The 43rd Academy Awards (1970): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS

  • 10
  • 10
  • 7
  • 5
  • 5
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • Airport
  • Patton
  • Love Story
  • M*A*S*H
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • Ryan's Daughter
  • Scrooge
  • Women in Love
  • Darling Lili
  • I Never Sang for My Father
  • Lovers and Other Strangers
  • Woodstock
  • 7
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • Patton
  • Ryan's Daughter
  • Airport
  • Cromwell
  • Interviews with My Lai Veterans
  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
  • Is It Always Right To Be Right?
  • Let It Be
  • Love Story
  • Lovers and Other Strangers
  • M*A*S*H
  • The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • Women in Love
  • Woodstock
  • NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND
  • Best Picture winner
  • Best Picture nominee
  • Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

  • Airport - Ross Hunter
  • Five Easy Pieces - Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler
  • Love Story - Howard G. Minsky
  • M*A*S*H - Ingo Preminger
  • Patton - Frank McCarthy

DIRECTING

  • Fellini Satyricon - Federico Fellini
  • Love Story - Arthur Hiller
  • M*A*S*H - Robert Altman
  • Patton - Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Women in Love - Ken Russell

ACTOR

  • Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang for My Father
  • James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope
  • Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
  • Ryan O'Neal - Love Story
  • George C. Scott - Patton [1]

ACTRESS

  • Jane Alexander - The Great White Hope
  • Glenda Jackson - Women in Love
  • Ali MacGraw - Love Story
  • Sarah Miles - Ryan's Daughter
  • Carrie Snodgress - Diary of a Mad Housewife

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

  • Richard Castellano - Lovers and Other Strangers
  • Chief Dan George - Little Big Man
  • Gene Hackman - I Never Sang for My Father
  • John Marley - Love Story
  • John Mills - Ryan's Daughter

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

  • Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces
  • Lee Grant - The Landlord
  • Helen Hayes - Airport
  • Sally Kellerman - M*A*S*H
  • Maureen Stapleton - Airport

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

  • Airport - George Seaton
  • I Never Sang for My Father - Robert Anderson
  • Lovers and Other Strangers - Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman
  • M*A*S*H - Ring Lardner Jr.
  • Women in Love - Larry Kramer

STORY AND SCREENPLAY (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)

  • Five Easy Pieces - Story by Bob Rafelson, Adrien Joyce; Screenplay by Adrien Joyce
  • Joe - Norman Wexler
  • Love Story - Erich Segal
  • My Night at Maud's - Eric Rohmer
  • Patton - Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North

SONG (Song--Original for the Picture)

  • "For All We Know" - Lovers and Other Strangers - Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Robb Royer (aka Robb Wilson), James Griffin (aka Arthur James)
  • "Pieces of Dreams" - Pieces of Dreams - Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
  • "Thank You Very Much" - Scrooge - Music, Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
  • "Till Love Touches Your Life" - Madron - Music by Riz Ortolani; Lyrics by Arthur Hamilton
  • "Whistling Away the Dark" - Darling Lili - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Airport - Alfred Newman
  • Cromwell - Frank Cordell
  • Love Story - Francis Lai
  • Patton - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Sunflower - Henry Mancini

ORIGINAL SONG SCORE

  • The Baby Maker - Music by Fred Karlin; lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown - Music by Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez, Al Shean; Adaptation Score by Vince Guaraldi
  • Darling Lili - Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • Let It Be - Music, lyrics by The Beatles
  • Scrooge - Music, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation Score by Ian Fraser, Herbert W. Spencer

FILM EDITING

  • Airport - Stuart Gilmore
  • M*A*S*H - Danford B. Greene
  • Patton - Hugh S. Fowler
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! - James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya
  • Woodstock - Thelma Schoonmaker

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Airport - Ernest Laszlo
  • Patton - Fred Koenekamp
  • Ryan's Daughter - Freddie Young
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! - Charles F. Wheeler, Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh
  • Women in Love - Billy Williams

ART DIRECTION

  • Airport - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore, Mickey S. Michaels
  • The Molly Maguires - Art Direction: Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
  • Patton - Art Direction: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet
  • Scrooge - Art Direction: Terry Marsh, Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Pamela Cornell
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! - Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Yoshiro Muraki, Richard Day, Taizoh Kawashima; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, Carl Biddiscombe

COSTUME DESIGN

  • Airport - Edith Head
  • Cromwell - Nino Novarese
  • Darling Lili - Donald Brooks, Jack Bear
  • The Hawaiians - Bill Thomas
  • Scrooge - Margaret Furse

SOUND

  • Airport - Ronald Pierce, David Moriarty
  • Patton - Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
  • Ryan's Daughter - Gordon K. McCallum, John Bramall
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! - Murray Spivack, Herman Lewis
  • Woodstock - Dan Wallin, Larry Johnson

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Patton - Alex Weldon
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! - A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • First Love - Switzerland
  • Hoa-Binh - France
  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Italy
  • Paix Sur Les Champs - Belgium
  • Tristana - Spain

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

  • Chariots of the Gods - Dr. Harald Reinl
  • Jack Johnson - Jim Jacobs
  • King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis - Ely Landau
  • Say Goodbye - David H. Vowell
  • Woodstock - Bob Maurice

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

  • The Gifts - Robert McBride
  • Interviews with My Lai Veterans - Joseph Strick
  • A Long Way from Nowhere - Bob Aller
  • Oisin - Vivien Carey, Patrick Carey
  • Time Is Running Out - Horst Dallmayr, Robert Menegoz

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

  • The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two - Robert Mitchell, Dale Case
  • Is It Always Right To Be Right? - Nick Bosustow
  • The Shepherd - Cameron Guess

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)

  • The Resurrection of Broncho Billy - John Longenecker
  • Shut Up...I'm Crying - Robert Siegler
  • Sticky My Fingers...Fleet My Feet - John Hancock

HONORARY AWARDS

  • To Lillian Gish for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures.
  • To Orson Welles for superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

  • Ingmar Bergman

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

  • Frank Sinatra

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

  • To LEONARD SOKOLOW and EDWARD H. REICHARD of Consolidated Film Industries for the concept and engineering of the Color Proofing Printer for motion pictures. [Laboratory]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

  • To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY and PHOTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION for the design and engineering of an improved video color analyzer for motion picture laboratories. [Laboratory]
  • To SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC. for the development and introduction of a series of compact tungsten halogen lamps for motion picture production. [Lighting]
  • To B. J. LOSMANDY for the concept, design and application of micro-miniature solid state amplifier modules used in motion picture recording equipment. [Sound]
  • To ELECTRO SOUND INCORPORATED for the design and introduction of the Series 8000 Sound System for motion picture theatres. [Sound]

ACADEMY NOTES

  1. Mr. Scott refused the award.