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Year: 1973 (46th) Academy Awards

Category: Music (Song)

Song Title: "The Way We Were"

Film Title: The Way We Were

Winner: Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

Presenter: Burt Bacharach, Ann-Margret

Date & Venue: April 2, 1974; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

MARILYN BERGMAN:
[To Hamlisch:] Marvin, it's positively obscene how many of these you have.

It's very lovely. I'd like to thank all of you. I'd like to thank Ray Stark for a beautiful picture, and Sydney Pollack, and Barbra Streisand, the best singer that any lyric writer could ever have singing their song. Thank you.

ALAN BERGMAN:
I can only add my thanks to all of you and again to Barbra. It's just wonderful. Thank you very much.

MARVIN HAMLISCH:
I feel we can talk as friends because I think I know you. So gang, listen to me. You're terrific. I want to thank the Academy – again! – as it were. There are three –

ALAN BERGMAN:
As they are.

MARVIN HAMLISCH:
As they are. And I want to particularly thank some wonderful people who took the chance a long time ago when I got into this business. And that was Sam Spiegel, who gave me my very first job, and my agent Peter Faith and my manager Allan Carr. And a man who really believed in this song and really helped us all the way, which was Marty Erlichman.

ALAN BERGMAN:
Yes, thanks, Marty.

MARILYN BERGMAN:
Thank you, Marty.

MARVIN HAMLISCH:
To all of them and to all of you, you've done it for this year. Thank you.

MARILYN BERGMAN:
Thank you.

[Ed. note: This was the third award won by Marvin Hamlisch on the night.]

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