the fifth nomination became 'Sleuth'.
3. The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer this award on January 6, 1973. Mr. Robinson passed away on January 26th, and the award was accepted on his behalf by his wife.

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