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Academy Awards, USA: 1970

Oscar

Date:	7 April
Host:	(none)
Location:	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	There is no host. Instead, awards are presented by seventeen "Friends of Oscar." For the first time, the award for best sound is given to the sound mixers themselves, rather than to the studio sound department.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Jerome Hellman
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Hal B. Wallis Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - John Foreman (I) Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Ernest Lehman Z (1969) - Jacques Perrin; Ahmed Rachedi

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	True Grit (1969) - John Wayne (I)
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Richard Burton (I) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) - Peter O'Toole (I) Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Dustin Hoffman Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Jon Voight

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - Maggie Smith (I) - Maggie Smith was not present at the awards ceremony. Alice Ghostley accepted the award on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Genevi�ve Bujold The Happy Ending (1969) - Jean Simmons (I) The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) - Liza Minnelli They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Jane Fonda

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Gig Young
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Anthony Quayle Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Elliott Gould Easy Rider (1969) - Jack Nicholson The Reivers (1969) - Rupert Crosse

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Cactus Flower (1969) - Goldie Hawn - Goldie Hawn was not present at the awards ceremony. Raquel Welch accepted the award on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Dyan Cannon Last Summer (1969) - Catherine Burns (I) Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Sylvia Miles They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Susannah York

Best Director


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) - John Schlesinger (I) - John Schlesinger was not present at the awards ceremony. Jon Voight accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Alice's Restaurant (1969) - Arthur Penn (I) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - George Roy Hill They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Sydney Pollack Z (1969) - Costa-Gavras (I)

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


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - William Goldman - William Goldman was not present at the awards ceremony. Katharine Ross (I) accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Paul Mazursky; Larry Tucker Easy Rider (1969) - Peter Fonda (I); Dennis Hopper; Terry Southern La caduta degli dei (1969) - Nicola Badalucco (screenplay/story); Enrico Medioli (screenplay); Luchino Visconti (screenplay) The Wild Bunch (1969) - Walon Green (screenplay/story); Roy N. Sickner (story); Sam Peckinpah (screenplay)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Waldo Salt
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - John Hale (I); Bridget Boland (I); Richard Sokolove Goodbye, Columbus (1969) - Arnold Schulman They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - James Poe (I); Robert E. Thompson Z (1969) - Jorge Sempr�n; Costa-Gavras (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Conrad L. Hall
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Arthur Ibbetson Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Charles Lang (I) Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Harry Stradling Sr. Marooned (1969) - Daniel L. Fapp

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration


Winner:
	Hello, Dolly! (1969) - John DeCuir; Jack Martin Smith; Herman A. Blumenthal; Walter M. Scott; George James Hopkins; Raphael Bretton
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Maurice Carter (I); Lionel Couch; Patrick McLoughlin Gaily, Gaily (1969) - Robert F. Boyle; George B. Chan; Edward G. Boyle; Carl Biddiscombe Sweet Charity (1969) - Alexander Golitzen; George C. Webb; Jack D. Moore They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Harry Horner; Frank R. McKelvy

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Margaret Furse
Other Nominees:
	Gaily, Gaily (1969) - Ray Aghayan Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Irene Sharaff Sweet Charity (1969) - Edith Head They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Donfeld

Best Sound


Winner:
	Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Jack Solomon; Murray Spivack
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - John Aldred Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - William Edmondson (I); David Dockendorf Gaily, Gaily (1969) - Robert Martin (IV); Clem Portman Marooned (1969) - Les Fresholtz; Arthur Piantadosi

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Z (1969) - Fran�oise Bonnot
Other Nominees:
	Hello, Dolly! (1969) - William Reynolds (II) Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Hugh A. Robertson The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) - William A. Lyon; Earle Herdan They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Fredric Steinkamp

Best Effects, Special Visual Effects


Winner:
	Marooned (1969) - Robie Robinson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Krakatoa: East of Java (1969) - Eug�ne Louri�; Alex Weldon

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (II) (lyrics) - For the song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
Other Nominees:
	The Happy Ending (1969) - Michel Legrand (I) (music); Alan Bergman (I) (lyrics); Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) - For the song "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - Rod McKuen - For the song "Jean" The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) - Fred Karlin (music); Dory Previn (lyrics) - For the song "Come Saturday Morning" True Grit (1969) - Elmer Bernstein (music); Don Black (I) (lyrics) - For the song "True Grit"

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


Winner:
	Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Lennie Hayton; Lionel Newman
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) - Leslie Bricusse; John Williams (I) Paint Your Wagon (1969) - Nelson Riddle Sweet Charity (1969) - Cy Coleman They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Johnny Green (I); Albert Woodbury

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


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Burt Bacharach
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Georges Delerue The Reivers (1969) - John Williams (I) The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) - Ernest Gold The Wild Bunch (1969) - Jerry Fielding

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects


Winner:
	The Magic Machines (1969) - Joan Keller Stern
Other Nominees:
	Blake (1969) - Douglas Jackson (I) People Soup (1969) - Marc Merson

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969) - Ward Kimball
Other Nominees:
	En marchant (1969) - Ryan Larkin (I) Of Men and Demons (1969) - John Hubley; Faith Hubley

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Czechoslovakia 1968 (1969) - Denis Sanders; Robert M. Fresco
Other Nominees:
	An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (1969) - Donald Wrye Jenny Is a Good Thing (1969) - Joan Horvath (I) Leo Beuerman (1969) - Arthur H. Wolf; Russell A. Mosser The Magic Machines (1969) - Joan Keller Stern

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	L'amour de la vie - Artur Rubinstein (1969) - Bernard Chevry
Other Nominees:
	Before the Mountain Was Moved (1970) - Robert K. Sharpe In the Year of the Pig (1968) - Emile de Antonio Olimpiada en México (1969) - Film Section of the Organizing Committee for the XIX Olympic Games The Wolf Men (1969) - Irwin Rosten

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Z (1969) - Algeria
Other Nominees:
	Bitka na Neretvi (1969) - Yugoslavia Bratya Karamazovy (1969) - Soviet Union Ma nuit chez Maud (1969) - France Ådalen '31 (1969) - Sweden

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Cary Grant - For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	George Jessel (I)

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Hazeltine Corp. - For the design and development of the Hazeltine Color Film Analyzer. Juan De la Cierva; Dyna-Sciences Corp. - For the design and development of the Dynalens optical image motion compensator. Fouad Said - For the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Panavision, Inc. - For the design and development of the Panaspeed Motion Picture Camera Motor. Robert M. Flynn (Universal City Studios, Inc.); Russell Hessy (Universal City Studios, Inc.) - For a machine-gun modification for motion picture photography. Fenton Hamilton (MGM Studios) - For the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting. Otto Popelka (Magna-Tech Electronics Co., Inc.) - For the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System.