Best Picture Winner
Patton
Best Picture
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Studio: 20th Century Fox
The World War II career of the controversial American general George S. Patton.
From the Worthy Podcast
Could talk about Glory and how that was Patton’s desire but his ultimate downfall. Leads into the idea of history being told by the winners, repeating history, failures of humanity in the name of something bigger…Patton Speech
All Categories (26)
Best Picture
Patton— Frank McCarthy, Producer
Winner
Airport— Ross Hunter, Producer
Five Easy Pieces— Bob Rafelson and Richard Wechsler, Producers
Love Story— Howard G. Minsky, Producer
M*A*S*H— Ingo Preminger, Producer
Actor
Jack Nicholson— Five Easy Pieces {"Robert Eroica Dupea"}
James Earl Jones— The Great White Hope {"Jack Jefferson"}
Melvyn Douglas— I Never Sang for My Father {"Tom Garrison"}
Ryan O'Neal— Love Story {"Oliver Barrett IV"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Chief Dan George— Little Big Man {"Old Lodge Skins"}
Gene Hackman— I Never Sang for My Father {"Gene Garrison"}
John Marley— Love Story {"Phil Cavilleri"}
Richard Castellano— Lovers and Other Strangers {"Frank Vecchio"}
Actress
Ali MacGraw— Love Story {"Jenny Cavilleri"}
Carrie Snodgress— Diary of a Mad Housewife {"Tina Balser"}
Jane Alexander— The Great White Hope {"Eleanor Bachman"}
Sarah Miles— Ryan's Daughter {"Rosy Ryan"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Karen Black— Five Easy Pieces {"Rayette Dipesto"}
Lee Grant— The Landlord {"Mrs. Enders"}
Maureen Stapleton— Airport {"Inez Guerrero"}
Sally Kellerman— M*A*S*H {"Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan"}
Directing
Fellini Satyricon— Federico Fellini
Love Story— Arthur Hiller
M*A*S*H— Robert Altman
Women in Love— Ken Russell
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
M*A*S*H— Ring Lardner, Jr.
Winner
Airport— George Seaton
I Never Sang for My Father— Robert Anderson
Lovers and Other Strangers— Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman
Women in Love— Larry Kramer
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Patton— Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
Winner
Five Easy Pieces— Story by Bob Rafelson, Adrien Joyce; Screenplay by Adrien Joyce
Joe— Norman Wexler
Love Story— Erich Segal
My Night at Maud's— Eric Rohmer
Cinematography
Ryan's Daughter— Freddie Young
Winner
Airport— Ernest Laszlo
Patton— Fred Koenekamp
Tora! Tora! Tora!— Charles F. Wheeler, Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh
Women in Love— Billy Williams
Music (Original Score)
Love Story— Francis Lai
Winner
Airport— Alfred Newman
Cromwell— Frank Cordell
Patton— Jerry Goldsmith
Sunflower— Henry Mancini
Music (Original Song)
"For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers— Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Robb Royer (aka Robb Wilson) and James Griffin (aka Arthur James)
Winner
"Pieces Of Dreams" from Pieces of Dreams— Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
"Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge— Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
"Till Love Touches Your Life" from Madron— Music by Riz Ortolani; Lyrics by Arthur Hamilton
"Whistling Away The Dark" from Darling Lili— Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Art Direction
Patton— Art Direction: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet
Winner
Airport— Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore, Mickey S. Michaels
Scrooge— Art Direction: Terry Marsh, Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Pamela Cornell
The Molly Maguires— Art Direction: Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
Tora! Tora! Tora!— Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Yoshiro Muraki, Richard Day, Taizoh Kawashima; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, Carl Biddiscombe
Film Editing
Patton— Hugh S. Fowler
Winner
Airport— Stuart Gilmore
M*A*S*H— Danford B. Greene
Tora! Tora! Tora!— James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya
Woodstock— Thelma Schoonmaker
Sound
Patton— Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
Winner
Airport— Ronald Pierce, David Moriarty
Ryan's Daughter— Gordon K. McCallum, John Bramall
Tora! Tora! Tora!— Murray Spivack, Herman Lewis
Woodstock— Dan Wallin, Larry Johnson
Costume Design
Cromwell— Nino Novarese
Winner
Airport— Edith Head
Darling Lili— Donald Brooks, Jack Bear
Scrooge— Margaret Furse
The Hawaiians— Bill Thomas
Documentary (Feature)
Woodstock— Bob Maurice, Producer
Winner
Chariots of the Gods— Dr. Harald Reinl, Producer
Jack Johnson— Jim Jacobs, Producer
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis— Ely Landau, Producer
Say Goodbye— David H. Vowell, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Interviews with My Lai Veterans— Joseph Strick, Producer
Winner
A Long Way from Nowhere— Bob Aller, Producer
Oisin— Vivien Carey and Patrick Carey, Producers
The Gifts— Robert McBride, Producer
Time Is Running Out— Horst Dallmayr and Robert Menegoz, Producers
Foreign Language Film
Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion— Italy
Winner
First Love— Switzerland
Hoa-Binh— France
Paix Sur Les Champs— Belgium
Tristana— Spain
Honorary Award
To Lillian Gish for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures.
Winner
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Ingmar Bergman
To Orson Welles for superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Frank Sinatra
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To LEONARD SOKOLOW and EDWARD H. REICHARD of Consolidated Film Industries for the concept and engineering of the Color Proofing Printer for motion pictures. [Laboratory]
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC. for the development and introduction of a series of compact tungsten halogen lamps for motion picture production. [Lighting]
Winner
To B. J. LOSMANDY for the concept, design and application of micro-miniature solid state amplifier modules used in motion picture recording equipment. [Sound]
To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY and PHOTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION for the design and engineering of an improved video color analyzer for motion picture laboratories. [Laboratory]
To ELECTRO SOUND INCORPORATED for the design and introduction of the Series 8000 Sound System for motion picture theatres. [Sound]
Music (Original Song Score)
Let It Be— Music and lyrics by The Beatles
Winner
A Boy Named Charlie Brown— Music by Rod McKuen and John Scott Trotter; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez and Al Shean; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi
Darling Lili— Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Scrooge— Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; adaptation score by Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer
The Baby Maker— Music by Fred Karlin; lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Is It Always Right to Be Right?— Nick Bosustow, Producer
Winner
The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two— Robert Mitchell and Dale Case, Producers
The Shepherd— Cameron Guess, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy— John Longenecker, Producer
Winner
Shut Up...I'm Crying— Robert Siegler, Producer
Sticky My Fingers...Fleet My Feet— John Hancock, Producer
Special Visual Effects
Tora! Tora! Tora!— A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott
Winner
Patton— Alex Weldon