1974 Oscar Shouldabeens

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Best Picture
Chinatown(winner)
The Conversation
Day for Night
The Godfather Part Two
Scenes from a Marriage

Best Director
Ingmar Bergman for Scenes from a Marriage
Francis Ford Coppola for The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Part Two
Roman Polanski for Chinatown
Francois Truffaut for Day for Night

Best Actor
Art Carney in Harry and Tonto
Gene Hackman in The Conversation
Dustin Hoffman in Lenny
Jack Nicholson in Chinatown(winner)
Al Pacino in The Godfather Part Two

Best Actress
Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Faye Dunaway in Chinatown
Charlotte Rampling in The Night Porter
Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence(winner)
Liv Ullmann in Scenes from a Marriage

Best Supporting Actor
John Cazale in The Godfather Part Two
Robert DeNiro in The Godfather Part Two(winner)
Michael V. Gazzo in The Godfather Part Two
John Huston in Chinatown
Lee Strasberg in The Godfather Part Two

Best Supporting Actress
Valentina Cortese in Day for Night(winner)
Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles
Diane Ladd in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Valerie Perrine in Lenny
Talia Shire in The Godfather Part Two

Best Original Screenplay
Badlands
Chinatown(winner)
The Conversation
Day for Night
Scenes from a Marriage

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Godfather Part Two(winner)
Lenny
Thieves Like Us
Young Frankenstein

Best Cinematography
Badlands
Chinatown
The Godfather Part Two(winner)
Lenny
The Parallax View

Best Editing
Chinatown
The Conversation
Day for Night
The Godfather Part Two
Lenny(winner)
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BEST PICTURE: Chinatown
BEST DIRECTING: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, Part II
BEST LEADING ACTOR: Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
BEST LEADING ACTRESS: Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Helmut Berger, Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Silvana Mangano, Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
BEST SCREENPLAY: Chinatown
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Godfather, part II
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Best Picture: Chinatown
Best Director: Roman Polanski for Chinatown
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
Best Actress: Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence
Best Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro in The Godfather Part Two
Best Supporting Actress: Valentina Cortese in Day for Night
Best Original Screenplay: Chinatown
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Godfather Part Two
Best Score: Chinatown
Best Art Direction: Chinatown
Best Costume Design: Chinatown
Best Editing: Lenny
Best Cinematography: The Godfather Part Two
Best Sound: The Conversation
Best Foreign Film: Day for Night
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Best Picture

Claudine- 4th Place
The Sugarland Express- WINNER
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- 5th Place
The Godfather part 2- RUNNER UP
Black Christmas- 3rd Place

Best Director

Steven Speilberg- The Sugarland Express- RUNNER UP
Francis Ford Coppola- The Godfather part 2- WINNER
Mel Brooks- Young Frankenstein- 4th Place
John Berry- Claudine- 5th Place
Bob Clark- Black Christmas- 3rd Place

Best Actress

Olivia Hussey- Black Christmas- 3rd Place
Valerie Perrine- Lenny- 4th Place
Goldie Hawn- The Sugarland Express- TIE- WINNER
Diahann Carroll- Claudine- TIE- WINNER
Gena Rowlands- A Woman Under the Influence - RUNNER UP

Best Actor

Al Pacino- The Godfather part 2- RUNNER UP
Robert De Niro- The Godfather part 2- TIE- WINNER
Ben Johnson- The Sugarland Express- 3rd Place
Gene Wilder- Young Frankenstein- 4th Place
Cleavon Little- Blazing Saddles-TIE- WINNER

Best Supporting Actress

Madeline Kahn- Blazing Saddles- 3rd Place
Karen Black- The Great Gatsby- RUNNER UP
Tamu Blackwell- Claudine- WINNER
Margot Kidder- Black Christmas- 4th Place
Teri Garr- Young Frankenstein- 5th Place

Best Supporting Actor

Denver Pyle- The Life & Times of Grizzly Adams- 5th Place
Michael V. Gazzo- The Godfather part 2- WINNER
Lee Strasberg- The Godfather part 2- RUNNER UP
Tetsunosuke Tsuchida- The Street Fighter- 3rd Place
John Cazale- The Godfather part 2- 4th Place
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BEST PICTURE
01. Chinatown (dir. Roman Polanski)
02. Blazing Saddles (dir. Mel Brooks)
03. Young Frankenstein (dir. Mel Brooks)
04. The Conversation (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
05. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper)
06. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
07. The Godfather Part II (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
08. Phantom of the Paradise (dir. Brian De Palma)
09. Lacombe, Lucien (dir. Louis Malle)
10. Female Trouble (dir. John Waters)

BEST DIRECTOR
01. Roman Polanski, Chinatown
02. Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles
03. Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein
04. Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation
05. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ali: Fears Eats the Soul

BEST ACTOR
01. Gene Wilder, Young Frankenstein
02. Gene Hackman, The Conversation
03. Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
04. Robert Powell, Mahler
05. Bruno S., The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

BEST ACTRESS
01. Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
02. Brigitte Mira, Ali: Fears Eats the Soul
03. Charlotte Rampling, The Night Porter
04. Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
05. Lolita Rodriguez, Weighed But Found Wanting

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. Harvey Korman, Blazing Saddles
02. John Huston, Chinatown
03. Holger Löwenadler; Lacombe, Lucien
04. Marty Feldman, Young Frankenstein
05. John Cazale, The Godfather Part II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Valerie Perrine, Lenny
02. Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles
03. Silvana Mangano, Conversation Piece
04. Madeline Kahn, Young Frankenstein
05. Shelley Duvall, Thieves Like Us

BEST SCREENPLAY
01. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger)
02. Young Frankenstein (Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks)
03. Chinatown (Robert Towne)
04. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
05. Female Trouble (John Waters)

BEST FILM EDITING
01. The Conversation (Richard Chew)
02. Céline and Julie Go Boating (Nicole Lubtchansky)
03. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Gerald B. Greenberg, Robert Q. Lovett)
04. Blazing Saddles (Danford B. Greene, John C. Howard)
05. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Thea Eymèsz)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
01. The Godfather Part II (Gordon Willis)
02. Lacombe, Lucien (Tonino Delli Colli)
03. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein)
04. Chinatown (John A. Alonzo)
05. Young Frankenstein (Gerald Hirschfeld)

BEST ART DIRECTION
01. Phantom of the Paradise (Jack Fisk)
02. Young Frankenstein (Robert De Vestel, Dale Hennesy)
03. Arabian Nights (Dante Ferretti)
04. Mahler (Ian Whittaker)
05. The Great Gatsby (John Box, Robert W. Laing, Gene Rudolf)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
01. Phantom of the Paradise (Rosanna Norton)
02. The Great Gatsby (Theoni V. Aldredge)
03. Arabian Nights (Danilo Donati)
04. Murder on the Orient Express (Tony Walton)
05. Céline and Julie Go Boating (Jean-Luc Berne, Pierre D'Alby, Laurent Vicci)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
01. Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
02. Phantom of the Paradise (original score and songs by Paul Williams)
03. The Conversation (David Shire)
04. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (David Shire)
05. Sweet Movie (Manos Hatzidakis)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
01. Phantom of the Paradise ("Old Souls," music and lyrics by Paul Williams, performed by Jessica Harper)
02. Blazing Saddles ("I'm Tired," music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, performed by Madeline Kahn)
03. Blazing Saddles ("Blazing Saddles," music by John Morris, lyrics by Mel Brooks, performed by Frankie Laine)
04. Foxy Brown ("Theme of Foxy Brown," music, lyrics, and performance by Willie Hutch)
05. Sweet Movie ("Les enfants dans le champs," music and lyrics by Manos Hatzidakis, performed by Maria Katira)

BEST SOUND
01. The Conversation (Howard Beals, Walter Murch)
02. Earthquake (Ronald Pierce; Melvin M. Metcalfe, Sr.)
03. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Laub, Sanford Rackow)
04. Phase IV (Bob Jones, John Poyner)
05. Phantom of the Paradise (Al Gramaglia, Dan Sable, James M. Tanenbaum)

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
01. Phantom of the Paradise (John Chambers, Rolf Miller, Anna Sugano)
02. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (W. E. Barnes, Dorothy J. Pearl)
03. Young Frankenstein (Edwin Butterworth, Mary Keats, William Tuttle)
04. Sweet Movie (Jacky Bouban, Christophe Harbonville, Phuong Maittret)
05. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Susanne Schröder)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
01. Zardoz (Gerry Johnston, Charles Staffell)
02. The Towering Inferno (L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers, Logan Frazee)
03. Dark Star (Ron Cobb, Bob Greenberg, Gregory Jein, Dan O'Bannon, Harry Walton, John C. Wash, Bill Taylor)
04. Phase IV (John Richardson, Rex Neville)
05. Earthquake (Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock)

FINAL TALLY
9 nominations: Young Frankenstein (1 win)
8 nominations: Blazing Saddles (2 wins), Chinatown (3 wins)
7 nominations: The Conversation (2 wins), Phantom of the Paradise (4 wins)
5 nominations: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
3 nominations: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The Godfather Part II (1 win); Lacombe, Lucien; Sweet Movie, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
2 nominations: Arabian Nights, Céline and Julie Go Boating, Earthquake, Female Trouble, The Great Gatsby, Mahler, Phase IV, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1 nomination: Conversation Piece, Foxy Brown, Lenny (1 win), Murder on the Orient Express, The Night Porter, Thieves Like Us, The Towering Inferno, Weighed But Found Wanting, A Woman Under the Influence, Zardoz (1 win)
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At the very first IRA Awards in 1975 (the awards given by my film gang from Columbia, which began when we were still in college), Blythe Danner won Best Supporting Actress for Hearts of the West.

For years John Simon lamented and puzzled over the fact that Meryl Streep became an acclaimed major star while Danner, whom he called "the most underrated and underused major leading lady of our stage and screen, did not. For example, "That Meryl Streep should have become an instant idol while Blythe Danner is still in limbo after years of no less unfaltering excellence is a cruel testimonial to critical and public obtuseness."
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Big Magilla wrote:
mayukh wrote:Is anyone else for Blythe Danner in Lovin' Molly? The movie's rather flawed but it should've made her a star.
Blthe Danner was already a star on stage and TV, just not in the movies. She had already won a Tony for Butterflies Are Free, played Katharine Hepburn's role in the TV series version of Adam's Rib and played Zelda Fitzgerald to Richard Chamberlain's F. Scott in the TV movie, Last of the Belles. Interestingly she went from Beau Bridges in Lovin' Molly to his brother Jeff in the following year's Hearts of the West. The closest she came to being award-worthy in any of her films was in The Great Santini, having already moved into mother roles in her mid-thirties.
Right, I meant to say movie star. I've actually loved her in every film I've seen her in, and though she's quite lovely in Santini as I said earlier, I think that's the least fully-conceived of the characters she's played in movies.

I've heard that she made a much better Alma Winemiller than Geraldine Page did in the televised version of "Eccentricities of a Nightingale" opposite Frank Langella. I haven't seen that but I'd love to. I think Danner's finest hour as an actress was as Nina in "The Sea Gull" opposite, again, Frank Langella. She's even better than Vanessa Redgrave was in that role, and considering how good Redgrave was...well, you can just imagine. It's a beautiful, very moving piece of acting. (It's on Netflix Instant Play.)
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mayukh wrote:Is anyone else for Blythe Danner in Lovin' Molly? The movie's rather flawed but it should've made her a star.
Blthe Danner was already a star on stage and TV, just not in the movies. She had already won a Tony for Butterflies Are Free, played Katharine Hepburn's role in the TV series version of Adam's Rib and played Zelda Fitzgerald to Richard Chamberlain's F. Scott in the TV movie, Last of the Belles. Interestingly she went from Beau Bridges in Lovin' Molly to his brother Jeff in the following year's Hearts of the West. The closest she came to being award-worthy in any of her films was in The Great Santini, having already moved into mother roles in her mid-thirties.
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Is anyone else for Blythe Danner in Lovin' Molly? The movie's rather flawed but it should've made her a star.
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Reza wrote:Magilla you have Day For Night and Valentina Cortese in your list for 1974 and you also have these two along with Truffaut in your list for 1973.
You're half right. I found Day for Night, replaced it with Amarcord, but I didn't have Cortese double-listed.

I've flitted back and forth between Oscar (L.A.) eligibility, New York eligibility, briefly even world-wide release date - but I always come back to the earliest of either the N.Y. or L.A. release date mainly because L.A. dates are too difficult to verify.

Latest discovery: The 1951 version of A Christmas Carol. It was expected to be given a run at Radio City Music Hall, but the Hall passed on it and it opened at the Guild Theatre, a boutique theatre housed in the basement of the Hall and apparently never played anywhere else in the U.S. until it became a TV staple a few years later. Or maybe it did play in L.A. in 1952, but not 1951. Who knows? It's too damn confusing.
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Magilla you have Day For Night and Valentina Cortese in your list for 1974 and you also have these two along with Truffaut in your list for 1973.
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Until my dying day -- and probably thereafter -- the acclaim for Godfather 2 will make absolutely no sense to me.

All hail Precious Doll for ignoring this empty vessel which added nothing to what had already been put forth -- in perfectly adequate fashion -- in The Godfather.
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PICTURE
Chinatown
The Conversation
**The Godfather, Part II**
Murder on the Orient Express
Young Frankenstein

ACTOR
Albert Finney, Murder on the Orient Express
Dustin Hoffman, Lenny
Gene Hackman, The Conversation
Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
**Al Pacino, The Godfather, Part II**

ACTRESS
Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
**Faye Dunaway, Chinatown**
Valerie Perrine, Lenny
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
Liv Ullmann, Scenes From a Marriage

SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Cazale, The Godfather, Part II
**Robert De Niro, The Godfather, Part II**
Marty Feldman, Young Frankenstein
John Huston, Chinatown
Lee Strasberg, The Godfather, Part II

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express
Valentina Cortese, Day for Night
**Madeline Kahn, Young Frankenstein**
Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Talia Shire, The Godfather, Part II

DIRECTOR
Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein
Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation
**Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, Part II**
Roman Polanski, Chinatown
Francois Traffaut, Day for Night

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Blazing Saddles
**Chinatown**
The Conversation
Day for Night
A Woman Under the Influence

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Front Page
**The Godfather, Part II**
Lenny
Murder on the Orient Express
Young Frankenstein

ART DIRECTION
Chinatown
Earthquake
**The Godfather, Part II**
Murder on the Orient Express
The Towering Inferno

CINEMATOGRAPHY
**Chinatown**
The Godfather, Part II
Lenny
Murder on the Orient Express
The Towering Inferno

COSTUME DESIGN
**Chinatown**
The Godfather, Part II
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Murder on the Orient Express

FILM EDITING
Chinatown
**The Conversation**
The Godfather, Part II
The Towering Inferno
Young Frankenstein

ORIGINAL SCORE
Chinatown
**The Godfather, Part II**
The Great Gatsby
Murder on the Orient Express
The Towering Inferno

SOUND
Chinatown
**The Conversation**
Earthquake
The Towering Inferno
Young Frankenstein

VISUAL EFFECTS
**Earthquake**
The Towering Inferno

Chinatown - 4 wins (12 nominations)
The Conversation - 2 wins (6 nominations)
The Godfather, Part II - 7 wins (13 nominations)
Murder on the Orient Express - 0 wins (8 nominations)
Young Frankenstein - 1 win (7 nominations)
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As an avid New York filmgoer in 1974, Badlands and Thieves Like Us were high on my radar and I saw both as soon as they opened. I don't recall what the buzz was for The Sugarland Express, which I didn't see until about ten years later on laser disc.

The "must see" films of 1974, as I recall, were Chinatown, Godfather II, Murder on the Orient Express, The Towering Inferno, Scenes from a Marriage, A Woman under the Influence, Lenny, Amarcord, Badlands and The Conversation, most of which lived up to their very high expectations.

Entertainment in general was at a high level in 1974. On TV, All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and M*A*S*H were going strong. In music, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel, Judy Collins, Paul McCartney & Wings and teh Eagles were at their peak.
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What I mean, Reza, is that the reviews for Sugarland were quite good, seeming to suggest the arrival of a new exciting talent, but the film's utter inability to draw an audience was deemed likely to set his career back -- something about which there was regret expressed at the time. I mean to suggest how ironic this was, given the incredibly out-sized success that was to follow almost immediately (something which no one could have foreseen).
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