Academy Awards for 1974By Patrick Mondout
The 47th Annual Academy Awards were hosted by Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
on April 8, 1975
at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (Los Angeles) and broadcast live on NBC.
The big winners was the second Godfather flick,
which won five of the 11 awards it was up for. The big loser could be
judged to be Chinatown, which only won
for writing after receiving 10 nominations. How Art Carney beat Jack
Nicholson (not to mention Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman) for Best Actor is
still a mystery today.
Bob Hope, who came off badly in the controversial Vietnam documentary Hearts
and Minds, stirred controversy when he prodded co-host Frank
Sinatra into reading a hastily written statement apologizing for
"political references made on the program." Sinatra read the
clearly political statement to widespread booing and a few cheers shortly
after Hearts and Minds producer Bert Schneider gave an acceptance speech
for Best Documentary. Scheider's speech included the following statement,
which Schneider said was from the Viet Cong delegation at the Paris peace
talks:
"Please transmit to all our friends in America our
recognition of all that they have done on behalf of peace and for the
application of the Paris accords on Vietnam. These actions server the
legitimate interests of the American people and the Vietnamese people.
Greetings of friendship to all American people."
Backstage, old Rat Pack friend Shirley MacLaine was livid at Sinatra
for delivering Hope's retort. Sinatra had prefaced it by saying "The
Academy" had asked him to read it, which was Hope's idea but not at
all true. "I'm a member of the Academy and you didn't ask me!",
shouted MacLaine. Hours later, Hope was still attempting to justify his
misdeed by waving supportive telegrams around at the Governor's Ball. It
would be years before Hope was asked to appear on the show again.
François Truffaut's Day for Night, which won last year's Best Foreign
Film award, was back with three more nominations but was shut out.
Note: All nominees are listed and .gif)
denotes the Oscar winner(s).
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| BEST PICTURE |
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Chinatown,
Robert Evans, producer |
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The
Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola, producer |
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The
Godfather Part II, Francis Ford Coppola, producer; Gray
Frederickson and Fred Roos, co-producers |
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Lenny,
Marvin Worth, producer |
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The
Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen, producer |
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| BEST ART
DIRECTION/SET DIRECTION |
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Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart
Campbell, art direction; Ruby Levitt, set decoartion, Chinatown |
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Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston
Ames, art direction; Frank McKelvy, set decoration, Earthquake |
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Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham,
art direction; George R. Nelson, set decoration, The
Godfather Part II |
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Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge,
Walter Tyler and Al Roelofs, art direction; Hal Gausman, set
decoration, The Island at the Top of the World |
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William Creber and Ward Preston, art
direction; Raphael Bretton, set decoration, The
Towering Inferno |
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| BEST SOUND (SONG
ORIGINAL TO THE PICTURE) |
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“Benji's Theme” (I Feel Love), Benji,
Euel Box, music; Betty Box, lyrics |
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“Blazing Saddles,” Blazing
Saddles, John Morris, music; Mel Brooks, lyrics |
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“Wherever Love Takes Me,” Gold,
Elmer Bernstein, music; Don Black, Iyrics |
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“Little Prince,” The
Little Prince, Frederick Loewe, music; Alan Jay Lerner, Iyrics |
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“We May Never Love Like This
Again,” The Towering Inferno,
Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, music and Iyrics |
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| BEST MUSIC
(ORIGINAL SONG SCORE OR ADAPTATION) |
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Nelson Riddle, adaptation, The
Great Gatsby |
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Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe,
song; Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley, adaptation, The
Little Prince |
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Paul Williams, song; George Aliceson
Tipton and Paul Williams, adaptation, Phantom
of the Paradise |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(ANIMATED) |
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Closed Mondays (Will Vinton and Bob
Gardiner, producers; Lighthouse Productions) |
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The Family That Dwelt Apart (Yvon
Mallette and Robert Verrall, producers; National Film Board of
Canada) |
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Hunger (Peter Foldes and René
Jodoin, producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
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Voyage to Next (Faith Hubley and
John Hubley, producers; Hubley Studios) |
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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
(Wolfgang Reitherman, producer; Walt Disney Productions) |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(LIVE ACTION) |
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Climb (Dewitt Jones, producer;
Dewitt Jones Productions) |
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The Concert (Julian and Claude
Chagrin, producers; The Black and White Colour Film Company, Ltd.) |
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One-Eyed Men Are Kings (Paul Claudon
and Edmond Sechan, producers; C.A.P.A.C. Productions) |
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Planet Ocean (George V. Casey,
producer; Graphic Films) |
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The Violin (Andrew Welsh and George
Pastic, producers; Sincinkin, Ltd.) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECTS) |
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City Out of Wilderness (Francis
Thompson, producer; Francis Thompson Inc.) |
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Don't (Robin Lehman, producer; R. A.
Films) |
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Exploratorium (Jon Boorstin,
producer; Jon Boorstin Production) |
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John Muir's High Sierra (Dewitt
Jones and Lesley Foster, producers; Dewitt Jones Productions) |
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Naked Yoga (Ronald S. Kass and
Mervyn Lloyd, producers; Filmshop Production) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(FEATURES) |
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Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
(Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, producers; Rocky Mountain
Productions) |
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The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern
Art (Herbert Kline, producer; World View Production) |
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The 81st Blow (Jacquot Ehrlich,
David Bergman and Haim Gouri, producers; Ghetto Fighters House Film) |
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Hearts
and Minds (Touchstone-Audjeff-BBS Production; Howard
Zucker/Henry Jaglom-Rainbow Pictures Presentation) |
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The Wild and the Brave (E.S.J.
Productions in association with Tomorrow Entertainment Inc. and
Jones/Howard Ltd.) |
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| BEST FOREIGN
LANGUAGE FILM |
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Amarcord,
Italy |
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Cats' Play, Hungary |
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The Deluge, Poland |
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Lacombe, Lucien, France |
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The Truce, Argentina |
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Other Awards
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was won by Arthur B. Krim while
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock won a Visual Effects
Special Achievement Award for their work on Earthquake.
Honorary awards were given to Howard Hawks ("a master American
filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world
cinema") and 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").
Scientific Awards
The Burbank Studios Sound Department (Sound)
Glen Glenn Sound (Sound)
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department (Sound)
Joseph D. Kelly (Sound)
Robert J. Leonard (Sound)
Quad-Eight Sound Corporation (Sound)
Sensurround System (Sound)
Richard J. Stumpf (Sound)
Universal City Studio Sound Department (Sound)
Waldon O. Watson (Sound)
Louis Ami (Stage Operations)
The Elemack Company, Rome, Italy (Camera Cranes)
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