The 44th Academy Awards (1971): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
8 8 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3	Fiddler on the Roof The French Connection The Last Picture Show Nicholas and Alexandra Bedknobs and Broomsticks Mary, Queen of Scots A Clockwork Orange Kotch Summer of '42 Sunday Bloody Sunday The Adventures of Mark Twain Brazil Casanova Brown Hollywood Canteen Lady in the Dark Lifeboat	4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	The French Connection Fiddler on the Roof The Last Picture Show Nicholas and Alexandra Sentinels of Silence Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Crunch Bird The Garden of the Finzi Continis The Hellstrom Chronicle The Hospital Klute Shaft Summer of '42
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick
• Fiddler on the Roof - Norman Jewison
• The French Connection - Philip D'Antoni
• The Last Picture Show - Stephen J. Friedman
• Nicholas and Alexandra - Sam Spiegel

DIRECTING

• A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick
• Fiddler on the Roof - Norman Jewison
• The French Connection - William Friedkin
• The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich
• Sunday Bloody Sunday - John Schlesinger

ACTOR

• Peter Finch - Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Gene Hackman - The French Connection
• Walter Matthau - Kotch
• George C. Scott - The Hospital
• Topol - Fiddler on the Roof

ACTRESS

• Julie Christie - McCabe & Mrs. Miller
• Jane Fonda - Klute
• Glenda Jackson - Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Vanessa Redgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots
• Janet Suzman - Nicholas and Alexandra

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Jeff Bridges - The Last Picture Show
• Leonard Frey - Fiddler on the Roof
• Richard Jaeckel - Sometimes a Great Notion
• Ben Johnson - The Last Picture Show
• Roy Scheider - The French Connection

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Ann-Margret - Carnal Knowledge
• Ellen Burstyn - The Last Picture Show
• Barbara Harris - Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things about Me?
• Cloris Leachman - The Last Picture Show
• Margaret Leighton - The Go-Between

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

• A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick
• The Conformist - Bernardo Bertolucci
• The French Connection - Ernest Tidyman
• The Garden of the Finzi Continis - Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli
• The Last Picture Show - Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich

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

• The Hospital - Paddy Chayefsky
• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
• Klute - Andy Lewis, Dave Lewis
• Summer of '42 - Herman Raucher
• Sunday Bloody Sunday - Penelope Gilliatt

SONG (Song--Original for the Picture)

• "The Age of Not Believing" - Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Music, Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
• "All His Children" - Sometimes a Great Notion - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
• "Bless the Beasts & Children" - Bless the Beasts & Children - Music, Lyrics by Barry DeVorzon, Perry Botkin Jr.
• "Life Is What You Make It" - Kotch - Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft - Music, Lyrics by Isaac Hayes

ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE

• Mary, Queen of Scots - John Barry
• Nicholas and Alexandra - Richard Rodney Bennett
• Shaft - Isaac Hayes
• Straw Dogs - Jerry Fielding
• Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand

SCORING (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)

• Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
• The Boy Friend - Adaptation Score by Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
• Fiddler on the Roof - Adaptation Score by John Williams
• Tchaikovsky - Adaptation Score by Dimitri Tiomkin
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Song Score by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Adaptation Score by Walter Scharf

FILM EDITING

• The Andromeda Strain - Stuart Gilmore, John W. Holmes
• A Clockwork Orange - Bill Butler
• The French Connection - Jerry Greenberg
• Kotch - Ralph E. Winters
• Summer of '42 - Folmar Blangsted

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Fiddler on the Roof - Oswald Morris
• The French Connection - Owen Roizman
• The Last Picture Show - Robert Surtees
• Nicholas and Alexandra - Freddie Young
• Summer of '42 - Robert Surtees

ART DIRECTION

• The Andromeda Strain - Art Direction: Boris Leven, William Tuntke; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Art Direction: John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
• Fiddler on the Roof - Art Direction: Robert Boyle, Michael Stringer; Set Decoration: Peter Lamont
• Mary, Queen of Scots - Art Direction: Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
• Nicholas and Alexandra - Art Direction: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon

COSTUME DESIGN

• Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Bill Thomas
• Death in Venice - Piero Tosi
• Mary, Queen of Scots - Margaret Furse
• Nicholas and Alexandra - Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo
• What's the Matter with Helen? - Morton Haack

SOUND

• Diamonds Are Forever - Gordon K. McCallum, John Mitchell, Alfred J. Overton
• Fiddler on the Roof - Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard
• The French Connection - Theodore Soderberg, Christopher Newman
• Kotch - Richard Portman, Jack Solomon
• Mary, Queen of Scots - Bob Jones, John Aldred

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee
• When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth - Jim Danforth, Roger Dicken

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Dodes'ka-Den - Japan
• The Emigrants - Sweden
• The Garden of the Finzi Continis - Italy
• The Policeman - Israel
• Tchaikovsky - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Alaska Wilderness Lake - Alan Landsburg
• The Hellstrom Chronicle - Walon Green
• On Any Sunday - Bruce Brown
• The RA Expeditions - Lennart Ehrenborg, Thor Heyerdahl
• The Sorrow and the Pity - Marcel Ophuls

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Adventures in Perception - Han van Gelder
• Art Is... - Julian Krainin, DeWitt L. Sage Jr.
• The Numbers Start with the River - Donald Wrye
• Sentinels of Silence - Manuel Arango, Robert Amram
• Somebody Waiting - Hal Riney, Dick Snider, Sherwood Omens

SHORT SUBJECT (Animated)

• The Crunch Bird - Ted Petok
• Evolution - Michael Mills
• The Selfish Giant - Peter Sander, Murray Shostak

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)

• Good Morning - Denny Evans, Ken Greenwald
• The Rehearsal - Stephen F. Verona
• Sentinels of Silence - Manuel Arango, Robert Amram

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Charles Chaplin for the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century.

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

• To JOHN N. WILKINSON of Optical Radiation Corporation for the development and engineering of a system of xenon arc lamphouses for motion picture projection. [Lighting]

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

• To CINEMA PRODUCTS COMPANY for a control motor to actuate zoom lenses on motion picture cameras. [Camera]
• To ROBERT D. AUGUSTE and CINEMA PRODUCTS COMPANY for the development and introduction of a new crystal controlled lightweight motor for the 35mm motion picture Arriflex camera. [Camera]
• To PRODUCERS SERVICE CORPORATION and CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES; and to CINEMA RESEARCH CORPORATION and RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for the engineering and implementation of fully automated blow-up motion picture printing systems. [Laboratory]
• To THOMAS JEFFERSON HUTCHINSON, JAMES R. ROCHESTER and FENTON HAMILTON for the development and introduction of the Sunbrute system of xenon arc lamps for location lighting in motion picture production. [Lighting]
• To PHOTO RESEARCH, A DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION, for the development and introduction of the film-lens balanced Three Color Meter. [Photography]