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June 18, 2017 at 12:44 am #1202124728Imagine you have a friend who is an Oscar voter, but he/she doesn’t care for many of the films this year, so they let you have their ballot! What would your choices be?
Mine would be:
Best Picture
Anatomy of a Murder
Best Director
Billy Wilder “Some Like It Hot”
Best Actress
Simone Signoret “Room at the Top”
Best Actor
Jack Lemmon “Some Like It Hot”
Best Supporting Actress
(I have only seen Hermione Baddeley’s 2 minute and 32 second Academy Award nominated performance, and therefor I obviously abstain.)
Best Supporting Actor
George C. Scott “Anatomy of a Murder”
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen
“North by Northwest” by Ernest Lehman
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
“Some Like It Hot” Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
“Some Like It Hot” Charles Lang Jr.
Best Cinematography, Color
“Ben-Hur” Robert Surtees
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
“Some Like It Hot” Art Direction: Ted Haworth & Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
“Ben-Hur” Art Direction: William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno & Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
“Some Like It Hot” Orry-Kelly
Best Costume Design, Color
“Ben-Hur” Elizabeth Haffenden
Best Sound Recording
“Ben-Hur” Franklin Milton, MGM Studio Sound Department
Best Film Editing
“North by Northwest” George Tomasini
Best Effects, Special Effects
“Ben-Hur” A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald and Milo Lory
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score
“Ben-Hur” Miklos Rozsa
Best Original Song, Musical Score, Animated Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, and Foreign Language Film
I abstain, since I have not seen any of the nominees
ReplyAnonymous
June 18, 2017 at 12:45 am #1202124729So, please feel free to cast your imaginary ballot for what YOU thought was the best of ’59! 😀
ReplyCopy URLJune 18, 2017 at 1:20 am #1202124772Best Picture: Ben-Hur
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Best Actor: Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot)
Best Actress: Doris Day (Pillow Talk)
Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur)
Best Supporting Actress: Thelma Ritter (Pillow Talk)
Best Director: William Wyler (Ben-Hur)
Best Original Screenplay: Pillow Talk
Best Adapted Screenplay: Some Like It Hot
Best Cinematography (B&W): Some Like It Hot
Best Cinematography (C): Ben-Hur
Best Art Direction (B&W): Some Like It Hot
Best Art Direction (C): Ben-Hur
Best Costume Design (B&W): Some Like It Hot
Best Costume Design (C): Ben-Hur
Best Editing: Ben-Hur
Best Sound: Ben-Hur
Best Visual Effects: Ben-Hur
Best Original Song: High Hopes (A Hole in the Head)
Best Dramatic/Comedy Score: On the Beach
Best Musical Score: Porgy and Bess
Best Foreign Film: The BridgeJune 18, 2017 at 3:02 pm #1202125251Picture – Room at the Top
Director – Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot
Lead Actor – Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top
Lead Actress – Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer
Supporting Actor – Arthur O’Connell, Anatomy of a Murder
Supporting Actress – Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life (one of the all-time great nominees in this category)
Original Screenplay – North by Northwest
Adapted Screenplay – Some Like It HotOSCAR FLASHBACK: 20 Years of Streep (2009) – Julie & Julia
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June 19, 2017 at 12:19 pm #1202126216A big fat sweep for Some Like It Hot. And those who disagree can go fuck themselves.
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June 19, 2017 at 4:56 pm #1202126499A big fat sweep for Some Like It Hot. And those who disagree can go fuck themselves.
Exactly the same me as me LOL! I don’t know if you could tell from Anatomy of a Murder’s only other award being for George C. Scott, but if Some Like It Hot had been a Best Picture nominee, I would have given it the win there too. Same with Marilyn Monroe giving the BEST performance of her career.
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June 19, 2017 at 5:40 pm #1202126526BEST PICTURE
Ben-HurBEST DIRECTOR
William Wyler, Ben-HurBEST ACTOR
Jack Lemmon, Some Like It HotBEST ACTRESS
Simone Signoret, Room at the TopBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Hugh Griffith, Ben-HurBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Juanita Moore, Imitation of LifeBEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
North by NorthwestBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a MurderBEST FILM EDITING
North by NorthwestBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Anatomy of a MurderBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Ben-Hur
(Still haunted by North by Northwest snub in Cinematography)BEST DRAMATIC/COMEDY SCORE
Ben-HurBEST MUSICAL SCORE
Porgy and BessBEST SOUND
Ben-HurBEST ART DIRECTION (B&W)
The Diary of Anne FrankBEST ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
North by NorthwestBEST COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
Some Like It HotBEST COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
The Five PenniesBEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Ben-HurBEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
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