The forty-third Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Though George C. Scott won best actor for his role in Patton, he declined the nomination and the award.
The 1970 Academy Award Winners
Picture: PattonActor: George C. Scott (Patton)
Actress: Glenda Jackson (Women in Love)
Supporting Actor: John Mills (Ryan's Daughter)
Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes (Airport)
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner (Patton)
Adapted Screenplay: Ring Lardner Jr. (M*A*S*H)
Original Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North (Patton)
Song: "For All We Know" (Lovers and Other Strangers)
Score: Love Story (Original Score) / Let It Be (Original Song Score)
Cinematography: Ryan's Daughter
Costume Design: Cromwell
Art / Set Decoration: Patton
Film Editing: Patton
Foreign Language Film: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italy)
Sound: Patton
Visual Effects: Tora! Tora! Tora!
Short Films: Is It Always Right to Be Right? (Cartoons) / The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (Live Action)
Documentaries: Interviews With My Lai Veterans (Feature)
