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Best Picture Win: The Godfather Runner-Up: Cabaret Runner-Up: Deliverance Runner-Up: Sounder Runner-Up: Utvandrarna Best Director Win: Bob Fosse, Cabaret Runner-Up: John Boorman, Deliverance Runner-Up: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sleuth Runner-Up: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Runner-Up: Jan Troell, Utvandrarna Best Actor Win: Marlon Brando, The Godfather Runner-Up: Michael Caine, Sleuth Runner-Up: Laurence Olivier, Sleuth Runner-Up: Paul Winfield, Sounder Runner-Up: Peter O'Toole, The Ruling Class Best Actress Win: Liza Minnelli, Cabaret Runner-Up: Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues Runner-Up: Cicely Tyson, Sounder Runner-Up: Maggie Smith, Travels with My Aunt Runner-Up: Liv Ullmann, Utvandrarna Best Supporting Actor Win: Joel Grey, Cabaret Runner-Up: Robert Duvall, The Godfather Runner-Up: James Caan, The Godfather Runner-Up: Al Pacino, The Godfather Runner-Up: Eddie Albert, The Heartbreak Kid Best Supporting Actress Win: Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free Runner-Up: Susan Tyrrell, Fat City Runner-Up: Geraldine Page, Pete 'n' Tillie Runner-Up: Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid Runner-Up: Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure Best Adapted Screenplay Win: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola , The Godfather Runner-Up: Jay Presson Allen, Cabaret Runner-Up: Julius J. Epstein, Pete 'n' Tillie Runner-Up: Lonne Elder III, Sounder Runner-Up: Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund , Utvandrarna Best Original Screenplay Win: Jeremy Larner, The Candidate Runner-Up: Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne DePasse , Lady Sings the Blues Runner-Up: Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere , Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie Runner-Up: Louis Malle, Le Souffle au Coeur Runner-Up: Carl Foreman, Young Winston

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