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The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. For the second year in a row, there was no official host. This was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be broadcast via satellite to an international audience, though outside North America, Mexico and Brazil were the only ...
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Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces Ryan O’Neal – Love Story George C. Scott – Patton
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Elizabeth Taylor presenting producer Jerome Hellman with the Oscar® for Best Picture for "Midnight Cowboy" at the 42nd Academy Awards® in 1970.
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It took major honors with ten nominations and seven wins - Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (co-writers Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing.
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.
1970 Oscar Nominees and Winners. Midnight Cowboy Makes History: It remains the only X-rated film to win Best Picture. A Double for Hepburn: Katharine Hepburn won her third Best Actress award for her role in The Lion in Winter, tying her with the previous record.
