46th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1974)

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• Date of Ceremony: Tuesday, April 2, 1974
• For films released in: 1973

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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 46th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

• American Graffiti
  Francis Ford Coppola [Producer] and Gary Kurtz [Co-Producer]
• Cries and Whispers
  Ingmar Bergman [Producer]
• The Exorcist
  William Peter Blatty [Producer]
• The Sting
  Tony Bill [Producer], Michael Phillips [Producer] and Julia Phillips [Producer]
• A Touch of Class
  Melvin Frank [Producer]

Best Directing

• American Graffiti
  George Lucas
• Cries and Whispers
  Ingmar Bergman
• The Exorcist
  William Friedkin
• Last Tango in Paris
  Bernardo Bertolucci
• The Sting
  George Roy Hill

Best Actor

• The Last Detail
  Jack Nicholson
• Last Tango in Paris
  Marlon Brando
• Save the Tiger
  Jack Lemmon
• Serpico
  Al Pacino
• The Sting
  Robert Redford

Best Actress

• Cinderella Liberty
  Marsha Mason
• The Exorcist
  Ellen Burstyn
• Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
  Joanne Woodward
• A Touch of Class
  Glenda Jackson
• The Way We Were
  Barbra Streisand

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Bang the Drum Slowly
  Vincent Gardenia
• The Exorcist
  Jason Miller
• The Last Detail
  Randy Quaid
• The Paper Chase
  John Houseman
• Save the Tiger
  Jack Gilford

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• American Graffiti
  Candy Clark
• The Exorcist
  Linda Blair
• Paper Moon
  Madeline Kahn
• Paper Moon
  Tatum O'Neal
• Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
  Sylvia Sidney

Best Foreign Language Film

• Day for Night
• The House on Chelouche Street
• L'Invitation
• The Pedestrian
• Turkish Delight

Best Art Direction

• Brother Sun Sister Moon
  Gianni Quaranta [Art Direction], Lorenzo Mongiardino [Art Direction] and Carmela Patrono [Set Decoration]
• The Exorcist
  Bill Malley [Art Direction] and Jerry Wunderlich [Set Decoration]
• The Sting
  Henry Bumstead [Art Direction] and James Payne [Set Decoration]
• Tom Sawyer
  Philip Jefferies [Art Direction] and Robert de Vestel [Set Decoration]
• The Way We Were
  Stephen Grimes [Art Direction] and William Kiernan [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

• Cries and Whispers
  Sven Nykvist
• The Exorcist
  Owen Roizman
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  Jack Couffer
• The Sting
  Robert Surtees
• The Way We Were
  Harry Stradling Jr.

Best Costume Design

• Cries and Whispers
  Marik Vos
• Ludwig
  Piero Tosi
• The Sting
  Edith Head
• Tom Sawyer
  Donfeld
• The Way We Were
  Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry

Best Documentary (Feature)

• Always a New Beginning
  John D. Goodell
• Battle of Berlin
  Bengt von zur Muehlen
• The Great American Cowboy
  Kieth Merrill
• Journey to the Outer Limits
  Alex Grasshoff
• Walls of Fire
  Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

• Background
  Carmen D'Avino
• Children at Work (Paisti Ag Obair)
  Louis Marcus
• Christo's Valley Curtain
  Albert Maysles and David Maysles
• Four Stones for Kanemitsu
  Terry Sanders and June Wayne
• Princeton: A Search for Answers
  Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage Jr.

Best Film Editing

• American Graffiti
  Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas
• The Day of the Jackal
  Ralph Kemplen
• The Exorcist
  Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman and Norman Gay
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  Frank P. Keller and James Galloway
• The Sting
  William Reynolds

Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)

• Cinderella Liberty
  John Williams
• The Day of the Dolphin
  Georges Delerue
• Papillon
  Jerry Goldsmith
• A Touch of Class
  John Cameron
• The Way We Were
  Marvin Hamlisch

Best Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)

• Jesus Christ Superstar
  Andre Previn [Adaptation Score by], Herbert Spencer [Adaptation Score by] and Andrew Lloyd Webber [Adaptation Score by]
• The Sting
  Marvin Hamlisch
• Tom Sawyer
  Richard M. Sherman [Song Score by], Robert B. Sherman [Song Score by] and John Williams [Adaptation Score by]

Best Music (Song)

• Cinderella Liberty "Nice To Be Around"
  John Williams [Music by] and Paul Williams [Lyrics by]
• Live and Let Die "Live and Let Die"
  Paul McCartney [Music and Lyrics by] and Linda McCartney [Music and Lyrics by]
• Robin Hood "Love"
  George Bruns [Music by] and Floyd Huddleston [Lyrics by]
• A Touch of Class "All That Love Went To Waste"
  George Barrie [Music by] and Sammy Cahn [Lyrics by]
• The Way We Were "The Way We Were"
  Marvin Hamlisch [Music by], Alan Bergman [Lyrics by] and Marilyn Bergman [Lyrics by]

Best Short Subject (Animated)

• Frank Film
  Frank Mouris
• The Legend of John Henry
  Nick Bosustow and David Adams
• Pulcinella
  Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini

Best Short Subject (Live Action)

• The Bolero
  Allan Miller and William Fertik
• Clockmaker
  Richard Gayer
• Life Times Nine
  Pen Densham and John Watson

Best Sound

• The Day of the Dolphin
  Richard Portman and Lawrence O. Jost
• The Exorcist
  Robert Knudson and Chris Newman
• The Paper Chase
  Donald O. Mitchell and Lawrence O. Jost
• Paper Moon
  Richard Portman and Les Fresholtz
• The Sting
  Ronald K. Pierce and Robert Bertrand

Best Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)

• The Exorcist
  William Peter Blatty
• The Last Detail
  Robert Towne
• The Paper Chase
  James Bridges
• Paper Moon
  Alvin Sargent
• Serpico
  Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler

Best Writing (Story and Screenplay - based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)

• American Graffiti
  George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck
• Cries and Whispers
  Ingmar Bergman
• Save the Tiger
  Steve Shagan
• The Sting
  David S. Ward
• A Touch of Class
  Melvin Frank and Jack Rose