 
|
Best Picture
 ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS - Wallis, Universal. Produced by Hal B. Wallis
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (Won 4 Awards) - Hill-Monash, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by John Foreman
HELLO, DOLLY! - Chenault, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Ernest Lehman
 MIDNIGHT COWBOY - Hellman-Schlesinger, UA. Produced by Jerome Hellman
Z - Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C., Cinema V (Algerian). Produced by Jacques Perrin and Hamed Rachedi
Actor
Richard Burton in ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Dustin Hoffman in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Peter O'Toole in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Jon Voight in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
John Wayne in TRUE GRIT
Actress
Geneviève Bujold in ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Jane Fonda in THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Liza Minnelli in THE STERILE CUCKOO
Jean Simmons in THE HAPPY ENDING
Maggie Smith in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Supporting Actor
Rupert Crosse in THE REIVERS
Elliott Gould in BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
Jack Nicholson in EASY RIDER
Anthony Quayle in ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Gig Young in THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Supporting Actress
Catherine Burns in LAST SUMMER
Dyan Cannon in BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
Goldie Hawn in CACTUS FLOWER
Sylvia Miles in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Susannah York in THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Director
Costa-Gavras for Z
George Roy Hill for BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Arthur Penn for ALICE'S RESTAURANT
Sydney Pollack for THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
John Schlesinger for MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Writing: Story and Screenplay - Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced
Paul Mazursky & Larry Tucker - BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
William Goldman - BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli & Luchino Visconti - THE DAMNED
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper & Terry Southern - EASY RIDER
Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner & Sam Peckinpah - THE WILD BUNCH
Writing: Screenplay - Based on Material from Another Medium
John Hale, Bridget Boland & Richard Sokolove - ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Arnold Schulman - GOODBYE, COLUMBUS
Waldo Salt - MIDNIGHT COWBOY
James Poe & Robert E. Thompson - THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Costa-Gavras & Jorge Semprun - Z
Foreign Language Film
ADALEN 31 (Sweden)
BITKA NA NERETVI (THE BATTLE OF NERETVA, Yugoslavia)
BRATYA KARAMAZOVY (THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, U.S.S.R.)
MA NUIT CHEZ MAUD (MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S, France)
Z (Algeria)
Art Direction/Set Decoration
Maurice Carter & Lionel Couch - Art Direction, Patrick McLoughlin - Set Decoration ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Robert Boyle & George B. Chan - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle & Carl Biddiscombe - Set Decoration GAILY, GAILY
John De Cuir, Jack Martin Smith & Herman A. Blumenthal - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins & Raphael Bretton - Set Decoration HELLO, DOLLY!
Alexander Golitzen & George C. Webb - Art Direction, Jack D. Moore - Set Decoration SWEET CHARITY
Harry Horner - Art Direction, Frank R. McKelvy - Set Decoration THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Cinematography
Arthur Ibbetson - ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Charles B. Lang - BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
Conrad L. Hall - BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Harry Stradling - HELLO, DOLLY!
Daniel L. Fapp - MAROONED
Costume Design
Margaret Furse - ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Ray Aghayan - GAILY, GAILY
Irene Sharaff - HELLO, DOLLY!
Edith Head - SWEET CHARITY
Donfeld - THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Documentary (Features)
Bernard Chevry - Producer ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN THE LOVE OF LIFE
Robert K. Sharpe - Producer BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN WAS MOVED
Emile DeAntonio - Producer IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG
THE OLYMPICS IN MEXICO
Irwin Rosten - Producer THE WOLF MEN
Documentary (Shorts)
Denis Sanders & Robert M. Fresco - Producers CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
Donald Wrye - Producer AN IMPRESSION OF JOHN STEINBECK: WRITER
Joan Horvath - Producer JENNY IS A GOOD THING
Arthur H. Wolf & Russell A. Mosser - Producers LEO BEUERMAN
Joan Keller Stern - Producer THE MAGIC MACHINES
Film Editing
William H. Reynolds - HELLO, DOLLY!
Hugh A. Robertson - MIDNIGHT COWBOY
William A. Lyon & Earle Herdan - THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
Fredric Steinkamp - THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Françoise Bonnot - Z
Music: Original Score - for a Motion Picture (Not a Musical)
Georges Delerue - ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Burt Bacharach - BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
John Williams - THE REIVERS
Ernest Gold - THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
Jerry Fielding - THE WILD BUNCH
Music: Score of a Musical Picture - (Original or Adaptation)
John Williams & Leslie Bricusse - GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Nelson Riddle PAINT YOUR WAGON
Lennie Hayton & Lionel Newman - HELLO, DOLLY!
Cy Coleman - SWEET CHARITY
Johnny Green & Albert Woodbury - THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Music: Song - Original to the Picture
Fred Karlin - Music, Dory Previn - Lyric THE STERILE CUCKOO "Come Saturday Morning"
Rod McKuen - Music & Lyric THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE "Jean"
Burt Bacharach - Music, Hal David - Lyric BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" 
Elmer Bernstein - Music, Don Black - Lyric TRUE GRIT "True Grit"
Michel Legrand - Music, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman - Lyric THE HAPPY ENDING "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
Short Subjects (Cartoons)
Ward Kimball - Producer IT'S TOUGH TO BE A BIRD
John Hubley & Faith Hubley - Producers OF MEN AND DEMONS
Ryan Larkin - Producer WALKING
Short Subjects (Live Action Subjects)
Doug Jackson - Producer BLAKE
Joan Keller Stern - Producer THE MAGIC MACHINES
Marc Merson - Producer PEOPLE SOUP
Sound
John Aldred - ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
William Edmundson & David Dockendorf - BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Robert Martin & Clem Portman - GAILY, GAILY
Jack Solomon & Murray Spivack - HELLO, DOLLY!
Les Fresholtz & Arthur Piantadosi - MAROONED
Special Visual Effects
Eugène Lourié & Alex Weldon - KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA
Robie Robinson - MAROONED
Scientific Or Technical
Class I (Statuette):
Award not given for the year 1969.
Class II (Plaque):
 (Hazeltine Corporation) - For the design and development of the Hazeltine Color Film Analyzer.
Fouad Said - For the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production.
Juan De La Cierva (Dynasciences Corporation) - For the design and development of the Dynalens optical image motion compensator.
Class III (Citation):
 Otto Popelka (Magna-Tech Electronics Company Inc.) - For the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System.
Fenton Hamilton (MGM Studios) - For the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting.
(Panavision Incorporated) - For the design and development of the Panaspeed Motion Picture Camera Motor.
Robert M. Flynn & B. Russell Hessey (Universal City Studios Inc.) - For a machine-gun modification for motion picture photography.
Honorary and Other Awards
Cary Grant - For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues. Winner presented a Statuette.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1969.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Jessel
|
|
|
FIRSTS
· Midnight Cowboy is the first and only X-rated film to win Best Picture.
· Producer Hal Wallis's Best Picture nomination for Anne of the Thousand Days is his 20th, an Academy record.
· Z is the first film nominated for both Foreign Language Film and Best Picture.
· Catharine Burns nominated for film debut.
· Siblings Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda both nominated.
· Category names changed for the Writing Awards.
· New FCC rules require the on-air explanation of the Academy voting system.
RULE CHANGES
"Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen" becomes "Story and Screenplay - Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced."
ROLE REVERSALS
· Michael Sarrazin missed the chance to play the lead in Midnight Cowboy due to his commitment to They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
· Jack Nicholson replaced Rip Torn in Easy Rider.
· Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers and Betty Grable all fought for the role Barbra Streisand played in Hello, Dolly!
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Foreign Language Film: Fellini's Satyricon (Italy)
Song: "Everybody's Talkin'," "Ballad of Easy Rider"
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID...
· Anne of the Thousand Days marked Richard Burton's sixth failed nomination.
· With 139 movies under his belt, John Wayne's only other Oscar® nomination was for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). When he accepted his Best Actor Award, he whispered into presenter Barbra Streisand's ear: "Beginners luck."
UNMENTIONABLES
· The MPAA established a new rating system: G, M, R & X.
· Three of the year's biggest films were Westerns: True Grit, The Wild Bunch and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
· The most successful of the year's musicals was Fox's $20 million version of Hello, Dolly!; it only lost $3 million.
· Columbia's $340,000 investment in Easy Rider yielded $19 million in the US alone.
· Peter Fonda claimed "easily ninety percent of [Easy Rider] was ad-libbed."
· Anne of the Thousand Days played just one week at the end of the year in L.A. "for Academy Award consideration." Academy members who missed it could catch it at Universal's special screenings, at which filet mignon and champagne were served at each showing. Anne led all pictures with 10 nominations.
· Fox let Academy voters know that Hello, Dolly! was the only G-rated Best Picture nominee and "the only nominee made in Hollywood by Hollywood craftsmen."
· When Henry Fonda learned of the nominatons, he commented, "How in the hell would you like to have been in this business as long as I and then have one of your kids win an Oscar® before you did?"
· While Rex Reed was interviewing her after her nomination, Jane Fonda lit up her pot pipe and inquired, "You don't mind if I turn on, do you?"
· Nancy Sinatra Jr. backed out of singing "Come Saturday Morning" at the Awards when she learned that her ex-fiancé (and the future Mr. Liza Minnelli) Jack Haley Jr. was directing the show.
· Winners Maggie Smith and Goldie Hawn were not at the Awards ceremonies; they were both working in London.
· Backstage after the show, John Wayne said, "It's ironic that I got the Oscar® for a role that was the easiest of my career. I just hippity-hopped through it."
· After the Awards, when Wayne returned to Tucson and the Rio Lobo set, the entire cast and crew -- including his horse -- greeted him wearing eyepatches.
· The Burtons found time to send a basket of flowers to Supporting Actor winner Gig Young with the note "Congratulatons, baby. Elizabeth and Richard." Young responded, "Elizabeth and Richard? I don't know any Elizabeth and Richard. Why don't people use their last names?"
· Henry Fonda was upset at his son Peter's collaborator, Dennis Hopper: "Any man who insists on wearing his cowboy hat to the Academy Awards and keeps it on at the dinner table afterwards ought to be spanked."
|
