Always nice when the winners are deserving. This ceremony was held on April 15, 1971. Coppola had begun shooting "The Godfather" a few weeks before. I'm sure he welcomed the good news while going through hell during the production...
Coppola later said that winning the Oscar for writing Patton may have saved him from getting fired from making The Godfather since famously the studio hated almost every choice he was making (casting unknown Al Pacino, casting "Box Office Poison" Brando.)
Ring Lardner was furious about the lack of adherence to his screenplay; i believe he said that "not one word" that he wrote was on the screen. Altman made a movie about insanity using a chaotic set and ad-libbing actors. In the end, Mr. Lardner accepted the award, but it's a stretch to say that it was deserved... though, without his efforts in creating a script, the project probably never would have existed... so that's not nothing,.. but the movie we have sure as hell ain't the movie he wrote.
Okay, can someone explain this meme to me? On Academy Awards videos when people say something "has great screenplay" or "has great direction", etc. The weird English grammar is funny to me, but I can never tell if it's done on purpose.
Ring Lardner was furious about the lack of adherence to his screenplay; i believe he said that "not one word" that he wrote was on the screen. Altman made a movie about insanity using a chaotic set and ad-libbing actors. In the end, Mr. Lardner accepted the award, but it's a stretch to say that it was deserved... though, without his efforts in creating a script, the project probably never would have existed... so that's not nothing,.. but the movie we have sure as hell ain't the movie he wrote.
Initially, I was surprised that Ring Lardner, Jr., the screenwriter who won for best original screenplay for Altman's "M.A.S.H.", didn't make some reference in his acceptance speech that he was one of the "Hollywood Ten" a group of writers including Dalton Trumbo who were incarcerated as a result of refusing to cooperate with the HUAC; they were subsequently blacklisted in the film industry and worked under assumed names. The blacklist was ultimately broken by Kirk Douglas, who identified Trumbo on screen as the writer of "Spartacus" and by Otto Preminger, who hired Trumbo to write "Exodus". Francis Coppola, who directed the Godfather trilogy of films, winning best picture Oscars in 1972 and 74, co-wrote the adapted screenplay for "Patton" for which George C. Scott won his Oscar.
It's funny that Ring Lardner Jr. won the Oscar for Screenplay. Much of his dialogue was tossed out and they improvised huge chunks of the screenplay on-set.
Great clip! Eva Marie Saint looks beautiful and George Segal's comic timing is perfect. And the closing shot of Jennifer Jones in the audience is a great treat - she looked stunning.
Coppola couldn't be there to accept because he was neck deep directing "The Godfather", of course. He could be forgiven. Sarah Miles was either drunk or had dyslexia...if the latter was the case, i instantly regret calling her a drunk
Erich Segal wrote the screenplay, sold it, and while the film was being produced, he was asked to quickly "novelize" it (make it into a novel). The novel, a quick read, sold well and provided tons of publicity for the forthcoming movie.
Francis Ford Coppola won for two films which had Best Actor Oscars declined. That's an interesting connection. I do wonder of great of a pig he was during those times. It's coming out he couldn't hold it back enough while making Megalopolis. The behavior was far from new too, and has been described as "old school."
Wouldn't it be nice if just for the sake of cultural history of the country the entire shows were put up, rather than slices, bits, and pieces with chunks missing? This was fifty-two years ago, I think it's time to just do it.
Always nice when the winners are deserving. This ceremony was held on April 15, 1971. Coppola had begun shooting "The Godfather" a few weeks before. I'm sure he welcomed the good news while going through hell during the production...
Coppola later said that winning the Oscar for writing Patton may have saved him from getting fired from making The Godfather since famously the studio hated almost every choice he was making (casting unknown Al Pacino, casting "Box Office Poison" Brando.)
@@michaelj.r457 It goes to show how WRONG a studio can be!
Ring Lardner was furious about the lack of adherence to his screenplay; i believe he said that "not one word" that he wrote was on the screen. Altman made a movie about insanity using a chaotic set and ad-libbing actors. In the end, Mr. Lardner accepted the award, but it's a stretch to say that it was deserved... though, without his efforts in creating a script, the project probably never would have existed... so that's not nothing,.. but the movie we have sure as hell ain't the movie he wrote.
Now it's coming out he's a perverted pig.
Mr. Belafonte and Ms. Saint both still going strong in their 90's in 2019. Mr. Lardner lived to see 1999, but never won again.
Sadly, as of this year, not Mr. Belafonte. May he Rest in Peace.
Francis Ford Coppola’s first Oscar win before The Godfather Part II.
He also won adapted screenplay for the first Godfather.
I looked it up. You’re right. I forgot about that. I was mostly thinking of his win for Best Director when I first wrote my comment.
M*A*S*H and Patton has great screenplay.
Okay, can someone explain this meme to me? On Academy Awards videos when people say something "has great screenplay" or "has great direction", etc. The weird English grammar is funny to me, but I can never tell if it's done on purpose.
Ring Lardner was furious about the lack of adherence to his screenplay; i believe he said that "not one word" that he wrote was on the screen. Altman made a movie about insanity using a chaotic set and ad-libbing actors. In the end, Mr. Lardner accepted the award, but it's a stretch to say that it was deserved... though, without his efforts in creating a script, the project probably never would have existed... so that's not nothing,.. but the movie we have sure as hell ain't the movie he wrote.
Lardner won an Oscar in 1942 for the George Stevens's film "Woman of the Year." He did not win an award in 1999.
Initially, I was surprised that Ring Lardner, Jr., the screenwriter who won for best original screenplay for Altman's "M.A.S.H.", didn't make some reference in his acceptance speech that he was one of the "Hollywood Ten" a group of writers including Dalton Trumbo who were incarcerated as a result of refusing to cooperate with the HUAC; they were subsequently blacklisted in the film industry and worked under assumed names. The blacklist was ultimately broken by Kirk Douglas, who identified Trumbo on screen as the writer of "Spartacus" and by Otto Preminger, who hired Trumbo to write "Exodus". Francis Coppola, who directed the Godfather trilogy of films, winning best picture Oscars in 1972 and 74, co-wrote the adapted screenplay for "Patton" for which George C. Scott won his Oscar.
It should be noted that Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar for "Patton" was featured on a nightstand in the famous horse head scene in "The Godfather"!
It's funny that Ring Lardner Jr. won the Oscar for Screenplay. Much of his dialogue was tossed out and they improvised huge chunks of the screenplay on-set.
yup. he complained that "not one word" of his script was on the screen. he must have been very proud of this award.
Great clip! Eva Marie Saint looks beautiful and George Segal's comic timing is perfect. And the closing shot of Jennifer Jones in the audience is a great treat - she looked stunning.
Anybody noticed Jack Nicholson with a mustache?
Very cute woman Eve Marie Saint was in 1971.
Lardner was not happy with the final product. but it wouldn't have been the same movie without altman's improvisational approach.
I would have given Best Adapted Screenplay to Women in Love. Such an amazing film!!!!
Coppola couldn't be there to accept because he was neck deep directing "The Godfather", of course. He could be forgiven. Sarah Miles was either drunk or had dyslexia...if the latter was the case, i instantly regret calling her a drunk
wasn't Love Story an adapted screenplay
Erich Segal wrote the screenplay, sold it, and while the film was being produced, he was asked to quickly "novelize" it (make it into a novel). The novel, a quick read, sold well and provided tons of publicity for the forthcoming movie.
What was up with Sarah Miles?
Francis Ford Coppola won for two films which had Best Actor Oscars declined. That's an interesting connection. I do wonder of great of a pig he was during those times. It's coming out he couldn't hold it back enough while making Megalopolis. The behavior was far from new too, and has been described as "old school."
1971 oscars
No offence Francis but I was really rooting for Five Easy Pieces
One of the Hollywood ten
Ha ha....I don't believe Coppola & North ever even met each other.
Wow
M*A*S*H the series? Since when do TV shows get Oscars? Last one to was OJ Made In America
The 1970 film M*A*S*H (directed by Robert Altman) was a smash hit and inspired the 1972 TV series.
@@perpieta ok
It was actually a movie first, which then led to the series.
Wouldn't it be nice if just for the sake of cultural history of the country the entire shows were put up, rather than slices, bits, and pieces with chunks missing? This was fifty-two years ago, I think it's time to just do it.