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The 1974 Finalists!

My research tells me that there were about 90 films released domestically in the United States in 1974. There were probably a lot more, but that's the number of titles I've been able to find. Well, folks, with a final tally of 47 (not quite 50, but oh well), I've officially seen 52 percent! That's a hell of a lot better than my usual stats! As per tradition, of course, I've got to provide my fifteen finalists in each category. Oscar didn't have categories for Makeup or Visual Effects back in '74, so I've omitted those, too, and as for my Ensemble award? Oh, it stays. That's my gift to the casting directors.




BEST PICTURE

Black Christmas
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Chinatown
The Conversation
The Godfather: Part II 
The Island at the Top of the World
Lenny
Murder on the Orient Express
The Odessa File
Phantom of the Paradise
The Tamarind Seed
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot 
The Streetfighter
Young Frankenstein 

 
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Altman, Thieves Like Us
Saul Bass, Phase IV
Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein
Michael Cimino, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
Bob Clark, Black Christmas 
Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather: Part II
Brian De Palma, Phantom of the Paradise
Bob Fosse, Lenny
Tobe Hooper, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 
Sidney Lumet, Murder on the Orient Express
Ronald Neame, The Odessa File
Sam Peckinpah, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 
Roman Polanski, Chinatown
Robert Stevenson, The Island at the Top of the World


BEST ACTRESS
Julie Andrews, The Tamarind Seed
Jacqueline Bisset, Day for Night
Marilyn Burns, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Diahann Carroll, Claudine
Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
Shelley Duvall, Thieves Like Us
Jessica Harper, Phantom of the Paradise
Goldie Hawn, The Sugarland Express
Olivia Hussey, Black Christmas
Valerie Perrine, Lenny
Charlotte Rampling, The Night Porter
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
Monique van Vooren, Flesh for Frankenstein
Isela Vega, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia


BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
Keith Carradine, Thieves Like Us
Clint Eastwood, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
Peter Falk, A Woman Under the Influence
Gene Hackman, The Conversation
Dustin Hoffman, Lenny
Cleavon Little, Blazing Saddles
Marcel Marceau, Shanks
Lee Marvin, The Klansman
Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
Warren Oates, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Al Pacino, The Godfather: Part II
Burt Reynolds, The Longest Yard
Robert Shaw, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Gene Wilder, Young Frankenstein


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tamu Blackwell, Claudine
Valentina Cortese, Day for Night
Shelley Duvall, Thieves Like Us
Louise Fletcher, Thieves Like Us
Teri Garr, Young Frankenstein
Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles
Chiyoko Kazama, The Streetfighter
Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Cloris Leachman, Young Frankenstein
Jan Miner, Lenny
Valerie Perrine, Lenny
Vanessa Redgrave, Murder on the Orient Express
Rachel Roberts, Murder on the Orient Express
Etsuko Shihomi, The Streetfighter
Sylvia Syms, The Tamarind Seed


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Cazale, The Godfather: Part II
Bruce Dern, The Great Gatsby
Marty Feldman, Young Frankenstein
Gerrit Graham, Phantom of the Paradise
Laurence Hilton-Jacques, Claudine
John Huston, Chinatown
 Ben Johnson, The Sugarland Express
Harvey Keitel, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
George Kennedy, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
Harvey Korman, Blazing Saddles
Kenneth Mars, Young Frankenstein
Walter McGinn, The Parallax View
Daniel O'Herlihy, The Tamarind Seed
John Schuck, Thieves Like Us
Gene Wilder, The Little Prince 


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Robert Getchell
Black Christmas - Roy Moore
Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger, story by Bergman
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah & Gordon Dawson, story by Peckinpah & Frank Kowalski 
Chinatown - Robert Towne
The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola
The Longest Yard - Tracy Keenan Wynn, story by Albert S. Ruddy
Phantom of the Paradise - Brian De Palma
Phase IV - Mayo Simon
Shanks - Ranald Graham
The Sugarland Express - Hal Barwood & Matthew Robbins, story by Barwood & Robbins and Steven Spielberg
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Kim Henkel & Tobe Hooper
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot - Michael Cimino
A Woman Under the Influence - John Cassavetes
Zardoz - John Boorman


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Beast Must Die - Michael Winder, from "There Shall Be No Darkness" by James Blish
Death Wish - Wendell Mayes, from the novel by Brian Garfield
Flesh for Frankenstein - Paul Morrissey, from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Godfather: Part II - Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo, from the novel by Puzo
The Island at the Top of the World  - John Whedon, from the novel by Ian Cameron
The Klansman - Millard Kaufman and Samuel Fuller, from the novel by William Bradford Huie
Lenny - Julian Barry, from his play
The Little Prince - Alan Jay Lerner, from the novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Man with the Golden Gun - Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz, from the novel by Ian Fleming
Murder on the Orient Express - Paul Dehn, from the novel by Agatha Christie
The Odessa File - Kenneth Ross and George Markstein, from the novel by Frederick Forsyth
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - Peter Stone, from the novel by John Godey
The Tamarind Seed - Blake Edwards, from the novel by Evelyn Anthony
Thieves Like Us - Robert Altman, Joan Tewkesbury & Calder Willingham, from the novel by Edward Anderson
Young Frankenstein - Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder, from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley  


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Kent L. Wakeford
Black Christmas - Reginald H. Morris
Chinatown - John A. Alonzo
The Conversation - Bill Butler
The Godfather: Part II - Gordon Willis
Lenny - Bruce Surtees
Murder on the Orient Express - Geoffrey Unsworth
The Parallax View - Gordon Willis
Phantom of the Paradise - Larry Pizer
Phase IV - Dick Bush
The Streetfighter - Ken Tsukakoshi
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Daniel Pearl
Thieves Like Us - Jean Boffety
Young Frankenstein - Gerald Hirschfeld
Zardoz - Geoffrey Unsworth 


BEST EDITING
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Marcia Lucas
Black Christmas - Stan Cole
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Dolan/Ortega/Roberts
Chinatown - Sam O'Steen
The Conversation - Richard Chew
The Godfather: Part II - Barry Malkin/Richard Marks/Peter Zinner
Lenny - Alan Helm
The Longest Yard - Michael Luciano
Phantom of the Paradise - Paul Hirsch
The Streetfighter
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - Gerald Greenberg/Robert Q. Lovett
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Larry Carroll/Sallye Richardson
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot - Ferris Webster
The Way of the Dragon  - Chang Yao Chung
Young Frankenstein - John C. Howard


BEST SCORE
Day for Night - Georges Delerue
Earthquake - John Barry
Flesh for Frankenstein - Claudio Gizzi
The Godfather: Part II - Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola
Gold - Elmer Bernstein
The Island at the Top of the World - Maurice Jarre
The Little Prince - Frederick Loewe
The Man with the Golden Gun - John Barry
Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney Bennett
The Odessa File - Andrew Lloyd Weber
Phantom of the Paradise - Paul Williams
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - David Shire
The Tamarind Seed - John Barry
The Three Musketeers - Michael Legrand
Young Frankenstein - John Morris


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Blazing Saddles - The Ballad of Rock Ridge
Blazing Saddles - Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles - I'm Tired
Claudine - Mr. Welfare Man
The Little Prince - Closer and Closer and Closer
The Little Prince - The Little Prince
Mame - Loving You
The Man with the Golden Gun - The Man with the Golden Gun
The Odessa File - Christmas Dream
Phantom of the Paradise - Beauty and the Beast (The Phantom's Theme)
Phantom of the Paradise - Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye
Phantom of the Paradise - The Hell of It
Phantom of the Paradise - Old Souls
Phantom of the Paradise - Special to Me
The Towering Inferno - We May Never Love Like This Again


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown - Anthea Sylbert
The Conversation - Aggie Guerard Rodgers
The Godfather: Part II - Theadora Van Runkle
The Island at the Top of the World  - Bill Thomas
Lenny - Albert Wolsky
Mame - Theadora Van Runkle
Murder on the Orient Express - Tony Walton
Phantom of the Paradise - Rosanna Norton
Shanks - Guy C. Verhille
Thieves Like Us - Polly Platt
The Three Musketeers - Yvonne Blake
The Towering Inferno - Paul Zastupnevich
Young Frankenstein - Dorothy Jeakins
Zardoz - Christel Kruse Boorman


BEST ART DIRECTION
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Chinatown
Claudine
The Conversation
The Island at the Top of the World
Mame
Murder on the Orient Express
Phantom of the Paradise
Phase IV
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Thieves Like Us
The Three Musketeers
The Towering Inferno
Young Frankenstein
Zardoz


BEST SOUND
Black Christmas
Blazing Saddles
The Conversation
Earthquake
The Godfather: Part II
The Island at the Top of the World
Lenny
The Longest Yard
Murder on the Orient Express
Phantom of the Paradise
Phase IV
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Towering Inferno
Young Frankenstein 


BEST ENSEMBLE

Black Christmas
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 
Day for Night
Flesh for Frankenstein
The Island at the Top of the World
Lenny
Murder on the Orient Express
The Streetfighter
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Tamarind Seed
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Thieves Like Us
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
The Way of the Dragon
Young Frankenstein 

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