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1969

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The 41st Academy Awards | 1969
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, April 14, 1969
Honoring movies released in 1968
Highlights
Film Editing
Bullitt

Frank P. Keller

Special Effects
2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick

Honorary Award
Planet of the Apes

John Chambers

Memorable Moments
Barbra Streisand
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Best Actress winner for Funny Girl, with presenter Ingrid Bergman

Mel Brooks
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Original Screenplay winner for The Producers

Ruth Gordon
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Supporting Actress winner for Rosemary's Baby

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Cliff Robertson
Charly
Nominees
Alan Arkin
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Bates
The Fixer
Ron Moody
Oliver!
Peter O'Toole
The Lion in Winter
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jack Albertson
The Subject Was Roses
Nominees
Seymour Cassel
Faces
Daniel Massey
Star!
Jack Wild
Oliver!
Gene Wilder
The Producers
Actress
Winner
Katharine Hepburn
The Lion in Winter
Winner
Barbra Streisand
Funny Girl
Nominees
Patricia Neal
The Subject Was Roses
Vanessa Redgrave
Isadora
Joanne Woodward
Rachel, Rachel
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Ruth Gordon
Rosemary's Baby
Nominees
Lynn Carlin
Faces
Sondra Locke
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Kay Medford
Funny Girl
Estelle Parsons
Rachel, Rachel
Art Direction
Winner
Oliver!
Art Direction: John Box, Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston
Nominees
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno
Star!
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Howard Bristol
2001: A Space Odyssey
Art Direction: Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer
War and Peace
Art Direction: Mikhail Bogdanov, Gennady Myasnikov; Set Decoration: G. Koshelev, V. Uvarov
Cinematography
Winner
Romeo and Juliet
Pasqualino De Santis
Nominees
Funny Girl
Harry Stradling
Ice Station Zebra
Daniel L. Fapp
Oliver!
Oswald Morris
Star!
Ernest Laszlo
Costume Design
Winner
Romeo and Juliet
Danilo Donati
Nominees
The Lion in Winter
Margaret Furse
Oliver!
Phyllis Dalton
Planet of the Apes
Morton Haack
Star!
Donald Brooks
Directing
Winner
Oliver!
Carol Reed
Nominees
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
The Lion in Winter
Anthony Harvey
Romeo and Juliet
Franco Zeffirelli
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Journey into Self
Bill McGaw, Producer
Nominees
A Few Notes on Our Food Problem
James Blue, Producer
The Legendary Champions
William Cayton, Producer
Other Voices
David H. Sawyer, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Why Man Creates
Saul Bass, Producer
Nominees
The House That Ananda Built
Fali Bilimoria, Producer
The Revolving Door
Lee R. Bobker, Producer
A Space to Grow
Thomas P. Kelly, Jr., Producer
A Way Out of the Wilderness
Dan E. Weisburd, Producer
Film Editing
Winner
Bullitt
Frank P. Keller
Nominees
Funny Girl
Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, William Sands
The Odd Couple
Frank Bracht
Oliver!
Ralph Kemplen
Wild in the Streets
Fred Feitshans, Eve Newman
Foreign Language Film
Winner
War and Peace
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Nominees
The Boys of Paul Street
Hungary
The Firemen's Ball
Czechoslovakia
The Girl with the Pistol
Italy
Stolen Kisses
France
Honorary Award
Winner
Oliver!
Special Award
Winner
Planet of the Apes
Special Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Martha Raye
Music (Original Score—for a motion picture [not a musical])
Winner
The Lion in Winter
John Barry
Nominees
The Fox
Lalo Schifrin
Planet of the Apes
Jerry Goldsmith
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Alex North
The Thomas Crown Affair
Michel Legrand
Music (Score of a Musical Picture—original or adaptation)
Winner
Oliver!
Adaptation score by John Green
Nominees
Finian's Rainbow
Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf
Funny Girl
Adaptation score by Walter Scharf
Star!
Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy
Music (Song—Original for the Picture)
Winner
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Windmills Of Your Mind in "The Thomas Crown Affair" Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Nominees
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
For Love of Ivy
For Love Of Ivy in "For Love of Ivy" Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
Funny Girl
Funny Girl in "Funny Girl" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Star!
Star! in "Star!" Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Best Picture
Winner
Oliver!
John Woolf, Producer
Nominees
Funny Girl
Ray Stark, Producer
The Lion in Winter
Martin Poll, Producer
Rachel, Rachel
Paul Newman, Producer
Romeo and Juliet
Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne, Producers
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
The House That Jack Built
Wolf Koenig and Jim MacKay, Producers
The Magic Pear Tree
Jimmy Murakami, Producer
Windy Day
John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
Robert Kennedy Remembered
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Nominees
The Dove
George Coe, Sidney Davis and Anthony Lover, Producers
Duo
National Film Board of Canada
Prelude
John Astin, Producer
Sound
Winner
Oliver!
Shepperton Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Bullitt
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Finian's Rainbow
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Funny Girl
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Star!
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Special Visual Effects
Winner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
Nominees
Ice Station Zebra
Hal Millar, J. McMillan Johnson
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Winner
The Lion in Winter
James Goldman
Nominees
The Odd Couple
Neil Simon
Oliver!
Vernon Harris
Rachel, Rachel
Stewart Stern
Rosemary's Baby
Roman Polanski
Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Winner
The Producers
Mel Brooks
Nominees
The Battle of Algiers
Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
Faces
John Cassavetes
Hot Millions
Ira Wallach, Peter Ustinov
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke

R

Rachel, Rachel
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Joanne Woodward
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Estelle Parsons
  • Best Picture - Paul Newman, Producer
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Stewart Stern
The Revolving Door
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Lee R. Bobker, Producer
Robert Kennedy Remembered
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Live Action) - Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Romeo and Juliet
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Cinematography - Pasqualino De Santis
  • * Costume Design - Danilo Donati
  • Directing - Franco Zeffirelli
  • Best Picture - Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne, Producers
Rosemary's Baby
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Ruth Gordon
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Roman Polanski