The forty-fourth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 10, 1972 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Charlie Chaplin was awarded an honorary Oscar and received a five-minute standing ovation. The responsibilities of host of the event was shared by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon.
The 1971 Academy Award Winners
Picture: The French ConnectionActor: Gene Hackman (The French Connection)
Actress: Jane Fonda (Klute)
Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson (The Last Picture Show)
Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show)
Director: William Friedkin (The French Connection)
Adapted Screenplay: Ernest Tidyman (The French Connection)
Original Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky (The Hospital)
Song: "Theme From Shaft" (Shaft)
Score: Summer of '42 (Dramatic) / Fiddler on the Roof (Adapted)
Cinematography: Fiddler on the Roof
Costume Design: Nicholas and Alexandra
Art / Set Decoration: Nicholas and Alexandra
Film Editing: The French Connection
Foreign Language Film: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italy)
Sound: Fiddler on the Roof
Visual Effects: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Short Films: The Crunch Bird (Animated) / Sentinels of Silence (Live Action)
Documentaries: Sentinels of Silence (Short) / The Hellstrom Chronicle (Feature)
