1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
36th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
January 18, 1971(announced December 28, 1970)

Best Picture: 
 Five Easy Pieces 
The 36th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1970.

Winners
Best Actor:
George C. Scott - Patton
Runners-up: Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang for My Father and Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
Best Actress:
Glenda Jackson - Women in Love
Runners-up: Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces and Liv Ullmann - The Passion of Anna (En passion)
Best Director:
Bob Rafelson - Five Easy Pieces
Runners-up: Federico Fellini - Fellini Satyricon and Robert Altman - MASH
Best Film:
Five Easy Pieces
Runners-up: The Passion of Anna (En passion) and MASH
Best Screenplay:
Eric Rohmer - My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud)
Runner-up: Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto)
Best Supporting Actor:
Chief Dan George - Little Big Man
Runners-up: Paul Mazursky - Alex in Wonderland and Frank Langella - Diary of a Mad Housewife
Best Supporting Actress:
Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces
Runners-up: Françoise Fabian - My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) and Ellen Burstyn - Alex in Wonderland

References

External links
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1970
New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1970
1970 in American cinema
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