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The 44th Academy Awards | 1972. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Monday, April 10, 1972. Honoring movies released in 1971.
The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes , Alan King , Sammy Davis Jr. , and Jack Lemmon .
Gordon K. McCallum and David Hildyard win the Oscar for Sound for Fiddler on the Roof at the 44th Academy Awards.
45th Academy Awards (1972): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST PICTURE. Cabaret – Cy Feuer. Deliverance – John Boorman. The Emigrants – Bengt Forslund. The Godfather – Albert S. Ruddy. Sounder – Robert B. Radnitz. DIRECTING. Cabaret – Bob Fosse. Deliverance – John Boorman. The Emigrants – Jan Troell.
The 45th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, March 27, 1973, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1972. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson .
The 44th Academy Awards were presented on Monday, April 10, 1972 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. They were hosted by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon. Davis, who had converted to Judaism in the Sixties, famously quipped, “Tonight, the Academy is honoring two films about my people, Shaft and Fiddler on the Roof .”
This feat was also achieved by The Poseidon Adventure in 1972 and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977. Cary Grant 's award was described as the most popular of the evening; the audience was described as having "went wild" over his receiving the Academy Honorary Award. [2] Winners and nominees. John Wayne, Best Actor winner.
