1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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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

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