Editing 1970 in film (section)

==Awards==
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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[28th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>February 5, 1971 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[24th British Academy Film Awards|24th BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 4, 1971 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[43rd Academy Awards]]<br>April 15, 1971
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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
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| Best Film || ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'' || ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' || ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
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| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Arthur Hiller]]<br>''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || [[George Roy Hill]]<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' || [[Franklin J. Schaffner]]<br>''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
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| Best Actor || [[George C. Scott]]<br>''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' || [[Albert Finney]]<br>''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]'' || [[Robert Redford]]<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''<br>''[[Downhill Racer]]''<br>''[[Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here]]'' || [[George C. Scott]]<br>''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
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| Best Actress || [[Ali MacGraw]]<br>''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || [[Carrie Snodgress]]<br>''[[Diary of a Mad Housewife]]'' || [[Katharine Ross]]<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''<br>''[[Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here]]'' || [[Glenda Jackson]]<br>''[[Women in Love (film)|Women in Love]]''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[John Mills]]<br>''[[Ryan's Daughter]]'' || [[Colin Welland]]<br>''[[Kes (film)|Kes]]'' || [[John Mills]]<br>''[[Ryan's Daughter]]''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Karen Black]]<br>''[[Five Easy Pieces]]''<br>[[Maureen Stapleton]]<br>''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]'' || [[Susannah York]]<br>''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]'' || [[Helen Hayes]]<br>''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Erich Segal]]<br>''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[William Goldman]]<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' || [[Ring Lardner Jr.]]<br>''[[MASH (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Edmund H. North]]<br>''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
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| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Francis Lai]]<br>''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || N/A || [[Francis Lai]]<br>''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]''<br>[[The Beatles]]<br>''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]''
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| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "Whistling Away The Dark"<br>''[[Darling Lili]]'' || N/A || "[[For All We Know (1970 song)|For All We Know]]"<br>''[[Lovers and Other Strangers]]''
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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[Rider on the Rain]]'' || N/A || ''[[Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion]]''
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'''[[1970 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] (Palme d'Or):'''
:'''''[[MASH (film)|M*A*S*H]]''''', directed by [[Robert Altman]], United States