Oscar Rewrite: 1972

 

Best Picture: The Godfather

Best Director: Bob Fosse (Cabaret)   Werner Herzog (Aguirre: The Wrath of God)

Best Actor: Marlon Brando (The Godfather) Al Pacino (The Godfather)

Best Actress: Liza Minnelli (Cabaret)

Best Supporting Actor: Joel Gray (Cabaret) Burt Reynolds (Deliverance)

Supporting Actress: Eileen Heckart (Butterflies Are Free) Shelly Winters (The Posiedon Adventure)

Best Original Screenplay: The Candidate   The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Godfather   Solaris

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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