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Academy Awards, USA: 1975

Oscar

Date:8 April
Host:Sammy Davis Jr.; Bob Hope (I); Shirley MacLaine; Frank Sinatra
Location:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:
  • Documentary award winner Bert Schneider (I) read a controversial Vietnamese telegram as part of his acceptance speech. Later in the ceremony, co-host Frank Sinatra issued a disclaimer on behalf of the Academy disavowing any official endorsement of the telegram's content.

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Chinatown (1974) - Robert Evans (I)
  • Conversation, The (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Lenny (1974) - Marvin Worth
  • Towering Inferno, The (1974) - Irwin Allen (I)

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - Jack Nicholson
  • Godfather: Part II, The (1974) - Al Pacino
  • Lenny (1974) - Dustin Hoffman
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - Albert Finney

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - Faye Dunaway
  • Claudine (1974) - Diahann Carroll
  • Lenny (1974) - Valerie Perrine
  • Woman Under the Influence, A (1974) - Gena Rowlands

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Godfather: Part II, The (1974) - Michael V. Gazzo
  • Godfather: Part II, The (1974) - Lee Strasberg
  • Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) - Jeff Bridges (I)
  • Towering Inferno, The (1974) - Fred Astaire

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) - Diane Ladd
  • Blazing Saddles (1974) - Madeline Kahn
  • Godfather: Part II, The (1974) - Talia Shire
  • Nuit américaine, La (1973) - Valentina Cortese

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - Roman Polanski
  • Lenny (1974) - Bob Fosse
  • Nuit américaine, La (1973) - François Truffaut
  • Woman Under the Influence, A (1974) - John Cassavetes

  • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) - Robert Getchell
  • Conversation, The (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Harry and Tonto (1974) - Paul Mazursky; Josh Greenfeld
  • Nuit américaine, La (1973) - François Truffaut; Jean-Louis Richard; Suzanne Schiffman

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The (1974) - Mordecai Richler; Lionel Chetwynd
  • Lenny (1974) - Julian Barry
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - Paul Dehn
  • Young Frankenstein (1974) - Gene Wilder; Mel Brooks

  • Best Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - John A. Alonzo
  • Earthquake (1974) - Philip H. Lathrop
  • Lenny (1974) - Bruce Surtees
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - Geoffrey Unsworth

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - Richard Sylbert; W. Stewart Campbell; Ruby R. Levitt
  • Earthquake (1974) - Alexander Golitzen; E. Preston Ames; Frank R. McKelvy
  • Island at the Top of the World, The (1974) - Peter Ellenshaw; John B. Mansbridge; Walter H. Tyler; Al Roelofs; Hal Gausman
  • Towering Inferno, The (1974) - William J. Creber; Ward Preston; Raphael Bretton

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - Anthea Sylbert
  • Daisy Miller (1974) - John Furniss
  • Godfather: Part II, The (1974) - Theadora Van Runkle
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - Tony Walton (I)

  • Best Sound
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - Charles Grenzbach (I); Larry Jost
  • Conversation, The (1974) - Walter Murch; Art Rochester
  • Towering Inferno, The (1974) - Theodore Soderberg; Herman Lewis
  • Young Frankenstein (1974) - Richard Portman; Gene S. Cantamessa

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Blazing Saddles (1974) - John C. Howard; Danford B. Greene
  • Chinatown (1974) - Sam O'Steen
  • Earthquake (1974) - Dorothy Spencer
  • Longest Yard, The (1974) - Michael Luciano (III)

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Benji (1974) - Euel Box (music); Betty Box (lyrics)
    - For the song "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)"
  • Blazing Saddles (1974) - John Morris (II) (music); Mel Brooks (lyrics)
    - For the song "Blazing Saddles"
  • Gold (1974) - Elmer Bernstein (music); Don Black (I) (lyrics)
    - For the song "Wherever Love Takes Me"
  • Little Prince, The (1974) - Frederick Loewe (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
    - For the song "Little Prince"

  • Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chinatown (1974) - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Shanks (1974) - Alex North
  • Towering Inferno, The (1974) - John Williams (I)

  • Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Little Prince, The (1974) - Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe; Angela Morley; Douglas Gamley
  • Phantom of the Paradise (1974) - Paul Williams (III); George Aliceson Tipton

  • Best Short Film, Animated
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Family That Dwelt Apart, The (1974) - Yvon Malette; Robert Verrall
  • Hunger (1974) - Peter Foldes; René Jodoin
  • Voyage to Next (1974) - Faith Hubley; John Hubley
  • Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) - Wolfgang Reitherman

  • Best Short Film, Live Action
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Climb (1974) - Dewitt Jones (I)
  • Concert, The (1974) - Julian Chagrin; Claude Chagrin
  • Planet Ocean (1974) - George Casey (I)
  • Violin, The (1974) - Andrew Welsh (I); George Pastic

  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • City Out of Wilderness (1974) - Francis Thompson (I)
  • Exploratorium (1974) - Jon Boorstin
  • John Muir's High Sierra (1974) - Dewitt Jones (I); Lesley Foster
  • Naked Yoga (1974) - Ronald S. Kass; Mervyn Lloyd

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974) - Judy Collins (I); Jill Godmilow
  • Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art, The (1977) - Herbert Kline
  • Makah Hashmonim V'Echad, Ha- (1974) - Jacques Ehrlich; David Bergman (I); Haim Gouri
  • Wild and the Brave, The (1974) - Natalie R. Jones; Eugene S. Jones

  • Best Foreign Language Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Lacombe Lucien (1974)
    - France
  • Macskajáték (1972)
    - Hungary
  • Potop (1974)
    - Poland
  • Tregua, La (1974)
    - Argentina

  • Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Howard Hawks
      - A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema.
    • 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.

    Special Achievement Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Arthur B. Krim

    Academy Award of Merit

    Date:3 April
    Location:Champagne Room, Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

      Winner:
     

    • - Not awarded.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winners:
     
    • Burbank SSD
      - For the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
    • Quad-Eight Sound Corp.
      - For the engineering and construction of new audio control consoles designed by The Burbank Studios Sound Department and by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department.
    • Samuel Goldwyn SSD
      - For the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
    • Joseph D. Kelly (Glen Glenn Sound)
      - For the design of new audio control consoles which have advanced the state of the art of sound recording and rerecording for motion picture production.
    • Waldon O. Watson; Richard J. Stumpf; Robert J. Leonard; Universal City SSD
      - For the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winners:
     
    • Elemack Co., Rome, Italy
      - For the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly.
    • Louis Ami (Universal City Studios)
      - For the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures.