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1972 Academy Awards — 98 nominations across 22 categories.

Best Picture

★ The Godfather IMDB — Albert S. Ruddy, Producer
Cabaret IMDB — Cy Feuer, Producer
Deliverance IMDB — John Boorman, Producer
The Emigrants IMDB — Bengt Forslund, Producer
Sounder IMDB — Robert B. Radnitz, Producer

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

★ Cabaret IMDB — Liza Minnelli
Lady Sings the Blues IMDB — Diana Ross
Travels with My Aunt IMDB — Maggie Smith
Sounder IMDB — Cicely Tyson
The Emigrants IMDB — Liv Ullmann

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

★ Butterflies Are Free IMDB — Eileen Heckart
The Heartbreak Kid IMDB — Jeannie Berlin
Pete 'n' Tillie IMDB — Geraldine Page
Fat City IMDB — Susan Tyrrell
The Poseidon Adventure IMDB — Shelley Winters

ART DIRECTION

CINEMATOGRAPHY

★ Cabaret IMDB — Geoffrey Unsworth
Butterflies Are Free IMDB — Charles B. Lang
The Poseidon Adventure IMDB — Harold E. Stine
1776 IMDB — Harry Stradling, Jr.
Travels with My Aunt IMDB — Douglas Slocombe

COSTUME DESIGN

★ Travels with My Aunt IMDB — Anthony Powell
The Godfather IMDB — Anna Hill Johnstone
Lady Sings the Blues IMDB — Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch
The Poseidon Adventure IMDB — Paul Zastupnevich
Young Winston IMDB — Anthony Mendleson

DIRECTING

★ Cabaret IMDB — Bob Fosse
Deliverance IMDB — John Boorman
The Emigrants IMDB — Jan Troell
The Godfather IMDB — Francis Ford Coppola
Sleuth IMDB — Joseph L. Mankiewicz

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

FILM EDITING

★ Cabaret IMDB — David Bretherton
Deliverance IMDB — Tom Priestley
The Godfather IMDB — William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
The Hot Rock IMDB — Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger
The Poseidon Adventure IMDB — Harold F. Kress

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

★ The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie IMDB — France
The Dawns Here Are Quiet IMDB — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
I Love You Rosa IMDB — Israel
My Dearest Señorita IMDB — Spain
The New Land IMDB — Sweden

MUSIC (Original Score)

★ Limelight IMDB — Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
The Godfather IMDB — Nino Rota
images IMDB — John Williams
Napoleon and Samantha IMDB — Buddy Baker
The Poseidon Adventure IMDB — John Williams
Sleuth IMDB — John Addison

MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)

MUSIC (Original Song)

SHORT FILM (Animated)

★ A Christmas Carol IMDB — Richard Williams, Producer
Kama Sutra Rides Again IMDB — Bob Godfrey, Producer
Tup Tup IMDB — Nedeljko Dragic, Producer

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

SOUND MIXING

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects)

★ The Poseidon Adventure IMDB — L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)

★ The Godfather IMDB — Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Cabaret IMDB — Jay Allen
The Emigrants IMDB — Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund
Pete 'n' Tillie IMDB — Julius J. Epstein
Sounder IMDB — Lonne Elder, III

WRITING (Original Screenplay)