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  • RIP Julia Phillips.

  • The flavour in a Godfather sandwich!

    I really like this film

  • "Cries and Whispers" should have won. I love "The Exorcist" and "The Sting", but they cannot touch Bergman's masterpiece.

  • The sting have no story , awfully boring.. anyone agrees?

    It's all the time playing poker!

  • I wonder why "Enter The Dragon" was not even nominated.....Bruce Lee's legend and genius would have clearly overshadowed all these films!!I'm disappointed at Hollywood's ignorance....

  • The Sting was the first PG-rated film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.

  • 'The Sting' is a good movie... 'The Exorcist' is a masterpiece. Do people still talk about 'The Sting'?... people definitely still talk about 'The Exorcist'.

  • @jackiescanlon To be fair, people talk about the Exorcist because of girl possessed by Satan, who, amongst other things, vomits on a priest and causes objects in the room to fly in circles. I consider 'The Sting' a better film, BUT that's my opinion, and I'm entitled to that.

  • liz taylor looks like Snooki

  • I consider it the greatest movie ever made. Not a wasted shot, not a wasted line, incredible acting and wonderful writing.

  • Liz Taylor... what a beautiful woman!!

  • Ooh, looks like "The Sting" stung "The Exorcist."

    Get it??? XD

  • Julia Phillips was high off her ass.

  • genius Liz #OMG

  • It's so amazing, the only memorable thing here is Elizabeth Taylor, and it was always the same, she was such a supernova that whenever she appeared that was it, no one remembered anything else but Liz.

  • Rest In Peace beautiful

  • The streaker has throw the backstage into chaos - which explains why only one Oscar was presented instead of three - one for each producer.

  • What is Liz refering to? What upset her?

  • @antonzap A streaker just ran across the stage whilst David Niven was introducing her.

  • Angelina Jolie is declining exactly the same way today.

  • @WatchVenusSpa What?

  • the sting is brilliant! i've watched it over a dozen times and still find new things in the film. award well deserved.

  • "The Exorcist" should've won.

  • @jojoxx1231 at least it got Best Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay

  • @jojoxx1231 Agreed and it has shown to have had the staying power.

  • this reminds me so much of why we all loved Liz...look at her beautiful eyes...

  • The exorcist deserved this oscar !!! 

  • Again.. where oh where did this come from? I have searched all over the fucking internet for ANYTHING on Julia Phillips, whom I consider one of the most interesting people of the 20th Century (believe me, that's saying something). So she writes a scathing novel about how 80's greed and ridiculous trends turned an entire decade into a steaming pile of shit for movies, fashion, art, etc... and of course she is ostracized by the very industry she helped pioneer in the 70's.

  • Funny how Dame Elizabeth looked even more beatiful 10-years later when she recieved her honorary Oscar. She was amazing!

  • @lasuvidaboy Actually it was almost 20 years later. lol

  • Rest in peace, Elizabeth Taylor!

  • What a great lady!

    R.I.P.

  • RIP Liz. :(

  • HALF THOSE FILMS WE NOW WERE FINANCED BY MAFIA DRUG DEALERS

  • @etrax2000 OH REALLY? DID LIZ TAYLOR PAY THEM TOO DO IT?

  • @etrax2000 OH REALLY- DID LIZ TAYLOR PAY THEM TOO DO IT?

  • the exorcist should have won

  • Aside from getting upstaged by a streaker, Taylor was supposed to present with Burton, but they had just split up.

    Considering that she had no plastic surgery at this point, and we are so used to looking at aging Barbi dolls like Demi Moore with Botox, fillers, fake boobs and the like...I'd say Liz looks pretty damn good here!

  • oohhh hahaha omg she really was not herself then^^ like me talking infront of class^^ hell she's such a beautiful charming and funny lady though

  • Wow she was considered a "beauty"? More like a purple eyed british snooki if you ask me, with about the same reading comprehension apparently.

  • She was not 40 that year.. she was 29

  • Pity Liz Taylor lost her looks so fast.She's only 43 here.She had already begun to look a bit matronly in the late 60's.Should've laid off the booze and burgers...Ah well...that was the Liz that was.

  • @jhassett2 What a thick idiot

  • The reason she said "that really upset me" is because just thirty seconds before Robert Opel streaked across the stage- THE Oscar streaking moment.

  • Wow ... Elizabeth Taylor was ineffably beautiful here!

  • The Academy made the right choice for a change.

  • Elizabeth is so cute & charming.

  • The Sting..truly looked like it was filmed at Universal. IT was a safe choice for the Academy...The Exorcist was a film. IT should of won. AND what was Taylor on this nite?

  • @UFOSPACE1999 RE: What Taylor was on that night: Julia Phillips in her book says she took a sip from Taylor's cup when they got offstage, and choked on straight bourbon.

  • i read the julia phillips book.........what an interesting life......she said she always had bad luck with new years day........and she died on that day........

  • And someone says that she has common blue eyes!!! Maybe in the low quality pics on the web...

  • She looked SO BEAUTIFUL this year, unbelievable, and she was past 40 in this, lovely. And the eyes, my god. I've been trying to find clips of her 1970 appearance at the Academy's, anyoone has a link?

  • Aw, this is so cool to see this footage--Michael Philips is one of my film professors! Last year, he taught an evening class called 70s cinema, and the Sting was one of the films screened. Tony Bill and screenwriter David S. Ward were the special guests, and they brought their Oscars in! A lot of people stood in line and took pictures of themselves holding the Oscars, including me--in fact, that's my profile picture!

  • Aw, this is so cool to see this footage--Michael Philips is one of my film professors! Last year, he taught an evening class called 70s cinema, and the Sting was one of the films screened. Tony Bill and screenwriter David S. Ward were the special guests, and they brought their Oscars in! A lot of people stood in line and took pictures of themselves holding the oscars, including me--in fact, that's my profile picture!

  • Aw, this is so cool to see this footage--Michael Philips is one of my film professors! Last year, he taught an evening class called 70s cinema, and the Sting was one of the films screened. Tony Bill and screenwriter David S. Ward were the special guests, and they brought their Oscars in! A lot of people stood in line and took pictures of themselves holding the oscars, including me--in fact, that's my profile picture!

  • she glows

  • In all due respect, this was one the weakest years for best picture since 1941 when Cimmaron.

    None of these films were all that great.

  • @aloofbooks i disagree, The Sting, American Grafitti and The Excorsist can easily all be top 100 films of all time.

  • En este vidio esta rozando lo divino,empiezo a pensar que esta mujer no es de este mundo ¿...es como el rocio de la mañana,que el campo necesita para seguir viviendo?

  • En este vidio esta impresionante,empiezo a pensar que esta mujer no es de este mundo "como se puede ser tan bonita" es como el rocio de la mañana que el campo necesita y, que de el depende la vida.

  • En este vidio esta impresionante,empiezo ha pensar que tal divinidad no es de este mundo ¿ por que es tan bonita esta mujer..?

  • I am absolutely STUNNED I found this footage!! Julia Philip's "You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again" is a must-read. The years 1967-1981 are the most explosive and groundbreaking in film history, and Philip's is one of the most fascinating people I've ever read about. She will be missed.

  • She presented this award right after a streaker crossed the stage. None of these films deserved Best Picture nods. I thought the best film of that year was The Way We Were. The Sting has long been forgotten as have all the other nominees. The Way We Were has been iconic and well regarded.

  • @pudgeuncle has the exorcist been forgotten?

  • American Graffitti was the best of the bunch; just ask me.

  • " The Sting " is nice entertainment , but " The Exorcist " is great cinematic art , it should have deserved both the Best Picture and the Best Director Oscar

  • How can you be that beautifull?!?!

  • As much as I like The Sting...American Graffitti and Cries and Whispers are way better, and my personal pick is The Exorcist.

  • American Graffiti and The Exorcist were awesome, but The Sting was the best!!!

  • If you ever go to Universal Studios in California, the "Sting" Oscar is on display in the NBC/Universal Experience building. It looks as shiny now as the day Julia Phillips and Co. touched it. RIP Julia, you told it like it is.

  • Goodness, Elizabeth Taylor always flubs her award presentations.

  • I'm sorry, I liked 'The Sting' but it was completely blown away by 'The Exorcist'. Seriously, 'The Sting' is good entertainment but it is pretty forgettable. 'The Exorcist' will stay with you, whether you like it or not, because of the sheer genius behind its craftmanship and execution.

  • @thejoexman I agree with you

  • the sting was a fluff film. The exorcist should of won. IT WAS A FILM...not like the Sting which was a fluffy hollywood dribble.

  • Liz is so cute and those eyes are gorgeous!

  • This is one of the worst Best Oscar winning pictures ever.

  • @jkfromcincty fuck you

  • @Hemloch Suck it, sister. 

  • @jkfromcincty Are you serious? A fantastic film, possibly the best ever.

  • @wouldntyouliketoknow...couldn­'t agree more. one of my top 5 of all time...

  • Cries and Whispers - best film of the 70's.

  • @levanyzzuf The late, great American film critic, Pauline Kael, described "Cries and Whispers" as "a situation comedy about cancer".

  • Elizabeth may not have been medicated, but I can sure tell you Julia Phillips was higher than a freakin' kite! She even said so in her notorius book, 'You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again.'

  • "The Sting" is great entertainment and a worthy Best Picture winner!

  • I think "The Sting" is one of the worst movies to ever have received the Best Picture Oscar. Close contenders include "The Greatest Show on Earth"; "The Great Ziegfeld"; "The Sound of Music"; "Oliver"; "My Fair Lady"; "Rocky"; "Crash"; and many others.

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  • hey shut up you fucking jackass

  • Nah, My Fair Lady is one of the greatest musicals ever made, as is Oliver. The original Rocky is quite a fine, atmospheric urban picture as well. None of the ones you listed are nearly as bad as "Gentleman's Agreement", "Gladiator", or "Slumdog Millionaire".

  • I agree with Crash. Gladiator is another. The Sting is Awesome.

  • Wow...those eyes!!

  • Miss Taylor is always looking lovely. Her eyes. :D

  • Her comment about being nervous & "jealous" refers to the streaker that ran across the stage butt naked. Happened right before she went on stage. I wish I had seen her reaction whilst it happened. I think that video of the guy is on youtube.

  • I believe that the best film in the category that year was Bergman's Cries and Whispers. This is a masterpiece of film making. Oh, and Liz was gorgeous as always, who cares if she screwed up the presentation, I was too busy looking at the earrings!

  • @ViscountCameron lol me too but I was also too busy starring at how the yellow dress just made her lovely lavender eyes just POP out even more then they usually do.

  • Gunnnaras, she was not medicated at all that night just nervous as a streaker had just preceded her to the stage. get your fact rights or keep your trap shut!

  • American Graffitti or Touch of Class should have won.

  • I love "The Sting." This acceptance is so fabulously 70's!

  • Julia Philips was high on cocaine that night and documented it in a book she wrote!

  • yeah she was high. But that was still really cool what she said.

  • you can tell she is!

  • The Sting was the Easy Choice. Just Fluff, and made the Academy on the whole look good and look like a safe choice. BUT, The Exorcist was the best film of the year.

  • Again, The Sting may be no masterpiece but it is still better than that horror schlock, The Exorcist!

  • Taylor had no british or welsh accent prior to the Burton affair/marriage.

    Watch any movie she made prior to The Vip's and you will notice the difference.

  • I agree with you, but she learned to speak there, and lived there the first 7 years of her life.

  • Yes you are right, she did spend her first 7 years in England.

    No matter what her speech was was she reigned supreme on Oscar night in 1974!

  • Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz Taylor, is an English-born British-American actress. She is known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden years, as well as a larger-than-life celebrity.

  • Marlene Dietrich once referred to Elizabeth as that British tart with the big chest. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), is an English-born British-American actress. Elizabeth lived in London for the first seven years of her life before the family left when the dark clouds of war began brewing in 1939. A family friend noticed the beautiful little Elizabeth and suggested that she be taken for a screen test. The as you can say, is history.

  • Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz Taylor, is an English-born British-American actress. we will ever see the likes of her again

  • THE EXORCIST was the frontrunner (it had won the Golden Globe for Best Drama) until, the story goes, certain older and conservative members of the Academy 'chickened' out.

  • She developed a british accent while married to Burton

  • It's not a British accent; it's a Welsh accent. Elizabeth Taylor is Welsh, as was Richard Burton. So there.

  • You may be correct but until she hooked up with Burton she had a squeaky kind of voice which reflected no British or Welsh accent at all!

  • it's true but people kinda catch accents, I know a friend who is currently studyuing in mexico and he speaks as a mexican! he just picked up the accent. Either way, Elizabeth is british, I know she has spent most of her life in the US but she has a british passport and Queen Elizabeth named her a Dame Commander of the british empire and you can't get that unless you are british, if only in paper. At least she is not like Madonna who has NO BRITISH HERITAGE whatsoever yet believes she's Godiva.

  • wow. she had a british accent.

  • The Exorcist should of won :( it was like the best film that year!

    Oh well...

  • The Sting is no masterpiece but The Exorcist is like a classy drive in theatre film. Shame it lost big at the Oscars that year!

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  • Yeah, the look on William Peter Blatty's face says it all.

  • He was lucky it got, i think, a writing award oscar.

    The interesting thing is that a year earlier Cabaret trounced The Godfather at the Oscars, although Godfather still won best picture. If you look at those films now, Godfather holds up incredibly well and Cabaret does not. Both West Side Story and Sound of Music hold up much better than Cabaret.

  • I disagree. I think Cabaret should have won over The Godfather - Cabaret is a classic and holds up so well in my opinion.

    I love The Godfather but I prefer Cabaret myself :-)

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  • Godfather wipes the ground was Cabaret. Although Cabaret was a landmark musical when first released it really does not hold up well. Godfather is a textured near masterpiece. Maybe Liza could play Mama Corleone if they do a Broadway musical of The Godfather?

  • Yeah... I remember this telecast as if it were on last night.

    One of THEE BEST Oscar shows ever !

  • Oh fuck you the The Sting is an amazing movie you dumbass

  • Liz Taylor looking radiant as she followed the streaker to the stage for this Oscar Moment!

    Julia Philips was as high as a kite and documented it in a book she later wrote.

  • I love Elizabeth's laugh at 2:27

  • how the FUCK did cries & whispers not win?

  • She seems high

  • "American Graffiti" or "The Exorcist" should´ve won, "The Sting" is good but not for best picture

  • The Exorcist was ROBBED!

  • right after the streaker...liz is really rattled

  • Liz Taylor following the streaker to the stage and looking radiant. Julia Philips, the woman producer of The Stinger was coked off her a-- that night!

  • What a thrill to receive an Academy Award from Dame Elizabeth Taylor!

  • she seems so nervous,quite unusual for her

  • 'cries and whispers' should take it.

  • @cynamonm THANK you for having some sense.

  • dame elizabeth is 'nervous' and 'upset' because of the streaker who ran across the stage naked earlier while david niven was presenting...

  • what beautiful eyes!

  • Wasn't The Exorcist nominated for Best Picture as well?

  • This was exactly after the "Streaker Moment" with David Niven.

  • The Exorcist was robbed, sorry.

  • Classic clip...she really is nervous!

  • I love Elizabeth's giggle at 1:32.

  • American Graffiti or The Exorcist should´ve won!!!

  • It was very very boring!

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