Best Adapted Screenplay:
1970: M*A*S*H (Ring Lardner, Jr.)
Oscar winner: M*A*S*H (Ring Lardner, Jr.)
1971: The French Connection (Ernest Tidyman)
Oscar winner: The French Connection (Ernest Tidyman)
1972: The Godfather (Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola)
Oscar winner: The Godfather (Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola)
1973: The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
Oscar winner: The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
1974: The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo)
Oscar winner: The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo)
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman)
Oscar winner: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman)
1976: All the President's Men (William Goldman)
Oscar winner: All the President's Men (William Goldman)
1977: That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière)
Oscar winner: Julia (Alvin Sargent)
Was this nominated?: Yes
1978: Midnight Express (Oliver Stone)
Oscar winner: Midnight Express (Oliver Stone)
1979: Apocalypse Now (John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola)
Oscar winner: Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton)
Was this nominated?: Yes
Best Original Screenplay:
1970: A Swedish Love Story (Roy Andersson)
Oscar winner: Patton (Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North)
Was this nominated?: No
1971: Harold and Maude (Colin Higgins)
Oscar winner: The Hospital (Paddy Chayefsky)
Was this nominated?: No
1972: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)
Oscar winner: The Candidate (Jeremy Larner)
Was this nominated?: No
1973: American Graffiti (George Lucas, Gloria Katz, and Willard Huyck)
Oscar winner: The Sting (David S. Ward)
Was this nominated?: Yes
1974: Chinatown (Robert Towne)
Oscar winner: Chinatown (Robert Towne)
1975: Dog Day Afternoon (Frank Pierson)
Oscar winner: Dog Day Afternoon (Frank Pierson)
1976: Network (Paddy Chayefsky)
Oscar winner: Network (Paddy Chayefsky)
1977: Annie Hall (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)
Oscar winner: Annie Hall (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)
1978: The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker, and Deric Washburn)
Oscar winner: Coming Home (Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, and Robert C. Jones)
Was this nominated?: Yes
1979: Manhattan (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)
Oscar winner: Breaking Away (Steve Tesich)
Was this nominated?: Yes
Updated: 10/14/14
Updated: 10/14/14
Looks like the 70's got quite a bit right! Love that decade :-D
ReplyDeleteMe too! I'm in the mood to revisit some of these great films now! :)
DeleteHey I had a question and wasn't sure if you may know the answer. My blog won't let me upload pics anymore, which is becoming irritating. Do you know what the issue may be? I figure since we have the same blogger site maybe you'd know what's wrong.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, I wonder if Blogger has a data limit of some kind. If so, I'm sure I'll reach it eventually.
DeleteYou could always upload your photos somewhere online, and copy and paste the URLs of the photos to your blog. Maybe you could create another blog, and put your pictures on a hidden page. Then, you could just link to the images on those pages?
Otherwise, I'm not sure what's going on. Hope that helps. :)
Apparently it's an Internet Explorer thing! LOL, they are trying to fix it but advise I use a different server for the time being. Crap :-P
DeleteSorry about that. I use Firefox, so that must be the reason I haven't had that problem.
DeleteGreat to see so many of your choices were actual winners! :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, the 70s were one of the best decades for Oscar winners! :)
DeleteYou really nailed it on most of these. I really liked Breaking Away, but I'm surprised it won over Manhattan.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Funny how wins like that happen. ;)
DeleteWow, can't believe there was a time when the Oscars got so much right. Awesome picks here man!
ReplyDeleteThanks man! The 70s: when the Oscars were truly awesome.
DeleteI echo everyone, nice to see a lot of deserving films won in the 70s. I love The French Connection, I still need to see a bunch of these, especially All the President's Men.
ReplyDeleteYay! It's one of my all-time faves, so I'm glad you love it.
DeleteOoh, definitely give All the President's Men a look when you get a chance.
The 70s was a great cinematic decade, and I can see I've watched many listed here.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen: M*A*S*H, Passion of Anna, Patton, The Hospital, Julia, or The Candidate.(The first 3 of those 6 I'm interested in.)
Yeah, I love this decade.
DeleteHope you like those films, Chris. I haven't seen The Hospital or The Candidate either.
So many great screenplays. MASH is superb, as is French Connection.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I rate The Exorcist very highly I think Friedkin made that film what it was. Blatty's screenplay is great but the icy ambience was all Friedkin.
If I was to make any additions they would be Hal Ashby films - most significantly Harold and Maude and The Last Detail.
Yeah, that's fair on The Exorcist. I haven't actually seen Harold and Maude or The Last Detail yet, so they can potentially replace my current winners. :)
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