Why no nominations?

Just a few years before Patton won so many and I sincerely believe this is a better film. One nomination for the music which is good, altough the only thing that maybe bothered me because there is so much of it.

But seriously, I really loved McQueen's performance. What a stacked year of candidates, Redford, Brando, Lemmon, Pacino. I could easily see Redford being replaced by McQueen, never seen Save the Tiger, can't comment on Lemmon.

Just the scene where he's about to give up Louis for the coconuts and decides not to or actually forgets, that's just a brilliantly performed scene, just pure brilliance. That scene alone is worth more than the whole two hours with Redford in The Sting. Don't get me wrong, I like Redford maybe just as much as the next guy, and these are apples and oranges, but still.

The seventies were stacked with great films obviously and so was 1973 but it really is weird that a film with such stars at the time, with such power and magnitude, was so ignored by the Academy voters. I'm sorry if you've discussed this to death down here already but I just saw it and it puzzles me.