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42nd Academy Awards - April 7, 1970
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy (May 26, 1969)
• Dustin Hoffman: From 'Graduate' to Ratso Rizzo, Super Slob (July 14, 1968)
• A 'Cowboy' Walks on the Wild Side (May 25, 1969)

43rd Academy Awards - April 15, 1971
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: Patton (February 5, 1970)
• George Is on His Best Behavior Now (March 29, 1970)

44th Academy Awards - April 10, 1972
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: The French Connection (October 8, 1971)

45th Academy Awards - March 27, 1973
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: The Godfather (March 16, 1972)
• The Making of 'The Godfather' — Sort of a Home Movie (August 15, 1971)
• A Few Family Murders, but That's Show Biz (March 19, 1972)
• That Unfinished Oscar Speech, by Marlon Brando (March 30, 1973)

46th Academy Awards - April 2, 1974
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: The Sting (December 26, 1973)

47th Academy Awards - April 8, 1975
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: The Godfather, Part II (December 13, 1974)
• They Made Him Two Offers He Couldn't Refuse (December 22, 1974)

48th Academy Awards - March 29, 1976
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (November 28, 1975)
• A Real Mental Ward Becomes A Movie 'Cuckoo's Nest' (April 13, 1975)
• Louise Fletcher: The Nurse Who Rules The 'Cuckoo's Nest' (November 30, 1975)

49th Academy Awards - March 29, 1977
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: Rocky (November 22, 1976)
• 'Rocky Isn't Based on Me,' Says Stallone, 'But We Both Went the Distance' (November 1, 1976)

50th Academy Awards - March 29, 1978
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: Annie Hall (April 21, 1977)
• Woody Allen Fights Anhedonia (April 20, 1977)

51st Academy Awards - April 9, 1979
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: The Deer Hunter (December 15, 1978)
• Movies 'Discover' Christopher Walken (December 26, 1978)

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