Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 42nd Academy Awards

April 7, 1970  •  Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles  •  Hosted by Bob Hope

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Only X-Rated Best Pic
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Midnight Cowboy Wins
Midnight Cowboy remains the only X-rated film to win Best Picture
John Wayne won his only Oscar for True Grit at age 62
Goldie Hawn won Supporting Actress for Cactus Flower in her feature film debut
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Midnight Cowboy
Jerome Hellman, producer
Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hello Dolly!
Z
Best Director
Winner
John Schlesinger
Midnight Cowboy
Costa-Gavras— Z
George Roy Hill— Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Arthur Penn— Alice's Restaurant
Sydney Pollack— They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
John Wayne
True Grit
Richard Burton— Anne of the Thousand Days
Dustin Hoffman— Midnight Cowboy
Peter O'Toole— Goodbye Mr. Chips
Jon Voight— Midnight Cowboy
Best Actress
Winner
Maggie Smith
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Genevieve Bujold— Anne of the Thousand Days
Jane Fonda— They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Liza Minnelli— The Sterile Cuckoo
Jean Simmons— The Happy Ending
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Gig Young
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Rupert Crosse— The Reivers
Elliott Gould— Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Jack Nicholson— Easy Rider
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Goldie Hawn
Cactus Flower
Sylvia Miles— Midnight Cowboy
Susannah York— They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Dyan Cannon— Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
William Goldman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker— Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti— The Damned
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern— Easy Rider
Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah— The Wild Bunch
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Waldo Salt
Midnight Cowboy
John Hale, Bridget Boland, Richard Sokolove— Anne of the Thousand Days
Arnold Schulman— Goodbye, Columbus
James Poe, Robert E. Thompson— They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Jorge Semprun, Costa-Gavras— Z
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Burt Bacharach
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Georges Delerue— Anne of the Thousand Days
John Williams— The Reivers
Ernest Gold— The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Jerry Fielding— The Wild Bunch
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman
Hello Dolly!
Leslie Bricusse, John Williams— Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Nelson Riddle— Paint Your Wagon
Cy Coleman— Sweet Charity
John Green, Albert Woodbury— They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Original Song
Winner
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" — Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” — Burt Bacharach, Hal David— Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
“What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman— The Happy Ending
“Jean” — Rod McKuen— The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
“Come Saturday Morning” — Fred Karlin, Dory Previn— The Sterile Cuckoo
“True Grit” — Elmer Bernstein, Don Black— True Grit
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Conrad Hall
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Arthur Ibbetson— Anne of the Thousand Days
Charles B. Lang Jr.— Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Harry Stradling Sr.— Hello, Dolly!
Daniel Fapp— Marooned
Best Film Editing
Winner
Francoise Bonnot
Z
William Reynolds— Hello, Dolly!
Hugh A. Robertson— Midnight Cowboy
William Lyon, Earle Herdan— The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Fredric Steinkamp— They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Françoise Bonnot— Z
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal, et al.
Hello Dolly!
Maurice Carter, Lionel Couch, Patrick McLoughlin— Anne of the Thousand Days
Robert Boyle, George B. Chan, Edward Boyle, Carl Biddiscombe— Gaily, Gaily
John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton— Hello, Dolly!
Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Jack D. Moore— Sweet Charity
Harry Horner, Frank R. McKelvy— They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Costume Design
Winner
Margaret Furse
Anne of the Thousand Days
Ray Aghayan— Gaily, Gaily
Irene Sharaff— Hello, Dolly!
Edith Head— Sweet Charity
Donfeld— They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack
Hello Dolly!
John Aldred— Anne of the Thousand Days
William Edmondson, David Dockendorf— Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Robert Martin, Clem Portman— Gaily, Gaily
Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi— Marooned
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Robbie Robertson
Marooned
Eugene Lourie, Alex Weldon— Krakatoa, East of Java
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
It's Tough to Be a Bird
Walt Disney Prods.
John Hubley, Faith Hubley— Of Men and Demons
Ryan Larkin— Walking
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life
Francois Reichenbach and Bernard Chevry
Bernard Chevry— Arthur Rubinstein — The Love of Life
Robert K. Sharpe— Before the Mountain Was Moved
Emile de Antonio— In the Year of the Pig
Comite Organizador de los Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada— The Olympics in Mexico
Irwin Rosten— The Wolf Men
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Z
Algeria/France — Costa-Gavras
Ådalen ’31
The Battle of Neretva
My Night at Maud’s