The Complete Oscar Quest: 48th Academy Awards (1975)

1975

Best Picture

• Barry Lyndon
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Jaws
• Nashville
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Best Director

• Robert Altman, Nashville
• Federico Fellini, Amarcord
• Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
• Sidney Lumet, Dog Day Afternoon

Best Actor

• Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys
• Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon
• Maximilian Schell, The Man in the Glass Booth
• James Whitmore, Give ’em Hell, Harry!

Best Actress

• Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.
• Ann-Margret, Tommy
• Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Glenda Jackson, Hedda
• Carol Kane, Hester Street

Best Supporting Actor

• George Burns, The Sunshine Boys
• Brad Dourif, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Burgess Meredith, The Day of the Locust
• Chris Sarandon, Dog Day Afternoon
• Jack Warden, Shampoo

Best Supporting Actress

• Ronee Blakeley, Nashville
• Lee Grant, Shampoo
• Sylvia Miles, Farewell, My Lovely
• Lily Tomlin, Nashville
• Brenda Vaccaro, Once Is Not Enough

Best Original Screenplay

• Amarcord
• And Now My Love
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Lies My Father Told Me
• Shampoo

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Barry Lyndon
• The Man Who Would Be King
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Profumo di donna
• The Sunshine Boys

Best Editing

• Dog Day Afternoon
• Jaws
• The Man Who Would Be King
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Three Days of the Condor

Best Cinematography

• Barry Lyndon
• The Day of the Locust
• Funny Lady
• The Hindenburg
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Best Original Score

• Birds Do It, Bees Do It
• Bite the Bullet
• Jaws
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• The Wind and the Lion

Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score

• Barry Lyndon
• Funny Lady
• Tommy

Best Original Song

• “How Lucky Can You Get?” from Funny Lady
• “I’m Easy,” from Nashville
• “Now That We’re in Love,” from Whiffs
• “Richard’s Window,” from The Other Side of the Mountain
• “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),” from Mahogany

Best Art Direction

• Barry Lyndon
• The Hindenburg
• The Man Who Would Be King
• Shampoo
• The Sunshine Boys

Best Costume Design

• Barry Lyndon
• The Four Musketeers
• Funny Lady
• The Magic Flute
• The Man Who Would Be King

Best Visual Effects

• The Hindenburg

Best Sound Editing

• The Hindenburg

Best Sound Mixing

• Bite the Bullet
• Funny Lady
• The Hindenburg
• Jaws
• The Wind and the Lion

Best Foreign Language Film

• Dersu Uzala
• Letters from Marusia
• Profumo di donna
• The Promised Land
• Sandakan No. 8

Best Documentary

• The California Reich
• Fighting for Our Lives
• The Incredible Machine
• The Man Who Skied Down Everest
• The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

Best Documentary Short

• Arthur and Lillie
• The End of the Game
• Millions of Years Ahead of Man
• Probes in Space
• Whistling Smith

Best Live-Action Short

• Angel and Big Joe
• Conquest of Light
• Dawn Flight
• A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo
• Doubletalk

Best Animated Short

• Great
• Kick Me
• Monsieur Pointu
• Sisyphus

Total List of Films Nominated:

1. Amarcord
2. And Now My Love
3. Barry Lyndon
4. Birds Do It, Bees Do It
5. Bite the Bullet
6. The Day of the Locust
7. Dog Day Afternoon
8. Farewell, My Lovely
9. The Four Musketeers
10. Funny Lady
11. Give ’em Hell, Harry
12. Hedda
13. Hester Street
14. The Hindenburg
15. Jaws
16. Lies My Father Told Me
17. The Magic Flute
18. Mahogany
19. The Man in the Glass Booth
20. The Man Who Would Be King
21. Once Is Not Enough
22. Nashville
23. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
24. The Other Side of the Mountain
25. Profumo di donna
26. Shampoo
27. The Story of Adele H.
28. The Sunshine Boys
29. Three Days of the Condor
30. Tommy
31. Whiffs
32. The Wind and the Lion

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