44th Academy Awards
44th Academy Awards | |
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Date | April 10, 1972 |
Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles |
Hosted by | Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon |
Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | The French Connection |
Most awards | The French Connection (5) |
Most nominations | Fiddler on the Roof, The French Connection, and The Last Picture Show (8) |
TV in the United States | |
Network | NBC |
The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon. One of the highlights of the evening was the appearance of Betty Grable, battling cancer at the time, who made one of her last public appearances. She appeared along with one of her leading men from the 1940s, singer Dick Haymes, to present the musical scoring awards. Grable died the following year. This was the first time in the history of the Awards in which the nominees were shown on superimposed pictures while being announced.
Winners and nominees[]
Awards[]
Nominations announced on February 22, 1972. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().[1][2]
Best Picture | Best Director |
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Best Actor | Best Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
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Best Foreign Language Film | Best Costume Design |
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Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short Subject |
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Best Live Action Short Subject | Best Animated Short Subject |
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Best Original Dramatic Score | Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score |
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Best Song Original for the Picture | Best Sound |
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Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
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Best Film Editing | Best Special Visual Effects |
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Honorary Academy Awards[]
Charlie Chaplin received an honorary award at this ceremony, for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century". Chaplin, who had been living in self-imposed exile in Switzerland for twenty years, came back to the United States to re-market his older films and to receive this award. When introduced to the audience, Chaplin received a twelve-minute standing ovation, the longest in Academy Awards history.
Films with multiple wins and nominations[]
Nominations | Film |
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8 | Fiddler on the Roof |
The French Connection | |
The Last Picture Show | |
6 | Nicholas and Alexandra |
5 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks |
Mary, Queen of Scots | |
4 | A Clockwork Orange |
Kotch | |
Summer of '42 | |
Sunday Bloody Sunday | |
2 | The Andromeda Strain |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | |
The Hospital | |
Klute | |
Sentinels of Silence | |
Shaft | |
Sometimes a Great Notion | |
Tchaikovsky |
Awards | Film |
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5 | The French Connection |
3 | Fiddler on the Roof |
2 | The Last Picture Show |
Nicholas and Alexandra | |
Sentinels of Silence |
Presenters and performers[]
Presenters (in order of appearance)[]
Name(s) | Role |
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Hank Simms | Announcer for the 44th Academy Awards |
Daniel Taradash (AMPAS President) | Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony |
Ann-Margret John Gavin |
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography |
Karen Black Richard Chamberlain |
Presenters of the award for Best Special Visual Effects |
Timothy Bottoms Jennifer O'Neill |
Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction |
Red Buttons Jill St. John |
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing |
James Caan Joey Heatherton |
Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject |
Frank Capra Natalie Wood |
Presenters of the award for Best Director |
Leslie Caron Jack Valenti |
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film |
Sandy Duncan Michael York |
Presenters of the award for Best Sound |
Betty Grable Dick Haymes |
Presenters of the award for Best Original Score (Dramatic) and Best Score (Adaptation and Original Song) |
Joel Grey | Presenter of the award for Best Original Song |
Tennessee Williams | Presenter of the awards for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Best Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published |
Gene Hackman Raquel Welch |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress |
Richard Harris Sally Kellerman |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor |
Cloris Leachman Richard Roundtree |
Presenters of the award for Best Animated Short Subject and Live Action Short Subject |
Walter Matthau | Presenter of the award for Best Actress |
Liza Minnelli | Presenter of the award for Best Actor |
Joe Namath Cybill Shepherd |
Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design |
Jack Nicholson | Presenter of the award for Best Picture |
Daniel Taradash | Presenter of the Academy Honorary Award to Charlie Chaplin |
Performers (in order of appearance)[]
Name(s) | Role | Performed |
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Henry Mancini | Musical arranger | Orchestral |
Joel Grey | Performer | "Lights, Camera, Action!" |
The Carpenters | Performer | "Bless the Beasts and Children" |
Isaac Hayes | Performer | "Theme from Shaft" |
Johnny Mathis | Performer | "Life Is What You Make It" |
Charley Pride | Performer | "All His Children" |
Debbie Reynolds | Performer | "The Age of Not Believing" |
Academy Awards Chorus | Performers | "Smile" |
See also[]
- 29th Golden Globe Awards
- 1971 in film
- 14th Grammy Awards
- 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards
- 24th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 25th British Academy Film Awards
- 26th Tony Awards
References[]
- ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1971" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".
- ^ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
- Academy Awards ceremonies
- 1971 film awards
- 1972 in Los Angeles
- 1972 in American cinema
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- Television shows directed by Marty Pasetta