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* Honorary Award - Special Award * Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) - Adaptation score by John Green * Best Picture - John Woolf, Producer
The 41st Academy Awards were presented on April 14, 1969, to honor the films of 1968. They were the first Oscars to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and the first with no host since the 20th Academy Awards.
14 Apr 2020 · April 14, 2020. 1969 Academy Awards – Best Picture Winner. Oliver! John Woolf. After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. Amazon. 1969 Academy Awards – Best Picture Nominees. Funny Girl. Ray Stark. Amazon. Rachel, Rachel. Paul Newman. Amazon.
From its seven nominations, the film won three awards (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay by Waldo Salt), but was unable to win any of its three acting nominations. [Waldo Salt won the film's third Oscar for his witty screenplay that was adapted from James Leo Herlihy's novel.]
Best Picture: Oliver!Oliver! also won Academy Awards for Art Direction-Set Decoration (John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, and Ken Muggleston), Directing (Carol Reed), Music – Score of a Musical Picture, original or adaptation (John Green), and Sound (Shepperton Studio Sound Department), and Onna White received an Honorary Award for her ...
The musical Oliver! became the only G-rated film ever to win Best Picture. It took home a total of five competitive awards and one honorary award — for Onna White’s choreography — on Oscar night.
Cinematic Highlights and Achievements. Oliver! Steals the Show: This musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel surprised many by bagging six awards, including Best Picture. Oliver! had 11 nominations, winning five awards. Oliver! was the only G-rated film to win Best Picture.
