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Academy Awards

47th edition

  • April 8, 1975
  • United States

The 47th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, April 8, 1975, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1974. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra. Before ABC, the ceremony's current broadcaster, acquired the U.S. broadcast rights, this was the last ceremony to air on NBC.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos - as producer(s) Winner
Chinatown Robert Evans - as producer(s) —
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos - as producer(s) —
Lenny Marvin Worth - as producer(s) —
The Towering Inferno Irwin Allen - as producer(s) —
Best Director
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola Winner
Chinatown Roman Polanski —
Day for Night François Truffaut —
Lenny Bob Fosse —
A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Harry and Tonto Art Carney Winner
Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney —
Lenny Dustin Hoffman —
Chinatown Jack Nicholson —
The Godfather Part II Al Pacino —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Ellen Burstyn Winner
Claudine Diahann Carroll —
Chinatown Faye Dunaway —
Lenny Valerie Perrine —
A Woman Under the Influence Gena Rowlands —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Godfather Part II Robert De Niro Winner
The Towering Inferno Fred Astaire —
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Jeff Bridges —
The Godfather Part II Michael V. Gazzo —
The Godfather Part II Lee Strasberg —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Murder on the Orient Express Ingrid Bergman Winner
Day for Night Valentina Cortese —
Blazing Saddles Madeline Kahn —
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Diane Ladd —
The Godfather Part II Talia Shire —
Best Original Screenplay
Chinatown Robert Towne Winner
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Robert Getchell —
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola —
Day for Night François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Louis Richard —
Harry and Tonto Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld —
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo Winner
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Mordecai Richler, Lionel Chetwynd —
Lenny Julian Barry —
Murder on the Orient Express Paul Dehn —
Young Frankenstein Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks —
Best International Feature Film
Amarcord — Winner
Cat's Play — —
The Deluge — —
Lacombe, Lucien — —
The Truce — —
Best Documentary Feature Film
Hearts and Minds Peter Davis Winner
The 81st Blow Haim Gouri —
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman Judy Collins, Jill Godmilow —
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art Herbert Kline —
The Wild and the Brave Natalie R. Jones, Eugene S. Jones —
Best Original Score
The Godfather Part II Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola Winner
Chinatown Jerry Goldsmith —
Murder on the Orient Express Richard Rodney Bennett —
Shanks Alex North —
The Towering Inferno John Williams —
Best Cinematography
The Towering Inferno Joseph Biroc, Fred J. Koenekamp Winner
Chinatown John A. Alonzo —
Earthquake Philip H. Lathrop —
Lenny Bruce Surtees —
Murder on the Orient Express Geoffrey Unsworth —
Best Film Editing
The Towering Inferno Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress Winner
Blazing Saddles John C. Howard, Danford Greene —
Chinatown Sam O'Steen —
Earthquake Dorothy Spencer —
The Longest Yard Michael Luciano —
Best Sound
Earthquake Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe Sr. Winner
Chinatown Bud Grenzbach, Larry Jost —
The Conversation Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester —
The Towering Inferno Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis —
Young Frankenstein Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa —
Best Original Song Score
The Great Gatsby Nelson Riddle Winner
The Little Prince Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley —
Phantom of the Paradise Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton —
Best Original Song
The Towering Inferno Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn - "We May Never Love Like This Again" Winner
Benji Betty Box - "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" —
Blazing Saddles John Morris, Mel Brooks - "Blazing Saddles" —
The Little Prince Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner - "Little Prince" —
Gold Elmer Bernstein, Don Black - "Wherever Love Takes Me" —
Best Production Design
The Godfather Part II Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson Winner
Chinatown Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, Ruby R. Levitt —
Earthquake Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank R. McKelvy —
The Island at the Top of the World Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter H. Tyler, Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman —
The Towering Inferno William J. Creber, Ward Preston, Raphaël Bretton —
Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby Theoni V. Aldredge Winner
Chinatown Anthea Sylbert —
Daisy Miller John Furniss —
The Godfather Part II Theadora Van Runkle —
Murder on the Orient Express Tony Walton —
Best Short Film (Live Action)
One-Eyed Men Are Kings Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan Winner
Climb Dewitt Jones —
The Concert Julian Chagrin, Claude Chagrin —
Planet Ocean George V. Casey —
The Violin Andrew Welsh, George Pastic —
Best Documentary Short Film
Don't Robin Lehman Winner
City Out of Wilderness — —
Exploratorium — —
John Muir's High Sierra — —
Naked Yoga — —
Best Animated Short Film
Closed Mondays Will Vinton, Bob Gardiner Winner
The Family That Dwelt Apart Yvon Mallette, Robert Verrall —
Hunger Peter Foldes, René Jodoin —
Voyage to Next John Hubley, Faith Hubley —
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too Wolfgang Reitherman —
Honorary Award
— Howard Hawks - a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema. Winner
— Jean Renoir - a genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration. Winner
Special Achievement Award
Earthquake Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock - for visual effetcs. Winner
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
— Arthur B. Krim Winner

The Godfather Part II
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • The Godfather Part II 6
  • The Towering Inferno 3
  • Earthquake 2
  • The Great Gatsby 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Chinatown 11
  • The Godfather Part II 11
  • The Towering Inferno 8
  • Lenny 6
  • Murder on the Orient Express 6
  • Earthquake 5
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 3
  • Blazing Saddles 3
  • The Conversation 3
  • Day for Night 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Chinatown 1 / 11
  • Lenny 0 / 6
  • The Godfather Part II 6 / 11
  • The Towering Inferno 3 / 8
  • Murder on the Orient Express 1 / 6
  • Earthquake 2 / 5
  • Blazing Saddles 0 / 3
  • The Conversation 0 / 3
  • Day for Night 0 / 3
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1 / 3

Only one nomination

35 movies:
  • The 81st Blow
  • Amarcord
  • Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
  • Benji
  • Cat's Play
  • The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
  • City Out of Wilderness
  • Claudine
  • Climb
  • Closed Mondays
  • The Concert
  • Daisy Miller
  • The Deluge
  • Don't
  • Exploratorium
  • The Family That Dwelt Apart
  • Gold
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Hunger
  • The Island at the Top of the World
  • John Muir's High Sierra
  • Lacombe, Lucien
  • The Longest Yard
  • Naked Yoga
  • One-Eyed Men Are Kings
  • Phantom of the Paradise
  • Planet Ocean
  • Shanks
  • Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
  • The Truce
  • The Violin
  • Voyage to Next
  • The Wild and the Brave
  • Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

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