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1977 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerNetworkPaddy ChayefskyA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesCousin cousineJean-Charles TacchellaAmazonRockySylvester StalloneAmazonSeven BeautiesLina WertmüllerAmazonThe FrontWalter BernsteinAmazon

1976 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerDog Day AfternoonFrank PiersonA man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation, which turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.Amazon1976 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesAmarcordFederico FelliniAmazonAnd Now My LoveClaude LelouchAmazonLies My Father Told MeTed AllanAmazonShampooRobert TowneAmazon

1975 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerChinatownRobert TowneA private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.Amazon1975 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRobert GetchellAmazonDay for NightFrançois TruffautAmazonHarry and TontoPaul MazurskyAmazonThe ConversationFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazon

1974 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe StingDavid S. WardTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Amazon1974 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesA Touch of ClassMelvin FrankAmazonAmerican GraffitiGeorge LucasAmazonCries & WhispersIngmar BergmanAmazonSave the TigerSteve ShaganAmazon

1973 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe CandidateJeremy LarnerBill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.Amazon1973 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesLady Sings the BluesTerence McCloyAmazonMurmur of the HeartLouis MalleAmazonThe Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieLuis BuñuelAmazonYoung WinstonCarl ForemanAmazon

1972 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe HospitalPaddy ChayefskyAn over-burdened doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.Amazon1972 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesInvestigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionElio PetriAmazonKluteAndy LewisAmazonSummer of '42Herman RaucherAmazonSunday Bloody SundayPenelope GilliattAmazon

1971 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerPattonFrancis Ford CoppolaThe World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.Amazon1971 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesFive Easy PiecesBob RafelsonAmazonJoeNorman WexlerAmazonLove StoryErich SegalAmazonMy Night at Maud'sÉric RohmerAmazon

1970 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerButch Cassidy and the Sundance KidWilliam GoldmanWyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.Amazon1970 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesBob & Carol & Ted & AlicePaul MazurskyAmazonEasy RiderPeter FondaAmazonThe DamnedNicola BadaluccoAmazonThe Wild BunchWalon GreenAmazon

1969 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe ProducersMel BrooksA stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.Amazon1969 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) Nominees2001: A Space OdysseyStanley KubrickAmazonFacesJohn CassavetesAmazonHot MillionsIra WallachAmazonThe Battle of AlgiersFranco SolinasAmazon

1968 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerGuess Who's Coming to DinnerWilliam RoseA couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.Amazon1968 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesBonnie and ClydeDavid NewmanAmazonDivorce American StyleRobert KaufmanAmazonThe War Is OverJorge SemprúnAmazonTwo for the RoadFrederic RaphaelAmazon