45th Academy Awards (1973)
Highlights of 45th Academy Awards ceremony
The 45th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1972.
The award ceremony was held on 27th March 1973 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Anchor(s) - Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson
The Godfather won the Best Picture award.
Marlon Brando won the Best Actor award for his role in The Godfather.
Liza Minnelli won the Best Actess award for her role in Cabaret.
Bob Fosse won the Best Director award for Cabaret.
- WINNER
Best Picture
The Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance
The Emigrants
Sounder
Best Director
Cabaret
- Bob Fosse
Deliverance
- John Boorman
The Emigrants
- Jan Troell
The Godfather
- Francis Ford Coppola
Sleuth
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Original Screenplay
The Candidate
- Jeremy Larner
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere
Lady Sings the Blues
- Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
Murmur of the Heart
- Louis Malle
Young Winston
- Carl Foreman
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Godfather
- Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Cabaret
- Jay Presson Allen
The Emigrants
- Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund
Pete 'n' Tillie
- Julius J. Epstein
Sounder
- Lonne Elder III
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Godfather
- Marlon Brando
The Ruling Class
- Peter O'Toole
Sleuth
- Michael Caine
Sleuth
- Laurence Olivier
Sounder
- Paul Winfield
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cabaret
- Liza Minnelli
The Emigrants
- Liv Ullmann
Lady Sings the Blues
- Diana Ross
Sounder
- Cicely Tyson
Travels with My Aunt
- Maggie Smith
Best Supporting Actor
Cabaret
- Joel Grey
The Godfather
- James Caan
The Godfather
- Robert Duvall
The Godfather
- Al Pacino
The Heartbreak Kid
- Eddie Albert
Best Supporting Actress
Butterflies Are Free
- Eileen Heckart
Fat City
- Susan Tyrell
The Heartbreak Kid
- Jeannie Berlin
Pete 'n' Tillie
- Geraldine Page
The Poseidon Adventure
- Shelley Winters
Best Art Direction
Cabaret
- Rolf Zehetbauer, Hans Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel
Best Cinematography
Cabaret
- Geoffrey Unsworth
Best Original Song
The Poseidon Adventure
- Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
for "The Morning After"
Best Original Score
Limelight
- Charles Chaplin, Ray Rasch, Larry Russell
Best Sound Mixing
Cabaret
- Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
Best Costume Design
Travels with My Aunt
- Anthony Powell
Best Animated Short Film
A Christmas Carol
Best Documentary Feature
Marjoe
Best Documentary Short Subject
This Tiny World
Best Foreign Language Film
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Best Live Action Short Film
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream
Best Film Editing
Cabaret
- David Bretherton
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Cabaret
- Ralph Burns