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| 43rd Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Date | April 15, 1971 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,Los Angeles,California |
| Produced by | Robert Wise |
| Directed by | Richard Dunlap |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Patton |
| Most awards | Patton (7) |
| Most nominations | Airport andPatton (10) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | NBC |
The43rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was held on April 15, 1971, and took place at theDorothy Chandler Pavilion to honor the bestfilms of 1970. The Awards, without a host for the third consecutive year, were broadcast byNBC for the first time in 11 years.
George C. Scott, winner ofBest Actor forPatton, became the first actor to decline an Oscar, having previously protested his nomination forBest Supporting Actor forThe Hustler (1961) and quoted as saying that the Academy Awards were "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons."[1] He also maintained that it was "degrading for actors to compete against one another."[2] Co-starKarl Malden agreed, but felt that Scott could have made his denunciation more subtly.[2]
With herBest Supporting Actress win forAirport,Helen Hayes became the first performer to win Oscars in both lead and supporting categories (having won Best Actress39 years before forThe Sin of Madelon Claudet). Her win set a record for the biggest gap between acting wins, subsequently broken byKatharine Hepburn (48 years between herfirst andlast wins).
The documentary filmWoodstock garnered three Oscar nominations, making it the most nominated documentary film in Oscar history (its record was later tied byFlee,51 years later).
This was the only time since the6th Academy Awards that all five nominees for Best Actress were first-time nominees, and was the last time that either lead acting category was entirely composed of new nominees until the95th Academy Awards. It was also the first time since the7th Academy Awards in which none of the nominees for theBest Actor had a previous nomination in that category.
As of 2024, this is the most recent ceremony in which the 4 highest-grossing films of the year were nominated for Best Picture (Love Story,Airport,M*A*S*H andPatton).
Nominees were announced on February 23, 1971. Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[3][4]
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 10 | Airport |
| Patton | |
| 7 | Love Story |
| 5 | M*A*S*H |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! | |
| 4 | Five Easy Pieces |
| Ryan's Daughter | |
| Scrooge | |
| Women in Love | |
| 3 | Darling Lili |
| I Never Sang for My Father | |
| Lovers and Other Strangers | |
| Woodstock | |
| 2 | Cromwell |
| The Great White Hope |
| Wins | Film |
|---|---|
| 7 | Patton |
| 2 | Ryan's Daughter |
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Campbell | Performer | "Pieces of Dreams" fromPieces of Dreams |
| Petula Clark | Performer | "For All We Know" fromLovers and Other Strangers |
| Petula Clark Sally Kellerman Burt Lancaster Ricardo Montalbán | Performers | "Thank You Very Much" fromScrooge |
| Lola Falana | Performer | "Till Love Touches Your Life" fromMadron |
| Shirley Jones | Performer | "Whistling Away the Dark" fromDarling Lili |
