1970 National Society of Film Critics Awards

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5th NSFC Awards

January 10, 1971

Best Film:
M*A*S*H

The 5th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 10 January 1971, honored the best filmmaking of 1970. [1] [2] [3]

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The member critics voting for the awards were Hollis Alpert of the Saturday Review , Gary Arnold of The Washington Post , Harold Clurman of The Nation , Jay Cocks of Time , David Denby of The Atlantic , Penelope Gilliatt of The New Yorker , Philip T. Hartung of Commonweal , Pauline Kael of The New Yorker , Stefan Kanfer of Time , Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic , Arthur Knight of Saturday Review , Robert Kotlowitz of Harper's Magazine , Joseph Morgenstern of Newsweek , Andrew Sarris of The Village Voice , Richard Schickel of Life , Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. of Vogue , John Simon of The New Leader , Bruce Williamson of Playboy , and Paul D. Zimmerman of Newsweek . [4]

Winners

Best Picture

M*A*S*H (27 points)

2. The Passion of Anna (25 points)
3. The Wild Child (18 points)
4. My Night at Maud's (16 points)
5. Five Easy Pieces (10 points)

Best Director

Ingmar Bergman – The Passion of Anna (24 points)

2. François Truffaut – The Wild Child (20 points)
3. Robert Altman – M*A*S*H (19 points)
4. Luis Buñuel – Tristana (10 points)
5. Bob Rafelson – Five Easy Pieces (9 points)

Best Actor

George C. Scott – Patton (18 points)

2. George Segal – Loving , The Owl and the Pussycat , and Where's Poppa? (14 points)
3. Jean-Louis Trintignant – My Night at Maud's (12 points)
4. Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces (11 points)
5. Alan Arkin – Catch-22 (9 points)

Best Actress

Glenda Jackson – Women in Love (27 points)

2. Françoise Fabian – My Night at Maud's (20 points)
3. Liv Ullmann – The Passion of Anna (15 points)
4. Barbra Streisand – The Owl and the Pussycat (9 points)
5. Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife (8 points)

Best Supporting Actor

Chief Dan George – Little Big Man (21 points)

2. Anthony Perkins – Catch-22 and WUSA (16 points)
3. Richard Castellano – Lovers and Other Strangers (11 points)
4. Peter Boyle – Joe (8 points)
4. Paul Mazursky – Alex in Wonderland (8 points)

Best Supporting Actress

Lois Smith – Five Easy Pieces (29 points)

2. Sally Kellerman – M*A*S*H (12 points)
3. Eva Marie Saint – Loving (10 points)
4. Karen Black – Five Easy Pieces (9 points)
4. Trish Van Devere – Where's Poppa? (9 points)

Best Screenplay

Éric Rohmer – My Night at Maud's (23 points)

2. Ingmar Bergman – The Passion of Anna (17 points)
3. Adrien Joyce [Carole Eastman] – Five Easy Pieces (15 points)
4. François Truffaut and Jean Gruault – The Wild Child (13 points)
5. Jorge Semprún – The Confession (10 points)

Best Cinematography

Néstor Almendros – The Wild Child and My Night at Maud's (24 points)

2. Sven Nykvist – The Passion of Anna and First Love (18 points)
3. Billy Williams – Women in Love (16 points)
4. Giuseppe Rotunno – Fellini Satyricon (7 points)

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References

  1. ↑ "'M*A*S*H' Picked as Best Film Of '70 by Critics for Magazines". The New York Times. 11 January 1971. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Film Critics Group Picks 'M.A.S.H' As Best Of 1970". Toledo Blade. 13 January 1971. Retrieved 3 January 2018– via Google News Archive.
  3. ↑ "Film Critics Vote MASH Best Movie". The Morning Record. 11 January 1971. Retrieved 3 January 2018– via Google News Archive.
  4. ↑ Denby, David, ed. (1971). Film 70/71: An Anthology by the National Society of Film Critics. New York: Simon and Schuster.
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