Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

1970 was such a weak year, that crap like Airport and Love Story could get nominated for more Oscars than Women in Love and MASH. Two of the worst Screenplay nominees ever. One is a clichéd, corny popcorn disaster flick with a soapy plot line, cheap "suspense", clunky dialogue and ridiculo...

Best Picture: Gone With the Wind Best Director: Jean Renoir for The Rules of the Game Best Actor: James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Hamilton in The Wiza...

Best Picture: The Grapes of Wrath Best Director: John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath Best Actor: Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath Best Actress: Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday Best Supporting Actor: John Carradine in The Grapes of Wrath Best Supporting Actress: Judith Anderson in Rebecca Best Or...

Best Picture: Citizen Kane Best Director: Orson Welles for Citizen Kane Best Actor: Orson Welles in Citizen Kane Best Actress: Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve Best Supporting Actor: Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon Best Original Scre...

Best Picture: The Magnificent Ambersons Best Director: Orson Welles for The Magnificent Ambersons Best Actor: James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy Best Actress: Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver Best Supporting Actor: Rudy Vallee in The Palm Beach Story Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead in The Magn...

Best Picture: Casablanca Best Director: Michael Curtiz for Casablanca Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca Best Actress: Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt Best Supporting Actor: Claude Rains in Notorious Best Supporting Actress: Gladys Cooper in The Song of Bernadette Best Original Screenplay:...

Best Picture: Double Indemnity Best Director: Billy Wilder for Double Indemnity Best Actor: Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity Best Actress: Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity Best Supporting Actor: Clifton Webb in Laura Best Supporting Actress: Ethel Barrymore in None But the Lonely Heart Best Or...

Best Picture: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Best Director: Michael Powell for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Best Actor: Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend Best Actress: Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce Best Supporting Actor: James Dunn in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Best Supporting Actress: Peg...

Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives Best Director: William Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives Best Actor: James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life Best Actress: Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter Best Supporting Actor: Claude Rains in Notorious Best Supporting Actress: Anne Baxter in The Razor'...

What were the best screenplays of 1970?

Though some of those omissions are rather disappointing, it's hugely understandable because most of those movies the Academy would never think to nominate. Especially McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Bananas and The Devils.

My votes go to the mature and sensitive love triangle of Sunday Bloody Sunday and the frightening, disturbing and dark dystopian nightmare of A Clockwork Orange. My big omissions would be Carnal Knowledge, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Death in Venice, Macbeth, Harold and Maude, Bananas, and A New Leaf. N...

What was the best screenplay of 1971?

I think we should just stick with Screenplays for a while. There's already all those screenplay movies coming up and the added Cinematography fields would be a bit too much. I would love to discuss those nominees as well, but I still think it would be a lot.

Now, the haunting masterpiece of the year through my 15 year old eyes is Cries and Whispers. That film is truly great and one of the best of the 1970s. My 13 year old self was very moved, disturbed, frightened and entertained by The Exorcist and it sucked me in at the time. Last year, when I watched...