The 46th Academy Awards (1973): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
10 10 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3	The Exorcist The Sting The Way We Were American Graffiti Cries and Whispers A Touch of Class Paper Moon Cinderella Liberty The Last Detail The Paper Chase Save the Tiger Tom Sawyer	7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	The Sting The Exorcist The Way We Were The Bolero Cries and Whispers Day for Night Frank Film The Great American Cowboy The Paper Chase Paper Moon Princeton: A Search for Answers Save the Tiger A Touch of Class
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• American Graffiti - Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz
• Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman
• The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
• The Sting - Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
• A Touch of Class - Melvin Frank

DIRECTING

• American Graffiti - George Lucas
• Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman
• The Exorcist - William Friedkin
• Last Tango in Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci
• The Sting - George Roy Hill

ACTOR

• Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris
• Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
• Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
• Al Pacino - Serpico
• Robert Redford - The Sting

ACTRESS

• Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist
• Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
• Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty
• Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
• Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Vincent Gardenia - Bang the Drum Slowly
• Jack Gilford - Save the Tiger
• John Houseman - The Paper Chase
• Jason Miller - The Exorcist
• Randy Quaid - The Last Detail

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Linda Blair - The Exorcist
• Candy Clark - American Graffiti
• Madeline Kahn - Paper Moon
• Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon
• Sylvia Sidney - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
• The Last Detail - Robert Towne
• The Paper Chase - James Bridges
• Paper Moon - Alvin Sargent
• Serpico - Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler

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

• American Graffiti - George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
• Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman
• Save the Tiger - Steve Shagan
• The Sting - David S. Ward
• A Touch of Class - Melvin Frank, Jack Rose

SONG

• "All That Love Went To Waste" - A Touch of Class - Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "Live and Let Die" - Live and Let Die - Music, Lyrics by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
• "Love" - Robin Hood - Music by George Bruns; Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston
• "Nice To Be Around" - Cinderella Liberty - Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Paul Williams
• "The Way We Were" - The Way We Were - Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE

• Cinderella Liberty - John Williams
• The Day of the Dolphin - Georges Delerue
• Papillon - Jerry Goldsmith
• A Touch of Class - John Cameron
• The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch

SCORING (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)

• Jesus Christ Superstar - Adaptation Score by Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer, Andrew Lloyd Webber
• The Sting - Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
• Tom Sawyer - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams

FILM EDITING

• American Graffiti - Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
• The Day of the Jackal - Ralph Kemplen
• The Exorcist - Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Frank P. Keller, James Galloway
• The Sting - William Reynolds

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Cries and Whispers - Sven Nykvist
• The Exorcist - Owen Roizman
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Jack Couffer
• The Sting - Robert Surtees
• The Way We Were - Harry Stradling Jr.

ART DIRECTION

• Brother Sun Sister Moon - Art Direction: Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta; Set Decoration: Carmelo Patrono
• The Exorcist - Art Direction: Bill Malley; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich
• The Sting - Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James Payne
• Tom Sawyer - Art Direction: Philip Jefferies; Set Decoration: Robert de Vestel
• The Way We Were - Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: William Kiernan

COSTUME DESIGN

• Cries and Whispers - Marik Vos
• Ludwig - Piero Tosi
• The Sting - Edith Head
• Tom Sawyer - Donfeld
• The Way We Were - Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry

SOUND

• The Day of the Dolphin - Richard Portman, Lawrence O. Jost
• The Exorcist - Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
• The Paper Chase - Donald O. Mitchell, Lawrence O. Jost
• Paper Moon - Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz
• The Sting - Ronald K. Pierce, Robert Bertrand

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Day for Night - France
• The House on Chelouche Street - Israel
• L'Invitation - Switzerland
• The Pedestrian - West Germany
• Turkish Delight - The Netherlands

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Always a New Beginning - John D. Goodell
• Battle of Berlin - Bengt von zur Muehlen
• The Great American Cowboy - Kieth Merrill
• Journey to the Outer Limits - Alex Grasshoff
• Walls of Fire - Gertrude Ross Marks, Edmund F. Penney

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Background - Carmen D'Avino
• Children at Work (Paisti Ag Obair) - Louis Marcus
• Christo's Valley Curtain - Albert Maysles, David Maysles
• Four Stones for Kanemitsu - Terry Sanders, June Wayne
• Princeton: A Search for Answers - Julian Krainin, DeWitt L. Sage Jr.

SHORT SUBJECT (Animated)

• Frank Film - Frank Mouris
• The Legend of John Henry - Nick Bosustow, David Adams
• Pulcinella - Emanuele Luzzati, Giulio Gianini

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)

• The Bolero - Allan Miller, William Fertik
• Clockmaker - Richard Gayer
• Life Times Nine - Pen Densham, John Watson

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Groucho Marx in recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequalled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy.
• To Henri Langlois for his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Lawrence Weingarten

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

• Lew Wasserman

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

• To JOACHIM GERB and ERICH KASTNER of The Arnold and Richter Company for the development and engineering of the Arriflex 35BL motion picture camera. [Camera]
• To HAROLD A. SCHEIB, CLIFFORD H. ELLIS and ROGER W. BANKS of Research Products Incorporated for the concept and engineering of the Model 2101 optical printer for motion picture optical effects. [Laboratory]
• To WILLIAM W. VALLIANT of PSC Technology Inc., HOWARD F. OTT of Eastman Kodak Company, and GERRY DIEBOLD of The Richmark Camera Service Inc. for the development of a liquid-gate system for motion-picture printers. [Laboratory]
• To MAGNA-TECH ELECTRONIC CO., INC. for the engineering and development of a high-speed re-recording system for motion picture production. [Sound]

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

• To RICHARD H. VETTER of Todd-AO Corporation for the design of an improved anamorphic focusing system for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
• To ROSCO LABORATORIES, INC. for the technical advances and the development of a complete system of light-control materials for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]