The 45th Academy Awards (1972): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS

  • 10
  • 10
  • 8
  • 5
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • Cabaret
  • The Godfather
  • The Poseidon Adventure
  • Lady Sings the Blues
  • The Emigrants
  • Sleuth
  • Sounder
  • Travels with My Aunt
  • Butterflies Are Free
  • Deliverance
  • Young Winston
  • 8
  • 3
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • Cabaret
  • The Godfather
  • Butterflies Are Free
  • The Candidate
  • A Christmas Carol
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • Limelight
  • Marjoe
  • Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream
  • The Poseidon Adventure
  • This Tiny World
  • Travels with My Aunt
  • NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND
  • Best Picture winner
  • Best Picture nominee
  • Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

  • Cabaret - Cy Feuer
  • Deliverance - John Boorman
  • The Emigrants - Bengt Forslund
  • The Godfather - Albert S. Ruddy
  • Sounder - Robert B. Radnitz

DIRECTING

  • Cabaret - Bob Fosse
  • Deliverance - John Boorman
  • The Emigrants - Jan Troell
  • The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Sleuth - Joseph L. Mankiewicz

ACTOR

  • Marlon Brando - The Godfather [1]
  • Michael Caine - Sleuth
  • Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class
  • Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
  • Paul Winfield - Sounder

ACTRESS

  • Liza Minnelli - Cabaret
  • Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues
  • Maggie Smith - Travels with My Aunt
  • Cicely Tyson - Sounder
  • Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

  • Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid
  • James Caan - The Godfather
  • Robert Duvall - The Godfather
  • Joel Grey - Cabaret
  • Al Pacino - The Godfather

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

  • Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid
  • Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free
  • Geraldine Page - Pete 'n' Tillie
  • Susan Tyrrell - Fat City
  • Shelley Winters - The Poseidon Adventure

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Cabaret - Jay Allen
  • The Emigrants - Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund
  • The Godfather - Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
  • Pete 'n' Tillie - Julius J. Epstein
  • Sounder - Lonne Elder III

STORY AND SCREENPLAY (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)

  • The Candidate - Jeremy Larner
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Story, Screenplay by Luis Buuel; in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrire
  • Lady Sings the Blues - Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
  • Murmur of the Heart - Louis Malle
  • Young Winston - Carl Foreman

SONG (Song--Original for the Picture)

  • "Ben" - Ben - Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black
  • "Come Follow, Follow Me" - The Little Ark - Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Marsha Karlin
  • "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean - Music by Maurice Jarre; Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman
  • "The Morning After" - The Poseidon Adventure - Music, Lyrics by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
  • "Strange Are the Ways of Love" - The Stepmother - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE

  • The Godfather - Nino Rota [2]
  • images - John Williams
  • Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
  • Napoleon and Samantha - Buddy Baker
  • The Poseidon Adventure - John Williams
  • Sleuth - John Addison [2]

SCORING (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)

  • Cabaret - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
  • Lady Sings the Blues - Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
  • Man of La Mancha - Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal

FILM EDITING

  • Cabaret - David Bretherton
  • Deliverance - Tom Priestley
  • The Godfather - William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
  • The Hot Rock - Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger
  • The Poseidon Adventure - Harold F. Kress

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Butterflies Are Free - Charles B. Lang
  • Cabaret - Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The Poseidon Adventure - Harold E. Stine
  • 1776 - Harry Stradling Jr.
  • Travels with My Aunt - Douglas Slocombe

ART DIRECTION

  • Cabaret - Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel
  • Lady Sings the Blues - Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: Reg Allen
  • The Poseidon Adventure - Art Direction: William Creber; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
  • Travels with My Aunt - Art Direction: John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing
  • Young Winston - Art Direction: Geoffrey Drake, Don Ashton, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson; Set Decoration: Peter James

COSTUME DESIGN

  • The Godfather - Anna Hill Johnstone
  • Lady Sings the Blues - Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch
  • The Poseidon Adventure - Paul Zastupnevich
  • Travels with My Aunt - Anthony Powell
  • Young Winston - Anthony Mendleson

SOUND

  • Butterflies Are Free - Arthur Piantadosi, Charles Knight
  • Cabaret - Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
  • The Candidate - Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
  • The Godfather - Bud Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman
  • The Poseidon Adventure - Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis

VISUAL EFFECTS (Special Achievement Award)

  • The Poseidon Adventure - L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • The Dawns Here Are Quiet - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - France
  • I Love You Rosa - Israel
  • My Dearest Seorita - Spain
  • The New Land - Sweden

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

  • Ape and Super-Ape - Bert Haanstra
  • Malcolm X - Marvin Worth, Arnold Perl
  • Manson - Robert Hendrickson, Laurence Merrick
  • Marjoe - Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan
  • The Silent Revolution - Eckehard Munck

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

  • Hundertwasser's Rainy Day - Peter Schamoni
  • K-Z - Giorgio Treves
  • Selling Out - Tadeusz Jaworski
  • This Tiny World - Charles Huguenot van der Linden, Martina Huguenot van der Linden
  • The Tide of Traffic - Humphrey Swingler

SHORT SUBJECT (Animated)

  • A Christmas Carol - Richard Williams
  • Kama Sutra Rides Again - Bob Godfrey
  • Tup Tup - Nedeljko Dragic

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)

  • Frog Story - Ron Satlof, Ray Gideon
  • Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream - Richard Barclay
  • Solo - David Adams

HONORARY AWARDS

  • To 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.
  • To 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. [3]

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

  • Rosalind Russell

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

  • To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the development and engineering of the Panaflex motion picture camera. [Camera]
  • To EDWARD H. REICHARD and HOWARD T. LA ZARE of Consolidated Film Industries, and EDWARD EFRON of IBM for the engineering of a computerized light valve monitoring system for motion picture printing. [Laboratory]
  • To JOSEPH E. BLUTH for research and development in the field of electronic photography and transfer of video tape to motion picture film. [Laboratory]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

  • To CARTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. and RAMTRONICS for the RAMtronics light-valve photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory]
  • To DAVID DEGENKOLB, HARRY LARSON, MANFRED MICHELSON and FRED SCOBEY of DeLuxe General Incorporated for the development of a computerized motion picture printer and process control system. [Laboratory]
  • To PHOTO RESEARCH, A DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION, and PSC TECHNOLOGY INC., ACME PRODUCTS DIVISION, for the Spectra Film Gate Photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory]
  • To JIRO MUKAI and RYUSHO HIROSE of Canon, Inc., and WILTON R. HOLM of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Canon Macro Zoom Lens for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
  • To E. H. GEISSLER and G. M. BERGGREN of Wil-Kin Inc., for engineering of the Ultra-Vision Motion Picture Theater Projection System. [Projection]
  • To PHILIP V. PALMQUIST and LEONARD L. OLSON of the 3M Company, and FRANK P. CLARK of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography. [Props]

ACADEMY NOTES

  1. Mr. Brando refused the award.
  2. 'The Godfather' score was originally announced as one of the five official nominees. It was later pointed out that portions of the score and the main theme were composed by Mr. Rota for his score to the 1958 Italian film, 'Fortunella.' The Music Branch was given this information and re-balloted to determine the fifth nomination. The list of six films they were to choose from were the remaining five of the Top ten preliminary listings, plus 'The Godfather' score. The results of the re-balloting was that the fifth nomination became 'Sleuth'.
  3. The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer this award on January 6, 1973. Mr. Robinson passed away on January 26th, and the award was accepted on his behalf by his wife.