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46th Academy Awards
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 46 |
| award | Academy Awards |
| image | 46th Academy Awards.jpg |
| date | April 2, 1974 |
| site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion |
| Los Angeles, California | |
| host | Burt Reynolds, |
| Diana Ross, | |
| John Huston | |
| and David Niven | |
| producer | Jack Haley Jr. |
| director | Marty Pasetta |
| best_picture | *The Sting* |
| most_wins | *The Sting* (7) |
| most_nominations | *The Exorcist* and *The Sting* (10) |
| network | NBC |
| duration | 3 hours, 23 minutes |
| ratings | 44.7 million |
| last | 45th |
| next | 47th |
Los Angeles, California Diana Ross, John Huston and David Niven
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.
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. Marvin Hamlisch won 3 awards, making him the third person to achieve this feat and, to date, the only person who has won 3 Oscars in one year without winning Best Picture. , it is the most recent ceremony in which the 3 highest-grossing films of the year were nominated for Best Picture (The Exorcist, The Sting and American Graffiti).
Winners and nominees
Nominations announced on February 19, 1974. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Honorary Awards
- To Henri Langlois for his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future.
- To Groucho Marx in recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequalled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- Lew Wasserman
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Awards
- Lawrence Weingarten
Streaking incident
During the awards ceremony 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, "Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?" Terrence O'Flaherty, a columnist from San Francisco, responded by saying that "there's only one trouble with streaking—the wrong people usually do it. The ones who should have removed their clothes were Cher Bono, Twiggy and Elizabeth Taylor".
The incident would be referenced 50 years later during the 96th Academy Awards in 2024; host Jimmy Kimmel brought up the streaker and asked the audience, "can you imagine a naked man at the Oscars today?" Eventually, a "nude" John Cena, holding the award envelope for Best Costume Design over his crotch, emerged from backstage.
Multiple nominations and awards
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 10 | *The Exorcist* |
| *The Sting* | |
| 6 | *The Way We Were* |
| 5 | *American Graffiti* |
| *Cries and Whispers* | |
| *A Touch of Class* | |
| 4 | *Paper Moon* |
| 3 | *Cinderella Liberty* |
| *The Last Detail* | |
| *The Paper Chase* | |
| *Save the Tiger* | |
| *Tom Sawyer* | |
| 2 | *The Day of the Dolphin* |
| *Jonathan Livingston Seagull* | |
| *Last Tango in Paris* | |
| *Serpico* | |
| *Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams* |
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 7 | *The Sting* |
| 2 | *The Exorcist* |
| *The Way We Were* |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:
Presenters
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Announcer for the 46th Academy Awards | |
| (AMPAS President) | Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony |
| Billy Dee Williams | Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards |
| Raquel Welch | Presenters of the Documentary Awards |
| Presenter of the Honorary Award to Henri Langlois (with Gene Kelly serving as his English-language interpreter) | |
| Marcel Marceau | Presenters of the award for Best Sound |
| Paula Prentiss | Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing |
| Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Lew Wasserman | |
| Paul Winfield | Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction |
| Twiggy | Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design |
| Cicely Tyson | Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography |
| Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| Debbie Reynolds | Presenters of the award for Best Original Song and/or Adaptation Score |
| Henry Mancini | Presenters of the award for Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Neil Simon | Presenters of the award for Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published |
| Jason Miller | Presenters of the award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
| Burt Bacharach | Presenters of the award for Best Song |
| Cybill Shepherd | Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Jill Ireland | Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Walter Matthau | Presenters of the award for Best Director |
| Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | |
| Presenter of the Honorary Award to Groucho Marx | |
| Charlton Heston | Presenters of the award for Best Actress |
| Gregory Peck | Presenters of the award for Best Actor |
| Presenter of the award for Best Picture |
Performers
| Name | Role | Performed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musical arranger and Conductor | Orchestral | ||
| Performer | "Oscar" | ||
| {{sortname | Academy Awards Chorus | nolink=0}} | Performers |
| Performer | "All the Love That Went to Waste" from *A Touch of Class* | ||
| Performer | "Live and Let Die" from *Live and Let Die* | ||
| and | |||
| Johnny Whitaker | Performers | "Love" from *Robin Hood* | |
| Performer | "The Way We Were" from *The Way We Were* | ||
| Performer | "You're So Nice to Be Around" from *Cinderella Liberty* | ||
| {{sortname | Academy Awards Orchestra | nolink=1}} | Performers |
References
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161008211435/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/reference/academy-awards-show-ratings/ 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.
- Boyer Sagert, Kelly. (2007). "The 1970s". [[Greenwood Publishing Group]].
- Frawley, Frawley. (2004). "And the stars spoke back". [[Scarecrow Press]].
- (11 March 2024). "Critic's Notebook: Busy and Eclectic Oscars 2024 Telecast Delivers Many Highlights (and a Few Lowlights)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- "Naked John Cena pays tribute to 50th anniversary of Oscars streaker".
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