Academy Awards 1969

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The 1969 Academy Awards first took place on April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . It was the 41st Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1968.

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Movie N A.
Oliver 11 5
Funny girl 8th 1
The lion in winter 7th 3
Star! 7th 0
The love of a summer 4th 0
Romeo and Juliet 4th 2
2001: A Space Odyssey 4th 1
Faces 3 0
Bullitt 2 1
The heart is a lonely hunter 2 0
The golden rainbow 2 0
A strange couple 2 0
Zebra ice station 2 0
Spring for Hitler 2 1
In the fisherman's shoes 2 0
war and peace 2 1
planet of monkeys 2 0
Rosemary's baby 2 1
Roses for the lady 2 1
Battle for Algiers 2 0
Thomas Crown is unbelievable 2 1

Moderation

There was no official moderator that year.

Winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by Sidney Poitier

Oliver (Oliver!) - John Woolf

The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter) - Martin Poll
A Summer's Love (Rachel, Rachel) - Paul Newman
Funny Girl - Ray Stark
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) - John Brabourne , Anthony Havelock-Allan

Best director

presented by Ingrid Bergman , Diahann Carroll , Jane Fonda , Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood

Carol Reed - Oliver (Oliver!)

Anthony Harvey - The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)
Stanley Kubrick - 2001 : A Space Odyssey (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Gillo Pontecorvo - Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)
Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

Best Actor

presented by Burt Lancaster

Cliff Robertson - Charly

Alan Arkin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
Alan Bates - A Man Like Job (The Fixer)
Ron Moody - Oliver (Oliver!)
Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)

Best main actress

presented by Ingrid Bergman

Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)
Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl

Patricia Neal - Roses for the Lady (The Subject Was Roses)
Vanessa Redgrave - Isadora
Joanne Woodward - A Summer's Love (Rachel, Rachel)

Best supporting actor

presented by Frank Sinatra

Jack Albertson - Roses for the Lady (The Subject Was Roses)

Seymour Cassel - Faces (Faces)
Daniel Massey - Star!
Jack Wild - Oliver (Oliver!)
Gene Wilder - Spring For Hitler (The Producers)

The best supporting actress

presented by Tony Curtis

Ruth Gordon - Rosemary's Baby (Rosemary's Baby)

Lynn Carlin - Faces (Faces)
Sondra Locke - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
Kay Medford - Funny Girl
Estelle Parsons - A Summer's Love (Rachel, Rachel)

Best original script

presented by Don Rickles and Frank Sinatra

Mel Brooks - Spring For Hitler (The Producers)

John Cassavetes - Faces (Faces)
Arthur C. Clarke , Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Gillo Pontecorvo , Franco Solinas - Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)
Peter Ustinov , Ira Wallach - Das Millionending (Hot Millions)

Best adapted script

presented by Rosalind Russell and Frank Sinatra

James Goldman - The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)

Vernon Harris - Oliver (Oliver!)
Roman Polański - Rosemary's Baby (Rosemary's Baby)
Neil Simon - The Odd Couple (The Odd Couple)
Stewart Stern - A Summer's Love (Rachel, Rachel)

Best camera

presented by Ingrid Bergman

Pasqualino De Santis - Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

Daniel L. Fapp - Eisstation Zebra (Ice Station Zebra)
Ernest Laszlo - Star!
Oswald Morris - Oliver (Oliver!)
Harry Stradling Sr. - Funny Girl

Best production design

presented by Natalie Wood

John Box , Vernon Dixon , Terence Marsh , Ken Muggleston - Oliver (Oliver!)

Ernest Archer , Harry Lange , Anthony Masters - 2001: A Space Odyssey (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Michail Bogdanow , Georgi Koschelew , Gennadi Mjasnikow , W. Uvarow - War and Peace (Vojna i mir)
Howard Bristol , Boris Leven , Walter M. Scott - Star!
Edward C. Carfagno , George W. Davis - The Shoes of the Fisherman (The Shoes of the Fisherman)

Best costume design

presented by Jane Fonda

Danilo Donati - Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

Donald Brooks - Star!
Phyllis Dalton - Oliver (Oliver!)
Margaret Furse - Der Löwe im Winter (The Lion in Winter)
Morton Haack - Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)

Best original score

presented by Gregory Peck and Rosalind Russell

John Barry - The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)

Jerry Goldsmith - Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
Michel Legrand - Thomas Crown is unbelievable (The Thomas Crown Affair)
Alex North - The Shoes of the Fisherman (The Shoes of the Fisherman)
Lalo Schifrin - The Fox

Best adapted score

presented by Henry Mancini and Marni Nixon

Johnny Green - Oliver (Oliver!)

Jacques Demy , Michel Legrand - The Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)
Lennie Hayton - Star!
Ray Heindorf - The Golden Rainbow (Finian's Rainbow)
Walter Scharf - Funny Girl

Best movie song

presented by Frank Sinatra

" The Windmills of Your Mind " from Thomas Crown is unbelievable (The Thomas Crown Affair) - Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Michel Legrand

" Chitty Chitty Bang Bang " from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) - Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman
" For Love of Ivy " from favorite (For Love of Ivy) - Quincy Jones , Bob Russell
"Funny Girl" from Funny Girl - Bob Merrill , Jule Styne
"Star!" From Star! - Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen

Best cut

presented by Walter Matthau

Frank P. Keller - Bullitt

Frank Bracht - The Odd Couple (The Odd Couple)
Fred R. Feitshans junior , Eve Newman - Wild in the Streets (Wild in the Streets)
Ralph Kemplen - Oliver (Oliver!)
William Sands , Robert Swink , Maury Winetrobe - Funny Girl

Best tone

presented by Rosalind Russell

Shepperton SSD - Oliver (Oliver!)

Columbia SSD - Funny Girl
20th Century Fox SSD - Star!
Warner Bros. - Seven Arts SSD - Bullitt
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts SSD - The Golden Rainbow (Finian's Rainbow)

Best visual effects

presented by Diahann Carroll and Burt Lancaster

Stanley Kubrick - 2001 : A Space Odyssey (2001: A Space Odyssey)

J. McMillan Johnson , Hal Millar - Ice Station Zebra (Ice Station Zebra)

Best short film

presented by Tony Curtis and Jane Fonda

Robert Kennedy Remembered - Charles Guggenheim

De Düva - George Coe , Sidney Davis , Anthony Lover
Pas de deux - National Film Board of Canada
Prelude - John Astin

Best cartoon

presented by Tony Curtis and Jane Fonda

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - Walt Disney

The Magic Pear Tree - Jimmy T. Murakami
The House that Jack Built - Wolf Koenig , Jim MacKay
Windy Day - John Hubley , Faith Hubley

Best Documentary (Short Film)

presented by Diahann Carroll and Tony Curtis

Why Man Creates - Saul Bass

A Space to Grow - Thomas P. Kelly Junior
A Way Out of the Wilderness - Dan E. Weisburd
The House That Ananda Built - Fali Bilimoria
The Revolving Door - Lee R. Bobker

Best documentary

presented by Diahann Carroll and Tony Curtis

Journey Into Self - Bill McGaw

A Few Notes on Our Food Problem - James Blue
Legendary Champions - William Cayton
Other Voices - David H. Sawyer
Young Americans - Robert Cohn , Alex Grasshoff

Best foreign language film

presented by Jane Fonda and Walter Matthau

War and Peace (Vojna i mir) , Soviet Union - Sergei Bondarchuk

The fire brigade ball (Hoří, má panenko) , Czechoslovakia - Miloš Forman
Stolen kisses (meringues volés) , France - François Truffaut
Boys from Paulstrasse (A Pál-utcai fiúk) , Hungary - Zoltán Fábri
You don't catch men with pistols (La ragazza con la pistola) , Italy - Mario Monicelli

Prizes of honor

Honorary Oscar

Onna White for the choreography in Oliver
John Chambers for the makeup in Planet of the Apes ( Planet of the Apes )

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Martha Raye

Academy Award of Merit

Philip V. Palmquist , Herbert Meyer , Charles Staffell
Eastman Kodak Co.

Scientific and Engineering Award

Donald W. Norwood
Eastman Kodak Co. , Producers Service Co.
Ed Di Giulio , Neils G. Petersen , Norman S. Hughes
Optical Coating Laboratories, Inc.
Panavision, Inc.
Todd-AO Co. , Mitchell Camera Co.

Technical Achievement Award

Carl W. Hauge , Edward H. Reichard , E. Michael Meahl , Roy J. Ridenour
Eastman Kodak Co. , Consolidated Film Industries

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