47th Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1975)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Tuesday, April 8, 1975
  • For films released in: 1974
  • Location: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
  • Host(s): Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope (video), Shirley MacLaine and Frank Sinatra
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The 47th Annual Academy Awards was the last to be broadcast by NBC before ABC started their long reign as Oscar telecaster.

Two classic films, Chinatown and The Godfather Part II led the nominations with 11 each, while one perhaps not-so-classic film, The Towering Inferno, was close behind with eight nods.

Heading into the ceremony, the following film(s) had five or more nominations:

  • Chinatown: 11
  • The Godfather Part II: 11
  • The Towering Inferno: 8
  • Lenny: 6
  • Murder on the Orient Express: 6
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