| 47th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Date | April 8, 1975 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,Los Angeles,California |
| Hosted by | Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr. andFrank Sinatra |
| Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
| Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Godfather Part II |
| Most awards | The Godfather Part II (6) |
| Most nominations | Chinatown andThe Godfather Part II (11) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | NBC |
The47th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, April 8, 1975, at theDorothy Chandler Pavilion inLos Angeles,California, honoring the bestfilms of 1974. The ceremonies were presided over byBob Hope,Shirley MacLaine,Sammy Davis Jr., andFrank Sinatra. BeforeABC, the ceremony's current broadcaster, acquired the U.S. broadcast rights, this was the last ceremony to air onNBC.
The success ofThe Godfather Part II was notable; it received twice as many Oscars as its predecessor (six) and duplicated its feat of threeBest Supporting Actor nominations (as of the96th Academy Awards, it is the last film to receive three nominations in a single acting category). Between the two of them, father and sonCarmine andFrancis Ford Coppola won four awards, with Carmine winning forBest Original Dramatic Score (withNino Rota) and Francis forPicture,Director, andBest Screenplay Adapted from Other Material (withMario Puzo).
Prior to the ceremony, Dustin Hoffman, who was nominated for his performance in the filmLenny, described the awards as "ugly" and "grotesque" and likened the ceremony to a beauty pageant, causing host Hope to remark that "if Dustin Hoffman wins tonight, he's going to have a friend pick it up for him—George C. Scott."[1] Ingrid Bergman felt that she won her Academy Award out of a collective showbusiness guilt over her being ostracized from Hollywood in 1949 due to her affair with directorRoberto Rossellini and that Valentina Cortese was worthy of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.[1] Upon winning the Best Documentary Feature Oscar forHearts and Minds, co-producerBert Schneider said, "It's ironic that we're here at a time just before Vietnam is about to beliberated," and then read a telegram containing "Greetings of Friendship to All American People" from Ambassador Dinh Ba Thi of theProvisional Revolutionary Government (Viet Cong)[2] delegation to theParis Peace Accords.[1][3] The telegram thanked the anti-war movement "for all they have done on behalf of peace".[4] The speech infuriated Hope, who later wrote a telegram that he had Sinatra read to the divided audience. The note said: "The academy is saying, 'We are not responsible for any political references made on the program, and we are sorry they had to take place this evening.'"[1][5] This speech infuriated a third co-host,Shirley MacLaine, and actorWarren Beatty, who sarcastically retorted "thank you, Frank, you oldRepublican". MacLaine, for her part, remarked "You said you were speaking for the Academy. Well, I'm a member of the Academy and you didn't ask me!".[6]
This was the only Oscar ceremony in which all five of the nominees in a single category were released by the same studio: all fiveBest Costume Design nominations were for films released byParamount Pictures.
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Nominees were announced on February 24, 1975. Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[7][8]
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 6 | The Godfather Part II |
| 3 | The Towering Inferno |
| 2 | The Great Gatsby |
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Hank Simms | Announcer for the 47th Academy Awards |
| Walter Mirisch (AMPAS President) | Giver of opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony |
| Ryan O'Neal Tatum O'Neal | Explainers of the voting rules to the public and presenters of the award forBest Supporting Actor |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Recipient of the award for Best Supporting Actor on behalf ofRobert De Niro |
| Roddy McDowall Brenda Vaccaro | Presenters of the Short Films Awards |
| Lauren Hutton Danny Thomas | Presenters of the Documentary Awards |
| Ingrid Bergman | Presenter of the Honorary Award toJean Renoir |
| Bob Hope | Presenter of the Special Achievement Award to Frank Brendel,Glen Robinson andAlbert Whitlock for their work inEarthquake |
| Gene Kelly | Presenter of the award forBest Original Song |
| Joseph Bottoms Deborah Raffin | Presenters of the award forBest Sound |
| John Wayne | Presenter of the Honorary Award toHoward Hawks |
| Diahann Carroll Johnny Green | Presenters of the Music Awards |
| Lauren Bacall | Presenter of the award forBest Costume Design |
| Peter Falk Katharine Ross | Presenters of the award forBest Supporting Actress |
| Susan Blakely O. J. Simpson | Presenters of the award forBest Art Direction |
| Jon Voight Raquel Welch | Presenters of the award forBest Cinematography |
| Macdonald Carey Jennifer O'Neill | Presenters of the award forBest Film Editing |
| Susan George Jack Valenti | Presenters of the award forBest Foreign Language Film |
| Frank Sinatra | Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Arthur J. Krim |
| Goldie Hawn Robert Wise | Presenters of the award forBest Director |
| James Michener | Presenter of the awards forBest Screenplay Adapted from Other Material andBest Original Screenplay |
| Glenda Jackson | Presenter of the award forBest Actor |
| Jack Lemmon | Presenter of the award forBest Actress |
| Warren Beatty | Presenter of the award forBest Picture |
| Name | Role | Performed |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Green | Musical arranger and conductor | Orchestral |
| Frankie Laine | Performer | "Blazing Saddles" fromBlazing Saddles |
| Jack Jones | Performer | “Little Prince” fromThe Little Prince |
| Aretha Franklin | Performer | "Wherever Love Takes Me" fromGold |
| Frankie Laine Jack Jones Aretha Franklin | Performers | "We May Never Love Like This Again" fromThe Towering Inferno and "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" fromBenji |
| Frank Sinatra Shirley MacLaine Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Academy Awards Orchestra | Performers | "That's Entertainment!" |
