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Academy Awards

43rd edition

  • April 15, 1971
  • United States

The 43rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was held on April 15, 1971, and took place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to honor the best films of 1970. The Awards, without a host for the third consecutive year, were broadcast by NBC for the first time in 11 years.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Patton Frank McCarthy - as producer(s) Winner
Airport Ross Hunter - as producer(s)
Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler - as producer(s)
Love Story Howard G. Minsky - as producer(s)
M*A*S*H Ingo Preminger - as producer(s)
Best Director
Patton Franklin J. Schaffner Winner
Satyricon Federico Fellini
Love Story Arthur Hiller
M*A*S*H Robert Altman
Women in Love Ken Russell
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Patton George C. Scott - became the first actor to decline an Oscar. Winner
I Never Sang for My Father Melvyn Douglas
The Great White Hope James Earl Jones
Five Easy Pieces Jack Nicholson
Love Story Ryan O'Neal
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Women in Love Glenda Jackson Winner
The Great White Hope Jane Alexander
Love Story Ali MacGraw
Ryan's Daughter Sarah Miles
Diary of a Mad Housewife Carrie Snodgress
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ryan's Daughter John Mills Winner
Lovers and Other Strangers Richard S. Castellano
Little Big Man Chief Dan George
I Never Sang for My Father Gene Hackman
Love Story John Marley
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Airport Helen Hayes Winner
Five Easy Pieces Karen Black
The Landlord Lee Grant
M*A*S*H Sally Kellerman
Airport Maureen Stapleton
Best Original Screenplay
Patton Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North Winner
Five Easy Pieces Adrien Joyce, Bob Rafelson
Joe Norman Wexler
Love Story Erich Segal
My Night at Maud's Éric Rohmer
Best Adapted Screenplay
M*A*S*H Ring Lardner Jr. Winner
Airport George Seaton
I Never Sang for My Father Robert Woodruff Anderson
Lovers and Other Strangers Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman
Women in Love Larry Kramer
Best Documentary Feature Film
Woodstock Bob Maurice Winner
Chariots of the Gods Harald Reinl
Jack Johnson Jimmy Jacobs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Ely Landau
Say Goodbye David H. Vowell
Best International Feature Film
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Winner
First Love
The Bamboo Incident
Peace in the Fields
Tristana
Best Original Score
Love Story Francis Lai Winner
Airport Alfred Newman
Cromwell Frank Cordell
Patton Jerry Goldsmith
Sunflower Henry Mancini
Best Cinematography
Ryan's Daughter Freddie Young Winner
Airport Ernest Laszlo
Patton Fred J. Koenekamp
Tora! Tora! Tora! Charles F. Wheeler, Osami Furuya, Masamichi Satoh, Sinsaku Himeda
Women in Love Billy Williams
Best Film Editing
Patton Hugh S. Fowler Winner
Airport Stuart Gilmore
M*A*S*H Danford B. Greene
Tora! Tora! Tora! James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya
Woodstock Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Sound
Patton Douglas Williams, Don Bassman Winner
Airport Ronald Pierce, David H. Moriarty
Ryan's Daughter Gordon McCallum, John Bramall
Tora! Tora! Tora! Murray Spivack, Herman Lewis
Woodstock Dan Wallin, Larry Johnson
Best Original Song Score
Let It Be John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr Winner
The Baby Maker Fred Karlin, Tylwyth Kymry
A Boy Named Charlie Brown Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Bill Melendez, Al Shean, Vince Guaraldi
Darling Lili Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Scrooge Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser, Herbert W. Spencer
Best Original Song
Lovers and Other Strangers Robb Royer, Jimmy Griffin - "For All We Know" Winner
Darling Lili Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer - "Whistling Away the Dark"
Madron Riz Ortolani, Arthur Hamilton - "Till Love Touches Your Life"
Pieces of Dreams Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman - "Pieces of Dreams"
Scrooge Leslie Bricusse - "Thank You Very Much"
Best Production Design
Patton Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet Winner
Airport Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Jack D. Moore, Mickey S. Michaels
The Molly Maguires Tambi Larsen, Darrell Silvera
Scrooge Terence Marsh, Bob Cartwright, Pamela Cornell
Tora! Tora! Tora! Jack Martin Smith, Yoshirō Muraki, Richard Day, Taizoh Kawashima, Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, Carl Biddiscombe
Best Costume Design
Cromwell Vittorio Nino Novarese Winner
Airport Edith Head
Darling Lili Donald Brooks, Jack Bear
The Hawaiians Bill Thomas
Scrooge Margaret Furse
Best Special Effects
Tora! Tora! Tora! A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott Winner
Patton Alex Weldon
Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy John Longenecker Winner
Shut Up... I'm Crying Robert Siegler
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet John D. Hancock
Best Documentary Short Film
Interviews with My Lai Veterans Joseph Strick Winner
The Gifts Robert McBride
A Long Way from Nowhere Bob Aller
Oisín Patrick Carey, Vivien Carey
Time Is Running Out Horst Dallmayr, Robert Menegoz
Best Animated Short Film
Is It Always Right to Be Right? Nick Bosustow Winner
The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam Robert Mitchell, Dale Case
The Shepherd Cameron Guess
Honorary Award
Lillian Gish - for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures. Winner
Orson Welles - for superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures. Winner
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Frank Sinatra Winner
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Ingmar Bergman Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Patton 7
  • Ryan's Daughter 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Airport 10
  • Patton 10
  • Love Story 7
  • M*A*S*H 5
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! 5
  • Five Easy Pieces 4
  • Ryan's Daughter 4
  • Scrooge 4
  • Women in Love 4
  • Darling Lili 3
  • I Never Sang for My Father 3
  • Lovers and Other Strangers 3
  • Woodstock 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Airport 1 / 10
  • Love Story 1 / 7
  • M*A*S*H 1 / 5
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! 1 / 5
  • Five Easy Pieces 0 / 4
  • Scrooge 0 / 4
  • Patton 7 / 10
  • Women in Love 1 / 4
  • Darling Lili 0 / 3
  • I Never Sang for My Father 0 / 3
  • Ryan's Daughter 2 / 4
  • Lovers and Other Strangers 1 / 3
  • Woodstock 1 / 3

Only one nomination

34 movies:
  • The Baby Maker
  • The Bamboo Incident
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown
  • Chariots of the Gods
  • Diary of a Mad Housewife
  • First Love
  • The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam
  • The Gifts
  • The Hawaiians
  • Interviews with My Lai Veterans
  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
  • Is It Always Right to Be Right?
  • Jack Johnson
  • Joe
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
  • The Landlord
  • Let It Be
  • Little Big Man
  • A Long Way from Nowhere
  • Madron
  • The Molly Maguires
  • My Night at Maud's
  • Oisín
  • Peace in the Fields
  • Pieces of Dreams
  • The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
  • Satyricon
  • Say Goodbye
  • The Shepherd
  • Shut Up... I'm Crying
  • Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
  • Sunflower
  • Time Is Running Out
  • Tristana

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