Main

 
The Cannes Film Festival in the Seventies
Reedyb's Guide To
Movie Awards
The Cannes Film Festival in the Seventies
the awards

the columns

the films

the site guide

home

the links

the lists

the oscars

the trivia

e-mail reedyb

The Cannes Film Festival has been very good to the avant-garde of American Cinema.

While you are here be sure to check out

Enjoy!


1979

Palme D'or
THE TIN , Volker Schlondorff
APOCALYPSE NOW, Francis Ford Coppola

Special Jury Prize
SIBERIADE, Andrei Mikalkov Konchalovsky

Female Performance
Sally Field, NORMA RAE

Male Performance
Jack Lemmon, THE CHINA SYNDROME

Supporting Female Performance
Eva Mattes, WOYZECK

Supporting Male Performance
Stefano Madia, DEAR PAPA

Mise-En-ScËne
DAYS OF HEAVEN, Terrence Malick

Camera D'or for Film Debut
NORTHERN LIGHTS, John Hanson and Rob Nilsson

Fipresci Award
Competing Film: APOCALYPSE NOW, Francis Ford Coppola
Out Of Competition: ANGI VERA, Pal Gabor BLACK JACK, Ken Loach


1978

Palme D'or
THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS, Ermanno Olmi

Special Jury Prize
BYE BYE MONKEY, Marco Ferreri
THE SHOUT, Jerzy Skolimowski

Female Performance
Jill Clayburgh, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN
Isabelle Huppert, VIOLETTE

Male Performance
Jon Voight, COMING HOME

Mise-En-ScËne
EMPIRE OF PASSION, Nagisa Oshima

Fipresci Award
MAN OF MARBLE, Andrzej Wajda
SMELL OF WILD FLOWERS, Srdan Karanovic


1977

Palme D'or
PADRE PADRONE, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani

Female Performance
Shelley Duvall, 3 WOMEN Monique Mercure, J.A. Martin, PHOTOGRAPHER

Male Performance
Fernando Rey, ELISA, MY LOVE

Musical Score
Norman Whitfield, CAR WASH

Fipresci Award
PADRE PADRONE, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani


1976

Palme D'or
TAXI DRIVER, Martin Scorsese

Special Jury Prize
CRIA CUERVOS, Carlos Saura
THE MARQUISE OF O, Eric Rohmer

Female Performance
Dominique Sanda, THE INHERITANCE
Mari Torocsik, MRS. DERY, WHERE ARE YOU?

Male Performance
Jose Luis Gomez, PASCUAL DUARTE

Mise-En-ScËne
DOWN AND DIRTY, Ettore Scola

Fipresci Award
STRONGMAN FERDINAND, Alexander Kluge
KINGS OF THE ROAD, Wim Wenders


1975

Palme D'or
CHRONICLE OF THE BURNING YEARS, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Special Jury Prize
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL, Werner Herzog

Female Performance
Valerie Perrine, LENNY

Male Performance
Vittorio Gassman, SCENT OF A WOMAN

Mise-En-ScËne
SPECIAL SECTION, Constantin Costa-Gavras
THE ORDER, Michel Brault

Fipresci Award
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL, Werner Herzog


1974

Palme D'or
THE CONVERSATION, Francis Ford Coppola

Special Jury Prize
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Female Performance
Marie-Jose Nat, LES VIOLONS DU BAL

Male Performance
Jack Nicholson, THE LAST DETAIL

Jury Prize
COUSIN ANGELICA, Carlos Saura

Scenario
Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS

Grand Prix De La Commission Superieure Technique Du Cinema Francais
MAHLER, Ken Russell

Special Tribute
Charles Boyer, STAVISKY

Fipresci Award
LANCELOT OF THE LAKE, Robert Bresson
ALI-FEAR EATS THE SOUL, Rainer Werner Fassbinder


1973

Palme D'or
SCARECROW, Jerry Schatzberg
The Hireling, Alan Bridges

Special Jury Prize
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE, Jean Eustache

Female Performance
Joanne Woodward, THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS

Male Performance
Giancarlo Giannini, LOVE AND ANARCHY

Special Prize
LA PLENETE SAUVAGE, Rene Laloux

Jury Prize
HOUR GLASS SANATORIUM, Wojciech Has
THE INVITATION), Claude Goretta

Fipresci Award
THE MOTHER AND THE , Jean Eustache
THE GRANDE BOUFFE, Marco Ferreri


1972

Palme D'or
THE MATTEI AFFAIR, Francesco Rosi
Special Jury Mention for the performance of Gian Maria Volonte, THE WORKING CLASS GO TO HEAVEN

Special Jury Prize
SOLARIS, Andrei Tarkovsky

Female Performance
Susannah York, IMAGES

Male Performance
Jean Yanne, WE WILL NOT GROW OLD TOGETHER

Mise-En-ScËne
RED PSALM, Miklos Jancso

Jury Prize
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, George Roy Hill


1971

Palme D'or
THE GO-BETWEEN, Joseph Losey

25th Anniversary Prize
DEATH IN VENICE, Lucino Visconti, (As Well As His Complete Oeuvre)

Special Jury Prize
TAKING OFF, Miloö Forman
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN, Dalton Trumbo

Female Performance
Kitty Winn, THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK
Riccardo Cucciolla, SACCO AND VANZETTI

Jury Prize
LOVE, Karoly Makk
Special Mention For The Performances Of Lily Darvas and Mari Torocsik, JOE HILL


1970

Palme D'or
M*A*S*H, Robert Altman

Special Jury Prize
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION, Elio Petri

Female Performance
Ottavia Piccolo, METELLO

Male Performance
Marcello Mastroianni, PIZZA TRIANGLE

Mise-En-ScËne
LEO THE LAST, John Boorman

Jury Prizes
THE FALCONS, Istvan Gal
THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT, Stuart Hagmann