1970 in film explained

The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.__TOC__

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1970 box office number-one films in the United States. The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1970
RankTitle Distributor Domestic rentals
1Love StoryParamount$50,000,000[1]
2AirportUniversal$44,500,000
3M*A*S*H20th Century Fox$30,000,000
4Patton$27,000,000
5WoodstockWarner Bros.$16,400,000[2]
6Little Big ManNational General Pictures$15,000,000
7Tora! Tora! Tora!20th Century Fox/Toei$13,700,000
8Ryan's DaughterMGM$13,400,000
9Catch-22Paramount$12,300,000
10The Owl and the PussycatColumbia$11,500,000

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 28th Golden Globe Awards
February 5, 1971
24th BAFTA Awards
March 4, 1971
43rd Academy Awards
April 15, 1971
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Best Film Love Story M*A*S*H Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Patton
Best Director Arthur Hiller
Love Story
George Roy Hill
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton
Best Actor George C. Scott
Patton
Albert Finney
Scrooge
Robert Redford
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Downhill Racer
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
George C. Scott
Patton
Best Actress Ali MacGraw
Love Story
Carrie Snodgress
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Katharine Ross
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Glenda Jackson
Women in Love
Best Supporting Actor John Mills
Ryan's Daughter
Colin Welland
Kes
John Mills
Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress Karen Black
Five Easy Pieces
Maureen Stapleton
Airport
Susannah York
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Helen Hayes
Airport
Best Screenplay, Adapted Erich Segal
Love Story
William Goldman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ring Lardner Jr.
M*A*S*H
Best Screenplay, Original Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North
Patton
Best Original Score Francis Lai
Love Story
N/A Francis Lai
Love Story
The Beatles
Let It Be
Best Original Song "Whistling Away The Dark"
Darling Lili
N/A "For All We Know"
Lovers and Other Strangers
Best Foreign Language Film Rider on the Rain N/A Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Cannes Film Festival (Palme d'Or):

M*A*S*H, directed by Robert Altman, United States

1970 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Finler, Joel Waldo . 2003 . The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press . 978-1-903364-66-6 . 358–359.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024137/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1970.shtml Top 20 Films of 1970 by Domestic Revenue
  3. IMDB
  4. Book: Keith Badman. The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001. 28 October 2009. Omnibus Press. 978-0-85712-001-4. 49.