47th Academy Awards
47th Academy Awards | |
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Date | April 8, 1975 |
Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles |
Hosted by | Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra |
Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | The Godfather Part II |
Most awards | The Godfather Part II (6) |
Most nominations | Chinatown and The Godfather Part II (11) |
TV in the United States | |
Network | NBC |
The 47th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, April 8, 1975, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1974. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra. This was the final ceremony to be telecast on NBC before broadcast rights for the U.S. were acquired by the ceremony's present broadcaster, ABC.
The success of The Godfather Part II was notable; it received twice as many Oscars as its predecessor (six) and duplicated its feat of three Best Supporting Actor nominations (as of the 96th Academy Awards, it is the last film to receive three nominations in a single acting category). Between the two of them, father and son Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola won four awards, with Carmine winning for Best Original Dramatic Score (with Nino Rota) and Francis for Picture, Director, and Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material (with Mario Puzo).
Prior to the ceremony, Dustin Hoffman, who was nominated for his performance in the film
This was the only Oscar ceremony in which all five of the nominees in a single category were released by the same studio: all five Best Costume Design nominations were for films released by Paramount Pictures.
Winners and nominees
Nominees were announced on February 24, 1975. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[6][7]
Special Achievement Award
- Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock for the visual effects of Earthquake
Academy Honorary Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Multiple nominations and awards
Nominations | Film |
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11 | Chinatown |
The Godfather Part II | |
8 | The Towering Inferno |
6 | Lenny |
Murder on the Orient Express | |
5 | Earthquake |
3 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
Blazing Saddles | |
The Conversation | |
Day for Night | |
2 | The Great Gatsby |
Harry and Tonto | |
The Little Prince | |
A Woman Under the Influence | |
Young Frankenstein |
Awards | Film |
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6 | The Godfather Part II |
3 | The Towering Inferno |
2 | Earthquake |
The Great Gatsby |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
Name | Role |
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Hank Simms | Announcer for the 47th Academy Awards |
Walter Mirisch (AMPAS President) | Giver of opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony |
Ryan O'Neal Tatum O'Neal |
Explainers of the voting rules to the public and presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor |
Francis Ford Coppola | Recipient of the award for Best Supporting Actor on behalf of Robert De Niro |
Roddy McDowall Brenda Vaccaro |
Presenters of the Short Films Awards |
Lauren Hutton Danny Thomas |
Presenters of the Documentary Awards |
Ingrid Bergman | Presenter of the Honorary Award to Jean Renoir |
Bob Hope | Presenter of the Special Achievement Award to Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock for their work in Earthquake |
Gene Kelly | Presenter of the award for Best Original Song |
Joseph Bottoms Deborah Raffin |
Presenters of the award for Best Sound
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John Wayne | Presenter of the Honorary Award to Howard Hawks |
Diahann Carroll Johnny Green |
Presenters of the Music Awards |
Lauren Bacall | Presenter of the award for Best Costume Design |
Peter Falk Katharine Ross |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress |
Susan Blakely O. J. Simpson |
Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction |
Jon Voight Raquel Welch |
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography |
Macdonald Carey Jennifer O'Neill |
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing |
Susan George Jack Valenti |
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
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Frank Sinatra | Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Arthur J. Krim |
Goldie Hawn Robert Wise |
Presenters of the award for Best Director |
James Michener |
Presenter of the awards for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material and Best Original Screenplay |
Glenda Jackson | Presenter of the award for Best Actor |
Jack Lemmon | Presenter of the award for Best Actress |
Warren Beatty | Presenter of the award for Best Picture |
Performers
Name | Role | Performed |
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Johnny Green | Musical arranger and conductor | Orchestral |
Frankie Laine | Performer | "Blazing Saddles" from Blazing Saddles |
Jack Jones |
Performer | “Little Prince” from The Little Prince |
Aretha Franklin | Performer | "Wherever Love Takes Me" from Gold |
Frankie Laine Jack Jones Aretha Franklin |
Performers | "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno and "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" from Benji |
Frank Sinatra Shirley MacLaine Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Academy Awards Orchestra |
Performers | "That's Entertainment!" |
See also
- 32nd Golden Globe Awards
- 1974 in film
- 17th Grammy Awards
- 26th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 27th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 28th British Academy Film Awards
- 29th Tony Awards
References
- ^ a b c d
Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 847. ISBN 0-385-04060-1.
- ^ Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, p. 275.
- ^ Robinson, George. Sometimes A Thank You Isn't Enough", The New York Times, March 4, 2001. Accessed May 29, 2008.
- ^ Schulzinger, Robert D., "A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War", page 155, Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 2006
- ^ Efron, Eric. " The World: Acting Out; At the Oscars, a Cause and Effect", The New York Times, March 30, 2003. Accessed May 29, 2008.
- ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2011. Select "1974" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".
- ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2011.