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- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen YoungThe World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.*[BEST PICTURE]*
ACTOR -- George C. Scott
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet
DIRECTING -- Franklin J. Schaffner
FILM EDITING -- Hugh S. Fowler
BEST PICTURE -- Frank McCarthy, Producer
SOUND -- Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) -- Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsDonald SutherlandElliott GouldTom SkerrittThe staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.[BEST PICTURE]
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Ring Lardner, Jr. - DirectorArthur HillerStarsAli MacGrawRyan O'NealJohn MarleyA boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.[BEST PICTURE]
MUSIC (Original Score) -- Francis Lai - DirectorGeorge SeatonHenry HathawayStarsBurt LancasterDean MartinGeorge KennedyA bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.[BEST PICTURE]
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Helen Hayes - DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonKaren BlackBilly Green BushA dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.[BEST PICTURE] Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert MitchumTrevor HowardJohn MillsSet in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- John Mills
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Freddie Young - DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- Italy
- DirectorRichard FleischerKinji FukasakuToshio MasudaStarsMartin BalsamSô YamamuraJason RobardsThe story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS -- A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott
- DirectorKen HughesStarsRichard HarrisAlec GuinnessRobert MorleyPuritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.COSTUME DESIGN -- Nino Novarese
- DirectorCy HowardStarsGig YoungBea ArthurBonnie BedeliaMike and Susan's wedding is overshadowed by family drama, including Mike's brother's divorce, Susan's father's affair, her sister's marital troubles, and Mike's friend pursuing the maid of honor.MUSIC (Song--Original for the Picture) -- "For All We Know," Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Robb Royer (aka Robb Wilson) and James Griffin (aka Arthur James)
- DirectorJames R. RokosStarsJohnny CrawfordKristin HarmonRuth HusseyThe story of a young man (Johnny Crawford) who dreams of being a cowboy in the old west, but lives in a big city in present time.SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) -- John Longenecker, Producer
- DirectorLee MishkinStarsOrson WellesDiana HaleThe world is divided into factions, on opposite sides of issues; each side is, of course, right. And so the gap between the people grows, until someone challenges the absolutist view of what's "right."SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Nick Bosustow, Producer
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger DaltreyOscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Bob Maurice, Producer
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsDominique SandaLino CapolicchioHelmut BergerThe story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- Italy
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlbert FinneyAlec GuinnessEdith EvansA musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsMelvyn DouglasGene HackmanDorothy StickneyA man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsJulie AndrewsRock HudsonJeremy KempSet during World War I, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsJames Earl JonesJane AlexanderLou GilbertA Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorJames BridgesStarsBarbara HersheyCollin Wilcox PaxtonSam GroomAfter Tish Gray gives up her baby for adoption, she is contacted by a childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to conceive. She accepts the offer, but finds that getting to know the couple and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsHeinz-Detlev BockKlaus KindlerChristian MarschallBased on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsRichard BenjaminFrank LangellaCarrie SnodgressA housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorMaximilian SchellStarsJohn Moulder-BrownDominique SandaMaximilian SchellBased on Ivan Turgeyev's novella, Erste Liebe is about two young lovers in czarist Russia. One is a 21-year-old woman, the other a young man of sixteen. Things take a tragic turn as the girl (Dominique Sanda as Sanaida) falls in love with the boy's father (Maximilian Schell). This film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 1970's Academy Awards.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- StarsLorne GreeneWater pollution in the United States: an early warning produced for the just established federal Environmental Protection Administration. Narrated by "Bonanza" series TV star Lorne Greene. "The most beautiful film on ugliness ever made." -VarietyNominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRaoul CoutardStarsPhi LanHuynh CazenasXuan HaA small Vietnamese boy grows up during the horrors and hardships of The Vietnam War era.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilliam CaytonStarsBrock PetersKevin KennedyTommy BurnsA documentary on the first African-American boxer to ever become world heavyweight champion. Released on the same year as "The Great White Hope" and also Oscar nominated like that film, this project uses of stills, archive footage and his own words narrated by actor Brock Peters to present Johnson's life, trajectory and of course, 'the fight of the century' against James Jeffries.Nominated for 1 Oscar.