1971 — Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (dir: Robert Altman)
The Last Picture Show (dir: Peter Bogdanovich)
Walkabout (dir: Nicolas Roeg)
The Music Lovers (dir: Ken Russell)
A Clockwork Orange (dir: Stanley Kubrick)
The Devils (dir: Ken Russell)
10 Rillington Place (dir: Richard Fleischer)
Wanda (dir: Barbara Loden; US Release Date)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (dir: Jaromil Jires; US Release Date)
Two-Lane Blacktop (dir: Monte Hellman)
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): 7 Plus Seven (dir: Michael Apted), The Boy Friend (dir: Ken Russell), Carnal Knowledge (dir: Mike Nichols), Daughters of Darkness (dir: Harry Kümel), The Emigrants (dir: Jan Troell), The French Connection (dir: William Friedkin), Harold and Maude (dir: Hal Ashby), The Hired Hand (dir: Peter Fonda), Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (dir: John Hancock), Little Murders (dir: Alan Arkin), Minnie and Moskowitz (dir: John Cassavetes), The Murder of Fred Hampton (dur: Howard Alk), A New Leaf (dir: Elaine May), Punishment Park (dir: Peter Watkins), Straw Dogs (dir: Sam Peckinpah), Sunday Bloody Sunday (dir: John Schlesinger) and Vanishing Point (dir: Richard C. Sarafian)
Warren Beatty in Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Best Picture: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Director: Robert Altman Producers: Mitchell Brower, David Foster
US Distributor: Warner Brothers
Ken Russell on the set of The Devils with Vannessa Redgrave
Best Director:
Ken Russell, The Music Lovers AND The Devils AND The Boy Friend
2. Robert Altman, McCabe & Mrs. Miller
3. Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange
4. Peter Bogdanovich, The Last Picture Show
5. Richard Fleischer, 10 Rillington Place
Richard Attenborough attacks John Hurt in Richard Fleisher’s 10 Rillington Place
Best Actor:
Richard Attenborough, 10 Rillington Place
2. Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange
3. Seymour Cassel, Minnie and Moskowitz
4. Jack Nicholson, Carnal Knowledge
5. Gene Hackman, The French Connection
Glenda Jackson in Ken Russell’s The Music Lovers (left) and John Schlesinger’s Sunday Bloody Sunday (right)
Best Actress:
Glenda Jackson, The Music Lovers AND Sunday Bloody Sunday
2. Ruth Gordon, Harold and Maude
3. Jane Fonda, Klute
4. Barbara Loden, Wanda
5. Zohra Lampert, Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Warren Oates in Monte Hellman’s Two-Lane Blacktop
Best Supporting Actor:
Warren Oates, Two-Lane Blacktop
2. Jeff Bridges, The Last Picture Show
3. Ben Johnson, The Last Picture Show
4. Donald Sutherland, Little Murders
5. Cleavon Little, Vanishing Point
Vanessa Redgrave in Ken Russell’s The Devils
Best Supporting Actress:
Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils
2. Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show
3. Ann-Margret, Carnal Knowledge
4. Ellen Burstyn The Last Picture Show
5. Candice Bergen, Carnal Knowledge
Elaine May and Walter Matthau in Elaine May’s A New Leaf
Best Original Screenplay:
A New Leaf — Elaine May
2. Minnie and Moskowitz — John Cassavetes
3. Punishment Park — Peter Watkins
4. Harold and Maude — Colin Higgins
5. Carnal Knowledge — Jules Feiffer
Julie Christie in Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Best Adapted Screenplay:
McCabe & Mrs. Miller — Robert Altman and Brian McCay
2. A Clockwork Orange — Stanley Kubrick
3. The Last Picture Show — Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry
4. The Emigrants — Jan Troell and Bengt Forslund
5. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders — Jaromil Jires, Ester Krumbachova, and Jiri Musil
Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg in Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout
Best Cinematography:
Walkabout — Nicolas Roeg
2. The Last Picture Show — Robert Surtees
3. A Clockwork Orange – John Alcott
4. 10 Rillington Place — Denys Coop
5. McCabe & Mrs. Miller — Vilmos Zsigmond
Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
Best Film Editing:
A Clockwork Orange — Bill Butler
2. The French Connection — Jerry Greenberg
3. Straw Dogs — Paul Davies, Tony Lawson and Roger Spottiswoode
4. The Music Lovers — Michael Bradsell
5. 10 Rillington Place — Ernest Walter
Andrea Rau in Harry Kümel’s Daughters of Darkness
Best Original Score:
Daughters of Darkness — Francois de Roubaix
2. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders — Lubos Fiser and Jan Klusak
3. Walkabout — John Barry
4. Shaft — Isaac Hayes
5. Dirty Harry – Lalo Schifrin
Murray Melvin in Ken Russell’s The Devils (left) Twiggy in Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend (right)
Best Production Design:
The Boy Friend — Tony Walton and Ian Whittaker (TIE)
The Devils — Derek Jarman (TIE)
2. The Andromeda Strain — Boris Leven and Ruby Levitt
3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller — Leon Ericksen
4. Fiddler on the Roof — Robert Boyle and Peter Lamont
5. A Clockwork Orange — John Barry, Russell Hagg, and Peter Sheilds
Twiggy in Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend
Best Costume Design:
The Boy Friend — Shirley Russell
2. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders — Eva Lackingerova
3. The Emigrants — Ulla-Britt Soderlund
4. Fiddler on the Roof — Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden
5. Macbeth — Anthony Mendleson and Evangeline Harrison
Best Visual Effects:
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Best Sound:
Fiddler on the Roof
Best Documentary Feature:
Howard Alk, The Murder of Fred Hampton
Best Animated Feature:
Fred Wolf, The Point!
Best Ensemble Cast:
The Last Picture Show
Orson Welles’ Best First Feature:
Barbara Loden, Wanda
Best Ensemble Cast:
The Last Picture Show (dir: Peter Bogdanovich; in alphabetical order): Sam Bottoms, Timothy Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, Jeff Bridges (pictured), Ellen Burstyn, Clu Gulager, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Cybil Shepherd (pictured) and Sharon Ullrick
Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Barbara Loden in Loden’s Wanda
W I N S :
The Boy Friend — 3, The Devils — 3,
McCabe & Mrs. Miller — 2, Music Lovers — 2, 10 Rillington Place — 1, A Clockwork Orange — 1, Daughters of Darkness — 1, Fiddler on the Roof — 1, The Last Picture Show – 1, The Murder of Fred Hampton— 1, A New Leaf — 1, The Point! — 1, Sunday Bloody Sunday — 1, Two-Lane Blacktop — 1, Walkabout — 1, Wanda — 1, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth — 1
M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :
The Last Picture Show — 9,
A Clockwork Orange — 7, 10 Rillington Place — 5, McCabe & Mrs. Miller— 5, Carnal Knowledge — 4, The Devils – 4, Music Lovers — 4, The Boy Friend — 3, Fiddler on the Roof — 3, Valerie and her Week of Wonders — 3, Walkabout — 3, Wanda — 3, The Emigrants — 2, The French Connection — 2, Harold and Maude — 2, Two-Lane Blacktop — 2
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