The Academy Awards
1968 Best Picture Oliver! Funny Girl The Lion in Winter Rachel, Rachel Romeo and Juliet Best Director Carol Reed - Oliver! Gillo Pontecorvo - The Battle of Algiers Anthony Harvey - The Lion in Winter Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey Best Actor Cliff Robertson - Charly Alan Arkin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Alan Bates - The Fixer Ron Moody - Oliver! Peter O’Toole - The Lion in Winter Best Actress Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl Patricia Neal - The Subject Was Roses Vanessa Redgrave - Isadora Joanne Woodward - Rachel, Rachel Best Supporting Actor Jack Albertson - The Subject Was Roses Seymour Cassel - Faces Daniel Massey - Star! Jack Wild - Oliver! Gene Wilder - The Producers Best Supporting Actress Ruth Gordon - Rosemary's Baby Lynn Carlin - Faces Sondra Locke - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Kay Medford - Funny Girl Estelle Parsons - Rachel, Rachel Best Original Screenplay The Producers The Battle of Algiers Faces Hot Millions 2001: A Space Odyssey Best Adapted Screenplay The Lion in Winter The Odd Couple Oliver! Rachel, Rachel Rosemary’s Baby Best Musical Score John Barry - The Lion in Winter Lalo Shifrin - The Fox Jerry Goldsmith - Planet of the Apes Alex North - The Shoes of the Fisherman Michel Legrand - The Thomas Crown Affair Best Original Song “The Windmills of Your Mind” - The Thomas Crown Affair “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang “For Love of Ivy” - For Love of Ivy “Funny Girl” - Funny Girl “Star!” - Star |
The Hot Toasty Rag Awards (video presentation here)
1968 Best Picture Oliver! Funny Girl The Green Berets The Lion in Winter No Way to Treat a Lady Romeo and Juliet The Subject was Roses Best Director Carol Reed - Oliver! William Wyler - Funny Girl Ray Kellogg and John Wayne - The Green Berets Anthony Harvey - The Lion in Winter Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet Sergei Bondarchuk - War and Peace Best Actor Alan Arkin - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Jack Albertson - The Subject was Roses Alan Bates - The Fixer Burt Lancaster - The Swimmer Peter O’Toole - The Lion in Winter Rod Steiger - No Way to Treat a Lady Best Actress Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter Patricia Neil - The Subject was Roses Vanessa Redgrave - Isadora Beryl Reid - The Killing of Sister George Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl Best Supporting Actor Ron Moody - Oliver! Tony Curtis - The Boston Strangler Daniel Massey - Star! Chuck McCann - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Martin Sheen - The Subject was Roses Best Supporting Actress Sondra Locke - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Pat Hemmings - Romeo and Juliet Susannah York - The Killing of Sister George Juvenile Award Olivia Hussey Leonard Whiting Best Dramatic Screenplay Romeo and Juliet Japan’s Longest Day The Lion in Winter No Way to Treat a Lady Planet of the Apes The Swimmer Best Comedic Screenplay Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell Hot Millions The Odd Couple The Producers Prudence and the Pill Best Musical Score Nino Rota - Romeo and Juliet Alex North - The Devil’s Brigade Lalo Schifrin - The Fox David Grusin - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Laurie Johnson - Hot Millions Neil Hefti - The Odd Couple |
Notes from the Members of the Board:
1968 marked a distinct shift in the lack of censorship seen in movies. Major movie stars filmed nude scenes, and graphic sex scenes were groundbreaking. There were also many more inclusions of homosexual characters.
- M.E.
1968 marked a distinct shift in the lack of censorship seen in movies. Major movie stars filmed nude scenes, and graphic sex scenes were groundbreaking. There were also many more inclusions of homosexual characters.
- M.E.