Oscar 1971 Articles

The Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual fundraising gala began in 1972. It first honoree was Charles Chaplin, returning to the United States after two decades in exile. Since then, the award has been renamed for Chaplin. That same year, Chaplin was saluted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with his second Honorary Oscar. The first such award for Chaplin had taken [...]

STRAW DOGS (1971) Direction: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Peter Arne Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah; from Gordon Williams' novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm Oscar Movies Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Straw Dogs By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: If there has ever [...]

WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN AND WHY IS HE SAYING THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT ME? (1971) Direction: Ulu Grosbard Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Harris, Jack Warden, David Burns, Gabriel Dell, Betty Walker, Rose Gregorio, Dom De Luise Screenplay: Herb Gardner Oscar Movies Dustin Hoffman, Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? To call Who is Harry Kellerman and Why [...]

NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (1971) Direction: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Irene Worth, Laurence Olivier, Tom Baker, Harry Andrews, Michael Bryant, Maurice Denham, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, John McEnery, Eric Porter, Michael Redgrave, Alan Webb, Curd Jürgens, Lynne Frederick, Roderic Nobel Screenplay: James Goldman; from Robert K. Massie's 1967 historical novel Oscar Movies Nicholas and Alexandra is surely one of the most sumptuous [...]