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23rd British Academy Film Awards

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23rd British Academy Film Awards
Date1970
Highlights
Best FilmMidnight Cowboy
Best ActorDustin Hoffman
John and Mary and
Midnight Cowboy
Best ActressMaggie Smith
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Most awardsMidnight Cowboy & Oh! What a Lovely War (6)
Most nominationsWomen in Love (11)

The 23rd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1970, honoured the best films of 1969.[1]

Winners and nominees

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Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor winner
Maggie Smith, Best Actress winner
Laurence Olivier, Best Supporting Actor winner
Jon Voight, Best Newcomer winner

Midnight CowboyJohn Schlesinger

John SchlesingerMidnight Cowboy

Dustin HoffmanJohn and Mary as John
Dustin HoffmanMidnight Cowboy as Enrico Salvatore Rizzo

Maggie SmithThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Jean Brodie

Laurence OlivierOh! What a Lovely War as John French

Celia JohnsonThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Miss Mackay

Midnight CowboyWaldo Salt

Oh! What a Lovely WarGerry Turpin

Oh! What a Lovely WarAnthony Mendleson

Midnight CowboyHugh A. Robertson

ZMikis Theodorakis

Oh! What a Lovely WarDonald M. Ashton

Oh! What a Lovely WarDon Challis and Simon Kaye

PrologueNational Film Board of Canada

Picture to PostSarah Erulkar

Best Specialised Film

Let There Be Light – Peter De Normanville

  • The Behaviour Game – Ronald Spencer
  • Isotopes In Action – Ken McCready
  • Mullardability – Rene Basilico

Jon VoightMidnight Cowboy as Joe Buck

United Nations Award

Oh! What a Lovely WarRichard Attenborough

Statistics

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Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
11 Women in Love
10 Oh! What a Lovely War
7 Midnight Cowboy
5 Bullitt
Z
4 Hello, Dolly!
3 Funny Girl
Goodbye, Columbus
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
2 Isadora
John and Mary
Secret Ceremony
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
6 Midnight Cowboy
Oh! What a Lovely War
2 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Film in 1970". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 21 March 2021.