The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.
It was during this ceremony that George C. Scott became the first actor to reject an Oscar, claiming that the Academy Awards were "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons." Marlon Brando would do the same thing two years later, claiming Hollywood's mistreatment towards Native America...
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The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.
It was during this ceremony that George C. Scott became the first actor to reject an Oscar, claiming that the Academy Awards were "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons." Marlon Brando would do the same thing two years later, claiming Hollywood's mistreatment towards Native American actors as his reason for rejecting the Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather.
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Patton - George C. Scott (refused)
Women in Love - Glenda Jackson
Ryan's Daughter - John Mills
Airport - Helen Hayes
Patton - Franklin J. Schaffner
MASH - Ring Lardner Jr.
Patton - Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North
Ryan's Daughter - Freddie Young
Patton - Urie McCleary , Gil Parrondo , Antonio Mateos and Louis Thevenet
Cromwell - Vittorio Nino Novarese
Patton - Douglas O. Williams and Don J. Bassman
Patton - Hugh S. Fowler
Tora! Tora! Tora! - A. D....
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