Best Picture

WINNER

The Godfather: Albert S. Ruddy

NOMINEES

Cabaret: Cy Feuer

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Deliverance: John Boorman

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The Emigrants: Bengt Forslund

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Sounder: Robert B. Radnitz

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Godfather: Marlon Brando
Brando did not show up at the ceremony, but instead sent an Indian woman named Sacheen Littlefeather a.k.a. Maria Cruz, a Native American Californian actress.

NOMINEES

Sleuth: Michael Caine

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Sleuth: Laurence Olivier

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The Ruling Class: Peter O'Toole

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Sounder: Paul Winfield

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Cabaret: Liza Minnelli

NOMINEES

Lady Sings the Blues: Diana Ross

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Travels with My Aunt: Maggie Smith

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Sounder: Cicely Tyson

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The Emigrants: Liv Ullmann

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Cabaret: Joel Grey

NOMINEES

The Heartbreak Kid: Eddie Albert

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The Godfather: James Caan

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The Godfather: Robert Duvall

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The Godfather: Al Pacino

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Butterflies Are Free: Eileen Heckart

NOMINEES

The Heartbreak Kid: Jeannie Berlin

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Pete 'n' Tillie: Geraldine Page

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Fat City: Susan Tyrrell

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The Poseidon Adventure: Shelley Winters

Best Director

WINNER

Cabaret: Bob Fosse

NOMINEES

Deliverance: John Boorman

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The Godfather: Francis Ford Coppola

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Sleuth: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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The Emigrants: Jan Troell

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER

The Godfather: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Mario Puzo was not present at the awards ceremony. His daughter Dorothy Ann Puzo accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES

Cabaret: Jay Presson Allen

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The Emigrants: Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund

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Pete 'n' Tillie: Julius J. Epstein

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Sounder: Lonne Elder III

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced

WINNER

The Candidate: Jeremy Larner

NOMINEES

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: Luis Buñuel (screenplay/story), Jean-Claude Carrière (collaboration)

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Lady Sings the Blues: Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne De Passe

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Murmur of the Heart: Louis Malle

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Young Winston: Carl Foreman

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Cabaret: Geoffrey Unsworth

NOMINEES

Butterflies Are Free: Charles Lang

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The Poseidon Adventure: Harold E. Stine

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1776: Harry Stradling Jr.

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Travels with My Aunt: Douglas Slocombe

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER

Cabaret: Rolf Zehetbauer, Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel

NOMINEES

Lady Sings the Blues: Carl Anderson, Reg Allen

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The Poseidon Adventure: William J. Creber, Raphael Bretton

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Travels with My Aunt: John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing

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Young Winston: Donald M. Ashton, Geoffrey Drake, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson, Peter James

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Travels with My Aunt: Anthony Powell

NOMINEES

The Godfather: Anna Hill Johnstone

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Lady Sings the Blues: Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch

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The Poseidon Adventure: Paul Zastupnevich

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Young Winston: Anthony Mendleson

Best Sound

WINNER

Cabaret: Robert Knudson, David Hildyard

NOMINEES

Butterflies Are Free: Arthur Piantadosi, Charles T. Knight

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The Candidate: Richard Portman, Gene S. Cantamessa

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The Godfather: Charles Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman

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The Poseidon Adventure: Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Cabaret: David Bretherton

NOMINEES

Deliverance: Tom Priestley

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The Godfather: William Reynolds, Peter Zinner

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The Hot Rock: Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger

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The Poseidon Adventure: Harold F. Kress

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

The Poseidon Adventure: Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
For the song "The Morning After".

NOMINEES

The Little Ark: Meg Karlin (lyrics), Fred Karlin (music)
For the song "Come Follow, Follow Me".

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Ben: Walter Scharf (music), Don Black (lyrics)
For the song "Ben".

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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean: Maurice Jarre (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman
For the song "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey".

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The Stepmother: Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
For the song "Strange Are the Ways of Love".

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER

Limelight: Charles Chaplin, Ray Rasch, Larry Russell
The film was not released in Los Angeles until 1972. Under the Academy rules at the time being, this permitted it to be eligible despite of being 20 years old.

NOMINEES

Images: John Williams

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Napoleon and Samantha: Buddy Baker

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The Poseidon Adventure: John Williams

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Sleuth: John Addison

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The Godfather: Nino Rota
Withdrawn, ineligible: reused Fortunella score; replaced by a nomination for "Sleuth"

Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

WINNER

Cabaret: Ralph Burns

NOMINEES

Lady Sings the Blues: Gil Askey

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Man of La Mancha: Laurence Rosenthal

Best Short Subject, Animated Films

WINNER

A Christmas Carol: Richard Williams

NOMINEES

Kama Sutra Rides Again: Bob Godfrey

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Tup Tup: Nedeljko Dragic

Best Short Subject, Live Action Films

WINNER

Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream: Richard Barclay

NOMINEES

Frog Story: Ron Satlof, Raynold Gideon

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Solo: David Adams

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

This Tiny World: Charles Huguenot van der Linden, Martina Huguenot van der Linden

NOMINEES

Hundertwassers Regentag: Peter Schamoni

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K-Z: Giorgio Treves

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Selling Out: Tadeusz Jaworski

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The Tide of Traffic: Humphrey Swingler

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

Marjoe: Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan

NOMINEES

Bij de beesten af: Bert Haanstra

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Malcolm X: Marvin Worth, Arnold Perl

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Manson: Robert Hendrickson, Laurence Merrick

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The Silent Revolution: Eckehard Munck

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
France

NOMINEES

The Dawns Here are Quiet
Soviet Union

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I Love You Rosa
Israel

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Mi querida señorita
Spain

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The New Land
Sweden

WINNER

The Poseidon Adventure: L.B. Abbott, A.D. Flowers
For visual effects.

WINNERS

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.

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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.
Posthumously. Robinson died 2 months before the ceremony, after the award was voted on. His widow Jane Robinson accepted the award on his behalf.

WINNER

Rosalind Russell

WINNER

Not awarded.

NOMINEE

Jesus Christ Superstar: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music score), André Previn (music score), Herbert W. Spencer (music score)

WINNERS

Joseph E. Bluth
For research and development in the field of electronic photography and transfer of video tape to motion picture film.

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Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries), Howard T. LaZare (Consolidated Film Industries), Edward Efron (IBM)
For the engineering of a computerized light valve monitoring system for motion picture printing.

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(Panavision, Inc.)
For the development and engineering of the Panaflex motion picture camera.

WINNERS

(Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corp., PSC Technology Inc., Acme Products Division)
For the Spectra Film Gate Photometer for motion picture printers.

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(Carter Equipment Co., Inc., Ramtronics)
For the Ramtronics light-valve photometer for motion picture printers.

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David Degenkolb (DeLuxe General Inc.), Harry Larson (DeLuxe General Inc.), Manfred Michelson (DeLuxe General Inc.), Fred Scobey (DeLuxe General Inc.)
For the development of a computerized motion picture printer and process control system.

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Jiro Mukai (Canon, Inc.), Ryusho Hirose (Canon, Inc.), Wilton R. Holm (AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center)
For development of the Canon Macro Zoom Lens for motion picture photography.

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Philip V. Palmquist (3M Company), Leonard L. Olson (3M Company), Frank P. Clark (AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center)
For development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography.

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E.H. Geissler (Wil-Kin Inc.), G.M. Berggren (Wil-Kin Inc.)
For engineering of the Ultra-Vision Motion Picture Theater Projection System.