45th Academy Awards Ceremony
(1973)
158 minutes
Drama / Family / News
Tuesday, March 27, 1973 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston and Rock Hudson
BEST PICTURE
The Godfather – Albert S. Ruddy
Cabaret – Cy Feuer
Deliverance – John Boorman
The Emigrants – Bengt Forslund
Sounder – Robert B. Radnitz
BEST DIRECTOR
Bob Fosse – Cabaret
John Boorman – Deliverance
Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather
Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Sleuth
Jan Troell – The Emigrants
BEST ACTOR
Marlon Brando – The Godfather as Vito Corleone
Michael Caine – Sleuth as Milo Tindle
Peter O'Toole – The Ruling Class as Jack Gurney
Laurence Olivier – Sleuth as Andrew Wyke
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 Master of Ceremonies
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
Susan Tyrrell – Fat City as Oma
Shelley Winters – The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo from The Godfather by Puzo
Cabaret – Jay Presson Allen from Cabaret by Fred Ebb and John Kander
The Emigrants – Bengt Forslund and Jan Troell from The Emigrants and Unto a Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg
Pete 'n' Tillie – Julius J. Epstein from Witch's Milk and Peter De Vries
Sounder – Lonne Elder III from Sounder by William H. Armstrong
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Marjoe – Sarah Kernochan and Howard Smith
Ape and Super-Ape – Bert Haanstra
Malcolm X – Arnold Perl and Marvin Worth
Manson – Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick
The Silent Revolution – Eckehard Munck
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
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 ORIGINAL SONG
"The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure – Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha
"Ben" from Ben – Don Black and Walter Scharf
"Come Follow, Follow Me" from The Little Ark – Fred Karlin and Marsha Karlin
"Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Maurice Jarre
"Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Stepmother – Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream – Richard Barclay
Frog Story – Ray Gideon and Ron Satlof
Solo – David Adams
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
A Christmas Carol – Richard Williams
Kama Sutra Rides Again – Bob Godfrey
Tup Tup – Nedeljko Dragic
BEST SCORE ORIGINAL DRAMATIC
Limelight – Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell
Images – John Williams
Napoleon and Samantha – Buddy Baker
The Poseidon Adventure – John Williams
Sleuth – John Addison
BEST SCORE ADAPTION AND ORIGINAL SONG
Cabaret – Adaptation: Ralph Burns
Lady Sings the Blues – Adaptation: Gil Askey
Man of La Mancha – Adaptation: Laurence Rosenthal
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Travels with My Aunt – Anthony Designer
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 MIXING
Cabaret – David Hildyard and Robert Knudson
Butterflies Are Free – Charles T. Knight and Arthur Piantadosi
The Candidate – Gene Cantamessa and Richard Portman
The Godfather – Charles Grenzbach, Chris Newman and Richard Portman
The Poseidon Adventure – Herman Lewis and Theodore Soderberg
BEST ART DIRECTION
Cabaret – Art Direction: Jurgen 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: Raphael Bretton
Travels with My Aunt – Art Direction: 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
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
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Charles S. Boren
Edward G. Robinson
PRESENTERS
Eddie Albert and Edward Albert (Best Sound)
Julie Andrews and George Stevens (Best Director)
Bea Arthur and Peter Boyle (Short Subjects Awards)
Marisa Berenson and Michael Caine (Best Costume Design)
Candice Bergen and Billy Dee Williams (Best Cinematography)
Sonny Bono and Cher (Best Original Song)
Dyan Cannon and Burt Reynolds (Music Awards)
James Coburn and Diana Ross (Best Supporting Actor)
Robert Duvall and Cloris Leachman (Best Supporting Actress)
Clint Eastwood (Best Picture)
Greer Garson and Laurence Harvey (Best Art Direction and Set Decoration)
John Gavin and Katharine Ross (Best Film Editing)
Gene Hackman and Raquel Welch (Best Actress)
Charlton Heston (Honorary Award to Edward G. Robinson)
Angela Lansbury (Opening Musical Number)
Jack Lemmon (Writing Awards)
Roger Moore and Liv Ullmann (Best Actor)
Merle Oberon (Best Visual Effects)
Frank Sinatra (Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
Elke Sommer and Jack Valenti (Best Foreign Language Film)
Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood (Documentary Awards)
Richard Walsh (Honorary Award to Charles S. Boren)
PERFORMERS
Glen Campbell and The Mike Curb Congregation ("Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean)
Diahann Carroll ("Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Stepmother)
Michael Jackson ("Ben" from Ben)
The Springfield Revival ("Come Follow, Follow Me" from The Little Ark)
Connie Stevens ("The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure)
