1973 (46th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1973. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

American Graffiti, Universal-Lucasfilm, Ltd.-Coppola Company Production; Universal. Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gary Kurtz, Co-Producer.

Cries and Whispers, Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Production; New World Pictures. (Sweden) Ingmar Bergman, Producer.

The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. William Peter Blatty, Producer.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers.

A Touch of Class, Brut Productions; Avco Embassy. (UK) Melvin Frank, Producer.

Best Actor

Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris, P.E.A. Produzioni Europee Associate S.A.S.-Les Productions Artistes Associes S.A. Production; United Artists. (France, Italy)

Jack Lemmon in Save the Tiger, Filmways-Jalem-Cirandinha Productions; Paramount.

Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail, Acrobat Films Production; Columbia.

Al Pacino in Serpico, Produzioni De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.p.A. Production; Paramount. (USA, Italy)

Robert Redford in The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal.

Best Actress

Ellen Burstyn in The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros.

Glenda Jackson in A Touch of Class, Brut Productions; Avco Embassy. (UK)

Marsha Mason in Cinderella Liberty, Sanford Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were, Rastar Productions; Columbia.

Joanne Woodward in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, Rastar Pictures Production; Columbia.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Vincent Gardenia in Bang the Drum Slowly, Rosenfield Production; Paramount.

Jack Gilford in Save the Tiger, Filmways-Jalem-Cirandinha Productions; Paramount.

John Houseman in The Paper Chase, Thompson-Paul Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

Jason Miller in The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros.

Randy Quaid in The Last Detail, Acrobat Films Production; Columbia.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Linda Blair in The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros.

Candy Clark in American Graffiti, Universal-Lucasfilm, Ltd.-Coppola Company Production; Universal.

Madeline Kahn in Paper Moon, A Directors Company Production; Paramount.

Tatum O’Neal in Paper Moon, A Directors Company Production; Paramount.

Sylvia Sidney in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, Rastar Pictures Production; Columbia.

Directing

American Graffiti, Universal-Lucasfilm, Ltd.-Coppola Company Production; Universal. George Lucas.

Cries and Whispers, Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Production; New World Pictures. (Sweden) Ingmar Bergman.

The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. William Friedkin.

Last Tango in Paris, P.E.A. Produzioni Europee Associate S.A.S.-Les Productions Artistes Associes S.A. Production; United Artists. (France, Italy) Bernardo Bertolucci.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. George Roy Hill.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Brother Sun Sister Moon, Euro International Films-Vic Film (Productions) Ltd.; Paramount. (UK, Italy) Art direction by Lorenzo Mongiardino and Gianni Quaranta; set decoration by Carmelo Patrono.

The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. Art direction by Bill Malley; set decoration by Jerry Wunderlich.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. Art direction by Henry Bumstead; set decoration by James Payne.

Tom Sawyer, Arthur P. Jacobs Production; Reader’s Digest Presentation; United Artists. Art direction by Philip Jefferies; set decoration by Robert de Vestel.

The Way We Were, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Art direction by Stephen Grimes; set decoration by William Kiernan.

Cinematography

Cries and Whispers, Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Production; New World Pictures. (Sweden) Sven Nykvist.

The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. Owen Roizman.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, JLS Limited Partnership Production; Paramount. Jack Couffer.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. Robert Surtees.

The Way We Were, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Harry Stradling, Jr.

Costume Design

Cries and Whispers, Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Production; New World Pictures. (Sweden) Marik Vos.

Ludwig, Mega Film S.p.A. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Italy, France, West Germany, Monaco) Piero Tosi.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. Edith Head.

Tom Sawyer, Arthur P. Jacobs Production; Reader’s Digest Presentation; United Artists. Donfeld.

The Way We Were, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry.

Documentary

(Feature)

Always a New Beginning, Goodell Motion Pictures. John D. Goodell, Producer.

Battle of Berlin, Chronos Film GmbH. (West Germany) Bengt von zur Muehlen, Producer.

The Great American Cowboy, Kieth Merrill Associates-Rodeo Film Productions. Kieth Merrill, Producer.

Journey to the Outer Limits, National Geographic Society and Wolper Productions. Alex Grasshoff, Producer.

Walls of Fire, Mentor Productions. Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney, Producers.

(Short Subject)

Background, D’Avino and Fucci-Stone Productions. Carmen D’Avino, Producer.

Children at Work (Paisti ag Obair), Gael-Linn Films. (Ireland) Louis Marcus, Producer.

Christo’s Valley Curtain, Maysles Films Production. Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Producers.

Four Stones for Kanemitsu, Tamarind Production. Terry Sanders and June Wayne, Producers.

Princeton: A Search for Answers, Krainin-Sage Productions. Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers.

Film Editing

American Graffiti, Universal-Lucasfilm, Ltd.-Coppola Company Production; Universal. Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas.

The Day of the Jackal, Warwick Film Productions, Ltd.-Universal Productions of France S.A; Universal. (UK, France) Ralph Kemplen.

The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman and Norman Gay.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, JLS Limited Partnership Production; Paramount. Frank P. Keller and James Galloway.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. William Reynolds.

Foreign Language Film

Day for Night, Les Films Du Carrosse-P.E.C.F. (Paris)-P.I.C. (Rome) Production; Warner Bros. (France, Italy)

The House on Chelouche Street, Noah Films, Ltd. Production. (Israel)

L’invitation, Groupe 5 Geneve-Television Suisse Romande-Citel Films-Planfilm (Paris) Production. (Switzerland, France)

The Pedestrian, ALFA Glarus-MFG-Seitz-Zev Braun Production. (Switzerland, West Germany, Israel)

Turkish Delight, Rob Houwer Film Production. (Netherlands)

Music

(Original Dramatic Score)

Cinderella Liberty, Sanford Production; 20th Century-Fox. John Williams.

The Day of the Dolphin, Icarus Productions; Avco Embassy. Georges Delerue.

Papillon, Corona-General Production Company Production; Allied Artists. (France, USA) Jerry Goldsmith.

A Touch of Class, Brut Productions; Avco Embassy. (UK) John Cameron.

The Way We Were, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Marvin Hamlisch.

(Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)

Jesus Christ Superstar, Universal-Norman Jewison-Robert Stigwood Production; Universal. Adaptation score by Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. Adaptation score by Marvin Hamlisch.

Tom Sawyer, Arthur P. Jacobs Production; Reader’s Digest Presentation; United Artists. Song score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; adaptation score by John Williams.

(Song)

All That Love Went to Waste from A Touch of Class, Brut Productions; Avco Embassy. (UK) Music by George Barrie; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Live and Let Die from Live and Let Die, Eon Productions, Ltd.; United Artists. (UK) Music and lyrics by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney.

Love from Robin Hood, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Music by George Bruns; lyrics by Floyd Huddleston.

Nice to Be Around from Cinderella Liberty, Sanford Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music by John Williams; lyrics by Paul Williams.

The Way We Were from The Way We Were, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Short Subjects

(Animated)

Frank Film, Frank Mouris Production. Frank Mouris, Producer.

The Legend of John Henry, Stephen Bosustow-Pyramid Films Production. Nick Bosustow and David Adams, Producers.

Pulcinella, Luzzati-Gianini Production. (Italy) Emanuele Luzzati and Guilio Gianini, Producers.

(Live Action)

The Bolero, Allan Miller Production. Allan Miller and William Fertik, Producers.

Clockmaker, James Street Productions, Ltd. (UK) Richard Gayer, Producer.

Life Times Nine, Insight Productions. (Canada) Pen Densham and John Watson, Producers.

Sound

The Day of the Dolphin, Icarus Productions; Avco Embassy. Richard Portman and Lawrence O. Jost.

The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. Robert Knudson and Chris Newman.

The Paper Chase, Thompson-Paul Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Donald O. Mitchell and Lawrence O. Jost.

Paper Moon, A Directors Company Production; Paramount. Richard Portman and Les Fresholtz.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. Ronald K. Pierce and Robert Bertrand.

Writing

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. William Peter Blatty.

The Last Detail, Acrobat Films Production; Columbia. Robert Towne.

The Paper Chase, Thompson-Paul Productions; 20th Century-Fox. James Bridges.

Paper Moon, A Directors Company Production; Paramount. Alvin Sargent.

Serpico, Produzioni De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.p.A. Production; Paramount. (USA, Italy) Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler.

(Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)

American Graffiti, Universal-Lucasfilm, Ltd.-Coppola Company Production; Universal. George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck.

Cries and Whispers, Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Production; New World Pictures. (Sweden) Ingmar Bergman.

Save the Tiger, Filmways-Jalem-Cirandinha Productions; Paramount. Steve Shagan.

The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. David S. Ward.

A Touch of Class, Brut Productions; Avco Embassy. (UK) Melvin Frank and Jack Rose.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Lawrence Weingarten

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Lew Wasserman

Honorary Award

To Henri Langlois for his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past, and his unswerving faith in its future. [Statuette]

To Groucho Marx in recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequaled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy. [Statuette]

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Joachim Gerb and Erich Kastner of The Arnold and Richter Company for the development and engineering of the Arriflex 35BL motion picture camera.

To Magna-Tech Electronic Co., Inc. for the engineering and development of a high-speed re-recording system for motion picture production.

To William W. Valliant of PSC Technology Inc., Howard F. Ott of Eastman Kodak Company, and Gerry Diebold of The Richmark Camera Service Inc. for the development of a liquid-gate system for motion-picture printers.

To Harold A. Scheib, Clifford H. Ellis and Roger W. Banks of Research Products Incorporated for the concept and engineering of the Model 2101 optical printer for motion picture optical effects.

(Class III)

To Rosco Laboratories, Inc. for the technical advances and the development of a complete system of light-control materials for motion picture photography.

To Richard H. Vetter of Todd-AO Corporation for the design of an improved anamorphic focusing system for motion picture photography.