24th British Academy Film Awards

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24th British Academy Film Awards
Date4 March 1971
SiteRoyal Albert Hall, London
Highlights
Best FilmButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best ActorRobert Redford
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
Downhill Racer, and
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Best ActressKatharine Ross
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Most awardsButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (9)
Most nominationsButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid &
Ryan's Daughter (10)

The 24th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1971, honoured the best films of 1970. The awards were held at the Royal Albert Hall, London and held on 4 March 1971.[1] For the first time, the Society bestowed a Fellowship on someone who had left a permanent influence on the world of the big or small screen. The very first BAFTA Fellowship Award was bestowed on Alfred Hitchcock Fellowship Award at this award event from Princess Anne.

Winners and nominees

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidGeorge Roy Hill

George Roy HillButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Robert RedfordButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Sundance Kid
Robert RedfordDownhill Racer as David Chappellet
Robert RedfordTell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper

Katharine RossButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Etta Place
Katharine RossTell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Lola

Colin WellandKes as Mr. Farthing

Susannah YorkThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Alice LeBlanc

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidWilliam Goldman

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidConrad Hall

WaterlooMaria De Matteis

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidJohn C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidBurt Bacharach

WaterlooMario Garbuglia

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidDon Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson

Dai BradleyKes as Billy Casper

Henry Nine ' Til FiveBob Godfrey

Sad Song of Yellow SkinNational Film Board of Canada

The Shadow of ProgressDerek Williams

  • BlakeBill Mason
  • The Gallery – Philip Mark Law
  • The Winds of Fogo – Colin Law
Best Specialised Film

The Rise and Fall of the Great LakesBill Mason

  • Continental DriftCo Hoedeman
  • Policeman – Eric Marquis
  • A Study in Change – Michael Orrom
Fellowship Award

Alfred Hitchcock

United Nations Award

MASHRobert Altman

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
10 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ryan's Daughter
6 Kes
MASH
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
3 The Railway Children
Waterloo
2 Anne of the Thousand Days
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Catch-22
Patton
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
9 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
2 Kes
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Waterloo

See also

References

  1. ^ "CalmView: Overview".