1973 Oscars 45th Academy Awards |
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1973 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Best Picture: The Godfather – Albert S. Ruddy, producer Cabaret – Cy Feuer, producer Deliverance – John Boorman, producer The Emigrants – Bengt Forslund, producer Sounder – Robert B. Radnitz, producer |
Best Director: Bob Fosse – Cabaret John Boorman – Deliverance Jan Troell – The Emigrants Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Sleuth |
Best Actor: Marlon Brando – The Godfather as Vito Corleone (declined) Michael Caine – Sleuth as Milo Tindle Laurence Olivier – Sleuth as Andrew Wyke Peter O’Toole – The Ruling Class as Jack Gurney Paul Winfield – Sounder as Nathan Lee Morgan |
Best Actress: Liza Minnelli – Cabaret as Sally Bowles Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday Maggie Smith – Travels with My Aunt as Augusta Bertram Cicely Tyson – Sounder as Rebecca Morgan Liv Ullmann – The Emigrants as Kristina Nilsson |
Best Supporting Actor: Joel Grey – Cabaret as the M.C. Eddie Albert – The Heartbreak Kid as Mr. Corcoran James Caan – The Godfather as Santino “Sonny” Corleone Robert Duvall – The Godfather as Tom Hagen Al Pacino – The Godfather as Michael Corleone |
Best Supporting Actress: Eileen Heckart – Butterflies Are Free as Mrs. Baker Jeannie Berlin – The Heartbreak Kid as Lila Kolodny Geraldine Page – Pete ‘n’ Tillie as Gertrude Wilson Susan Tyrrell – Fat City as Oma Shelley Winters – The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen |
Best Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published: The Candidate – Jeremy Larner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière Lady Sings the Blues – Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe and Terence McCloy Murmur of the Heart – Louis Malle Young Winston – Carl Foreman |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo based on the novel by Puzo Cabaret – Jay Presson Allen based on the musical by Fred Ebb and John Kander and the book by Joe Masteroff The Emigrants – Bengt Forslund and Jan Troell based on the novels The Emigrants and Unto a Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg Pete ‘n’ Tillie – Julius J. Epstein based on the story Witch’s Milk by Peter De Vries Sounder – Lonne Elder III based on the novel by William H. Armstrong |
Best Documentary Feature: Marjoe – Sarah Kernochan and Howard Smith Ape and Super-Ape – Bert Haanstra Malcolm X – Arnold Perl (posthumous nomination) and Marvin Worth Manson – Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick The Silent Revolution – Eckehard Munck |
Best Documentary Short Subject: This Tiny World – Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden Hundertwasser’s Rainy Day – Peter Schamoni K-Z – Giorgio Treves Selling Out – Tadeusz Jaworski The Tide of Traffic – Humphrey Swingler |
Best Live Action Short Subject: Norman Rockwell’s World… An American Dream – Richard Barclay Frog Story – Ray Gideon and Ron Satlof Solo – David Adams |
Best Animated Short Subject: A Christmas Carol – Richard Williams Kama Sutra Rides Again – Bob Godfrey Tup Tup – Nedeljko Dragic |
Best Foreign Language Film: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France) in French – Luis Buñuel The Dawns Here Are Quiet (USSR) in Russian – Stanislav Rostotsky I Love You Rosa (Israel) in Hebrew – Moshé Mizrahi My Dearest Senorita (Spain) in Spanish – Jaime de Armiñán The New Land (Sweden) in Swedish – Jan Troell |
Best Song Original for the Picture: “The Morning After” from The Poseidon Adventure – Music and Lyrics by Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha “Ben” from Ben – Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black “Come Follow, Follow Me” from The Little Ark – Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Marsha Karlin “Marmalade, Molasses & Honey” from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean – Music by Maurice Jarre; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman “Strange Are the Ways of Love” from The Stepmother – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster |
Best Original Dramatic Score: Limelight – Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell (posthumous awards) Images – John Williams Napoleon and Samantha – Buddy Baker The Poseidon Adventure – John Williams Sleuth – John Addison |
Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score: Cabaret – Adaptated by Ralph Burns Lady Sings the Blues – Adapted by Gil Askey Man of La Mancha – Adapted by Laurence Rosenthal |
Best Costume Design: Travels with My Aunt – Anthony Powell The Godfather – Anna Hill Johnstone Lady Sings the Blues – Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch and Bob Mackie The Poseidon Adventure – Paul Zastupnevich Young Winston – Anthony Mendleson |
Best Sound: Cabaret – David Hildyard and Robert Knudson Butterflies Are Free – Charles T. Knight and Arthur Piantadosi The Candidate – Gene Cantamessa and Richard Portman The Godfather – Bud Grenzbach, Christopher Newman and Richard Portman The Poseidon Adventure – Herman Lewis and Theodore Soderberg |
Best Art Direction: Cabaret – Art Direction: Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Rolf Zehetbauer; 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: Raphaël Bretton Travels with My Aunt – Art Direction and Set Decoration: John Box, Robert W. Laing and Gil Parrondo Young Winston – Art Direction: Donald M. Ashton, Geoffrey Drake, John Graysmark and William Hutchinson; Set Decoration: Peter James |
Best Cinematography: Cabaret – Geoffrey Unsworth 1776 – Harry Stradling Jr. Butterflies Are Free – Charles Lang The Poseidon Adventure – Harold E. Stine Travels with My Aunt – Douglas Slocombe |
Best Film Editing: Cabaret – David Bretherton Deliverance – Tom Priestley The Godfather – William H. Reynolds and Peter Zinner The Hot Rock – Fred W. Berger and Frank P. Keller The Poseidon Adventure – Harold F. Kress |
Special Achievement Award: L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers for the visual effects of The Poseidon Adventure |
Academy Honorary Award: Charles S. Boren Edward G. Robinson |
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