The forty-seventh Academy Awards ceremony was held on Tuesday, April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. The Godfather II became the first sequel to win the best picture award. The hosts for this event were Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, and Bob Hope.

The 1974 Academy Award Winners

Picture: The Godfather Part II
Actor: Art Carney (Harry and Tonto)
Actress: Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro (The Godfather Part II)
Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman (Murder on the Orient Express)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part II)
Adapted Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part II)
Original Screenplay: Robert Towne (Chinatown)
Song: "We May Never Love Like This Again" (The Towering Inferno)
Score: The Godfather Part II (Original) / The Great Gatsby (Adaptation)
Cinematography: The Towering Inferno
Costume Design: The Great Gatsby
Art / Set Decoration: The Godfather Part II
Film Editing: The Towering Inferno
Foreign Language Film: Amarcord (Italy)
Sound: Earthquake
Short Films: Closed Mondays (Animated) / One-Eyed Men Are Kings (Live Action)
Documentaries: Don't (Short) / Heart and Minds (Feature)
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