The Film-Lover's Check List: Academy Award 1974 Nominations

Academy Award 1974 Nominations

Actor -- Leading


Art Carney.	Harry and Tonto (1974)
Al Pacino.	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Dustin Hoffman.	Lenny (1974)
Jack Nicholson.	Chinatown (1974)
Albert Finney.	Murder On the Orient Express (1974)

Directing


Francis Ford Coppola.	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Bob Fosse.	Lenny (1974)
Roman Polanski.	Chinatown (1974)
Francois Truffaut.	Day For Night (1973)
John Cassavetes.	A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Best Picture


	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
	The Towering Inferno (1974)
	Lenny (1974)
	The Conversation (1974)
	Chinatown (1974)

Actor -- Supporting


Robert De Niro.	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Fred Astaire.	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Michael V. Gazzo.	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Lee Strasberg.	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Jeff Bridges.	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Screenplay -- Adapted


	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
	Young Frankenstein (1974)
	Lenny (1974)
	Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)

Visual Effects


	Earthquake (1974)

Actress -- Leading


Ellen Burstyn.	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Valerie Perrine.	Lenny (1974)
Faye Dunaway.	Chinatown (1974)
Gena Rowlands.	A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Diahann Carroll.	Claudine (1974)

Screenplay -- Original


	Chinatown (1974)
	The Conversation (1974)
	Harry and Tonto (1974)
	Day For Night (1973)
	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

Sound


	Earthquake (1974)
	The Towering Inferno (1974)
	Young Frankenstein (1974)
	The Conversation (1974)
	Chinatown (1974)

Actress -- Supporting


Ingrid Bergman.	Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
Talia Shire.	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Madeline Kahn.	Blazing Saddles (1974)
Valentina Cortese.	Day For Night (1973)
Diane Ladd.	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

Film Editing


	The Towering Inferno (1974)
	Earthquake (1974)
	Chinatown (1974)
	Blazing Saddles (1974)
	The Longest Yard (1974)

Foreign Language Film


Italy.	Amarcord (1973)
France.	Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
Argentina.	The Truce (1974)
Poland.	The Deluge (1974)
Hungary.	Cat's Play (1974)

Cinematography


	The Towering Inferno (1974)
	Lenny (1974)
	Earthquake (1974)
	Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
	Chinatown (1974)

Art Direction


	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
	The Towering Inferno (1974)
	Earthquake (1974)
	Chinatown (1974)
	The Island At the Top of the World (1974)

Documentary Feature


	Hearts and Minds (1974)
	The Eighty-First Blow (1974)
	Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974)
	The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1975)
	The Wild and the Brave (1974)

Original Score


Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola.	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
John Williams.	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Richard Rodney Bennett.	Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
Jerry Goldsmith.	Chinatown (1974)
Alex North.	Shanks (1974)

Costume Design


	The Great Gatsby (1974)
	The Godfather, Part II (1974)
	Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
	Chinatown (1974)
	Daisy Miller (1974)

Documentary Short


	Don't (1975)
	City Out of Wilderness (1974)
	Exploratorium (1974)
	John Muir's High Sierra (1974)
	Naked Yoga (1974)

Original Song Score


Nelson Riddle.	The Great Gatsby (1974)
Paul Williams and George Tipton.	Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Lerner, Loewe, Morley and Gamley.	The Little Prince (1974)

Short Film -- Animated


USA.	Closed Mondays (1974)
Canada.	Hunger (1974)
Canada.	The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973)
USA.	Voyage to Next (1974)
USA.	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)

Original Song


"We May Never Love Like This Again".	The Towering Inferno (1974)
"Blazing Saddles".	Blazing Saddles (1974)
"Wherever Love Takes Me".	The Great Gold Conspiracy (1974)
"Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)".	Benji (1974)
"The Little Prince".	The Little Prince (1974)

Short Film -- Live Action


France.	One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974)
USA.	Climb (1974)
USA.	Planet Ocean (1974)
Great Britain.	The Concert (1974)
Canada.	The Violin (1974)

Honorary Award


	Howard Hawks
	Jean Renoir

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


	Arthur Krim

Host


	Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra