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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • John Wayne in El Dorado (1966)
      Winner
      • John Wayne
      • True Grit
    • Richard Burton
      • Richard Burton
      • Anne of the Thousand Days
    • Dustin Hoffman
      • Dustin Hoffman
      • Midnight Cowboy
    • Peter O'Toole
      • Peter O'Toole
      • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    • Jon Voight at an event for The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014)
      • Jon Voight
      • Midnight Cowboy

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Gig Young at an event for The Twilight Zone (1959)
      Winner
      • Gig Young
      • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
    • Rupert Crosse in Shadows (1958)
      • Rupert Crosse
      • The Reivers
      Rupert Crosse became the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
    • Elliott Gould
      • Elliott Gould
      • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
    • Jack Nicholson at an event for The Bucket List (2007)
      • Jack Nicholson
      • Easy Rider
    • Anthony Quayle in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
      • Anthony Quayle
      • Anne of the Thousand Days

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Maggie Smith
      Winner
      • Maggie Smith
      • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
      Maggie Smith was not present at the awards ceremony. Alice Ghostley accepted the award on her behalf.
    • Geneviève Bujold in La turbulence des fluides (2002)
      • Geneviève Bujold
      • Anne of the Thousand Days
    • Jane Fonda at an event for U (2006)
      • Jane Fonda
      • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
    • Liza Minnelli
      • Liza Minnelli
      • The Sterile Cuckoo
    • Jean Simmons
      • Jean Simmons
      • The Happy Ending

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower (1969)
      Winner
      • Goldie Hawn
      • Cactus Flower
      Goldie Hawn was not present at the awards ceremony. Raquel Welch accepted the award on her behalf.
    • Catherine Burns
      • Catherine Burns
      • Last Summer
    • Dyan Cannon
      • Dyan Cannon
      • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
    • Sylvia Miles
      • Sylvia Miles
      • Midnight Cowboy
    • Susannah York in The Killing of Sister George (1968)
      • Susannah York
      • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hello, Dolly!

      7.1 (18K)
      John DeCuir
      Jack Martin Smith
      Herman A. Blumenthal
      Walter M. Scott
      George James Hopkins
      Raphael Bretton
    • [object Object]

      Anne of the Thousand Days

      7.4 (8.6K)
      Maurice Carter
      Lionel Couch
      Patrick McLoughlin
    • [object Object]

      Gaily, Gaily

      5.3 (446)
      Robert F. Boyle
      George B. Chan
      Edward G. Boyle
      Carl Biddiscombe
    • [object Object]

      Sweet Charity

      6.9 (7.5K)
      Alexander Golitzen
      George C. Webb
      Jack D. Moore
    • [object Object]

      They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

      7.8 (23K)
      Harry Horner
      Frank R. McKelvy

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

      8.0 (237K)
      Conrad L. Hall
    • [object Object]

      Anne of the Thousand Days

      7.4 (8.6K)
      Arthur Ibbetson
    • [object Object]

      Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

      6.7 (7.9K)
      Charles Lang
    • [object Object]

      Hello, Dolly!

      7.1 (18K)
      Harry Stradling Sr.
      Posthumous
    • [object Object]

      Marooned

      5.9 (6.3K)
      Daniel L. Fapp

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Anne of the Thousand Days

      7.4 (8.6K)
      Margaret Furse
    • [object Object]

      Gaily, Gaily

      5.3 (446)
      Ray Aghayan
    • [object Object]

      Hello, Dolly!

      7.1 (18K)
      Irene Sharaff
    • [object Object]

      Sweet Charity

      6.9 (7.5K)
      Edith Head
    • [object Object]

      They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

      7.8 (23K)
      Donfeld

    Best Director

    • John Schlesinger
      Winner
      • John Schlesinger
      • Midnight Cowboy
      John Schlesinger was not present at the awards ceremony. Jon Voight accepted the award on his behalf.
    • Costa-Gavras
      • Costa-Gavras
      • Z
    • George Roy Hill in The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974)
      • George Roy Hill
      • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    • Arthur Penn
      • Arthur Penn
      • Alice's Restaurant
    • Sydney Pollack
      • Sydney Pollack
      • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    Best Documentary, Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life

      6.8 (155)
      Bernard Chevry
    • [object Object]

      Before the Mountain Was Moved

      7.1 (51)
      Robert K. Sharpe
    • [object Object]

      In the Year of the Pig

      7.4 (2K)
      Emile de Antonio
    • [object Object]

      The Olympics in Mexico

      7.1 (163)
    • The Wolf Men

      6.6 (28)
      Irwin Rosten

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Czechoslovakia 1918-1968

      6.7 (259)
      Denis Sanders
      Robert M. Fresco
    • [object Object]

      An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer

      Donald Wrye
    • [object Object]

      Jenny Is a Good Thing

      6.2 (45)
      Joan Horvath
    • [object Object]

      Leo Beuerman

      7.3 (56)
      Arthur H. Wolf
      Russell A. Mosser
    • [object Object]

      The Magic Machines

      6.0 (100)
      Joan Keller Stern

    Best Effects, Special Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marooned

      5.9 (6.3K)
      Robbie Robertson
    • [object Object]

      Krakatoa: East of Java

      5.5 (2.1K)
      Eugène Lourié
      Alex Weldon

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Z

      8.1 (33K)
      Françoise Bonnot
    • [object Object]

      Hello, Dolly!

      7.1 (18K)
      William Reynolds
    • [object Object]

      Midnight Cowboy

      7.8 (130K)
      Hugh A. Robertson
      Hugh A. Robertson becomes the first African American to be nominated for Best Film Editing.
    • [object Object]

      The Secret of Santa Vittoria

      7.2 (4.5K)
      William A. Lyon
      Earle Herdan
    • [object Object]

      They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

      7.8 (23K)
      Fredric Steinkamp

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Z

      8.1 (33K)
      Algeria
    • [object Object]

      Adalen 31

      7.1 (1.9K)
      Sweden
    • [object Object]

      The Battle of Neretva

      7.0 (4.4K)
      Yugoslavia
    • [object Object]

      The Brothers Karamazov

      7.6 (1.1K)
      Soviet Union
    • [object Object]

      My Night at Maud's

      7.8 (16K)
      France

    Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

      8.0 (237K)
      Burt Bacharach
    • [object Object]

      Anne of the Thousand Days

      7.4 (8.6K)
      Georges Delerue
    • [object Object]

      The Reivers

      6.6 (3.5K)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      The Secret of Santa Vittoria

      7.2 (4.5K)
      Ernest Gold
    • [object Object]

      The Wild Bunch

      7.9 (94K)
      Jerry Fielding

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

      8.0 (237K)
      Burt Bacharach(music)
      Hal David(lyrics)
      For the song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
    • [object Object]

      The Sterile Cuckoo

      6.7 (2.6K)
      Fred Karlin(music)
      Dory Previn(lyrics)
      For the song "Come Saturday Morning"
    • [object Object]

      The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

      7.6 (11K)
      Rod McKuen
      For the song "Jean"
    • [object Object]

      True Grit

      7.4 (54K)
      Elmer Bernstein(music)
      Don Black(lyrics)
      For the song "True Grit"
    • [object Object]

      The Happy Ending

      6.3 (1.4K)
      Michel Legrand(music)
      Alan Bergman(lyrics)
      Marilyn Bergman(lyrics)
      For the song "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?"

    Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hello, Dolly!

      7.1 (18K)
      Lennie Hayton
      Lionel Newman
    • [object Object]

      Goodbye, Mr. Chips

      6.9 (4.2K)
      Leslie Bricusse
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      Paint Your Wagon

      6.6 (16K)
      Nelson Riddle
    • [object Object]

      Sweet Charity

      6.9 (7.5K)
      Cy Coleman
    • [object Object]

      They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

      7.8 (23K)
      Johnny Green
      Albert Woodbury

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Cowboy

      7.8 (130K)
      Jerome Hellman
    • [object Object]

      Anne of the Thousand Days

      7.4 (8.6K)
      Hal B. Wallis
    • [object Object]

      Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

      8.0 (237K)
      John Foreman
    • [object Object]

      Hello, Dolly!

      7.1 (18K)
      Ernest Lehman
    • [object Object]

      Z

      8.1 (33K)
      Jacques Perrin
      Ahmed Rachedi

    Best Short Subject, Cartoons

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      It's Tough to Be a Bird

      6.7 (517)
      Ward Kimball
    • [object Object]

      Of Men and Demons

      6.1 (135)
      John Hubley
      Faith Hubley
    • [object Object]

      Walking

      6.9 (993)
      Ryan Larkin

    Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Magic Machines

      6.0 (100)
      Joan Keller Stern
    • [object Object]

      Blake

      6.3 (61)
      Douglas Jackson
    • [object Object]

      People Soup

      5.0 (117)
      Marc Merson

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hello, Dolly!

      7.1 (18K)
      Jack Solomon
      Murray Spivack
    • [object Object]

      Anne of the Thousand Days

      7.4 (8.6K)
      John Aldred
    • [object Object]

      Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

      8.0 (237K)
      Bill Edmondson
      David Dockendorf
    • [object Object]

      Gaily, Gaily

      5.3 (446)
      Robert Martin
      Clem Portman
    • [object Object]

      Marooned

      5.9 (6.3K)
      Les Fresholtz
      Arthur Piantadosi

    Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Cowboy

      7.8 (130K)
      Waldo Salt
    • [object Object]

      Anne of the Thousand Days

      7.4 (8.6K)
      John Hale
      Bridget Boland
      Richard Sokolove
    • [object Object]

      Goodbye, Columbus

      6.4 (2.5K)
      Arnold Schulman
    • [object Object]

      They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

      7.8 (23K)
      James Poe
      Robert E. Thompson
    • [object Object]

      Z

      8.1 (33K)
      Jorge Semprún
      Costa-Gavras

    Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

      8.0 (237K)
      William Goldman
      William Goldman was not present at the awards ceremony. Katharine Ross accepted the award on his behalf.
    • [object Object]

      Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

      6.7 (7.9K)
      Paul Mazursky
      Larry Tucker
    • [object Object]

      The Damned

      7.4 (11K)
      Nicola Badalucco(screenplay/story)
      Enrico Medioli(screenplay)
      Luchino Visconti(screenplay)
    • [object Object]

      Easy Rider

      7.2 (122K)
      Peter Fonda
      Dennis Hopper
      Terry Southern
    • [object Object]

      The Wild Bunch

      7.9 (94K)
      Walon Green(screenplay/story)
      Roy N. Sickner(story)
      Sam Peckinpah(screenplay)

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • Cary Grant
      Winner
      • Cary Grant
      For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues.

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

    Edit
    • George Jessel
      Winner
      • George Jessel

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Winner
          For the design and development of the Hazeltine Color Film Analyzer.
        • Winner
          • Fouad Said
          For the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production.
        • Winner
            For the design and development of the Dynalens optical image motion compensator.

          Technical Achievement Award

          Edit
          • Winner
              For the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System.
            • Winner
              • Fenton Hamilton(MGM Studios)
              For the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting.
            • Winner
                For the design and development of the Panaspeed Motion Picture Camera Motor.
              • Winner
                  For a machine-gun modification for motion picture photography.

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                April 7, 1970

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                Los Angeles, California, USA

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