Academy Awards®
Awards for 1973
Picture
Francis Ford Coppola - Producer, Gary Kurtz - Co-Producer, AMERICAN GRAFFITI
Ingmar Bergman - Producer, CRIES AND WHISPERS
William Peter Blatty - Producer, THE EXORCIST
* Tony Bill - Producer, Julia Phillips - Producer, Michael Phillips - Producer, THE STING
Won seven Awards.
Melvin Frank - Producer, A TOUCH OF CLASS
Actor
Marlon Brando, LAST TANGO IN PARIS
* Jack Lemmon, SAVE THE TIGER
Jack Nicholson, THE LAST DETAIL
Al Pacino, SERPICO
Robert Redford, THE STING
Actress
Ellen Burstyn, THE EXORCIST
* Glenda Jackson, A TOUCH OF CLASS
Marsha Mason, CINDERELLA LIBERTY
Barbra Streisand, THE WAY WE WERE
Joanne Woodward, SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS
Supporting Actor
Vincent Gardenia, BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY
Jack Gilford, SAVE THE TIGER
* John Houseman, THE PAPER CHASE
Jason Miller, THE EXORCIST
Randy Quaid, THE LAST DETAIL
Supporting Actress
Linda Blair, THE EXORCIST
Candy Clark, AMERICAN GRAFFITI
Madeline Kahn, PAPER MOON
* Tatum O'Neal, PAPER MOON
Sylvia Sidney, SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS
Director
Ingmar Bergman, CRIES AND WHISPERS
Bernardo Bertolucci, LAST TANGO IN PARIS
William Friedkin, THE EXORCIST
* George Roy Hill, THE STING
George Lucas, AMERICAN GRAFFITI
Writing - Story and Screenplay (Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced)
George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck, AMERICAN GRAFFITI
Ingmar Bergman, CRIES AND WHISPERS
Steve Shagan, SAVE THE TIGER
* David S. Ward, THE STING
Melvin Frank, Jack Rose, A TOUCH OF CLASS
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
* William Peter Blatty, THE EXORCIST
Robert Towne, THE LAST DETAIL
James Bridges, THE PAPER CHASE
Alvin Sargent, PAPER MOON
Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler, SERPICO
Foreign Film
* DAY FOR NIGHT
(France)
THE HOUSE ON CHELOUCHE STREET
(Israel)
L'INVITATION
(Switzerland)
THE PEDESTRIAN
(Federal Republic of Germany)
TURKISH DELIGHT
(The Netherlands)
Art Direction
Lorenzo Mongiardino - Art Direction, Gianni Quaranta - Art Direction, Carmelo Patrono - Set Decoration, BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON
Bill Malley - Art Direction, Jerry Wunderlich - Set Decoration, THE EXORCIST
* Henry Bumstead - Art Direction, James Payne - Set Decoration, THE STING
Philip Jefferies - Art Direction, Robert de Vestel - Set Decoration, TOM SAWYER
Stephen Grimes - Art Direction, William Kiernan - Set Decoration, THE WAY WE WERE
Cinematography
* Sven Nykvist, CRIES AND WHISPERS
Owen Roizman, THE EXORCIST
Jack Couffer, JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL
Robert L. Surtees, THE STING
Harry Stradling, Jr., THE WAY WE WERE
Costume Design
Marik Vos, CRIES AND WHISPERS
Piero Tosi, LUDWIG
* Edith Head, THE STING
Donfeld, TOM SAWYER
Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry, THE WAY WE WERE
Documentary Feature
John D. Goodell - Producer, ALWAYS A NEW BEGINNING
Bengt von zur Muehlen - Producer, BATTLE OF BERLIN
* Keith Merrill - Producer, THE GREAT AMERICAN COWBOY
Alex Grasshoff - Producer, JOURNEY TO THE OUTER LIMITS
Gertrude Ross Marks - Producer, Edmund F. Penney - Producer, WALLS OF FIRE
Documentary Short Story
Carmen D'Avino - Producer, BACKGROUND
Louis Marcus - Producer, CHILDREN AT WORK
Albert Maysles - Producer, David Maysles - Producer, CHRISTO'S VALLEY CURTAIN
Terry Sanders, June Wayne - Producers (Tamarind Prod.), FOUR STONES FOR KANEMITSU
* Julian Krainin - Producer, DeWitt L. Sage, Jr. - Producer, PRINCETON: A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
Film Editing
Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas, AMERICAN GRAFFITI
Ralph Kemplen, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay, THE EXORCIST
Frank P. Keller, James Galloway, JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL
* William H. Reynolds, THE STING
Music - Original Dramatic Score
John Williams, CINDERELLA LIBERTY
Georges Delerue, THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
Jerry Goldsmith, PAPILLON
John Cameron, A TOUCH OF CLASS
* Marvin Hamlisch, THE WAY WE WERE
Music - Scoring: Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
(formerly Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)
Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
* Marvin Hamlisch, THE STING
Richard M. Sherman - Song Score, Robert B. Sherman - Song Score, John Williams, TOM SAWYER
Music - Song
(formerly Music - Song (Original to the Picture))
Georgie Barrie - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, A TOUCH OF CLASS
"All That Love Went to Waste"
Paul McCartney - Music & Lyrics, Linda McCartney, LIVE AND LET DIE
"Live And Let Die"
George Bruns - Music, Floyd Huddleston - Lyrics, ROBIN HOOD
"Love"
* Marvin Hamlisch - Music, Alan Bergman - Lyrics, Marilyn Bergman - Lyrics, THE WAY WE WERE
"The Way We Were"
John Williams - Music, Paul Williams - Lyrics, CINDERELLA LIBERTY
"You're So Nice to Be Around"
Short Subjects - Animated Films
* Frank Mouris - Producer, FRANK FILM
Nick Bosustow - Producer, David Adams - Producer, THE LEGEND OF JOHN HENRY
Emanuele Luzzati - Producer, Giulio Gianini - Producer, PULCINELLA
Short Subjects - Live Action Films
* Allan Miller - Producer, William Fertik - Producer, THE BOLERO
Richard Gayer - Producer, THE CLOCKMAKER
Pen Densham - Producer, John Watson - Producer, LIFE TIMES NINE
Sound
Richard Portman, Lawrence O. Jost, THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
* Robert Knudson, Chris Newman, THE EXORCIST
Donald O. Mitchell, Lawrence O. Jost, THE PAPER CHASE
Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz, PAPER MOON
Ronald K. Pierce, Robert Bertrand, THE STING
Sound Effects
This award discontinued 1968-1981.
Special Visual Effects
No award given for 1973. See Special Achievement Awards 1973.
Special Achievement
No award given for 1973.
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1973.
Class II (Plaque)
* Joachim Gerb (Arnold and Richter Company)
Erich Kastner (Arnold and Richter Company)
For the development and engineering of the Arriflex 35BL motion picture camera.
* Magna-Tech Electronic Company Inc.
For the engineering and development of a high-speed re-recording system for motion picture production.
* William W. Valliant (PSC Technology Inc.)
Howard F. Ott (Eastman Kodak Company)
Gerry Diebold (Richmark Camera Service Inc.)
For the development of a liquid-gate system for motion picture printers.
* Harold A. Scheib (Research Products Inc.)
Clifford H. Ellis (Research Products Inc.)
Roger W. Banks (Research Products Inc.)
For the concept and engineering of the Model 2101 optical printer for motion picture optical effects.
Class III (Citation)
* Rosco Laboratories Inc.
For the technical advances and the development of a complete system of light-control materials for motion picture photography.
* Richard A. Vetter (Todd-AO Corporation)
For the design of an improved anamorphic focusing system for motion picture photography.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Henri Langlois, For his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Groucho Marx, In recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequalled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Lawrence Weingarten,
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* Lew Wasserman,