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Academy Awards

42nd edition

  • April 7, 1970
  • United States

The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. For the second year in a row, there was no official host. This was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be broadcast via satellite to an international audience, although Brazil was the only country outside North America to air the event live.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Midnight Cowboy Jerome Hellman - as producer(s) Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days Hal B. Wallis - as producer(s)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid John Foreman - as producer(s)
Hello, Dolly! Ernest Lehman - as producer(s)
Z Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi - as producer(s)
Best Director
Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger Winner
Alice's Restaurant Arthur Penn
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Sydney Pollack
Z Costa-Gavras
Best Actor in a Leading Role
True Grit John Wayne Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days Richard Burton
Midnight Cowboy Dustin Hoffman
Midnight Cowboy Jon Voight
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Peter O'Toole
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Maggie Smith Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days Geneviève Bujold
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Jane Fonda
The Sterile Cuckoo Liza Minnelli
The Happy Ending Jean Simmons
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Gig Young Winner
The Reivers Rupert Crosse
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Elliott Gould
Easy Rider Jack Nicholson
Anne of the Thousand Days Anthony Quayle
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Cactus Flower Goldie Hawn Winner
Last Summer Catherine Burns
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Dyan Cannon
Midnight Cowboy Sylvia Miles
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Susannah York
Best Original Screenplay
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid William Goldman Winner
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
The Damned Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
Easy Rider Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
The Wild Bunch Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah
Best Adapted Screenplay
Midnight Cowboy Waldo Salt Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days John Hale, Bridget Boland, Richard Sokolove
Goodbye, Columbus Arnold Schulman
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? James Poe, Robert E. Thompson
Z Jorge Semprún, Costa-Gavras
Best International Feature Film
Z Winner
Adalen 31
The Battle of Neretva
The Brothers Karamazov
My Night at Maud's
Best Documentary Feature Film
Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life Winner
Before the Mountain Was Moved
In the Year of the Pig
The Olympics in Mexico
The Wolf Men
Best Original Score
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Burt Bacharach Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days Georges Delerue
The Reivers John Williams
The Secret of Santa Vittoria Ernest Gold
The Wild Bunch Jerry Fielding
Best Cinematography
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Conrad Hall Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days Arthur Ibbetson
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Charles Lang
Hello, Dolly! Harry Stradling
Marooned Daniel L. Fapp
Scoring of a Musical Picture - Original or Adaptation
Hello, Dolly! Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman Winner
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Leslie Bricusse, John Williams
Paint Your Wagon Nelson Riddle
Sweet Charity Cy Coleman
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Johnny Green, Albert Woodbury
Best Film Editing
Z Françoise Bonnot Winner
Hello, Dolly! William H. Reynolds
Midnight Cowboy Hugh A. Robertson
The Secret of Santa Vittoria William Lyon, Earle Herdan
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Fredric Steinkamp
Best Sound
Hello, Dolly! Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days John Aldred
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid William Edmondson, David Dockendorf
Gaily, Gaily Robert Martin, Clem Portman
Marooned Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi
Best Original Song
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Burt Bacharach, Hal David - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Winner
The Sterile Cuckoo Fred Karlin, Dory Previn - "Come Saturday Morning"
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Rod McKuen - "Jean"
True Grit Elmer Bernstein, Don Black - "True Grit"
The Happy Ending Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman - "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
Best Production Design
Hello, Dolly! John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphaël Bretton Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days Maurice Carter, Lionel Couch, Patrick McLoughlin
Gaily, Gaily Robert F. Boyle, George B. Chan, Edward G. Boyle, Carl Biddiscombe
Sweet Charity Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Jack D. Moore
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Harry Horner, Frank R. McKelvy
Best Costume Design
Anne of the Thousand Days Margaret Furse Winner
Gaily, Gaily Ray Aghayan
Hello, Dolly! Irene Sharaff
Sweet Charity Edith Head
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Donfeld
Best Special Effects
Marooned Robbie Robertson Winner
Krakatoa, East of Java Eugène Lourié, Alex Weldon
Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Magic Machines Joan Keller Stern Winner
Blake Doug Jackson
People Soup Marc Merson
Best Documentary Short Film
Czechoslovakia 1968 Denis Sanders, Robert M. Fresco Winner
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
Jenny is a Good Thing
Leo Beuerman
The Magic Machines
Best Animated Short Film
It's Tough to Be a Bird Ward Kimball Winner
Of Men and Demons John Hubley, Faith Hubley
Walking Ryan Larkin
Honorary Award
Cary Grant - for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues. Winner
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Jessel Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 4
  • Hello, Dolly! 3
  • Midnight Cowboy 3
  • Z 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Anne of the Thousand Days 10
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 9
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 7
  • Hello, Dolly! 7
  • Midnight Cowboy 7
  • Z 5
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 4
  • Gaily, Gaily 3
  • Marooned 3
  • Sweet Charity 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Anne of the Thousand Days 1 / 10
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1 / 9
  • Hello, Dolly! 3 / 7
  • Midnight Cowboy 3 / 7
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 0 / 4
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 4 / 7
  • Z 2 / 5
  • Gaily, Gaily 0 / 3
  • Sweet Charity 0 / 3
  • Marooned 1 / 3

Only one nomination

25 movies:
  • Adalen 31
  • Alice's Restaurant
  • An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
  • Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life
  • The Battle of Neretva
  • Before the Mountain Was Moved
  • Blake
  • The Brothers Karamazov
  • Cactus Flower
  • Czechoslovakia 1968
  • The Damned
  • Goodbye, Columbus
  • In the Year of the Pig
  • It's Tough to Be a Bird
  • Jenny is a Good Thing
  • Krakatoa, East of Java
  • Last Summer
  • Leo Beuerman
  • My Night at Maud's
  • Of Men and Demons
  • The Olympics in Mexico
  • Paint Your Wagon
  • People Soup
  • Walking
  • The Wolf Men

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