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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Art Carney
      Winner
      • Art Carney
      • Harry and Tonto
    • Albert Finney at an event for Erin Brockovich (2000)
      • Albert Finney
      • Murder on the Orient Express
    • Dustin Hoffman
      • Dustin Hoffman
      • Lenny
    • Jack Nicholson at an event for The Bucket List (2007)
      • Jack Nicholson
      • Chinatown
    • Al Pacino
      • Al Pacino
      • The Godfather Part II

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Robert De Niro at an event for A Single Man (2009)
      Winner
      • Robert De Niro
      • The Godfather Part II
      Robert De Niro was not present at the awards ceremony. Francis Ford Coppola accepted the award on his behalf.
    • Fred Astaire
      • Fred Astaire
      • The Towering Inferno
    • Jeff Bridges at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      • Jeff Bridges
      • Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
    • Michael V. Gazzo in The Godfather Part II (1974)
      • Michael V. Gazzo
      • The Godfather Part II
    • Lee Strasberg
      • Lee Strasberg
      • The Godfather Part II

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Ellen Burstyn at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
      Winner
      • Ellen Burstyn
      • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
      Ellen Burstyn was not present at the awards ceremony. Martin Scorsese accepted the award on her behalf.
    • Diahann Carroll
      • Diahann Carroll
      • Claudine
    • Faye Dunaway at an event for Marie Antoinette (2006)
      • Faye Dunaway
      • Chinatown
    • Valerie Perrine at an event for What Women Want (2000)
      • Valerie Perrine
      • Lenny
    • Gena Rowlands at an event for Alpha Dog (2006)
      • Gena Rowlands
      • A Woman Under the Influence

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942)
      Winner
      • Ingrid Bergman
      • Murder on the Orient Express
    • Valentina Cortese
      • Valentina Cortese
      • Day for Night
    • Madeline Kahn
      • Madeline Kahn
      • Blazing Saddles
    • Diane Ladd
      • Diane Ladd
      • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    • Talia Shire
      • Talia Shire
      • The Godfather Part II

    Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Godfather Part II

      9.0 (1.4M)
      Dean Tavoularis
      Angelo P. Graham
      George R. Nelson
    • [object Object]

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      Richard Sylbert
      W. Stewart Campbell
      Ruby R. Levitt
    • [object Object]

      Earthquake

      5.9 (19K)
      Alexander Golitzen
      E. Preston Ames
      Frank R. McKelvy
    • [object Object]

      The Island at the Top of the World

      6.2 (3.4K)
      Peter Ellenshaw
      John B. Mansbridge
      Walter H. Tyler
      Al Roelofs
      Hal Gausman
    • [object Object]

      The Towering Inferno

      7.0 (51K)
      William J. Creber
      Ward Preston
      Raphael Bretton

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Towering Inferno

      7.0 (51K)
      Fred J. Koenekamp
      Joseph F. Biroc
    • [object Object]

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      John A. Alonzo
    • [object Object]

      Earthquake

      5.9 (19K)
      Philip H. Lathrop
    • [object Object]

      Lenny

      7.5 (19K)
      Bruce Surtees
    • [object Object]

      Murder on the Orient Express

      7.2 (73K)
      Geoffrey Unsworth

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Great Gatsby

      6.4 (28K)
      Theoni V. Aldredge
    • [object Object]

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      Anthea Sylbert
    • [object Object]

      Daisy Miller

      6.2 (2.2K)
      John Furniss
    • [object Object]

      The Godfather Part II

      9.0 (1.4M)
      Theadora Van Runkle
    • [object Object]

      Murder on the Orient Express

      7.2 (73K)
      Tony Walton

    Best Director

    • Francis Ford Coppola
      Winner
      • Francis Ford Coppola
      • The Godfather Part II
    • John Cassavetes in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
      • John Cassavetes
      • A Woman Under the Influence
    • Bob Fosse
      • Bob Fosse
      • Lenny
    • Roman Polanski at an event for To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
      • Roman Polanski
      • Chinatown
    • François Truffaut
      • François Truffaut
      • Day for Night

    Best Documentary, Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hearts and Minds

      8.2 (6.5K)
      Peter Davis
      Bert Schneider
    • [object Object]

      Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman

      6.8 (177)
      Judy Collins
      Jill Godmilow
    • [object Object]

      The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

      7.1 (70)
      Herbert Kline
    • [object Object]

      The 81st Blow

      7.4 (65)
      Jacques Ehrlich
      David Bergman
      Haim Gouri
    • [object Object]

      The Wild and the Brave

      4.8 (37)
      Natalie R. Jones
      Eugene S. Jones

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Don't

      7.0 (75)
      Robin Lehman
    • [object Object]

      City Out of Wilderness

      5.6 (22)
      Francis Thompson
    • [object Object]

      Exploratorium

      6.4 (44)
      Jon Boorstin
    • [object Object]

      John Muir's High Sierra

      7.1 (20)
      Dewitt Jones
      Lesley Foster
    • [object Object]

      Naked Yoga

      6.0 (78)
      Ronald S. Kass
      Mervyn Lloyd

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Towering Inferno

      7.0 (51K)
      Harold F. Kress
      Carl Kress
    • [object Object]

      Blazing Saddles

      7.7 (160K)
      John C. Howard
      Danford B. Greene
    • [object Object]

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      Sam O'Steen
    • [object Object]

      Earthquake

      5.9 (19K)
      Dorothy Spencer
    • [object Object]

      The Longest Yard

      7.1 (23K)
      Michael Luciano

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amarcord

      7.8 (50K)
      Italy
    • [object Object]

      Cat's Play

      6.5 (258)
      Hungary
    • [object Object]

      The Deluge

      7.7 (3.5K)
      Poland
    • [object Object]

      Lacombe, Lucien

      7.6 (8.2K)
      France
    • [object Object]

      The Truce

      7.3 (765)
      Argentina

    Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Godfather Part II

      9.0 (1.4M)
      Nino Rota
      Carmine Coppola
      Nino Rota was not present at the awards ceremony.
    • [object Object]

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      Jerry Goldsmith
    • [object Object]

      Murder on the Orient Express

      7.2 (73K)
      Richard Rodney Bennett
    • [object Object]

      Shanks

      5.5 (840)
      Alex North
    • [object Object]

      The Towering Inferno

      7.0 (51K)
      John Williams

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Towering Inferno

      7.0 (51K)
      Al Kasha
      Joel Hirschhorn
      For the song "We May Never Love Like This Again"
    • [object Object]

      Benji

      6.1 (5.4K)
      Euel Box(music)
      Betty E. Box(lyrics)
      For the song "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)"
    • [object Object]

      Blazing Saddles

      7.7 (160K)
      John Morris(music)
      Mel Brooks(lyrics)
      For the song "Blazing Saddles"
    • [object Object]

      The Little Prince

      6.4 (4.2K)
      Frederick Loewe(music)
      Alan Jay Lerner(lyrics)
      For the song "Little Prince"
    • [object Object]

      Gold

      5.7 (2.7K)
      Elmer Bernstein(music)
      Don Black(lyrics)
      For the song "Wherever Love Takes Me"

    Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Great Gatsby

      6.4 (28K)
      Nelson Riddle
    • [object Object]

      The Little Prince

      6.4 (4.2K)
      Alan Jay Lerner
      Frederick Loewe
      Angela Morley
      Douglas Gamley
    • [object Object]

      Phantom of the Paradise

      7.3 (25K)
      Paul Williams
      George Aliceson Tipton

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Godfather Part II

      9.0 (1.4M)
      Francis Ford Coppola
      Gray Frederickson
      Fred Roos
      The movie became the first sequel to win the best picture award.
    • [object Object]

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      Robert Evans
    • [object Object]

      The Conversation

      7.7 (132K)
      Francis Ford Coppola
    • [object Object]

      Lenny

      7.5 (19K)
      Marvin Worth
    • [object Object]

      The Towering Inferno

      7.0 (51K)
      Irwin Allen

    Best Short Film, Animated

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Closed Mondays

      6.6 (858)
      Will Vinton
      Bob Gardiner
    • [object Object]

      The Family That Dwelt Apart

      6.7 (254)
      Yvon Mallette
      Robert Verrall
    • [object Object]

      Hunger

      6.9 (849)
      Peter Foldes
      René Jodoin
    • [object Object]

      Voyage to Next

      6.1 (197)
      Faith Hubley
      John Hubley
    • [object Object]

      Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

      7.8 (3.1K)
      Wolfgang Reitherman

    Best Short Film, Live Action

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One-Eyed Men Are Kings

      6.5 (111)
      Paul Claudon
      Edmond Séchan
    • [object Object]

      Climb

      5.8 (15)
      Dewitt Jones
    • [object Object]

      The Concert

      6.7 (55)
      Julian Chagrin
      Claude Chagrin
    • Planet Ocean

      7.6 (15)
      George Casey
    • [object Object]

      The Violin

      6.6 (58)
      Andrew Welsh
      George Pastic

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Earthquake

      5.9 (19K)
      Ronald Pierce
      Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.
    • [object Object]

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      Charles Grenzbach
      Larry Jost
    • [object Object]

      The Conversation

      7.7 (132K)
      Walter Murch
      Art Rochester
    • [object Object]

      The Towering Inferno

      7.0 (51K)
      Theodore Soderberg
      Herman Lewis
    • [object Object]

      Young Frankenstein

      8.0 (176K)
      Richard Portman
      Gene S. Cantamessa

    Best Writing, Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chinatown

      8.1 (368K)
      Robert Towne
    • [object Object]

      Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

      7.3 (29K)
      Robert Getchell
    • [object Object]

      The Conversation

      7.7 (132K)
      Francis Ford Coppola
    • [object Object]

      Day for Night

      8.0 (26K)
      François Truffaut
      Jean-Louis Richard
      Suzanne Schiffman
    • [object Object]

      Harry and Tonto

      7.3 (6.6K)
      Paul Mazursky
      Josh Greenfeld

    Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Godfather Part II

      9.0 (1.4M)
      Francis Ford Coppola
      Mario Puzo
    • [object Object]

      The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

      6.7 (2.9K)
      Mordecai Richler
      Lionel Chetwynd
    • [object Object]

      Lenny

      7.5 (19K)
      Julian Barry
    • [object Object]

      Murder on the Orient Express

      7.2 (73K)
      Paul Dehn
    • [object Object]

      Young Frankenstein

      8.0 (176K)
      Gene Wilder
      Mel Brooks

    Special Achievement Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Earthquake

      5.9 (19K)
      Frank Brendel
      Glen Robinson
      Albert Whitlock
      For visual effects.

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • Howard Hawks
      Winner
      • Howard Hawks
      A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema.
    • Jean Renoir
      Winner
      • 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. Jean Renoir was not present at the ceremony. Presenter 'Ingrid Bergman' accepted the award on his behalf.

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

    Edit
    • Arthur Krim in Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond (2000)
      Winner
      • Arthur Krim

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Winner
        • Joseph D. Kelly(Glen Glenn Sound)
        For the design of new audio control consoles which have advanced the state of the art of sound recording and rerecording for motion picture production.
      • Winner
          For the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
        • Winner
            For the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
          • Winner
              For the engineering and construction of new audio control consoles designed by The Burbank Studios Sound Department and by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department.
            • Winners
              • Waldon O. Watson
              • Richard J. Stumpf
              For the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.

            Technical Achievement Award

            Edit
            • Winner
                For the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly.
              • Winner
                  For the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures.

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                April 3, 1975

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                Los Angeles, California, USA

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