1974 Oscar Nominations

46th Academy Awards (1974)

Best Picture

• The Sting
• American Graffiti
• Cries and Whispers
• The Exorcist
• A Touch of Class

Best Director

• George Roy Hill – The Sting
• George Lucas – American Graffiti
• Ingmar Bergman – Cries and Whispers
• William Friedkin – The Exorcist
• Bernardo Bertolucci – Last Tango in Paris

Best Actor

• Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger
• Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris
• Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail
• Al Pacino – Serpico
• Robert Redford – The Sting

Best Actress

• Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class
• Ellen Burstyn – The Exorcist
• Marsha Mason – Cinderella Liberty
• Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
• Joanne Woodward – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Best Supporting Actor

• John Houseman – The Paper Chase
• Vincent Gardenia – Bang the Drum Slowly
• Jack Gilford – Save the Tiger
• Jason Miller – The Exorcist
• Randy Quaid – The Last Detail

Best Supporting Actress

• Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon
• Linda Blair – The Exorcist
• Candy Clark – American Graffiti
• Madeline Kahn – Paper Moon
• Sylvia Sidney – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty
• The Last Detail – Robert Towne
• The Paper Chase – James Bridges
• Paper Moon – Alvin Sargent
• Serpico – Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler

Best Original Screenplay

• 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

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