46th Academy Awards
The 46th Academy Awards were presented on Tuesday, April 2, 1974, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston, and David Niven.
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| Date | April 2, 1974 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| Hosted by | Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston and David Niven |
| Produced by | Jack Haley Jr. |
| Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Sting |
| Most awards | The Sting (7) |
| Most nominations | The Exorcist and The Sting (10) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | NBC |
| Duration | 3 hours, 23 minutes |
| Ratings | 44.7 million[1] |
The Sting won 7 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for George Roy Hill. The Exorcist and The Way We Were were the only other films to win multiple awards.
Winners and nominees
George Roy Hill, Best Director winner
Jack Lemmon, Best Actor winner
Glenda Jackson, Best Actress winner
John Houseman, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Tatum O'Neal, Best Supporting Actress winner
David S. Ward, Best Original Screenplay Winner
William Peter Blatty, Best Adapted Screenplay Winner
Marvin Hamlisch, Best Original & Adapted Score winner
Nominations announced on February 19, 1974. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (
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Streaking incident
The 46th Academy Awards ceremony is perhaps best remembered as the ceremony in which a streaker named Robert Opel ran across the stage naked while flashing a peace sign with his hand. In response, host David Niven jokingly quipped, "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings."[3][4]
Other notable events
- First-time nominee George Lucas made his debut at the Academy Awards with his nostalgic teen drama American Graffiti. It was nominated for Best Picture (Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz), Director & Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published (Lucas), Editor (Marcia Lucas) and Candy Clark for Best Supporting Actress.
- Jack Lemmon won his second career Oscar that night; his first was for 1955's Mister Roberts. As he accepted the award, he announced that "In recent years, especially, there has been a great deal of criticism about this award. And probably, a great deal of that criticism is very justified; I would just like to say that, whether it is justified or not, I think it is one hell of a honor and I am thrilled, and I thank you all, very, very much."
- Katharine Hepburn made her first and only appearance at the ceremony to present The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to her longtime friend Lawrence Weingarten. Whenever she won an Oscar, she always had either the presenter or another person associated with her film accept it on her behalf. Upon taking the stage, she received a standing ovation, to which she replied "I'm living proof that a person can wait forty-one years to be unselfish."
- Coincidentally, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens, who were all ex-wives of Eddie Fisher's, each appeared in some form.
- This was Susan Hayward's last public appearance before she died of brain cancer in 1975.
- At 10 years, 148 days of age, Tatum O'Neal won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Paper Moon. She became the youngest winner of an Oscar, a feat unmatched to this day.
- During the ceremony, the whole in memoriam tribute was for legendary producer Samuel Goldwyn, who had died at age 94, three months prior to the event. He is the only person to have an Academy Awards ceremony dedicated solely to him.
- Longtime film veteran/comedian Groucho Marx was presented with an Honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the cinema.
- Julia Phillips became the first female producer to win for Best Picture.
- With Tatum O'Neal being 10 years old and John Houseman being 71 years old, this was the biggest age gap ever for 2 acting wins.
Multiple nominations and awards
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These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
Performers
| Name | Role | Performed |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Mancini | Musical arranger and Conductor | Orchestral |
| Liza Minnelli | Performer | "Oscar" |
| Academy Awards Chorus | Performers | "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge during the Academy Awards' 45th Anniversary montage |
| Dyan Cannon | Performer | "All the Love That Went to Waste" from A Touch of Class |
| Connie Stevens | Performer | "Live and Let Die" from Live and Let Die |
| Jodie Foster and Johnny Whitaker | Performers | "Love" from Robin Hood |
| Peggy Lee | Performer | "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were |
| Telly Savalas | Performer | "You're So Nice to Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty |
| Academy Awards Orchestra | Performers | “Hooray for Hollywood” (orchestral) during the closing credits |
See also
References
- Academy Awards TV Ratings Data, 1953-2008, Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 Nielsen Media Research, Inc
- "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- Boyer Sagert, Kelly (2007). The 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 129. ISBN 978-0-313-33919-6.
- Frawley, Frawley (2004). And the stars spoke back. Scarecrow Press. p. 224. ISBN 0-8108-5157-1.
External links
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