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1974 Academy Awards The 1974 Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. | Best Picture | Chinatown, Robert Evans, producer (Paramount) | | The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola, producer (Paramount) | | The Godfather Part II, Francis Ford Coppola, producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, co-producers (Paramount) | | Lenny, Marvin Worth, producer (United Artists) | | The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox/Warner Bros.) | | 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 | | Actor in a Supporting Role | 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 | |
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| | Actress in a Supporting Role | 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 | | Directing | 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 | | Writing | | Original Screenplay | Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation | | Robert Getchell, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | | Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld, Harry and Tonto | | Robert Towne, Chinatown | | François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard and Suzanne Schiffman, Day for Night | | Screenplay Adapted From Other Material | Julian Barry, Lenny | | Paul Dehn, Murder on the Orient Express | | Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, The Godfather Part II | | Mordecai Richler, screenplay; Lionel Chetwynd, adaptation, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | | Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein |
| | Cinematography | John A. Alonzo, Chinatown | | Fred Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc, The Towering Inferno | | Philip Lathrop, Earthquake | | Bruce Surtees, Lenny | | Geoffrey Unsworth, Murder on the Orient Express | | Art Direction | William Creber and Ward Preston, art direction; Raphael Bretton, set decoration, The Towering Inferno | | Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler and Al Roelofs, art direction; Hal Gausman, set decoration, The Island at the Top of the World | | Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston Ames, art direction; Frank McKelvy, set decoration, Earthquake | | Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell, art direction; Ruby Levitt, set decoartion, Chinatown | | Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham, art direction; George R. Nelson, set decoration, The Godfather Part II | | Sound | Bud Grenzbach and Larry Jost, Chinatown | | Walter Murch and Arthur Rochester, The Conversation | | Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe, Sr., Earthquake | | Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa, Young Frankenstein | | Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis, The Towering Inferno | | Music | | Song | “Benji's Theme” (I Feel Love), Benji, Euel Box, music; Betty Box, lyrics | | “Blazing Saddles,” Blazing Saddles, John Morris, music; Mel Brooks, lyrics | | “Little Prince,” The Little Prince, Frederick Loewe, music; Alan Jay Lerner, Iyrics | | “We May Never Love Like This Again,” The Towering Inferno, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, music and Iyrics | | “Wherever Love Takes Me,” Gold, Elmer Bernstein, music; Don Black, Iyrics | | Original Dramatic Score | Richard Rodney Bennett, Murder on the Orient Express | | Jerry Goldsmith, Chinatown | | Alex North, Shanks | | Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola, The Godfather Part II | | John Williams, The Towering Inferno | | Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, song; Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley, adaptation, The Little Prince | | Nelson Riddle, adaptation, The Great Gatsby | | Paul Williams, song; George Aliceson Tipton and Paul Williams, adaptation, Phantom of the Paradise |
| | Film Editing | John C. Howard and Danford Greene, Blazing Saddles | | Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress, The Towering Inferno | | Michael Luciano, The Longest Yard | | Sam O'Steen, Chinatown | | Dorothy Spencer, Earthquake | | Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge, The Great Gatsby | | John Furness, Daisy Miller | | Anthea Sylbert, Chinatown | | Theadora Van Runkle, The Godfather Part II | | Tony Walton, Murder on the Orient Express | | Short Films | | Animated | Closed Mondays (Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, producers; Lighthouse Productions) | | The Family That Dwelt Apart (Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall, producers; National Film Board of Canada) | | Hunger (Peter Foldes and René Jodoin, producers; National Film Board of Canada) | | Voyage to Next (Faith Hubley and John Hubley, producers; Hubley Studios) | | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Wolfgang Reitherman, producer; Walt Disney Productions) | | Live Action | Climb (Dewitt Jones, producer; Dewitt Jones Productions) | | The Concert (Julian and Claude Chagrin, producers; The Black and White Colour Film Company, Ltd.) | | One-Eyed Men Are Kings (Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, producers; C.A.P.A.C. Productions) | | Planet Ocean (George V. Casey, producer; Graphic Films) | | The Violin (Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, producers; Sincinkin, Ltd.) |
| | Documentary | | Short Subject | City Out of Wilderness (Francis Thompson, producer; Francis Thompson Inc.) | | Don't (Robin Lehman, producer; R. A. Films) | | Exploratorium (Jon Boorstin, producer; Jon Boorstin Production) | | John Muir's High Sierra (Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, producers; Dewitt Jones Productions) | | Naked Yoga (Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, producers; Filmshop Production) | | Feature | Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, producers; Rocky Mountain Productions) | | The Challenge…A Tribute to Modern Art (Herbert Kline, producer; World View Production) | | The 81st Blow (Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, producers; Ghetto Fighters House Film) | | Hearts and Minds (Touchstone-Audjeff-BBS Production; Howard Zucker/Henry Jaglom-Rainbow Pictures Presentation) | | The Wild and the Brave (E.S.J. Productions in association with Tomorrow Entertainment Inc. and Jones/Howard Ltd.) |
| | Foreign Language Film | Amarcord, Italy | | Cats' Play, Hungary | | The Deluge, Poland | | Lacombe, Lucien, France | | The Truce, Argentina | | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Arthur B. Krim | | Honorary Awards | To Howard Hawks, a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema | | To Jean Renoir, a genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration | | Special Achievement Award | | Visual Effects | Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock, Earthquake |
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