The Complete Oscar Quest: 46th Academy Awards (1973)
1972
Best Picture
- Cabaret
- Deliverance
- The Emigrants
- The Godfather
- Sounder
Best Director
- John Boorman, Deliverance
- Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
- Bob Fosse, Cabaret
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sleuth
- Jan Troell, The Emigrants
Best Actor
- Marlon Brando, The Godfather
- Michael Caine, Sleuth
- Laurence Olivier, Sleuth
- Peter O’Toole, The Ruling Class
- Paul Winfield, Sounder
Best Actress
- Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
- Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues
- Maggie Smith, Travels with My Aunt
- Cicely Tyson, Sounder
- Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants
Best Supporting Actor
- Eddie Albert, The Heartbreak Kid
- James Caan, The Godfather
- Robert Duvall, The Godfather
- Joel Grey, Cabaret
- Al Pacino, The Godfather
Best Supporting Actress
- Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid
- Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free
- Geraldine Page, Pete ‘n’ Tillie
- Susan Tyrrell, Fat City
- Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure
Best Original Screenplay
- The Candidate
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Murmur of the Heart
- Young Winston
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Cabaret
- The Emigrants
- The Godfather
- Pete ‘n’ Tillie
- Sounder
Best Editing
- Cabaret
- Deliverance
- The Godfather
- The Hot Rock
- The Poseidon Adventure
Best Cinematography
- 1776
- Butterflies Are Free
- Cabaret
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Travels with My Aunt
Best Original Score
- Images
- Limelight
- Napoleon and Samantha
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Sleuth
Best Score (Adaptation and Original Song)
- Cabaret
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Man of La Mancha
Best Original Song
- “Ben,” from Ben
- “Come Follow, Follow Me,” from The Little Ark
- “Marmalade, Molasses & Honey,” from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
- “The Morning After,” from The Poseidon Adventure
- “Strange Are the Ways of Love,” from The Stepmother
Best Art Direction
- Cabaret
- Lady Sings the Blues
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Travels with My Aunt
- Young Winston
Best Costume Design
- The Godfather
- Lady Sings the Blues
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Travels with My Aunt
- Young Winston
Best Visual Effects
- The Poseidon Adventure
Best Sound Mixing
- Butterflies Are Free
- Cabaret
- The Candidate
- The Godfather
- The Poseidon Adventure
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Dawns Here Are Quiet
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- I Love You Rosa
- My Dearest Senorita
- The New Land
Best Documentary
- Ape and Super-Ape
- Malcolm X
- Manson
- Marjoe
- The Silent Revolution
Best Documentary Short
- Hundertwasser’s Rainy Day
- K-Z
- Selling Out
- The Tide of Traffic
- This Tiny World
Best Live-Action Short
- Frog Story
- Norman Rockwell’s World… An American Dream
- Solo
Best Animated Short
- A Christmas Carol
- Kama Sutra Rides Again
- Tup Tup
Total List of Films Nominated:
- 1776
- Ben
- Butterflies Are Free
- Cabaret
- The Candidate
- Deliverance
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- The Emigrants
- Fat City
- The Godfather
- The Heartbreak Kid
- The Hot Rock
- Images
- Lady Sings the Blues
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
- Limelight
- The Little Ark
- Man of La Mancha
- Murmur of the Heart
- Napoleon and Samantha
- Pete ‘n’ Tillie
- The Poseidon Adventure
- The Ruling Class
- Sleuth
- Sounder
- The Stepmother
- Travels with My Aunt
- Young Winston
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