45th Academy Awards (1972)
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- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Winner - Best Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Francis Ford Coppola
Winner - Best Actor for Marlon Brando (Declined)
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for James Caan
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Robert Duvall
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Al Pacino
Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Anna Hill Johnstone
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing for Charles Grenzbach, Chris Newman and Richard Portman
Nominated - Best Film Editing for William H. Reynolds and Peter Zinner - DirectorBob FosseStarsLiza MinnelliMichael YorkHelmut GriemA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.Nominated - Best Picture
Winner - Best Director for Bob Fosse
Winner - Best Actress for Liza Minnelli
Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Jay Presson Allen
Winner - Best Score (Adaptation and Original Song)
Winner - Best Sound Mixing for David Hildyard and Robert Knudson
Winner - Best Art Direction
Winner - Best Cinematography for Geoffrey Unsworth
Winner - Best Film Editing for David Bretherton - DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed BeattyIntent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.Nominated - Best Picture
Nominated - Best Director for John Boorman
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Tom Priestley - DirectorMartin RittStarsCicely TysonPaul WinfieldKevin HooksThe oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.Nominated - Best Picture
Nominated - Best Actor for Paul Winfield
Nominated - Best Actress for Cicely Tyson
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Lonne Elder III - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLaurence OlivierMichael CaineAlec CawthorneA man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.Nominated - Best Director for Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Nominated - Best Actor for Michael Caine
Nominated - Best Actor for Laurence Olivier
Nominated - Best Original Score (Dramatic) for John Addison - DirectorPeter MedakStarsPeter O'TooleAlastair SimArthur LoweA member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.Nominated - Best Actor for Peter O'Toole
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsDiana RossBilly Dee WilliamsRichard PryorThe story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.Nominated - Best Actress for Diana Ross
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe and Terence McCloy
Nominated - Best Score (Adaptation and Original Song)
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch and Bob Mackie
Nominated - Best Art Director - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsMaggie SmithAlec McCowenLouis Gossett Jr.At his mother's funeral, banker Henry meets his Aunt Augusta, an eccentric old woman who takes him on a wild adventure to rescue an old lover.Nominated - Best Actress for Maggie Smith
Winner - Best Costume Design for Anthony Powell
Nominated - Best Act Direction
Nominated - Best Cinematography for Douglas Slocombe - DirectorElaine MayStarsCharles GrodinCybill ShepherdJeannie BerlinA newlywed man on his honeymoon has second thoughts about his marriage and falls for a different woman.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Eddie Albert
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Jeannie Berlin - DirectorMilton KatselasStarsGoldie HawnEdward AlbertEileen HeckartA blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Eileen Heckart
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing for Charles T. Knight and Arthur Piantadosi
Nominated - Best Cinematography for Charles Lang - DirectorMartin RittStarsWalter MatthauCarol BurnettGeraldine PageTillie Shlai is not looking forward to meeting yet another blind date. This one's name is Pete Seltzer. Pete and Tillie are not a match made in heaven; he uses wisecracking and constant flirtations with women to mask his own insecurities. Despite Tillie's guard being up, Pete is able to slowly chip away at her defenses. They embark on a relationship that ends up in a mutual decision to marry.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Geraldine Page
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Julius J. Epstein - DirectorJohn HustonStarsStacy KeachJeff BridgesSusan TyrrellTwo men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Susan Tyrrell
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsGene HackmanErnest BorgnineShelley WintersA group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters
Winner - Best Original Song for "The Morning After"
Nominated - Best Original Score (Dramatic) for John Williams
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Paul Zastupnevich
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing for Herman Lewis and Theodore Soderberg
Nominated - Best Art Direction
Nominated - Best Cinematography for Harold E. Stine
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Harold F. Kress - DirectorMichael RitchieStarsRobert RedfordPeter BoyleMelvyn DouglasBill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.Winner - Best Original Screenplay for Jeremy Larner
Nominated - Best Sound Mixing for Gene Cantamessa and Richard Portman - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyDelphine SeyrigPaul FrankeurA surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière
Winner - Best Foreign Language Film (France) - DirectorLouis MalleStarsLea MassariBenoît FerreuxDaniel GélinAs France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Louis Malle
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSimon WardRobert ShawPeter CellierComplex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Carl Foreman
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Anthony Mendleson
Nominated - Best Art Direction - DirectorSarah KernochanHoward SmithStarsAgnes BenjaminMarjoe GortnerVernon GortnerThis Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner was preaching on the Southern tent-revival circuit by the age of 3.Winner - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorBert HaanstraStarsBert HaanstraAnton KoolhaasStephen MurrayDocumentary that explores the differences and similarities between human behavior and that of animals.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorArnold PerlStarsJames Earl JonesOssie DavisJohn AliJames Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorRobert HendricksonLaurence MerrickStarsBobby BeausoleilMary BrunnerVincent BugliosiDocumentary on Charles Manson and his family. Has a number of insightful interviews with many family members most notably Squeaky and Sandy (Blue and Red). There is also a history of Manson from his birth to the family formation to the Tate/La Bianca murders. Plenty of footage of the family playing at Spahn Ranch.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorEdouard de LaurotEckehard MunckThe Silent Revolution is a 1972 German documentary film about molecular biology. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorCharles Huguenot van der LindenDocumentary about antique mechanical toys.Winner - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorPeter SchamoniStarsFriedensreich HundertwasserDoris KunstmannThe film follows artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser and presents his workings and his artistic and personal views.Nominated - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorGiorgio TrevesNominated - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorTadeusz JaworskiNominated - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorDerek WilliamsCommissioned for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the film shows the mixed blessings of the automobile.Nominated - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsAndrey MartynovIrina DolganovaElena DrapekoDuring World War II in a small village outpost, a Soviet sergeant has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (USSR)
- DirectorMoshé MizrahiStarsMichal Bat-AdamGabi OttermanMoshe TalThe love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa, in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Under a (very old) Jewish religious law, Nissim has the duty to marry his childless sister-in-law on the death of his brother.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Israel)
- DirectorJaime de ArmiñánStarsJosé Luis López VázquezJulieta SerranoAntonio FerrandisA 43-year-old woman living in a small town discovers that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Spain)
- DirectorJan TroellStarsMax von SydowLiv UllmannEddie AxbergA Swedish immigrant family struggle to establish a new life for themselves in the forest of Minnesota in the mid 19th Century.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden)
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLee MontgomeryJoseph CampanellaArthur O'ConnellA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.Nominated - Best Original Song for "Don"
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsTheodore BikelGeneviève AmbasPhilip FrameTwo children are trapped in the tower of a church during a flood. Local fishermen attempt to rescue them.Nominated - Best Original Song for "Come Follow, Follow Me"
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsPaul NewmanAva GardnerRoy JensonIn Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.Nominated - Best Original Song for "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey"
- DirectorHoward AvedisStarsAlejandro ReyJohn AndersonKatherine JusticeAs part of a blackmail plot, a woman is forced to seduce her new husband's son. Complications, including murder, ensue.Nominated - Best Original Song for "Strange Are the Ways of Love"
- DirectorRobert DeubelStarsNorman RockwellNarrated by Norman Rockwell, the film uses archival footage, dramatic reenactments, and the artist's work, to show how Rockwell recorded the world around him and reflected the aspirations and concerns of a whole generation.Winner - Best Live Action Short
- DirectorRon SatlofStarsRaynold GideonGail CasePamela Susan ShoopAnother ordinary day in Harry's life, having a few drinks after a long day of work. Then, while walking out of the bar, a distant voice keeps calling him and the voice pleads to the man to take it with him. The voice belongs to a friendly frog, who keeps repeating that if Harry takes her home, he won't regret it. But what's the mystery behind the frog?Nominated - Best Live Action Short
- DirectorMike HooverStarsMike HooverThis short story follows a young mountain climber, as he ascends in the beauty of nature. Many challenges face this climber. Is the climb worth his life?Nominated - Best Live Action Short
- DirectorRichard WilliamsStarsAlastair SimMichael RedgraveMelvyn HayesAn old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.Winner - Best Animated Short
- DirectorBob GodfreyStarsBob GodfreyL.J. DickensAn animated short from British comedian Bob Godfrey.Nominated - Best Animated Short
- DirectorNedeljko DragicAldo RaparelliThe quick tempo of life in polluted cities makes patients out of people. Neurosis is an everyday occurrence.Nominated - Best Animated Short
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinClaire BloomNigel BruceA fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.Winner - Best Original Score (Dramatic) for Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsSusannah YorkRene AuberjonoisMarcel BozzuffiWhilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be realNominated - Best Original Score (Dramatic) for John Williams
- DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsMichael DouglasJodie FosterJohnny WhitakerTwo young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.Nominated - Best Original Score (Dramatic) for Buddy Baker
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsPeter O'TooleSophia LorenJames CocoThe funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.Nominated - Best Score (Adaptation and Original Song)
- DirectorPeter H. HuntStarsWilliam DanielsHoward Da SilvaKen HowardA musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.Nominated - Best Cinematography for Harry Stradling, Jr.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsRobert RedfordGeorge SegalRon LeibmanDortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...Nominated - Best Film Editing for Fred W. Berger and Frank P. Keller