The Complete Oscar Quest: 47th Academy Awards (1974)
1974
Best Picture
- Chinatown
- The Conversation
- The Godfather Part II
- Lenny
- The Towering Inferno
Best Director
- John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence
- Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II
- Bob Fosse, Lenny
- Roman Polanski, Chinatown
- François Truffaut, Day for Night
Best Actor
- Art Carney, Harry and Tonto
- Albert Finney, Murder on the Orient Express
- Dustin Hoffman, Lenny
- Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
- Al Pacino, The Godfather Part II
Best Actress
- Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
- Diahann Carroll, Claudine
- Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
- Valerie Perrine, Lenny
- Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
Best Supporting Actor
- Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno
- Jeff Bridges, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- Robert De Niro, The Godfather Part II
- Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II
- Lee Strasberg, The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actress
- Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express
- Valentina Cortese, Day for Night
- Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles
- Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
- Talia Shire, The Godfather Part II
Best Original Screenplay
- Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
- Chinatown
- The Conversation
- Day for Night
- Harry and Tonto
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- The Godfather Part II
- Lenny
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Young Frankenstein
Best Editing
- Blazing Saddles
- Chinatown
- Earthquake
- The Longest Yard
- The Towering Inferno
Best Cinematography
- Chinatown
- Earthquake
- Lenny
- Murder on the Orient Express
- The Towering Inferno
Best Original Dramatic Score
- Chinatown
- The Godfather Part II
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Shanks
- The Towering Inferno
Best Original Song Score and Adaptation Score
- The Great Gatsby
- The Little Prince
- Phantom of the Paradise
Best Original Song
- “Benji’s Theme (I Feel Love),” from Benji
- “Blazing Saddles,” from Blazing Saddles
- “Little Prince,” from The Little Prince
- “We May Never Love Like This Again,” from The Towering Inferno
- “Wherever Love Takes Me,” from Gold
Best Art Direction
- Chinatown
- Earthquake
- The Godfather Part II
- The Island at the Top of the World
- The Towering Inferno
Best Costume Design
- Chinatown
- Daisy Miller
- The Godfather Part II
- The Great Gatsby
- Murder on the Orient Express
Best Visual Effects
- Earthquake
Best Sound Mixing
- Chinatown
- The Conversation
- Earthquake
- The Towering Inferno
- Young Frankenstein
Best Foreign Language Film
- Amarcord
- Cats’ Play
- The Deluge
- Lacombe, Lucien
- The Truce
Best Documentary
- The 81st Blow
- Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
- The Challenge… A Tribute to Modern Art
- Hearts and Minds
- The Wild and the Brave
Best Documentary Short
- City Out of Wilderness
- Don’t
- Exploreatorium
- John Muir’s High Sierra
- Naked Yoga
Best Live-Action Short
- Climb
- The Concert
- One-Eyed Men Are Kings
- Planet Ocean
- The Violin
Best Animated Short
- Closed Mondays
- The Family That Dwelt Apart
- Hunger
- Voyage to Next
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- Benji
- Blazing Saddles
- Chinatown
- Claudine
- The Conversation
- Daisy Miller
- Day for Night
- Earthquake
- The Godfather Part II
- Gold
- The Great Gatsby
- Harry and Tonto
- The Island at the Top of the World
- Lenny
- The Little Prince
- The Longest Yard
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Phantom of the Paradise
- Shanks
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- The Towering Inferno
- A Woman Under the Influence
- Young Frankenstein
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