Welcome to Academy Award Sunday. Before you watch the 2012 event this evening, why not peruse this list of Oscar winners from 1970-1979.
How does the ol’ memory serve? Did you find it surprising that Coppola didn’t win for The Godfather? Poor John G. Avildsen, winning director for Rocky. It’s incorrectly stuck in my mind that Stallone directed that one. Let’s read on and brush up our facts!
1970
Best Picture: PATTON
Best Director: FRANKLIN SCHAFFNER (Patton)
Best Actor: GEORGE C. SCOTT (Patton)
Best Actress: GLENDA JACKSON (Women in Love)
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1971
Best Picture: THE FRENCH CONNECTION
Best Director: WILLIAM FRIEDKIN (The French Connection)
Best Actor: GENE HACKMAN (The French Connection)
Best Actress: JANE FONDA (Klute)
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1972
Best Picture: THE GODFATHER
Best Director: BOB FOSSE (Cabaret)
Best Actor: MARLON BRANDO (The Godfather)
Best Actress: LIZA MINNELLI (Cabaret)
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1973
Best Picture: THE STING
Best Director: GEORGE ROY HILL (The Sting)
Best Actor: JACK LEMMON (Save the Tiger)
Best Actress: GLENDA JACKSON (A Touch of Class)
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1974
Best Picture: THE GODFATHER, PART II
Best Director: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA (The Godfather, Part II)
Best Actor: ART CARNEY (Harry and Tonto)
Best Actress: ELLEN BURSTYN (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore)
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1975
Best Picture: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
Best Director: MILOS FORMAN (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
Best Actor: JACK NICHOLSON (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
Best Actress: LOUISE FLETCHER (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
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1976
Best Picture: ROCKY
Best Director: JOHN G. AVILDSEN (Rocky)
Best Actor: PETER FINCH (Network)
Best Actress: FAYE DUNAWAY (Network)
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1977
Best Picture: ANNIE HALL
Best Director: WOODY ALLEN (Annie Hall)
Best Actor: RICHARD DREYFUSS (The Goodbye Girl)
Best Actress: DIANE KEATON (Annie Hall)
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1978
Best Picture: THE DEER HUNTER
Best Director: MICHAEL CIMINO (The Deer Hunter)
Best Actor: JON VOIGHT (Coming Home)
Best Actress: JANE FONDA (Coming Home)
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1979
Best Picture: KRAMER vs. KRAMER
Best Director: ROBERT BENTON (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Best Actor: DUSTIN HOFFMAN (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Best Actress: SALLY FIELD (Norma Rae)
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(Oscar reference: Filmsite.org)