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Year: 1972 (45th) Academy Awards

Category: Music (Song--Original for the Picture)

Song Title: "The Morning After"

Film Title: The Poseidon Adventure

Winner: Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn

Presenter: Sonny Bono, Cher

Date & Venue: March 27, 1973; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

JOEL HIRSCHHORN:
All I can say is that I'm in a state of shock. This is a fantastic surprise and I just want to thank Lionel Newman for giving us the opportunity, and Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen, and special thanks to Happy Goday for believing in us from the beginning. Thank you.

AL KASHA:
Thank you. I want to give my thanks to Irwin Allen, the producer, and Ronald Neame, and of course Lionel Newman. And a special thanks to Happy Goday. And most of all to the Academy, I'm very, extremely grateful, and you made two people very happy in Brooklyn tonight, Rose and Irving Kasha. So I want to thank you for that.

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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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