43rd Academy Awards
| 43rd Academy Awards | |
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| Date | April 15, 1971 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles |
| Hosted by | Don Rickles |
| Produced by | Robert Wise |
| Directed by | Richard Dunlap |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Patton |
| Most awards | Patton (7) |
| Most nominations | Airport and Patton (10) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | NBC |
The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The host was Don Rickles.
It was during this ceremony that George C. Scott became the first actor to reject an Oscar, claiming that the Academy Awards were "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons."
With her Best Supporting Actress win, Helen Hayes became the first performer to win Oscars in both lead and supporting categories (having won Best Actress 38 years before for The Sin of Madelon Claudet). She also has the record of having the biggest gap between acting wins.
The documentary film got three Oscar nominations, making it the most nominated documentary film in Oscar history.
This was the only time since the 2nd Academy Awards that all five nominees for Best Actress were first time nominees, as well as the last time that either lead acting category had all new nominees. Also, this was the first time since the 7th Academy Awards in which none of the nominees for the Academy Award for Best Actor had a previous nomination in that category.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (
).
These films had multiple nominations:
The following films received multiple awards.
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