The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners
Held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Tuesday, March 27, 1973,
honoring movies released in 1972.
Best Actor Marlon Brando in a scene from Best Picture "The Godfather."
Actor
- Marlon Brando in "The Godfather"
- Michael Caine in "Sleuth"
- Laurence Olivier in "Sleuth"
- Peter O'Toole in "The Ruling Class"
- Paul Winfield in "Sounder"
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Eddie Albert in "The Heartbreak Kid"
- James Caan in "The Godfather"
- Robert Duvall in "The Godfather"
- Joel Grey in "Cabaret"
- Al Pacino in "The Godfather"
Actress
- Liza Minnelli in "Cabaret"
- Diana Ross in "Lady Sings the Blues"
- Maggie Smith in "Travels with My Aunt"
- Cicely Tyson in "Sounder"
- Liv Ullmann in "The Emigrants"
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Jeannie Berlin in "The Heartbreak Kid"
- Eileen Heckart in "Butterflies Are Free"
- Geraldine Page in "Pete 'n' Tillie"
- Susan Tyrrell in "Fat City"
- Shelley Winters in "The Poseidon Adventure"
Art Direction
- "Cabaret" Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; 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, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing
- "Young Winston" Art Direction: Geoffrey Drake, Don Ashton, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson; Set Decoration: Peter James
Cinematography
- "Butterflies Are Free" Charles B. Lang
- "Cabaret" Geoffrey Unsworth
- "The Poseidon Adventure" Harold E. Stine
- "1776" Harry Stradling, Jr.
- "Travels with My Aunt" Douglas Slocombe
Costume Design
- "The Godfather" Anna Hill Johnstone
- "Lady Sings the Blues" Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch
- "The Poseidon Adventure" Paul Zastupnevich
- "Travels with My Aunt" Anthony Powell
- "Young Winston" Anthony Mendleson
Directing
- "Cabaret" Bob Fosse
- "Deliverance" John Boorman
- "The Emigrants" Jan Troell
- "The Godfather" Francis Ford Coppola
- "Sleuth" Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Documentary (Feature)
- "Ape and Super-Ape" Bert Haanstra, Producer
- "Malcolm X" Marvin Worth and Arnold Perl, Producers
- "Manson" Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick, Producers
- "Marjoe" Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan, Producers
- "The Silent Revolution" Eckehard Munck, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
- "Hundertwasser's Rainy Day" Peter Schamoni, Producer
- "K-Z" Giorgio Treves, Producer
- "Selling Out" Tadeusz Jaworski, Producer
- "This Tiny World" Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers
- "The Tide of Traffic" Humphrey Swingler, Producer
Film Editing
- "Cabaret" David Bretherton
- "Deliverance" Tom Priestley
- "The Godfather" William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
- "The Hot Rock" Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger
- "The Poseidon Adventure" Harold F. Kress
Foreign Language Film
- "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" France
- "I Love You Rosa" Israel
- "My Dearest Señorita" Spain
- "The New Land" Sweden
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
- "images" John Williams
- "Limelight" Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
- "Napoleon and Samantha" Buddy Baker
- "The Poseidon Adventure" John Williams
- "Sleuth" John Addison
Music (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)
- "Cabaret" Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
- "Lady Sings the Blues" Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
- "Man of La Mancha" Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal
Music (Song – Original for the Picture)
- "Ben" from "Ben" Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black
- "Come Follow, Follow Me" from "The Little Ark" Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Marsha Karlin
- "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" from "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" Music by Maurice Jarre; Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman
- "The Morning After" from "The Poseidon Adventure" Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
- "Strange Are the Ways of Love" from "The Stepmother" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Best Picture
- "Cabaret" Cy Feuer, Producer
- "Deliverance" John Boorman, Producer
- "The Emigrants" Bengt Forslund, Producer
- "The Godfather" Albert S. Ruddy, Producer
- "Sounder" Robert B. Radnitz, Producer
Short Subject (Animated)
- "A Christmas Carol" Richard Williams, Producer
- "Kama Sutra Rides Again" Bob Godfrey, Producer
- "Tup Tup" Nedeljko Dragic, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
- "Frog Story" Ron Satlof and Ray Gideon, Producers
- "Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream" Richard Barclay, Producer
- "Solo" David Adams, Producer
Sound
- "Butterflies Are Free" Arthur Piantadosi, Charles Knight
- "Cabaret" Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
- "The Candidate" Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
- "The Godfather" Bud Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman
- "The Poseidon Adventure" Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
Writing (Screenplay – based on material from another medium)
- "Cabaret" Jay Allen
- "The Emigrants" Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund
- "The Godfather" Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
- "Pete 'n' Tillie" Julius J. Epstein
- "Sounder" Lonne Elder, III
Writing (Story and Screenplay – based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
- "The Candidate" Jeremy Larner
- "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" Story and Screenplay by Luis Buñuel; in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière
- "Lady Sings the Blues" Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
- "Murmur of the Heart" Louis Malle
- "Young Winston" Carl Foreman
- Star indicates a win.
