The Alternative Oscars: 1974
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- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.BEST PICTURE: The Conversation
other nominees:
The Godfather: Part II
Young Frankenstein
A Woman Under the Influence
Thieves Like Us - DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsArt CarneyEllen BurstynRené EnríquezWhen his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Art Carney, Harry and Tonto
other nominees:
Gene Hackman, The Conversation
Al Pacino, The Godfather: Part II
Dustin Hoffman, Lenny
Jack Nicholson, Chinatown - DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsPeter FalkFred DraperAlthough wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
other nominees:
Valerie Perrine, Lenny
Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
Juliet Berto, Céline et Julie vont en bateau
Shelley Duvall, Thieves Like Us - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: John Cazale, The Godfather: Part II
other nominees:
Robert De Niro, The Godfather: Part II
Peter Boyle, Young Frankenstein
Walter Matthau, The Front Page
Larry Hagman, Harry and Tonto - DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Cloris Leachman, Young Frankenstein
other nominees:
Diane Keaton, The Godfather: Part II
Lauren Bacall, Murder on the Orient Express
Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles
Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.BEST DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation
other nominees:
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather: Part II
Roman Polanski, Chinatown
Robert Altman, Thieves Like Us
John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence - DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsArt CarneyEllen BurstynRené EnríquezWhen his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Harry and Tonto
other nominees:
The Conversation
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown
Confessions of a Young American Housewife - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineShelley DuvallJohn SchuckWhen two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Thieves Like Us
other nominees:
The Front Page
Young Frankenstein
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Godfather: Part II - DirectorSidney LumetStarsAlbert FinneyLauren BacallIngrid BergmanIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.BEST CASTING: Murder on the Orient Express
other nominees:
The Godfather: Part II
Blazing Saddles
Thieves Like Us
Young Frankenstein - DirectorBob FosseStarsDustin HoffmanValerie PerrineJan MinerThe story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lenny
other nominees:
The Godfather: Part II
Il poritere di notte
Chinatown
Young Frankenstein - DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty FeldmanAn American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Young Frankenstein
other nominees:
The Godfather: Part II
Phantom of the Paradise
Il portiere di notte
Phase IV - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.BEST FILM EDITING: The Conversation
other nominees:
The Godfather: Part II
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Thieves Like Us
Death Wish - DirectorSaul BassStarsNigel DavenportMichael MurphyLynne FrederickSuddenly, desert ants form a group intelligence and wage war on the humans. It's up to a couple of scientists and a girl to stop themBEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Phase IV
- DirectorUri ZoharStarsAlona EinsteinArik EinsteinSima EliyahuBenny Furman is a basketball headcoach who can't decide what he realy wants.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Einayim G'dolot (Big Eyes) / Israel
other nominees:
Céline et Julie vont en bateau (Céline and Julie Go Boating) / France
Angst essen Seele auf (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul) / West Germany
Les valseuses (Going Places) / France
Profumo di donna (Scent of a Woman) / Italy - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsCatherine ScorseseCharles ScorseseMartin ScorseseMartin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.BEST DOCUMENTARY: Italianamerican