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- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.*[BEST PICTURE]*
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- George Chakiris
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Rita Moreno
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Daniel L. Fapp
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Irene Sharaff
DIRECTING -- Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
FILM EDITING -- Thomas Stanford
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Robert Wise, Producer
SOUND -- Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director - DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyBurt LancasterRichard WidmarkIn 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.[BEST PICTURE] *Top Rated Movies *
ACTOR -- Maximilian Schell
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Abby Mann - DirectorRobert RossenStarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.[BEST PICTURE]
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Eugen Shuftan - DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenGregory PeckAnthony QuinnA team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.[BEST PICTURE]
SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham - DirectorJoshua LoganStarsLeslie CaronMaurice ChevalierCharles BoyerYoung Marius dreams of leaving his dull provincial life and seeing the world. When the beautiful Fanny declares her adoration for him, Marius must choose between an adventurous life at sea and the grandest adventure of all: love.[BEST PICTURE] Nominated for 5 Oscars.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia NealA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Henry Mancini
MUSIC (Song) -- "Moon River," Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer - DirectorElia KazanStarsNatalie WoodWarren BeattyPat HingleThe love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- William Inge
- DirectorPierre-Dominique GaisseauStarsGerard DelloyeTony SaulnierHerve de MaigretIn September, 1959, six Europeans leave Cook's Bay on the southern coast of Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua or Irian Jaya, to trek north to the far side of the island. The journey (450 miles, as a crow flies) across unmapped territory took seven months; three Muyu porters died. Near both coasts, the expedition met villagers who invited them to observe rituals and live with them. In the interior, all villagers kept them at bay, and they depended on air lifts from Hollandia for food and supplies. They climbed above 10,000 feet, built 14 bridges, and fought leeches and malaria. The narrator focuses on describing Stone Age savages, headhunters, and cannibals.DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
- DirectorHilary HarrisStarsBryden MurdochKenneth KendallDocumentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a ship - the largest moving thing made by man - from the naval architects who design her to the workmen, the shipbuilders in the yard, through to a ship's launching.SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) -- Templar Film Studios
- DirectorFrank P. BibasStarsBob ConsidineDocumenting the maiden voyage of the SS Hope, a hospital ship operated by Project HOPE, were it brought medical care to Indonesia and South Vietnam in 1960-1961.DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- Frank P. Bibas, Producer
- StarsJack WebbA promotional film for life in the United States Marine Corps.*HONORARY AWARD*
To William L. Hendricks for his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry. - DirectorDusan VukoticSimple story about the man who comes to the beach and uses inflatable objects for all of his needs.SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Zagreb Film
- DirectorGene DeitchStarsHoward MorrisSeth DeitchMarie DeitchA four-year-old boy is drafted into the army.SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- William L. Snyder, Producer
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsMarcello MastroianniDaniela RoccaStefania SandrelliA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germ
- DirectorJack HowellsStarsRichard BurtonAn atmospheric tribute to the genius of Welsh poet and dramatist Dylan Thomas, using many of the windswept locations where Thomas himself grew up and found his inspiration. The film is hosted/presented by Richard Burton, Thomas's friend, who narrates the story and appears from time to time amidst the Welsh landscape. Burton had already appeared in Douglas Cleverdon's acclaimed BBC radio dramatisation of Thomas's 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood in the 1950s and, in the early Seventies, would appear in director Andrew Sinclair's film version as First Voice.DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- Jack Howells, Producer
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) -- Paul de Roubaix and Marcel Ichac, Producers
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsAudrey HepburnShirley MacLaineJames GarnerA rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.Nominated for 5 Oscars.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsNancy KwanJames ShigetaBenson FongA young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.Nominated for 5 Oscars.
- DirectorPeter GlenvilleStarsLaurence HarveyGeraldine PageRita MorenoA plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student who prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsCharlton HestonSophia LorenRaf ValloneThe fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGlenn FordBette DavisHope LangeA New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsFred MacMurrayNancy OlsonKeenan WynnA college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorDavid SwiftStarsHayley MillsMaureen O'HaraBrian KeithTeenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.*Top Rated Movies * Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsHarriet AnderssonGunnar BjörnstrandMax von SydowRecently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.Nominated for 1 Oscar.