Oscars 1973 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: The Godfather!

Nominees:
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sleuth
Sounder

Best Director!

Winner: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather!

Nominees:
Bob Fosse - Cabaret
John Boorman - Deliverance
Jan Troell - The Emigrants
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Sleuth

Best Actor!

Winner: Marlon Brando, The Godfather!

Nominees:
Michael Caine - Sleuth
Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class
Paul Winfield - Sounder

Best Actress!

Winner: Liza Minnelli, Cabaret!

Nominees:
Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues
Maggie Smith - Travels with My Aunt
Cicely Tyson - Sounder
Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Al Pacino, The Godfather!

Nominees:
Ned Beatty - Deliverance
James Caan - The Godfather
Robert Duvall - The Godfather
Joel Grey - Cabaret

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free!

Nominees:
Marisa Berenson - Cabaret
Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid
Geraldine Page - Pete 'n' Tillie
Ida Lupino - Junior Bonner

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Jeremy Larner, The Candidate!

Nominees:
Luis Bunuel and Jean-Claude Carriere - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe and Terence McCloy - Lady Sings the Blues
Louis Malle - Murmur of the Heart
Carl Foreman - Young Winston

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, The Godfather!

Nominees:
Jay Presson Allen - Cabaret
Bengt Forslund and Jan Troell - The Emigrants
Julius J. Epstein - Pete 'n' Tillie
Lonne Elder III - Sounder

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: Malcolm X!

Nominees:
Ape and Super-Ape
Manson
Marjoe
The Silent Revolution

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: This Tiny World!

Nominees:
Hundertwasser's Rainy Day
K-Z
Selling Out
The Tide of Traffic

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie!

Nominees:
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
I Love You Rosa
My Dearest Senorita
The New Land

Best Original Song!

Winner: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Maurice Jarre - Marmalade, Molasses & Honey, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean!

Nominees:
Don Black and Walter Scharf - Ben, Ben
Fred Karlin and Marsha Karlin - Come Follow, Follow Me, The Little Ark
Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha - The Morning After, The Poseidon Adventure
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster - Strange Are the Ways of Love, The Stepmother

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream!

Nominees:
Frog Story
Solo

Best Animated Short!

Winner: A Christmas Carol!

Nominees:
Kama Sutra Rides Again
Tup Tup

Best Original Dramatic Score!

Winner: Limelight!

Nominees:
Images
Napoleon and Samantha
The Poseidon Adventure
Sleuth

Best Song or Adaptation Score!

Winner: Cabaret!

Nominees:
Lady Sings the Blues
Man of La Mancha

Best Costume Design!

Winner: The Godfather!

Nominees:
Lady Sings the Blues
The Poseidon Adventure
Travels with My Aunt
Young Winston

Best Sound Mixing!

Winner: The Godfather!

Nominees:
Butterflies Are Free
Cabaret
The Candidate
The Poseidon Adventure

Best Art Direction!

Winner: Cabaret!

Nominees:
Lady Sings the Blues
The Poseidon Adventure
Travels with My Aunt
Young Winston

Best Cinematography!

Winner: Cabaret!

Nominees:
1776
Butterflies Are Free
The Poseidon Adventure
Travels with My Aunt

Best Film Editing!

Winner: The Godfather!

Nominees:
Cabaret
Deliverance
The Hot Rock
The Poseidon Adventure