Academy Awards archive

Butterflies Are Free Oscar Nominations & Wins

Butterflies Are Free has 3 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 3 award records

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Butterflies Are Free: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1972Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientEileen Heckart

Mrs. Baker

Win recorded
Film year1972Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientCharles B. Lang
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaret
Geoffrey Unsworth
Film year1972Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientArthur Piantadosi, Charles Knight
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaret
Robert Knudson, David Hildyard

Who else was nominated?

Compare Butterflies Are Free with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

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Best Supporting Actress 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Cinematography 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Cinematography winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
  • Butterflies Are Free This film
    Arthur Piantadosi, Charles Knight
    Nominee
  • Cabaret
    Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
    ★ Winner
  • The Candidate
    Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
    Nominee
  • The Godfather
    Bud Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman
    Nominee
  • The Poseidon Adventure
    Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
    Nominee
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
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