Best Picture Winner
The Sting
Best Picture
Director: George Roy Hill
Studio: Universal
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con against a powerful crime boss in Depression-era Chicago.
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All Categories (24)
Best Picture
The Sting— Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers
Winner
A Touch of Class— Melvin Frank, Producer
American Graffiti— Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gary Kurtz, Co-Producer
Cries and Whispers— Ingmar Bergman, Producer
The Exorcist— William Peter Blatty, Producer
Actor
Al Pacino— Serpico {"Frank Serpico"}
Jack Nicholson— The Last Detail {"Signalman First Class Buddusky"}
Marlon Brando— Last Tango in Paris {"Paul"}
Robert Redford— The Sting {"Johnny Hooker"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Jack Gilford— Save the Tiger {"Phil Greene"}
Jason Miller— The Exorcist {"Father Damian Karras"}
Randy Quaid— The Last Detail {"Meadows"}
Vincent Gardenia— Bang the Drum Slowly {"Dutch Schnell"}
Actress
Barbra Streisand— The Way We Were {"Katie Morosky"}
Ellen Burstyn— The Exorcist {"Chris MacNeil"}
Joanne Woodward— Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams {"Rita Walden"}
Marsha Mason— Cinderella Liberty {"Maggie Paul"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Candy Clark— American Graffiti {"Debbie"}
Linda Blair— The Exorcist {"Regan MacNeil"}
Madeline Kahn— Paper Moon {"Trixie Delight"}
Sylvia Sidney— Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams {"Mrs. Pritchett"}
Directing
American Graffiti— George Lucas
Cries and Whispers— Ingmar Bergman
Last Tango in Paris— Bernardo Bertolucci
The Exorcist— William Friedkin
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
The Exorcist— William Peter Blatty
Winner
Paper Moon— Alvin Sargent
Serpico— Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
The Last Detail— Robert Towne
The Paper Chase— James Bridges
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
The Sting— David S. Ward
Winner
A Touch of Class— Melvin Frank, Jack Rose
American Graffiti— George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
Cries and Whispers— Ingmar Bergman
Save the Tiger— Steve Shagan
Cinematography
Cries and Whispers— Sven Nykvist
Winner
Jonathan Livingston Seagull— Jack Couffer
The Exorcist— Owen Roizman
The Sting— Robert Surtees
The Way We Were— Harry Stradling, Jr.
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
The Way We Were— Marvin Hamlisch
Winner
A Touch of Class— John Cameron
Cinderella Liberty— John Williams
Jesus Christ Superstar— Adaptation Score by Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
Papillon— Jerry Goldsmith
The Day of the Dolphin— Georges Delerue
The Sting— Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
Tom Sawyer— Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
Art Direction
The Sting— Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James Payne
Winner
Brother Sun Sister Moon— Art Direction: Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta; Set Decoration: Carmelo Patrono
The Exorcist— Art Direction: Bill Malley; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich
The Way We Were— Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
Tom Sawyer— Art Direction: Philip Jefferies; Set Decoration: Robert de Vestel
Film Editing
The Sting— William Reynolds
Winner
American Graffiti— Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
Jonathan Livingston Seagull— Frank P. Keller, James Galloway
The Day of the Jackal— Ralph Kemplen
The Exorcist— Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay
Sound
The Exorcist— Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
Winner
Paper Moon— Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz
The Day of the Dolphin— Richard Portman, Lawrence O. Jost
The Paper Chase— Donald O. Mitchell, Lawrence O. Jost
The Sting— Ronald K. Pierce, Robert Bertrand
Costume Design
The Sting— Edith Head
Winner
Cries and Whispers— Marik Vos
Ludwig— Piero Tosi
The Way We Were— Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry
Tom Sawyer— Donfeld
Documentary (Feature)
The Great American Cowboy— Kieth Merrill, Producer
Winner
Always a New Beginning— John D. Goodell, Producer
Battle of Berlin— Bengt von zur Muehlen, Producer
Journey to the Outer Limits— Alex Grasshoff, Producer
Walls of Fire— Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Princeton: A Search for Answers— Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
Winner
Background— Carmen D'Avino, Producer
Children at Work (Paisti Ag Obair)— Louis Marcus, Producer
Christo's Valley Curtain— Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Producers
Four Stones for Kanemitsu— Terry Sanders and June Wayne, Producers
Foreign Language Film
Day for Night— France
Winner
L'Invitation— Switzerland
The House on Chelouche Street— Israel
The Pedestrian— West Germany
Turkish Delight— The Netherlands
Honorary Award
To Henri Langlois for his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future.
Winner
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Lawrence Weingarten
To Groucho Marx in recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequalled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Lew Wasserman
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To JOACHIM GERB and ERICH KASTNER of The Arnold and Richter Company for the development and engineering of the Arriflex 35BL motion picture camera. [Camera]
Winner
To HAROLD A. SCHEIB, CLIFFORD H. ELLIS and ROGER W. BANKS of Research Products Incorporated for the concept and engineering of the Model 2101 optical printer for motion picture optical effects. [Laboratory]
To MAGNA-TECH ELECTRONIC CO., INC. for the engineering and development of a high-speed re-recording system for motion picture production. [Sound]
To WILLIAM W. VALLIANT of PSC Technology Inc., HOWARD F. OTT of Eastman Kodak Company, and GERRY DIEBOLD of The Richmark Camera Service Inc. for the development of a liquid-gate system for motion-picture printers. [Laboratory]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To ROSCO LABORATORIES, INC. for the technical advances and the development of a complete system of light-control materials for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To RICHARD H. VETTER of Todd-AO Corporation for the design of an improved anamorphic focusing system for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
Music (Song)
"The Way We Were" from The Way We Were— Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Winner
"All That Love Went To Waste" from A Touch of Class— Music by George Barrie; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Live And Let Die" from Live and Let Die— Music and Lyrics by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
"Love" from Robin Hood— Music by George Bruns; Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston
"Nice To Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty— Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Paul Williams
Short Subject (Animated)
Frank Film— Frank Mouris, Producer
Winner
Pulcinella— Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini, Producers
The Legend of John Henry— Nick Bosustow and David Adams, Producers
Short Subject (Live Action)
The Bolero— Allan Miller and William Fertik, Producers
Winner
Clockmaker— Richard Gayer, Producer
Life Times Nine— Pen Densham and John Watson, Producers