The 46th Academy Awards were presented April 2, 1974 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven.
While David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor to present the award for best picture, a streaker named Robert Opel ran out from backstage, causing spontaneous laughter at the streaker's "shortcomings," as Niven put it.
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“...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.”
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