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44th Academy Awards
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 44 |
| award | Academy Awards |
| image | 44th Academy Awards.jpg |
| date | April 10, 1972 |
| site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, |
| Los Angeles, California | |
| host | Helen Hayes, |
| Alan King, | |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | |
| and Jack Lemmon | |
| producer | Howard W. Koch |
| director | Marty Pasetta |
| best_picture | *The French Connection* |
| most_wins | *The French Connection* (5) |
| most_nominations | *Fiddler on the Roof*, *The French Connection*, and *The Last Picture Show* (8) |
| network | NBC |
| last | 43rd |
| next | 45th |
Los Angeles, California Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon. One of the highlights of the evening was one of the last public appearances of Betty Grable, who died the following year. She appeared alongside one of her leading men from the 1940s, singer Dick Haymes, to present the musical scoring awards. This was the first time in Awards history that the nominees were shown in superimposed pictures while being announced. Around seventy-five million viewers watched the ceremony.
Winners and nominees
Awards
Nominations announced on February 22, 1972. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Honorary Award
- To Charles Chaplin for the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. Chaplin, who had been living in self-imposed exile in Switzerland for twenty years, went back to the United States to re-market his older films and to receive this award. When introduced to the audience, Chaplin received a twelve-minute standing ovation, the longest in Academy Awards history.
Films with multiple wins and nominations
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 8 | *Fiddler on the Roof* |
| *The French Connection* | |
| *The Last Picture Show* | |
| 6 | *Nicholas and Alexandra* |
| 5 | *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* |
| *Mary, Queen of Scots* | |
| 4 | *A Clockwork Orange* |
| *Kotch* | |
| *Summer of '42* | |
| *Sunday Bloody Sunday* | |
| 2 | *The Andromeda Strain* |
| *The Garden of the Finzi-Continis* | |
| *The Hospital* | |
| *Klute* | |
| *Sentinels of Silence* | |
| *Shaft* | |
| *Sometimes a Great Notion* | |
| *Tchaikovsky* |
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 5 | *The French Connection* |
| 3 | *Fiddler on the Roof* |
| 2 | *The Last Picture Show* |
| *Nicholas and Alexandra* | |
| *Sentinels of Silence* |
Presenters and performers
Presenters (in order of appearance)
| Name(s) | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{sortname | Hank | Simms | nolink=0}} |
| (AMPAS President) | Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony | ||
| {{sortname | Ann-Margret}} | ||
| John Gavin | |||
| Richard Chamberlain | Presenters of the award for Best Special Visual Effects | ||
| Jennifer O'Neill | Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction | ||
| Jill St. John | Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing | ||
| Joey Heatherton | Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject | ||
| Natalie Wood | Presenters of the award for Best Director | ||
| Jack Valenti | Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film | ||
| Michael York | Presenters of the award for Best Sound | ||
| Dick Haymes | Presenters of the award for Best Original Score (Dramatic) and Best Score (Adaptation and Original Song) | ||
| Presenter of the award for Best Original Song | |||
| Presenter of the awards for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Best Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published | |||
| Raquel Welch | Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress | ||
| Sally Kellerman | Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor | ||
| Richard Roundtree | Presenters of the award for Best Animated Short Subject and Live Action Short Subject | ||
| Presenter of the award for Best Actress | |||
| Presenter of the award for Best Actor | |||
| Cybill Shepherd | Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design | ||
| Presenter of the award for Best Picture | |||
| Presenter of the Academy Honorary Award to Charlie Chaplin |
Performers (in order of appearance)
| Name(s) | Role | Performed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musical arranger | Orchestral | ||
| Performer | "Lights, Camera, Action!" | ||
| Performer | "Bless the Beasts and Children" | ||
| Performer | "Theme from Shaft" | ||
| Performer | "Life Is What You Make It" | ||
| Performer | "All His Children" | ||
| Performer | "The Age of Not Believing" | ||
| {{sortname | Academy Awards Chorus | nolink=0}} | Performers |
References
References
- "The Official Academy Awards Database". [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].
- "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org.
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