Editing 1972 in film (section)

== Awards ==

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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[30th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 28, 1973 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[26th British Academy Film Awards|26th BAFTA Awards]]<br>February 28, 1973 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[45th Academy Awards]]<br>March 27, 1973
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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
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| Best Film || ''[[The Godfather]]'' || colspan="2" | ''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]'' || ''[[The Godfather]]''
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| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Francis Ford Coppola]]<br>''[[The Godfather]]'' || colspan="2" | [[Bob Fosse]]<br>''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]''
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| Best Actor || [[Marlon Brando]]<br>''[[The Godfather]]'' || [[Jack Lemmon]]<br>''[[Avanti!]]'' || [[Gene Hackman]]<br>''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''<br>''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'' || [[Marlon Brando]]<br>''[[The Godfather]]''
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| Best Actress || [[Liv Ullmann]]<br>''[[The Emigrants (film)|The Emigrants]]'' || colspan="3" | [[Liza Minnelli]]<br>''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[Joel Grey]]<br>''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]'' || [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]]<br>''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' || [[Joel Grey]]<br>''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Shelley Winters]]<br>''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' || [[Cloris Leachman]]<br>''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' || [[Eileen Heckart]]<br>''[[Butterflies Are Free]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Mario Puzo]]<br>''[[The Godfather]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Paddy Chayefsky]]<br>''[[The Hospital]]''<br>[[Peter Bogdanovich]] and [[Larry McMurtry]]<br>''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' || [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Mario Puzo]]<br>''[[The Godfather]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Jeremy Larner]]<br>''[[The Candidate (1972 film)|The Candidate]]''
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| Best Original Score || colspan="3" | [[Nino Rota]]<br>''[[The Godfather]]'' || [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Raymond Rasch]] and Larry Russell<br>''[[Limelight (1952 film)|Limelight]]''<br>[[Ralph Burns]]<br>''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]''
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| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[Ben (song)|Ben]]"<br>''[[Ben (1972 film)|Ben]]'' || N/A || "[[The Morning After (Maureen McGovern song)|The Morning After]]"<br>''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''
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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[The Emigrants (film)|The Emigrants]]''<br>''[[The New Land (1972 film)|The New Land]]'' || N/A || ''[[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]]''
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'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Working Class Goes to Heaven]]''''' (''La classe operaia va in paradiso''), directed by [[Elio Petri]], Italy
:'''''[[The Mattei Affair]]''''' (''Il Caso Mattei''), directed by [[Francesco Rosi]], Italy

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]''''' (''I Racconti di Canterbury''), directed by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], Italy / France