Bob Rafelson co-created "The Monkees," directed the Oscar-nominated "Five Easy Pieces," and produced "Easy Rider" and "The Last Picture Show." He lived in Aspen.
Nolte: What Should’ve Won the Best Picture Oscar – 1970 to 1979
22 Apr 2021
In part six of this series we look at the movies that should have won the Best Picture Oscar between 1970 and 1979.
By 1970 the old studio system and the Production Code were officially dead, the New Hollywood-era was in full bloom, and what an era it was. As you will see below, the swingin’ seventies produced classic after classic, and although many were filled with R-rated content, they were almost old-fashioned in their morality, especially when it came to one of this decade’s overriding themes: the importance of the individual over the collective.