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42nd Academy Awards; Date: April 7, 1970: Site: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles: Produced by: M. J. Frankovich: Directed by: Jack Haley Jr. Highlights; Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy: Most awards: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4) Most nominations: Anne of the Thousand Days (10) TV in the United States; Network: ABC: Duration: 2 ...
Memorable Moments. Cary Grant. Honorary Award recipient, with presenter Frank Sinatra. Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Original Song winners for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Jon Voight. Accepting Best Directing for John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy. View More Memorable Moments.
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- The Godfather. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan. 115 votes. Won Best Picture in 1972. The Godfather, a celebrated crime-drama, presents an intimate study of the Corleone family.
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. 108 votes. Nominated in 1977. In Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, a young farm boy, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), finds himself thrust into the heart of an intergalactic conflict.
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif. 86 votes. Won Best Picture in 1975. When Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) gets transferred for evaluation from a prison farm to a mental institution, he assumes it will be a less restrictive environment.
- The Godfather Part II. Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton. 95 votes. Won Best Picture in 1974. In the mesmerizing sequel, The Godfather Part II, we plunge deeper into the Corleone saga.
Website. oscar .go .com /nominees /best-picture. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the ...
Films with the most nominations without a single win: The Turning Point and The Color Purple (11 nominations each) Film with the most awards without winning Best Picture: Cabaret (1972) won eight Academy Awards from its ten nominations.
1. Midnight Cowboy (1969) R | 113 min | Drama. 7.8. Rate. 79 Metascore. A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process. Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver. Votes: 120,324 | Gross: $44.79M. Watch on MGM+.
