Academy Award 1975 (april 8, 1975)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 47 of the event; awards assigned:

Best Motion Picture

for the movie The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson

nominations for the movie :

lenny
Assigned to
Marvin Worth

The Conversation
Assigned to
Francis Ford Coppola

Chinatown
Assigned to
Robert Evans

The Towering Inferno

Best International Feature Film

nominations for the movie :

lacombe lucien

Cat's Play

potop

The Truce

Best Achievement in Directing

for the movie The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Francis Ford Coppola

nominations for the movie :

poster del film A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence
Assigned to
John Cassavetes

lenny
Assigned to
Bob Fosse

day for night

Chinatown
Assigned to
Roman Polanski

Best Original Screenplay

for the movie Chinatown
Assigned to
Robert Towne

nominations for the movie :

poster del film alice doesn't live here anymore

alice doesn't live here anymore
Assigned to
Robert Getchell

day for night
Assigned to
Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Louis Richard

The Conversation
Assigned to
Francis Ford Coppola

harry and tonto
Assigned to
Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld

Best Adapted Screenplay

for the movie The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola

nominations for the movie :

Young Frankenstein
Assigned to
Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder

poster del film the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz

the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz
Assigned to
Lionel Chetwynd, Mordecai Richler

poster del film Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express
Assigned to
Paul Dehn

lenny
Assigned to
Julian Barry

Best Actor in a Leading Role

for the movie harry and tonto
Assigned to
Art Carney

nominations for the movie :

Murder on the Orient Express
Assigned to
Albert Finney

lenny
Assigned to
Dustin Hoffman

The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Al Pacino

Chinatown
Assigned to
Jack Nicholson

Best Actress in a Leading Role

for the movie alice doesn't live here anymore
Assigned to
Ellen Burstyn

nominations for the movie :

A Woman Under the Influence
Assigned to
Gena Rowlands

lenny
Assigned to
Valerie Perrine

Chinatown
Assigned to
Faye Dunaway

claudine
Assigned to
Diahann Carroll

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

for the movie The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Michael V. gazzo, Lee Strasberg, Robert De Niro

nominations for the movie :

poster del film thunderbolt and lightfoot

thunderbolt and lightfoot
Assigned to
Jeff Bridges

The Towering Inferno
Assigned to
Fred Astaire

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

for the movie Murder on the Orient Express
Assigned to
Ingrid Bergman

nominations for the movie :

alice doesn't live here anymore
Assigned to
Diane Ladd

day for night
Assigned to
Valentina Cortese

The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Talia Shire

blazing saddles
Assigned to
Madeline Kahn

Best Cinematography

for the movie The Towering Inferno
Assigned to
Joseph F. Biroc, Fred J. Koenekamp

nominations for the movie :

Murder on the Orient Express
Assigned to
Geoffrey Unsworth

lenny
Assigned to
Bruce Surtees

Chinatown
Assigned to
John A. Alonzo

Earthquake
Assigned to
Philip H. Lathrop

Best Music, Best Adaptation Score

for the movie The Great Gatsby
Assigned to
Nelson Riddle

nominations for the movie :

Phantom of the Paradise
Assigned to
George Aliceson tipton

the little prince
Assigned to
Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley, Alan Jay Lerner

Best Original Score

for the movie The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola

nominations for the movie :

Murder on the Orient Express
Assigned to
Richard Rodney Bennett

Chinatown
Assigned to
Jerry Goldsmith

The Towering Inferno
Assigned to
John T. Williams

shanks
Assigned to
Alex North

Best Editing

for the movie The Towering Inferno
Assigned to
Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress

nominations for the movie :

The Longest Yard
Assigned to
Michael Luciano

Chinatown
Assigned to
Sam O'steen

Earthquake
Assigned to
Dorothy Spencer

blazing saddles
Assigned to
Danford B. Greene, John C. Howard

Best Production Design

for the movie The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Dean Tavoularis, George R. Nelson, Angelo P. Graham

nominations for the movie :

Chinatown
Assigned to
Ruby R. Levitt, W.stewart Campbell, Richard Sylbert

Earthquake
Assigned to
Alexander Golitzen, Frank R. Mckelvy, E.Preston Ames

island at the top of the world
Assigned to
Hal Gausman, John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw, Al Roelofs, Walter H. tyler

The Towering Inferno
Assigned to
Raphaël Bretton, William J. Creber, Ward Preston

Best Costume Design

for the movie The Great Gatsby
Assigned to
Theoni V. Aldredge

nominations for the movie :

Daisy Miller
Assigned to
John Furness

Murder on the Orient Express
Assigned to
Tony Walton

The Godfather Part II
Assigned to
Theadora Van runkle

Chinatown
Assigned to
Anthea Sylbert

Best Sound

for the movie Earthquake
Assigned to
Melvin Metcalfe, Ronald K.pierce

nominations for the movie :

Young Frankenstein
Assigned to
Gene S.cantamessa, Richard Portman

The Conversation
Assigned to
Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester

Chinatown
Assigned to
Bud Grenzbach, Lawrence O. Jost

The Towering Inferno
Assigned to
Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis

Best Special Effects

for the movie Earthquake
Assigned to
Glen Robinson, Frank Brendel, Albert J.whitlock

Best Original Song

for the movie The Towering Inferno
Assigned to
Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn

nominations for the movie :

blazing saddles
Assigned to
John Morris (sceneggiatore), Mel Brooks

gold

the little prince
Assigned to
Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner

benji
Assigned to
Betty Box, Euel Box

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Academy Award 1975 (april 8, 1975)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 47 of the event; awards assigned: