Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay 1971
43rd Academy Awards · held April 15, 1971 · 5 nominees
- Winner Patton · Edmund H. North, Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee Five Easy Pieces · Bob Rafelson, Carole Eastman
- Nominee Joe · Norman Wexler
- Nominee Love Story · Erich Segal
- Nominee My Night at Maud's · Éric Rohmer