Best Picture Chinatown, Robert Evans, producer (Paramount) The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola, producer (Paramount) The Godfather Part II, Francis Ford Coppola, producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, co-producers (Paramount) Lenny, Marvin Worth, producer (United Artists) The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox/Warner Bros.) Best Actor Art Carney, Harry and Tonto Albert Finney, Murder on the Orient Express Dustin Hoffman, Lenny Jack Nicholson, Chinatown Al Pacino, The Godfather Part II Best Actress Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Diahann Carroll, Claudine Faye Dunaway, Chinatown Valerie Perrine, Lenny Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence Actor in a Supporting Role Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno Jeff Bridges, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Robert De Niro, The Godfather Part II Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II Lee Strasberg, The Godfather Part II Actress in a Supporting Role Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express Valentina Cortese, Day for Night Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Talia Shire, The Godfather Part II Directing John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II Bob Fosse, Lenny Roman Polanski, Chinatown Fran�ois Truffaut, Day for Night Writing Original Screenplay Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation Robert Getchell, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld, Harry and Tonto Robert Towne, Chinatown Fran�ois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard and Suzanne Schiffman, Day for Night Screenplay Adapted From Other Material Julian Barry, Lenny Paul Dehn, Murder on the Orient Express Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, The Godfather Part II Mordecai Richler, screenplay; Lionel Chetwynd, adaptation, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein Cinematography John A. Alonzo, Chinatown Fred Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc, The Towering Inferno Philip Lathrop, Earthquake Bruce Surtees, Lenny Geoffrey Unsworth, Murder on the Orient Express Art Direction William Creber and Ward Preston, art direction; Raphael Bretton, set decoration, The Towering Inferno Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler and Al Roelofs, art direction; Hal Gausman, set decoration, The Island at the Top of the World Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston Ames, art direction; Frank McKelvy, set decoration, Earthquake Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell, art direction; Ruby Levitt, set decoartion, Chinatown Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham, art direction; George R. Nelson, set decoration, The Godfather Part II Sound Bud Grenzbach and Larry Jost, Chinatown Walter Murch and Arthur Rochester, The Conversation Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe, Sr., Earthquake Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa, Young Frankenstein Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis, The Towering Inferno Music Song �Benji's Theme� (I Feel Love), Benji, Euel Box, music; Betty Box, lyrics �Blazing Saddles,� Blazing Saddles, John Morris, music; Mel Brooks, lyrics �Little Prince,� The Little Prince, Frederick Loewe, music; Alan Jay Lerner, Iyrics �We May Never Love Like This Again,� The Towering Inferno, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, music and Iyrics �Wherever Love Takes Me,� Gold, Elmer Bernstein, music; Don Black, Iyrics Original Dramatic Score Richard Rodney Bennett, Murder on the Orient Express Jerry Goldsmith, Chinatown Alex North, Shanks Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola, The Godfather Part II John Williams, The Towering Inferno Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, song; Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley, adaptation, The Little Prince Nelson Riddle, adaptation, The Great Gatsby Paul Williams, song; George Aliceson Tipton and Paul Williams, adaptation, Phantom of the Paradise Film Editing John C. Howard and Danford Greene, Blazing Saddles Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress, The Towering Inferno Michael Luciano, The Longest Yard Sam O'Steen, Chinatown Dorothy Spencer, Earthquake Costume Design Theoni V. Aldredge, The Great Gatsby John Furness, Daisy Miller Anthea Sylbert, Chinatown Theadora Van Runkle, The Godfather Part II Tony Walton, Murder on the Orient Express Short Films Animated Closed Mondays (Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, producers; Lighthouse Productions) The Family That Dwelt Apart (Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall, producers; National Film Board of Canada) Hunger (Peter Foldes and Ren� Jodoin, producers; National Film Board of Canada) Voyage to Next (Faith Hubley and John Hubley, producers; Hubley Studios) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Wolfgang Reitherman, producer; Walt Disney Productions) Live Action Climb (Dewitt Jones, producer; Dewitt Jones Productions) The Concert (Julian and Claude Chagrin, producers; The Black and White Colour Film Company, Ltd.) One-Eyed Men Are Kings (Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, producers; C.A.P.A.C. Productions) Planet Ocean (George V. Casey, producer; Graphic Films) The Violin (Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, producers; Sincinkin, Ltd.) Documentary Short Subject City Out of Wilderness (Francis Thompson, producer; Francis Thompson Inc.) Don't (Robin Lehman, producer; R. A. Films) Exploratorium (Jon Boorstin, producer; Jon Boorstin Production) John Muir's High Sierra (Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, producers; Dewitt Jones Productions) Naked Yoga (Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, producers; Filmshop Production) Feature Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, producers; Rocky Mountain Productions) The Challenge . . .A Tribute to Modern Art (Herbert Kline, producer; World View Production) The 81st Blow (Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, producers; Ghetto Fighters House Film) Hearts and Minds (Touchstone-Audjeff-BBS Production; Howard Zucker/Henry Jaglom-Rainbow Pictures Presentation) The Wild and the Brave (E.S.J. Productions in association with Tomorrow Entertainment Inc. and Jones/Howard Ltd.) Foreign Language Film Amarcord, Italy Cats' Play, Hungary The Deluge, Poland Lacombe, Lucien, France The Truce, Argentina Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Arthur B. Krim Honorary Awards To Howard Hawks, a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema To 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 Visual Effects Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock, Earthquake

Facts:

• Winners Announced: April 8, 1975
• Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
• Hosts: Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
• Eligibility Year: 1974