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The 45th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, March 27, 1973, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in
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, honoring the best films of 1972. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine,
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. The ceremony was marked by
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's boycott of the Oscars and his sending of Sacheen Littlefeather to explain why he couldn't show up to collect his Best Actor award for ''
The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...
'', and by
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's only competitive Oscar win for Best Original Dramatic Score for his 20-year-old film ''
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'', which was eligible because it did not screen in Los Angeles until 1972. Chaplin had received honorary Academy Awards in 1929 and 1972. ''
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'', Bob Fosse's adaptation of the Broadway stage musical, set a record for the most Oscars won without winning Best Picture. Best Picture winner ''
The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...
'' received only three Academy Awards. This year was the first time that two African American women received nominations for Best Actress. This was also the first year when all the Oscar winners were brought out on stage at the end of the ceremony. The show drew a television audience of viewers.


Winners and nominees


Awards

Nominees were announced on February 12, 1973. Winners are listed first in boldface.


Honorary Academy Awards


Special Achievement Award

*
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and A. D. Flowers for the visual effects of '' The Poseidon Adventure''


Academy Honorary Award

* Charles S. Boren *
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Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following 15 films received multiple nominations. * ''10 nominations'': ''
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'' and ''
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'' * ''8 nominations'': '' The Poseidon Adventure'' * ''5 nominations'': '' Lady Sings the Blues'' * ''4 nominations'': '' The Emigrants'', ''
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'', '' Sounder'' and '' Travels with My Aunt'' * ''3 nominations'': '' Butterflies Are Free'', ''
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'' and '' Young Winston'' * ''2 nominations'': '' The Candidate'', ''
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'', '' The Heartbreak Kid'' and ''
Pete 'n' Tillie ''Pete 'n' Tillie'' is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett. Its advertising tagline was: "Honeymoon's over. It's time to get married." Screenwriter Julius J. Epstein was nomin ...
'' A Was also nominated in the previous year for
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. The following three films received multiple awards. * ''8 wins'': ''
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'' * ''3 wins'': ''
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'' * ''2 wins'': '' The Poseidon Adventure''


Eligibility controversies

It was initially announced, on February 12, 1973, that ''The Godfather'' received 11 nominations, more than any other film that year. This was reduced to 10 nominations (tied with ''Cabaret'' for the most) after a new vote by the Academy's music branch, following a controversy over whether Nino Rota's score for ''The Godfather'' was eligible for the nomination it received. For the re-balloting, members of the music branch chose from six films: ''The Godfather'' and the five films that had been on the shortlist for best original dramatic score but did not get nominated.
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's score for ''Sleuth'' won this new vote, and thus replaced Rota's score on the official list of nominees. The controversy arose, according to Academy President Daniel Taradash, because the love theme in ''The Godfather'' had previously been used by Rota in '' Fortunella'', an Italian movie from several years earlier. The nominations in the category of Best Original Song were not announced in February with the rest of the nominations, reportedly because of "a mixup in balloting". It was later reported that the Academy had been considering whether Curtis Mayfield's song " Freddie's Dead" from the film '' Super Fly'' should be eligible. The song was ruled ineligible for a nomination because its lyrics were not sung in the film. (The song was released as a single with lyrics, but the version in the film was an instrumental.) Academy governor John Green was quoted as saying: "Times have changed. In the old days, Hollywood made 30 or 40 musicals a year, and there were plenty of songs to choose from. Now there are hardly any, and most of the eligible songs are themes. Both the lyric and the music must be heard on the sound track to be eligible."


Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. Notably, Charlton Heston was late for his role presenting the voting rules, reportedly due to a flat tire. Clint Eastwood, who was slated to present for Best Picture, was asked to fill in. Heston's written dialogue leaned heavily on his role in the movie ''
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'', leading Eastwood to quip “Come on, flip the card, man. This isn’t my bag.” Eastwood also famously said on filling in at the last minute, "...They pick the guy who hasn’t said but three lines in 12 movies to substitute for him eston��. Heston arrived part of the way through the bit, allowing Eastwood to escape.


Presenters


Performers


See also

* Sacheen Littlefeather * 30th Golden Globe Awards * 1972 in film *
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* 24th Primetime Emmy Awards * 25th Primetime Emmy Awards * 26th British Academy Film Awards * 27th Tony Awards


References

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