42nd Academy Awards
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| 42nd Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | Tuesday, April 7, 1970 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles |
| Host | None |
| Producer | M.J. Frankovich |
| Director | Jack Haley, Jr. |
The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.
Contents |
[edit] Winners
[edit] Feature Films
| Category | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Best motion picture | Midnight Cowboy | Jerome Hellman |
| Best foreign language film | Z | Algeria |
| Best documentary feature | Arthur Rubenstein - The Love of Life | Bernard Chevry |
| Best animated feature |
[edit] Acting
| Category | Winner | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Best actor in a leading role | John Wayne | True Grit |
| Best actress in a leading role | Maggie Smith | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Best actor in a supporting role | Gig Young | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Best actress in a supporting role | Goldie Hawn | Cactus Flower |
[edit] Screenplay & Direction
| Category | Winner | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | William Goldman | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Waldo Salt | Midnight Cowboy |
| Best Director | John Schlesinger | Midnight Cowboy |
[edit] Presenters/Attendees
- Fred Astaire (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress & Documentary Awards)
- Burt Bacharach (Winner: Best Song) & Angie Dickinson
- Candice Bergen (Presenter: Best Sound, Costume Design, and Song)
- Elmer Bernstein (Nominee: Best Original Song & Co-Presenter: Best Score of a Musical Picture)
- Claudia Cardinale (Presenter: Best Film Editing & Best Foreign Film)
- Hal David (Winner: Best Song)
- Clint Eastwood (Presenter: Best Foreign Film)
- Jane Fonda (Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role)
- Alice Ghostley (accepting Best Actress Award for Maggie Smith)
- Elliot Gould (Presenter: Best Sound)
- Cary Grant (Honorary Award Recipient)
- Bob Hope (Presenter: Hersholt Award & Documentary Awards)
- James Earl Jones (Presenter: Best Film Editing & Best Original Screenplay)
- Myrna Loy (Presenter: Best Short Films, Art Direction, and Best Director)
- Ali MacGraw (Co-Presenter: Best Original Screenplay)
- Barbara McNair (Presenter: Best Score (non-Musical))
- Lionel Newman (Winner: Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation))
- Gregory Peck
- Cliff Robertson (Presenter: Best Actress, Original Score & Short Subject Awards)
- Katharine Ross (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor & Best Adapted Screenplay, and accepting Original Screenplay Award for William Goldman)
- Frank Sinatra (Presenter: Honorary Award to Cary Grant)
- Barbra Streisand (Presenter: Best Actor)
- Elizabeth Taylor (Presenter: Best Picture)
- Jon Voight (Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction & Best Adapted Screenplay, and accepting Best Director Award for John Schlesinger)
- Shani Wallis (Presenter: Best Score (Musical))
- John Wayne (Best Actor Winner/Presenter: Best Cinematography)
- Raquel Welch (Presenter: Special Visual Effects, and accepting Supporting Actress Award for Goldie Hawn)
- Billy Wilder
- Gig Young (Best Supporting Actor Winner)
- Peter Fonda
- Dennis Hopper
In Pre-Recorded Segment:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Federico Fellini
- Akira Kurosawa
- Mike Nichols
- John Schlesinger
- Franco Zeffirelli
[edit] Performers
- Glen Campbell ("True Grit" from True Grit)
- Lou Rawls ("Jean" from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
- Michel Legrand ("What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending)
- B.J. Thomas ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
