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Best Picture
 CHINATOWN - Evans, Paramount. Produced by Robert Evans
THE CONVERSATION - Directors Company, Paramount. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola
 THE GODFATHER, PART II (Won 6 Awards) - Coppola Company, Paramount. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, co-producers
LENNY - Worth, UA. Produced by Marvin Worth
THE TOWERING INFERNO - Irwin Allen, 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. Produced by Irwin Allen
Actor
Art Carney in HARRY AND TONTO
Albert Finney in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Dustin Hoffman in LENNY
Jack Nicholson in CHINATOWN
Al Pacino in THE GODFATHER, PART II
Actress
Ellen Burstyn in ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
Diahann Carroll in CLAUDINE
Faye Dunaway in CHINATOWN
Valerie Perrine in LENNY
Gena Rowlands in A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Supporting Actor
Fred Astaire in THE TOWERING INFERNO
Jeff Bridges in THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
Robert De Niro in THE GODFATHER, PART II
Michael V. Gazzo in THE GODFATHER, PART II
Lee Strasberg in THE GODFATHER, PART II
Supporting Actress
Ingrid Bergman in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Valentina Cortese in LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE (DAY FOR NIGHT)
Madeline Kahn in BLAZING SADDLES
Diane Ladd in ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
Talia Shire in THE GODFATHER, PART II
Director
John Cassavetes for A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Francis Ford Coppola for THE GODFATHER, PART II
Bob Fosse for LENNY
Roman Polanski for CHINATOWN
François Truffaut for LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE (DAY FOR NIGHT)
Writing: Original Screenplay
Robert Getchell - ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
Robert Towne - CHINATOWN
Francis Ford Coppola - THE CONVERSATION
François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard & Suzanne Schiffman - LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE (DAY FOR NIGHT)
Paul Mazursky & Josh Greenfeld - HARRY AND TONTO
Writing: Screenplay adapted from Other Material
Mordecai Richler & Lionel Chetwynd - THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ
Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo - THE GODFATHER, PART II
Julian Barry - LENNY
Paul Dehn - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Foreign Language Film
AMARCORD (Italy)
MACSKAJÁTÉK (CATSPLAY, Hungary)
POTOP (THE DELUGE, Poland)
LACOMBE LUCIEN (France)
LA TREGUA (THE TRUCE, Argentina)
Art Direction/Set Decoration
Richard Sylbert & W. Stewart Campbell - Art Direction, Ruby Levitt - Set Decoration CHINATOWN
Alexander Golitzen & Preston Ames - Art Direction, Frank R. McKelvy - Set Decoration EARTHQUAKE
Dean Tavoularis & Angelo Graham - Art Direction, George R. Nelson - Set Decoration THE GODFATHER, PART II
Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter H. Tyler & Al Roelofs - Art Direction, Hal Gausman - Set Decoration THE ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD
William Creber & Ward Preston - Art Direction, Raphael Bretton - Set Decoration THE TOWERING INFERNO
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo - CHINATOWN
Philip H. Lathrop - EARTHQUAKE
Bruce Surtees - LENNY
Geoffrey Unsworth - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Fred J. Koenekamp & Joseph Biroc - THE TOWERING INFERNO
Costume Design
Anthea Sylbert - CHINATOWN
John Furness - DAISY MILLER
Theadora Van Runkle - THE GODFATHER, PART II
Theoni V. Aldredge - THE GREAT GATSBY
Tony Walton - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Documentary (Features)
Judy Collins & Jill Godmilow - Producers ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN
Herbert Kline - Producer THE CHALLENGE - A TRIBUTE TO MODERN ART
Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman & Haim Gouri - Producers THE 81st BLOW
Peter Davis & Bert Schneider - Producers HEARTS AND MINDS
Natalie R. Jones & Eugene S. Jones - Producers THE WILD AND THE BRAVE
Documentary (Short Subjects)
Francis Thompson - Producer CITY OUT OF WILDERNESS
Robin Lehman - Producer DON'T
Jon Boorstin - Producer EXPLORATORIUM
Dewitt Jones & Lesley Foster - Producers JOHN MUIR'S HIGH SIERRA
Ronald S. Kass & Mervyn Lloyd - Producers NAKED YOGA
Film Editing
John C. Howard & Danford B. Greene - BLAZING SADDLES
Sam O'Steen - CHINATOWN
Dorothy Spencer - EARTHQUAKE
Michael Luciano - THE LONGEST YARD
Harold F. Kress & Carl Kress - THE TOWERING INFERNO
Music: Original Dramatic Score
Jerry Goldsmith - CHINATOWN
Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola - THE GODFATHER, PART II
Richard Rodney Bennett - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Alex North - SHANKS
John Williams - THE TOWERING INFERNO
Music: Scoring - Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
Nelson Riddle - THE GREAT GATSBY
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley & Douglas Gamley - THE LITTLE PRINCE
Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton - PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
Music: Song
Euel Box - Music, Betty Box - Lyric BENJI "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)"
John Morris - Music, Mel Brooks - Lyric BLAZING SADDLES "Blazing Saddles"
Frederick Loewe - Music, Alan Jay Lerner - Lyric THE LITTLE PRINCE "Little Prince"
Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn - Music & Lyric THE TOWERING INFERNO "We May Never Love Like This Again" 
Elmer Bernstein - Music, Don Black - Lyric GOLD "Wherever Love Takes Me"
Short Films (Animated Films)
Category changed to "Short Films" in 1974.
Will Vinton & Bob Gardiner - Producers CLOSED MONDAYS
Yvon Mallette & Robert Verrall - Producers THE FAMILY THAT DWELT APART
Peter Foldes & Rene Jodoin - Producers HUNGER
John Hubley & Faith Hubley - Producers VOYAGE TO NEXT
Wolfgang Reitherman - Producer WINNIE THE POOH AND TIGGER TOO
Short Films (Live Action Films)
Dewitt Jones - Producer CLIMB
Julian Chagrin & Claude Chagrin - Producers CONCERT
Paul Claudon & Edmond Sechan - Producers ONE-EYED MEN ARE KINGS
George V. Casey - Producer PLANET OCEAN
Andrew Welsh & George Pastic - Producers THE VIOLIN
Sound
Bud Grenzbach & Lawrence O. Jost - CHINATOWN
Walter Murch & Arthur Rochester - THE CONVERSATION
Ronald Pierce & Melvin Metcalfe, Sr. - EARTHQUAKE
Theodore Soderberg & Herman Lewis - THE TOWERING INFERNO
Richard Portman & Gene Cantamessa - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Special Achievement Awards
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson & Albert Whitlock - Visual Effects EARTHQUAKE
Scientific Or Technical
Class I (Statuette):
No award given for 1974.
Class II (Plaque):
 Joseph D. Kelly (Glen Glenn Sound) - For the design of new audio control consoles which have advanced the state of the art of sound recording and rerecording for motion picture production.
Burbank Studios Sound Department - For the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department - For the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
Quad-Eight Sound Corporation - For the engineering and construction of new audio control consoles designed by the Burbank Studios Sound Department and by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department.
Waldon O. Watson, Richard J. Stumpf & Robert J. Leonard (Universal
City Studio Sound Department) - For the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.
Class III (Citation):
 Elemack (Italy) - For the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly.
Louis Ami (Universal City Studios) - For the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures.
Honorary and Other Awards
Howard Hawks - A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts have a distinguished place in world cinema. Winner presented a Statuette.
Jean Renoir - A genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration. Winner presented a Statuette.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1974.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Arthur B. Krim
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FIRSTS
· The Godfather, Part II becomes the first Best Picture sequel also to win Best Picture.
· Part II ties record with 5 Acting nominations.
· Lee Strasberg nominated for film debut.
· Francis Ford Coppola wins 3 Oscars®, father Carmine Coppola wins Original Dramatic Score and sister Talia Shire nominated for Supporting Actress.
· All Costume Design nominees are Paramount films -- first time ever one studio gets all nominations in a category.
· Claudine is screened over Los Angeles' Z Channel, the first time Academy voters can view a nominated film on cable.
RULE CHANGES
Writing Awards category name changes; "Short Subjects" becomes "Short Films."
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Harry and Tonto, Scenes from a Marriage
Actor: Gene Hackman - The Conversation
Actress: Liv Ullmann - Scenes from a Marriage
Cinematography: Gordon Willis - The Godfather, Part II
Song: "On and On"
ROLE REVERSALS
· Harry of Harry and Tonto was written expressly for James Cagney, but the 75-year-old star refused to come out of retirement. The studio wanted either Laurence Olivier or Frank Sinatra.
· Diana Sands was the first choice for the title role in Claudine, but she died of cancer before production began.
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID...
Chinatown marked Jack Nicholson's 4th unsuccessful nomination (his 3rd for Best Actor). After the Awards he shrugged, "Maybe in 1976 I'll be the sentimental favorite."
UNMENTIONABLES
· Bob Fosse wanted Dustin Hoffman to play Lenny Bruce so much that at parties he would make a scene by half-jokingly falling to his knees, crawling to Hoffman with his arms out, in the style of Jolson singing, beggin the actor to take the part.
· In a New York Times profile, Valerie Perrine said, "I've never had any acting lessons. I don't know about Chavansky, or whatever you call him. I really don't think about anything until I get to the set."
· The Godfather, Part II cost twice as much to make as the original and earned only about one-third as much at the box office, but since that translated into $30 million, Paramount considered the sequel a good investment.
· Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage was broadcast as a six-part series on Swedish TV in 1973. The Academy ruled that it was ineligible because a TV show had to be shown in theaters the same year it was telecast. Despite pleas from prominent Hollywood actors and directors, the Board of Governors refused to reverse its decision.
· Even though co-producer Bert Schneider was an Academy governor, Columbia wouldn't touch his Hearts and Minds, openly critical of US involvement in Vietnam. After six months of legal wrangling, Schneider arranged to have it distributed by Warner Bros. and entered it in the Documentary category.
· Once again, Francis Ford Coppola and Bob Fosse faced each other for Best Director.
· On an L.A. talk show, Dustin Hoffman said "The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty and no better than a beauty contest." He gave his Awards show tickets to his parents.
· Leading up to the Awards show, Jack Nicholson was the odds-on favorite for Best Actor.
· Co-host Bob Hope was making his first appearance at the Awards show since being booed in 1970.
· Accepting the Feature Documentary Awards, Hearts and Minds co-producer Bert Schneider read a telegram from the Viet Cong delegation at the Paris peace talks.
· Presenting an Honorary Award to Howard Hawks, John Wayne said, "He's made a lot of actors jump. I'm the director tonight. Hawks! Roll 'em. Get your skinny whatchamacallit out here!" He handed Hawks his Oscar®, saying, "From movie fans everywhere." (Despite his great body of work in a wide variety of movie genres, Hawks had received only one nomination for Directing - for 1941's Sergeant York.)
· When Wayne and Hawks reached the pressroom, a journalist accused Wayne of being a racist. "You're mistaken," Wayne responded, and Hawks defended him. The reporter repeated his accusation and was then led off by Academy security guards.
· When Carmine Coppola returned to his seat after receiving the Best Score Award, he dropped his Oscar® -- it broke.
· Best Supporting Actress Ingrid Bergman used her acceptance speech to acknowledge Valentina Cortese's performance in Day for Night, and she concluded with, "Please forgive me, Valentina. I didn't mean to."
· Frank Sinatra read a disclaimer written by Bob Hope, who claimed to speak for the Academy: "We are not responsible for any political references made on the program and we are sorry they had to take place this evening." Backstage, co-host Shirley MacLaine took exception to Sinatra's remarks, and tempers flared.
· The four co-hosts were supposed to rush out and sing "That's Entertainment" as a finale, but Sinatra had to be dragged out by Sammy Davis Jr.
· The following day, Best Actor Art Carney received a phone call from his former TV costar. "Hey, Carney, what'd you do last night?" Jackie Gleason asked. "I went to see Chinatown," Carney retorted.
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