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1972 Night at the Acadmey Awards Many of these are still good today. Academy Awards, USA: 1972 Date: 10 April Host(s): Hayes, Helen Alan King Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon Oscar   Venue: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Best Picture   Winner: French Connection, The (1971) - Philip D'Antoni   Other Nominees: Clockwork Orange, A (1971) - Stanley Kubrick Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Norman Jewison Last Picture Show, The (1971) - Stephen J. Friedman Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Sam Spiegel Best Actor   Winner: French Connection, The (1971) - Gene Hackman   Other Nominees: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Topol Hospital, The (1971) - George C. Scott Kotch (1971) - Walter Matthau Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) - Peter Finch Best Actress   Winner: Klute (1971) - Jane Fonda   Other Nominees: Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) - Vanessa Redgrave McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) - Julie Christie Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Janet Suzman Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) - Glenda Jackson Best Supporting Actor   Winner: Last Picture Show, The (1971) - Ben Johnson   Other Nominees: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Leonard Frey French Connection, The (1971) - Roy Scheider Last Picture Show, The (1971) - Jeff Bridges Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) - Richard Jaeckel Best Supporting Actress   Winner: Last Picture Show, The (1971) - Cloris Leachman   Other Nominees: Carnal Knowledge (1971) - Ann-Margret Go-Between, The (1971) - Margaret Leighton Last Picture Show, The (1971) - Ellen Burstyn Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971) - Barbara Harris Best Director   Winner: French Connection, The (1971) - William Friedkin   Other Nominees: Clockwork Orange, A (1971) - Stanley Kubrick Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Norman Jewison Last Picture Show, The (1971) - Peter Bogdanovich Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) - John Schlesinger Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced   Winner: Hospital, The (1971) - Paddy Chayefsky   Other Nominees: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) - Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro Klute (1971) - Andy Lewis, David P. Lewis Summer of '42 (1971) - Herman Raucher Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) - Penelope Gilliatt Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium   Winner: French Connection, The (1971) - Ernest Tidyman   Other Nominees: Clockwork Orange, A (1971) - Stanley Kubrick Conformista, Il (1970) - Bernardo Bertolucci Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Il (1970) - Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli Last Picture Show, The (1971) - James Lee Barrett, Peter Bogdanovich Best Cinematography   Winner: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Oswald Morris   Other Nominees: French Connection, The (1971) - Owen Roizman Last Picture Show, The (1971) - Robert Surtees Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Freddie Young Summer of '42 (1971) - Robert Surtees Best Art Direction-Set Decoration   Winner: Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon   Other Nominees: Andromeda Strain, The (1971) - Boris Leven, William H. Tuntke, Ruby R. Levitt Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Robert F. Boyle, Michael Stringer, Peter Lamont Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) - Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright, Peter Howitt Best Costume Design   Winner: Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo   Other Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Bill Thomas Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) - Margaret Furse Morte a Venezia (1971) - Piero Tosi What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) - Morton Haack Best Sound   Winner: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Gordon K. McCallum, Hildyard, David   Other Nominees: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Gordon K. McCallum, John W. Mitchell, Al Overton French Connection, The (1971) - Soderberg, Theodore, Newman, Christopher (I) Kotch (1971) - Richard Portman, Jack Solomon Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) - Bob Jones, John Aldred Best Film Editing   Winner: French Connection, The (1971) - Gerald B. Greenberg   Other Nominees: Andromeda Strain, The (1971) - Stuart Gilmore, John W. Holmes Clockwork Orange, A (1971) - William Butler Kotch (1971) - Ralph E. Winters Summer of '42 (1971) - Folmar Blangsted Best Effects, Special Visual Effects   Winner: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee   Other Nominees: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) - Jim Danforth, Roger Dicken Best Music, Song   Winner: Shaft (1971) - Isaac Hayes For the song "Theme from Shaft"   Other Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman For the song "The Age of Not Believing" Bless the Beasts and Children (1971) - Barry De Vorzon, Perry Botkin Jr. For the song "Bless the Beasts and the Children" Kotch (1971) - Marvin Hamlisch (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) For the song "Life Is What You Make It" Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) - Henry Mancini (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman For the song "All His Children" Best Music, Original Dramatic Score   Winner: Summer of '42 (1971) - Michel Legrand   Other Nominees: Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) - John Barry Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Richard Rodney Bennett Shaft (1971) - Isaac Hayes Straw Dogs (1971) - Jerry Fielding Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score   Winner: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - John Williams   Other Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Irwin Kostal Boy Friend, The (1971) - Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell British Chaikovsky (1969) - Dimitri Tiomkin Soviet Union Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Walter Scharf Best Short Subjects, Animated Films   Winner: Crunch Bird, The (1971) - Ted Petok   Other Nominees: Evolution (1971) - Michael Mills Selfish Giant, The (1971) - Peter Sander, Murray Shostak Best Short Subjects, Live Action Films   Winner: Sentinels of Silence (1971) - Manuel Arango, Robert Amram   Other Nominees: Good Morning (1971) - Denny Evans, Ken Greenwald Rehearsal, The (1971) - Stephen Verona Best Documentary, Short Subjects   Winner: Sentinels of Silence (1971) - Manuel Arango, Robert Amram   Other Nominees: Adventures in Perception (1971) - Han Van Gelder Art Is... (1971) - Julian Krainin, DeWitt L. Sage Jr. Numbers Start with the River, The (1971) - Donald Wrye Somebody Waiting (1971) - Hal Riney, Dick Snider, Sherwood Omens Best Documentary, Features   Winner: Hellstrom Chronicle, The (1971) - Walon Green   Other Nominees: Alaska Wilderness Lake (1971) - Alan Landsburg Chagrin et la pitié, Le (1971) - Marcel Ophüls On Any Sunday (1971) - Bruce Brown Ra Expeditions, The (1972) - Lennart Ehrenborg, Thor Heyerdahl Best Foreign Language Film   Winner: Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Il (1970) Italy   Other Nominees: Chaikovsky (1969) Soviet Union Dodesukaden (1970) Japan Shoter Azulai, Ha- (1970) Israel Utvandrarna (1971) Sweden Scientific and Engineering Award   Winner: Wilkinson, John N. (Optical Radiation Corp.) For the development and engineering of a system of xenon arc lamphouses for motion picture projection. Technical Achievement Award   Winner: Cinema Products Co. For a control to actuate zoom lenses on motion picture cameras. Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corp. For the development and introduction of the film-lens balanced Three Color Meter. Research Products, Inc. For the engineering and implementation of fully automated blow-up motion picture printing systems. Auguste, Robert D. For the development and introduction of a new crystal controlled lightweight motor for the 35mm motion picture Arriflex camera. Hutchinson, Thomas Jefferson, Rochester, James R., Fenton Hamilton For the development and introduction of the Sunbrute system of xenon arc lamps for motion picture projection. Honorary Award   Winner: Charles Chaplin For the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. E-mail us This page created by Paul Fry