Oscars 1974 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: The Sting!

Nominees:
American Graffiti
Badlands
The Exorcist
Paper Moon

Best Director!

Winner: George Roy Hill, The Sting!

Nominees:
George Lucas - American Graffiti
Terrence Malick - Badlands
William Friedkin - The Exorcist
Peter Bogdanovich - Paper Moon

Best Actor!

Winner: Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger!

Nominees:
Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
Al Pacino - Serpico
Robert Redford - The Sting
Martin Sheen - Badlands

Best Actress!

Winner: Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist!

Nominees:
Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty
Sissy Spacek - Badlands
Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Robert Shaw, The Sting!

Nominees:
Vincent Gardenia - Bang the Drum Slowly
Jason Miller - The Exorcist
Randy Quaid - The Last Detail
Max von Sydow - The Exorcist

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon!

Nominees:
Linda Blair - The Exorcist
Candy Clark - American Graffiti
Madeline Kahn - Paper Moon
Cindy Williams - American Graffiti

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: David S. Ward, The Sting!

Nominees:
George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck - American Graffiti
Terrence Malick - Badlands
Steve Shagan - Save the Tiger
Melvin Frank and Jack Rose - A Touch of Class

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist!

Nominees:
Robert Towne - The Last Detail
James Bridges - The Paper Chase
Alvin Sargent - Paper Moon
Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler - Serpico

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: The Great American Cowboy!

Nominees:
Always a New Beginning
Journey to the Outer Limits
Schlacht um Berlin
Walls of Fire

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Princeton: A Search for Answers!

Nominees:
Background
Children at Work
Christo's Valley Curtain
Four Stones for Kanemitsu

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: The Bolero!

Nominees:
Clockmaker
Life Times Nine

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Frank Film!

Nominees:
The Legend of John Henry
Pulcinella

Best Original Dramatic Score!

Winner: The Way We Were!

Nominees:
Badlands
Cinderella Liberty
Papillon
A Touch of Class

Best Song or Adaptation Score!

Winner: The Sting!

Nominees:
Jesus Christ Superstar
Tom Sawyer

Best Original Song!

Winner: Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman - The Way We Were, The Way We Were!

Nominees:
John Williams and Paul Williams - (You're So) Nice to Be Around, Cinderella Liberty
Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney - Live and Let Die, Live and Let Die
George Bruns and Floyd Huddleston - Love, Robin Hood
George Barrie and Sammy Cahn - All That Love Went to Waste, A Touch of Class

Best Sound Mixing!

Winner: The Exorcist!

Nominees:
The Day of the Dolphin
The Paper Chase
Paper Moon
The Sting

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: Day for Night!

Nominees:
The House on Chelouche Street
L'Invitation
The Pedestrian
Turkish Delight

Best Costume Design!

Winner: The Sting!

Nominees:
Cries and Whispers
Ludwig
Tom Sawyer
The Way We Were

Best Art Direction!

Winner: The Sting!

Nominees:
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
The Exorcist
Tom Sawyer
The Way We Were

Best Cinematography!

Winner: The Exorcist!

Nominees:
Badlands
Cries and Whispers
The Sting
The Way We Were

Best Film Editing!

Winner: The Exorcist!

Nominees:
American Graffiti
Badlands
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The Sting