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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
Nominees
Alan Bates
The Fixer
Nominees
Ron Moody
Oliver!
Nominees
Peter O'Toole
The Lion in Winter
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jack Albertson
The Subject Was Roses
Nominees
Seymour Cassel
Faces
Nominees
Daniel Massey
Star!
Nominees
Jack Wild
Oliver!
Nominees
Gene Wilder
The Producers
Actress
Winner
Katharine Hepburn
The Lion in Winter
Winner
Barbra Streisand
Funny Girl
Nominees
Patricia Neal
The Subject Was Roses
Nominees
Vanessa Redgrave
Isadora
Nominees
Joanne Woodward
Rachel, Rachel
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Ruth Gordon
Rosemary's Baby
Nominees
Lynn Carlin
Faces
Nominees
Sondra Locke
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Nominees
Kay Medford
Funny Girl
Nominees
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
Nominees
Star!
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Howard Bristol
Nominees
2001: A Space Odyssey
Art Direction: Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer
Nominees
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
Nominees
Ice Station Zebra
Daniel L. Fapp
Nominees
Oliver!
Oswald Morris
Nominees
Star!
Ernest Laszlo
Costume Design
Winner
Romeo and Juliet
Danilo Donati
Nominees
The Lion in Winter
Margaret Furse
Nominees
Oliver!
Phyllis Dalton
Nominees
Planet of the Apes
Morton Haack
Nominees
Star!
Donald Brooks
Directing
Winner
Oliver!
Carol Reed
Nominees
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
Nominees
The Lion in Winter
Anthony Harvey
Nominees
Romeo and Juliet
Franco Zeffirelli
Nominees
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
Nominees
The Legendary Champions
William Cayton, Producer
Nominees
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
Nominees
The Revolving Door
Lee R. Bobker, Producer
Nominees
A Space to Grow
Thomas P. Kelly, Jr., Producer
Nominees
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
Nominees
The Odd Couple
Frank Bracht
Nominees
Oliver!
Ralph Kemplen
Nominees
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
Nominees
The Firemen's Ball
Czechoslovakia
Nominees
The Girl with the Pistol
Italy
Nominees
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
Nominees
Planet of the Apes
Jerry Goldsmith
Nominees
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Alex North
Nominees
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
Nominees
Funny Girl
Adaptation score by Walter Scharf
Nominees
Star!
Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
Nominees
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
Nominees
For Love of Ivy
For Love Of Ivy in "For Love of Ivy" Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
Nominees
Funny Girl
Funny Girl in "Funny Girl" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Nominees
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
Nominees
The Lion in Winter
Martin Poll, Producer
Nominees
Rachel, Rachel
Paul Newman, Producer
Nominees
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
Nominees
The Magic Pear Tree
Jimmy Murakami, Producer
Nominees
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
Nominees
Duo
National Film Board of Canada
Nominees
Prelude
John Astin, Producer
Sound
Winner
Oliver!
Shepperton Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Bullitt
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Finian's Rainbow
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Funny Girl
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Nominees
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
Nominees
Oliver!
Vernon Harris
Nominees
Rachel, Rachel
Stewart Stern
Nominees
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
Nominees
Faces
John Cassavetes
Nominees
Hot Millions
Ira Wallach, Peter Ustinov
Nominees
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke

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2001: A Space Odyssey
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Special Visual Effects - Stanley Kubrick
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer
  • Directing - Stanley Kubrick
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke

B

The Battle of Algiers
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Directing - Gillo Pontecorvo
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
The Boys of Paul Street
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Hungary
Bullitt
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Film Editing - Frank P. Keller
  • Sound - Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department

C

Charly
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Actor - Cliff Robertson
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song--Original for the Picture) - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

D

The Dove
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Live Action) - George Coe, Sidney Davis and Anthony Lover, Producers
Duo
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Live Action) - National Film Board of Canada

F

Faces
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Seymour Cassel
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Lynn Carlin
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - John Cassavetes
A Few Notes on Our Food Problem
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - James Blue, Producer
Finian's Rainbow
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) - Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf
  • Sound - Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
The Firemen's Ball
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Czechoslovakia
The Fixer
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - Alan Bates
For Love of Ivy
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song--Original for the Picture) - For Love Of Ivy in "For Love of Ivy" Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
The Fox
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]) - Lalo Schifrin
Funny Girl
8 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress - Barbra Streisand
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Kay Medford
  • Cinematography - Harry Stradling
  • Film Editing - Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, William Sands
  • Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) - Adaptation score by Walter Scharf
  • Music (Song--Original for the Picture) - Funny Girl in "Funny Girl" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
  • Best Picture - Ray Stark, Producer
  • Sound - Columbia Studio Sound Department

G

The Girl with the Pistol
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Italy

H

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Alan Arkin
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Sondra Locke
Hot Millions
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Ira Wallach, Peter Ustinov
The House That Ananda Built
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Fali Bilimoria, Producer
The House That Jack Built
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Wolf Koenig and Jim MacKay, Producers

I

Ice Station Zebra
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - Daniel L. Fapp
  • Special Visual Effects - Hal Millar, J. McMillan Johnson
Isadora
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Vanessa Redgrave

J

Journey into Self
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Bill McGaw, Producer

L

The Legendary Champions
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - William Cayton, Producer
The Lion in Winter
7 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
  • * Actress - Katharine Hepburn
  • * Music (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]) - John Barry
  • * Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - James Goldman
  • Actor - Peter O'Toole
  • Costume Design - Margaret Furse
  • Directing - Anthony Harvey
  • Best Picture - Martin Poll, Producer

M

The Magic Pear Tree
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Jimmy Murakami, Producer

O

The Odd Couple
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Film Editing - Frank Bracht
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Neil Simon
Oliver!
12 NOMINATIONS, 6 WINS
  • * Art Direction - Art Direction: John Box, Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston
  • * Directing - Carol Reed
  • * Honorary Award - Special Award
  • * Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) - Adaptation score by John Green
  • * Best Picture - John Woolf, Producer
  • * Sound - Shepperton Studio Sound Department
  • Actor - Ron Moody
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Wild
  • Cinematography - Oswald Morris
  • Costume Design - Phyllis Dalton
  • Film Editing - Ralph Kemplen
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Vernon Harris
Other Voices
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - David H. Sawyer, Producer

P

Planet of the Apes
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Honorary Award - Special Award
  • Costume Design - Morton Haack
  • Music (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]) - Jerry Goldsmith
Prelude
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Live Action) - John Astin, Producer
The Producers
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Mel Brooks
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Gene Wilder

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

S

The Shoes of the Fisherman
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno
  • Music (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]) - Alex North
A Space to Grow
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Thomas P. Kelly, Jr., Producer
Star!
7 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Daniel Massey
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Howard Bristol
  • Cinematography - Ernest Laszlo
  • Costume Design - Donald Brooks
  • Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) - Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
  • Music (Song--Original for the Picture) - Star! in "Star!" Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • Sound - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Stolen Kisses
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - France
The Subject Was Roses
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Albertson
  • Actress - Patricia Neal

T

The Thomas Crown Affair
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Song--Original for the Picture) - The Windmills Of Your Mind in "The Thomas Crown Affair" Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
  • Music (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]) - Michel Legrand

W

War and Peace
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Foreign Language Film - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Mikhail Bogdanov, Gennady Myasnikov; Set Decoration: G. Koshelev, V. Uvarov
A Way Out of the Wilderness
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Dan E. Weisburd, Producer
Why Man Creates
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Saul Bass, Producer
Wild in the Streets
1 NOMINATION
  • Film Editing - Fred Feitshans, Eve Newman
Windy Day
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer

Y

The Young Girls of Rochefort
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) - Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy
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