| Best Picture |
Best Director |
- The Godfather Part II - Francis Ford Coppola
- Chinatown - Robert Evans
- The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola
- Lenny - Marvin Worth
- The Towering Inferno - Irwin Allen
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- Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II
- John Cassavetes - A Woman Under the Influence
- Bob Fosse - Lenny
- Roman Polanski - Chinatown
- François Truffaut - Day for Night
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Art Carney - Harry and Tonto
- Albert Finney - Murder on the Orient Express
- Dustin Hoffman - Lenny
- Jack Nicholson - Chinatown
- Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II
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- Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Diahann Carroll - Claudine
- Faye Dunaway - Chinatown
- Valerie Perrine - Lenny
- Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II
- Fred Astaire - The Towering Inferno
- Jeff Bridges - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- Michael V. Gazzo - The Godfather Part II
- Lee Strasberg - The Godfather Part II
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- Ingrid Bergman - Murder on the Orient Express
- Valentina Cortese - Day for Night
- Madeline Kahn - Blazing Saddles
- Diane Ladd - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Talia Shire - The Godfather Part II
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Chinatown - Robert Towne
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Robert Getchell
- The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola
- Day for Night - François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman and Jean-Louis Richard
- Harry and Tonto - Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld
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- The Godfather Part II - Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd
- Lenny - Julian Barry
- Murder on the Orient Express - Paul Dehn
- Young Frankenstein - Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks
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| Best Cinematography |
Best Art Direction |
- The Towering Inferno - Joseph F. Biroc and Fred J. Koenekamp
- Chinatown - John A. Alonzo
- Earthquake - Philip Lathrop
- Lenny - Bruce Surtees
- Murder on the Orient Express - Geoffrey Unsworth
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- The Godfather Part II - Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham and George R. Nelson
- Chinatown -Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, Ruby R. Levitt
- Earthquake - Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank R. McKelvy
- The Island at the Top of the World - Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter H. Tyler, Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman
- The Towering Inferno - William J. Creber, Ward Preston, Raphael Bretton
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| Best Costume Design |
Best Sound |
- The Great Gatsby - Theoni V. Aldredge
- Chinatown - Anthea Sylbert
- Daisy Miller - John Furniss
- The Godfather Part II - Theadora Van Runkle
- Murder on the Orient Express - Tony Walton
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- Earthquake - Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
- Chinatown - Charles Grenzbach and Larry Jost
- The Conversation - Walter Murch and Art Rochester
- The Towering Inferno - Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis
- Young Frankenstein - Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa
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| Best Film Editing |
Best Original Song |
- The Towering Inferno—Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
- Blazing Saddles—John C. Howard, Danford Greene
- Chinatown—Sam O'Steen
- Earthquake—Dorothy Spencer
- The Longest Yard—Michael Luciano
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- "We May Never Love Like This Again" — The Towering Inferno • Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
- "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" — Benji • Music: Euel Box • Lyrics: Betty Box
- "Blazing Saddles" — Blazing Saddles • Music: John Morris • Lyrics: Mel Brooks
- "Wherever Love Takes Me" — Gold • Music: Elmer Bernstein • Lyrics: Don Black
- "Little Prince" — The Little Prince • Music: Frederick Loewe • Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
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| Best Original Dramatic Score |
Best Original Song Score and Adaptation |
- The Godfather Part II – Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
- Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith
- Murder on the Orient Express – Richard Rodney Bennett
- Shanks – Alex North
- The Towering Inferno – John Williams
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- The Great Gatsby – Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
- The Little Prince – Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
- Phantom of the Paradise – Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
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| Best Animated Short Film |
Best Live Action Short Film |
- Closed Mondays - Lighthouse Productions - Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner
- The Family That Dwelt Apart - National Film Board of Canada - Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall
- Hunger - National Film Board of Canada - Peter Foldes and René Jodoin
- Voyage to Next - Hubley Studio - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Wolfgang Reitherman
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- One-Eyed Men Are Kings - Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan
- Climb - Dewitt Jones
- The Concert - Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin
- Planet Ocean - George V. Casey
- The Violin - Andrew Welsh and George Pastic
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| Best Documentary (Short Subject) |
Best Documentary |
- Don't - Robin Lehman, Producer
- City Out of Wilderness
- Exploratorium
- John Muir's High Sierra
- Naked Yoga
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- Hearts and Minds
- Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
- The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
- The 81st Blow
- The Wild and the Brave
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| Best Foreign Language Film |
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- Amarcord - Italy
- Cats' Play - Hungary
- The Deluge - Poland
- Lacombe, Lucien - France
- The Truce - Argentina
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