42nd Academy Awards

The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. For the second year in a row, there was no official host. This was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be broadcast via satellite to an international audience, although Brazil was the only country outside North America to air the event live.
One year after Oliver! became the only G-rated film to win Best Picture, Midnight Cowboy became the first and only X-rated film to win, though its rating was changed in 1971 to R after the MPAA revised its ratings criteria. Only one other X-rated film has been nominated for Best Picture since, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, which was also subsequently downgraded to an R rating.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? set an Oscar record by receiving nine nominations without one for Best Picture. This was the last time until the 68th Academy Awards wherein none of the four winning performances came from Best Picture nominated films, as well as the first ceremony in which every acting nomination was in color. Jack Nicholson, who would go on to become the most-nominated male performer in Oscars history, received his first nomination, for Best Supporting Actor for Easy Rider.

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The ceremony

This was the first Academy Award ceremony intended to be broadcast via satellite worldwide, but according to Klaus Lehmann, a foreign sales executive of the ABC television network, in addition to Canada and Mexico, only two South American countries, Chile and Brazil, roughly in the Oscars' time zone, were interested in the live coverage. The Chilean television rights to the Oscars were sold by ABC International to Televisión Nacional de Chile while the Brazilian rights were sold to TV Tupi. The latter country's rights to the TV broadcast of the Oscars were moved to a joint venture of TV Bandeirantes and TV Record.
Since at the time television standards conversion was difficult, about 50 other countries broadcast the Oscars on a delay. Furthermore, in Europe, most TV broadcasters signed off at or just after midnight; thus the Oscars were not broadcast live and were recorded on film and then shipped to broadcasters with a minimum four-day delay from the awards' broadcast date. An early attempt to change the Academy Awards presentation's start time to 1 p.m. to fit European television audiences was rejected by AMPAS executives.
In terms of performances, in-between presenting the documentary awards, Bob Hope and Fred Astaire discussed how Astaire had never danced on the Academy Awards broadcast before, with Astaire claiming to have "given it up" the previous year. Cuing the orchestra, Hope then left the stage as Astaire began an ‘‘impromptu’’ dance performance, first in a modern jazz style before ending with traditional tap dancing. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? holds the record for having the most nominations for a film without a Best Picture nomination, receiving 9 nominations.
Cary Grant's award was described as the most popular of the evening; the audience was described as having "went wild" over his receiving the Academy Honorary Award.

Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced on February 16, 1970. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Midnight Cowboy – Jerome Hellman, producer *Anne of the Thousand Days – Hal B. Wallis, producer Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – John Foreman, producer *Hello, Dolly! – Ernest Lehman, producer*** *Z – Jacques Perrin and Ahmed Rachedi, producers	John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy Arthur Penn – Alice's Restaurant* George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* Sydney Pollack – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* *Costa-Gavras – Z
*John Wayne – True Grit* as Rooster Cogburn** Richard Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days* as King Henry VIII of England Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy* as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo Peter O'Toole – Goodbye, Mr. Chips* as Arthur Chipping Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy* as Joe Buck	*Maggie Smith – Jean Brodie (film)\|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]* as Jean Brodie** Geneviève Bujold – Anne of the Thousand Days* as Anne Boleyn Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Gloria Beatty Liza Minnelli – The Sterile Cuckoo* as Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams Jean Simmons – The Happy Ending* as Mary Wilson
*Gig Young – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Rocky** Rupert Crosse – The Reivers* as Ned Elliott Gould – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* as Ted Henderson Jack Nicholson – Easy Rider* as George Hanson Anthony Quayle – Anne of the Thousand Days* as Thomas Wolsey	*Goldie Hawn – Cactus Flower* as Toni Simmons** Catherine Burns – Last Summer* as Rhoda Dyan Cannon – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* as Alice Henderson Sylvia Miles – Midnight Cowboy* as Cass Susannah York – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Alice LeBlanc
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Goldman *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker The Damned – Story by Nicola Badalucco; Screenplay by Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, and Luchino Visconti Easy Rider – Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern *The Wild Bunch – Story by Walon Green and Roy N. Sickner; Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah	Midnight Cowboy – Waldo Salt based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy *Anne of the Thousand Days – Screenplay by John Hale and Bridget Boland; Adaptation by Richard Sokolove based on the play by Maxwell Anderson *Goodbye, Columbus – Arnold Schulman based on the novel by Philip Roth *They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – James Poe and Robert E. Thompson based on the novel by Horace McCoy *Z – Jorge Semprún and Costa-Gavras based on the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos
Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life *Before the Mountain Was Moved *In the Year of the Pig *Olimpiada en México *The Wolf Men	Czechoslovakia 1968 – Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco *An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer Jenny Is a Good Thing Leo Beuerman *The Magic Machines
The Magic Machines – Joan Keller Stern *Blake – Doug Jackson *People Soup – Marc Merson	It's Tough to Be a Bird – Ward Kimball *Of Men and Demons – John Hubley and Faith Hubley *Walking – Ryan Larkin
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach * Anne of the Thousand Days – Georges Delerue * The Reivers – John Williams * The Secret of Santa Vittoria – Ernest Gold * The Wild Bunch – Jerry Fielding	Hello, Dolly! – Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman * Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation score by John Williams**** * Paint Your Wagon – Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle * Sweet Charity – Adaptation score by Cy Coleman *** They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Adaptation score by Johnny Green and Albert Woodbury**
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David "Come Saturday Morning" from The Sterile Cuckoo – Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Dory Previn* "Jean" from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Music and Lyrics by Rod McKuen "True Grit" from True Grit – Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black *"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman	Hello, Dolly! – Jack Solomon and Murray Spivack *Anne of the Thousand Days – John Aldred *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Edmondson and David Dockendorf *Gaily, Gaily – Robert Martin and Clem Portman *Marooned – Les Fresholtz and Arthur Piantadosi
Z *Ådalen 31 Battle of Neretva The Brothers Karamazov *My Night at Maud's	Anne of the Thousand Days – Margaret Furse *Gaily, Gaily – Ray Aghayan *Hello, Dolly! – Irene Sharaff *Sweet Charity – Edith Head *They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Donfeld
Hello, Dolly! – Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, and Herman A. Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, and Raphaël Bretton *Anne of the Thousand Days – Art Direction: Maurice Carter and Lionel Couch; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin Gaily, Gaily – Art Direction: Robert F. Boyle and George B. Chan; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle and Carl Biddiscombe Sweet Charity - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore **They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: R. McKelvy">Motion Picture Association of America film rating system">R. McKelvy***	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Conrad Hall *Anne of the Thousand Days – Arthur Ibbetson *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Charles Lang *Hello, Dolly! – Harry Stradling *Marooned – Daniel L. Fapp
Z — Françoise Bonnot * Hello, Dolly! — William H. Reynolds * Midnight Cowboy — Hugh A. Robertson * The Secret of Santa Vittoria — William Lyon and Earle Herdan * They Shoot Horses, Don't They? — Fredric Steinkamp	Marooned – Robbie Robertson *Krakatoa, East of Java – Eugène Lourié and Alex Weldon

Honorary Award

To Cary Grant for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

George Jessel

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: Anne of the Thousand Days
9 nominations: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
7 nominations: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hello, Dolly! and Midnight Cowboy
5 nominations: Z
4 nominations: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
3 nominations: Gaily, Gaily, Marooned and Sweet Charity
2 nominations: Easy Rider, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Happy Ending, The Magic Machines, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Reivers, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Sterile Cuckoo, True Grit and The Wild Bunch

The following films received multiple awards.

4 wins: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3 wins: Hello, Dolly! and Midnight Cowboy
2 wins: ''Z''

Presenters and performers

Source:

Midnight Cowboy – Jerome Hellman, producer *Anne of the Thousand Days – Hal B. Wallis, producer Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – John Foreman, producer *Hello, Dolly! – Ernest Lehman, producer*** *Z – Jacques Perrin and Ahmed Rachedi, producers	John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy Arthur Penn – Alice's Restaurant* George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* Sydney Pollack – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* *Costa-Gavras – Z
*John Wayne – True Grit* as Rooster Cogburn** Richard Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days* as King Henry VIII of England Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy* as Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo Peter O'Toole – Goodbye, Mr. Chips* as Arthur Chipping Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy* as Joe Buck	*Maggie Smith – Jean Brodie (film)\|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]* as Jean Brodie** Geneviève Bujold – Anne of the Thousand Days* as Anne Boleyn Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Gloria Beatty Liza Minnelli – The Sterile Cuckoo* as Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams Jean Simmons – The Happy Ending* as Mary Wilson
*Gig Young – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Rocky** Rupert Crosse – The Reivers* as Ned Elliott Gould – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* as Ted Henderson Jack Nicholson – Easy Rider* as George Hanson Anthony Quayle – Anne of the Thousand Days* as Thomas Wolsey	*Goldie Hawn – Cactus Flower* as Toni Simmons** Catherine Burns – Last Summer* as Rhoda Dyan Cannon – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* as Alice Henderson Sylvia Miles – Midnight Cowboy* as Cass Susannah York – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Alice LeBlanc
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Goldman *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker The Damned – Story by Nicola Badalucco; Screenplay by Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, and Luchino Visconti Easy Rider – Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern *The Wild Bunch – Story by Walon Green and Roy N. Sickner; Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah	Midnight Cowboy – Waldo Salt based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy *Anne of the Thousand Days – Screenplay by John Hale and Bridget Boland; Adaptation by Richard Sokolove based on the play by Maxwell Anderson *Goodbye, Columbus – Arnold Schulman based on the novel by Philip Roth *They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – James Poe and Robert E. Thompson based on the novel by Horace McCoy *Z – Jorge Semprún and Costa-Gavras based on the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos
Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life *Before the Mountain Was Moved *In the Year of the Pig *Olimpiada en México *The Wolf Men	Czechoslovakia 1968 – Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco *An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer Jenny Is a Good Thing Leo Beuerman *The Magic Machines
The Magic Machines – Joan Keller Stern *Blake – Doug Jackson *People Soup – Marc Merson	It's Tough to Be a Bird – Ward Kimball *Of Men and Demons – John Hubley and Faith Hubley *Walking – Ryan Larkin
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach * Anne of the Thousand Days – Georges Delerue * The Reivers – John Williams * The Secret of Santa Vittoria – Ernest Gold * The Wild Bunch – Jerry Fielding	Hello, Dolly! – Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman * Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation score by John Williams**** * Paint Your Wagon – Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle * Sweet Charity – Adaptation score by Cy Coleman *** They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Adaptation score by Johnny Green and Albert Woodbury**
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David "Come Saturday Morning" from The Sterile Cuckoo – Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Dory Previn* "Jean" from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Music and Lyrics by Rod McKuen "True Grit" from True Grit – Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black *"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman	Hello, Dolly! – Jack Solomon and Murray Spivack *Anne of the Thousand Days – John Aldred *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Edmondson and David Dockendorf *Gaily, Gaily – Robert Martin and Clem Portman *Marooned – Les Fresholtz and Arthur Piantadosi
Z *Ådalen 31 Battle of Neretva The Brothers Karamazov *My Night at Maud's	Anne of the Thousand Days – Margaret Furse *Gaily, Gaily – Ray Aghayan *Hello, Dolly! – Irene Sharaff *Sweet Charity – Edith Head *They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Donfeld
Hello, Dolly! – Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, and Herman A. Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, and Raphaël Bretton *Anne of the Thousand Days – Art Direction: Maurice Carter and Lionel Couch; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin Gaily, Gaily – Art Direction: Robert F. Boyle and George B. Chan; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle and Carl Biddiscombe Sweet Charity - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore **They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: R. McKelvy">Motion Picture Association of America film rating system">R. McKelvy***	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Conrad Hall *Anne of the Thousand Days – Arthur Ibbetson *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Charles Lang *Hello, Dolly! – Harry Stradling *Marooned – Daniel L. Fapp
Z — Françoise Bonnot * Hello, Dolly! — William H. Reynolds * Midnight Cowboy — Hugh A. Robertson * The Secret of Santa Vittoria — William Lyon and Earle Herdan * They Shoot Horses, Don't They? — Fredric Steinkamp	Marooned – Robbie Robertson *Krakatoa, East of Java – Eugène Lourié and Alex Weldon