46th Academy Awards

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. Template:As of, 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

Template:Multiple image Nominations announced on February 19, 1974. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

The Sting – Tony Bill, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips, producers American Graffiti – Francis Ford Coppola, producer; Gary Kurtz, co-producer Cries and Whispers – Ingmar Bergman, producer The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty, producer A Touch of Class – Melvin Frank, producer	George Roy Hill – The Sting George Lucas – American Graffiti Ingmar Bergman – Cries and Whispers William Friedkin – The Exorcist Bernardo Bertolucci – Last Tango in Paris
Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger as Harry Stoner Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris as Paul Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail as Billy "Badass" Buddusky Al Pacino – Serpico as Frank Serpico Robert Redford – The Sting as Johnny Hooker	Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class as Vicki Allessio Ellen Burstyn – The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil Marsha Mason – Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were as Katie Morosky Joanne Woodward – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Pritchett-Walden
John Houseman – The Paper Chase as Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. Vincent Gardenia – Bang the Drum Slowly as Dutch Jack Gilford – Save the Tiger as Phil Jason Miller – The Exorcist as Damien Karras Randy Quaid – The Last Detail as Larry Meadows	Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon as Addie Loggins Linda Blair – The Exorcist as Regan MacNeil Candy Clark – American Graffiti as Debbie Dunham Madeline Kahn – Paper Moon as Trixie Delight Sylvia Sidney – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchett
The Sting – David S. Ward American Graffiti – George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Cries and Whispers – Ingmar Bergman Save the Tiger – Steve Shagan A Touch of Class – Melvin Frank and Jack Rose	The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty based on his novel The Last Detail – Robert Towne based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan The Paper Chase – James Bridges based on the novel by John Jay Osborn Jr. Paper Moon – Alvin Sargent based on the novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown Serpico – Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler based on the book by Peter Maas
Day for Night – France The House on Chelouche Street – Israel L'Invitation – Switzerland The Pedestrian – Germany (West) Turkish Delight – Netherlands	The Great American Cowboy – Kieth Merrill Always a New Beginning – John D. Goodell Battle of Berlin (Schlacht um Berlin) – Bengt von zur Mühlen Journey to the Outer Limits – Alexander Grasshoff Walls of Fire – Herbert Kline and Edmund Penney
Princeton: A Search for Answers – Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage Jr. Background – Carmen D'Avino Christo's Valley Curtain – Albert Maysles and David Maysles Four Stones for Kanemitsu – Terry Sanders and June Wayne Paisti ag obair – Louis Marcus	The Bolero – Allan Miller and William Fertik Clockmaker – Richard Gayer Life Times Nine – Pen Densham and John Watson
Frank Film – Frank Mouris The Legend of John Henry – Nick Bosustow and David Adams Pulcinella – Emanuele Luzzati and Guilo Gianini	The Way We Were – Marvin Hamlisch Cinderella Liberty – John Williams The Day of the Dolphin – Georges Delerue Papillon – Jerry Goldsmith A Touch of Class – John Cameron
The Sting – Adapted by Marvin Hamlisch Jesus Christ Superstar – Adapted by André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber Tom Sawyer – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adapted by John Williams	"The Way We Were" — The Way We Were • Music by Marvin Hamlisch • Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman "All That Love Went to Waste" — A Touch of Class • Music by George Barrie • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn "Live and Let Die" — Live and Let Die • Music and Lyrics by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney "Love" — Robin Hood • Music by George Bruns • Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston "(You're So) Nice to Be Around" — Cinderella Liberty • Music by John Williams • Lyrics by Paul Williams
The Exorcist – Robert Knudson and Chris Newman The Day of the Dolphin – Richard Portman and Larry Jost The Paper Chase – Donald O. Mitchell and Larry Jost Paper Moon – Richard Portman and Les Fresholtz The Sting – Ronald Pierce and Robert R. Bertrand	The Sting – Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James W. Payne Brother Sun, Sister Moon – Art Direction: Lorenzo Mongiardino and Gianni Quaranta; Set Decoration: Carmelo Patrono The Exorcist – Art Direction: Bill Malley; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich Tom Sawyer – Art Direction: Philip Jefferies; Set Decoration: Robert De Vestel The Way We Were – Art Direction: Stephen B. Grimes; Set Decoration: William Kiernan (posthumous nomination)
Cries and Whispers – Sven Nykvist The Exorcist – Owen Roizman Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Jack Couffer The Sting – Robert Surtees The Way We Were – Harry Stradling Jr.	The Sting – Edith Head Cries and Whispers – Marik Vos Ludwig – Piero Tosi Tom Sawyer – Donfeld The Way We Were – Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry
Template:Award category The Sting — William H. Reynolds American Graffiti — Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas The Day of the Jackal — Ralph Kemplen The Exorcist – Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud S. Smith, Evan A. Lottman and Norman Gay Jonathan Livingston Seagull — Frank P. Keller and James Galloway

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

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Opel streaking during the Academy Awards ceremony in 1974, with host David Niven

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

Films that received multiple nominations

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

Films that received multiple awards

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
Template:Sortname	Announcer for the 46th Academy Awards
Template:Sortname (AMPAS President)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Template:Sortname Billy Dee Williams	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Template:Sortname Raquel Welch	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Template:Sortname	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Henri Langlois (with Gene Kelly serving as his English-language interpreter)
Template:Sortname Marcel Marceau	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Template:Sortname Paula Prentiss	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Template:Sortname	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Lew Wasserman
Template:Sortname Paul Winfield	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Template:Sortname Twiggy	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Template:Sortname Cicely Tyson	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Template:Sortname	Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Template:Sortname Debbie Reynolds	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song and/or Adaptation Score
Template:Sort Henry Mancini	Presenters of the award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Template:Sortname Neil Simon	Presenters of the award for Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published
Template:Sortname Jason Miller	Presenters of the award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Template:Sort Burt Bacharach	Presenters of the award for Best Song
Template:Sortname Cybill Shepherd	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Template:Sortname Jill Ireland	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Template:Sortname Walter Matthau	Presenters of the award for Best Director
Template:Sortname	Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Template:Sortname	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Groucho Marx
Template:Sortname Charlton Heston	Presenters of the award for Best Actress
Template:Sortname Gregory Peck	Presenters of the award for Best Actor
Template:Sortname	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Template:Sortname	Musical arranger and Conductor	Orchestral
Template:Sortname	Performer	"Oscar"
Template:Sortname	Performers	"Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge during the Academy Awards' 45th Anniversary montage
Template:Sortname	Performer	"All the Love That Went to Waste" from A Touch of Class
Template:Sortname	Performer	"Live and Let Die" from Live and Let Die
Template:Sortname and Johnny Whitaker	Performers	"Love" from Robin Hood
Template:Sortname	Performer	"The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
Template:Sortname	Performer	"You're So Nice to Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty
Template:Sortname	Performers	“Hooray for Hollywood” (orchestral) during the closing credits

See also

• 31st Golden Globe Awards
• 1973 in film
• 16th Grammy Awards
• 25th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 26th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 27th British Academy Film Awards
• 28th Tony Awards

External links

• The Life of Oscar Streaker, Robert Opel @WFMU