1969, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film

Winner: "The Graduate"

(Mike Nichols, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb, USA, 1967)

Nominees:

• "2001: A Space Odyssey" (Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, UK/USA, 1968)
• "Ostre sledované vlaky” (Jiří Menzel, Jiří Menzel, Czechoslovakia, 1966)
• "Oliver!" (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, UK, 1968)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winner: Spencer Tracy as Matt Drayton 

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (Stanley Kramer, William Rose, USA, 1967)

Nominees:

• Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan in "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (Tony Richardson, Charles Wood, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• Ron Moody as Fagin in "Oliver!" (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, Lionel Bart, Charles Dickens, UK, 1968)
• Nicol Williamson as Gunner O'Rourke in "The Bofors Gun" (Jack Gold, John McGrath, John McGrath, UK, 1968)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Winner: Katharine Hepburn as Christina Drayton 

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (Stanley Kramer, William Rose, USA, 1967)

Nominees:

• Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" (Mike Nichols, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb, USA, 1967)
• Catherine Deneuve as Séverine Serizy in "Belle De Jour" (Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Joseph Kessel, France / Italy, 1967)
• Joanne Woodward as Rachel Cameron in "Rachel, Rachel" (Paul Newman, Stewart Stern, Margaret Laurence, USA, 1968)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Ian Holm as Gunner Flynn

"The Bofors Gun" (Jack Gold, John McGrath, John McGrath, UK, 1968)

Nominees:

• Anthony Hopkins as Richard I in "The Lion in Winter" (Anthony Harvey, James Goldman, James Goldman, UK, 1968)
• George Segal as Morris Brummel in "No Way to Treat a Lady" (Jack Smight, John Gay, William Goldman, USA, 1968)
• John McEnery as Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" (Franco Zeffirelli, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Italy / UK, 1968)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner Billie Whitelaw as Lottie Bubbles 

"Charlie Bubbles" (Albert Finney, Shelagh Delaney, UK, 1968) and as Joan Harper in "Twisted Nerve" (Roy Boulting, Leo Marks, Roger Marshall, Jeremy Scott, UK, 1968)

Nominees:

• Pat Heywood as Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet" (Franco Zeffirelli, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Italy / UK, 1968)
• Simone Signoret as Lisa in "Games" (Curtis Harrington, Gene R. Kearney, USA, 1967)
• Virginia Maskell as Antonia in "Interlude" (Kevin Billington, Lee Langley, Hugh Leonard, UK, 1968)

Best Direction

Winner Mike Nichols with "The Graduate"

(Mike Nichols, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb, USA, 1967)

Nominees:

• Carol Reed with "Oliver!" (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, UK, 1968)
• Franco Zeffirelli with "Romeo and Juliet" (Franco Zeffirelli, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Italy / UK, 1968)
• Lindsay Anderson with "if.…" (Lindsay Anderson, David Sherwin, John Howlett, UK, 1968)

Best Screenplay

Winner "The Graduate": Calder Willingham and Buck Henry

(Mike Nichols, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb, USA, 1967)

Nominees:

• "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": William Rose (Stanley Kramer, William Rose, USA, 1967)
• "if.…": David Sherwin (Lindsay Anderson, David Sherwin, John Howlett, UK, 1968)
• "The Lion in Winter": James Goldman (Anthony Harvey, James Goldman, UK, 1968)

Best Cinematography

Winner: "2001: A Space Odyssey": Geoffrey Unsworth

(Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, UK/USA, 1968)

Nominees:

• "The Charge of the Light Brigade": David Watkin (Tony Richardson, Charles Wood, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• "Elvira Madigan": Jörgen Persson (Bo Widerberg, Johan Lindström, Sweden, 1967)
• "The Lion in Winter": Douglas Slocombe (Anthony Harvey, James Goldman, UK, 1968)

Best Costume Design

Winner: "Romeo and Juliet": Danilo Donati

 (Franco Zeffirelli, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Italy / UK, 1968)

Nominees:

• "The Charge of the Light Brigade": David Walker (Tony Richardson, Charles Wood, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• "The Lion in Winter": Margaret Furse (Anthony Harvey, James Goldman, UK, 1968)
• "Oliver!": Phyllis Dalton (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, UK, 1968)

Best Editing

Winner: "The Graduate": Sam O'Steen

 (Mike Nichols, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb, USA, 1967)

Nominees:

• "The Charge of the Light Brigade": Kevin Brownlow (Tony Richardson, Charles Wood, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• "Oliver!": Ralph Kemplen (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, Lionel Bart, Charles Dickens, UK, 1968)
• "Romeo and Juliet": Reginald Mills (Franco Zeffirelli, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Italy / UK, 1968)

Best Original Music

Winner: "The Lion in Winter": John Barry

 (Anthony Harvey, James Goldman, UK, 1968)

Nominees:

• "The Charge of the Light Brigade": John Addison (Tony Richardson, Charles Wood, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• "Live for Life": Francis Lai (Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven, France, 1967)
• "Romeo and Juliet": Nino Rota (Franco Zeffirelli, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Italy / UK, 1968)

Best Production Design

Winner: "2001: A Space Odyssey": Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer

(Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, UK/USA, 1968)

Nominees:

• "The Charge of the Light Brigade": Ted Marshall (Tony Richardson, Charles Wood, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• "Oliver!": John Box (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, Lionel Bart, Charles Dickens, UK, 1968)
• "Romeo and Juliet": Lorenzo Mongiardino (Franco Zeffirelli, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, William Shakespeare, Italy / UK, 1968)

Best Sound

Winner: 2001: "A Space Odyssey": Winston Ryder

 (Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, UK/USA, 1968)

Nominees:

• "The Charge of the Light Brigade": Simon Kaye (Tony Richardson, Charles Wood, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• "Ostre sledované vlaky": Jiri Pavlik (Jiří Menzel, Jiří Menzel, Czechoslovakia, 1966)
• "The Lion in Winter": Chris Greenham and Simon Kaye (Anthony Harvey, James Goldman, UK, 1968)
• "Oliver!": John Cox and Bob Jones (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, Lionel Bart, Charles Dickens, UK, 1968)

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Winner: Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock

 "The Graduate" (Mike Nichols, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb, USA, 1967)

Nominees:

• Jack Wild as Artful Dodger in "Oliver!" (Carol Reed, Vernon Harris, Lionel Bart, Charles Dickens, UK, 1968)
• Katharine Ross as Elaine Robinson in "The Graduate" (Mike Nichols, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Charles Webb, USA, 1967)
• Pia Degermark as Elvira Madigan in "Elvira Madigan" (Bo Widerberg, Johan Lindström, Sweden, 1967)

1967, Film: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" from 1967 is an American drama starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn. The film was ground breaking for its representation of the controversial matter of interracial marriage. The film was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and written by William Rose. The musical score was composed by Frank DeVol.

The film is notable for being the ninth and final on-screen pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, filming ended just seventeen days before Tracy's death. The film was released in December 1967, six months after his death.

Katharine Houghton & Sidney Poitier

Synopsis
Among the socially prominent citizens of San Francisco are Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy), the publisher of a liberal newspaper, and his wife, Christina (Katharine Hepburn), the owner of a fashionable art gallery. One day their daughter, Joey (Katharine Houghton), returns from a vacation in Hawaii with John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), a black physician whom she has known for only 10 days but intends to marry. Because John must leave the next day for Switzerland on behalf of the World Health Organization, Joey is determined that their wedding take place immediately, and she asks for her parents' permission. Furthermore, John secretly confides to the Draytons that he will not marry Joey without their consent. Suddenly confronted with a test of their long time liberal beliefs, Matt and Christina find themselves unable to reach a decision...

Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Katharine Hepburn (1967)
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: William Rose (1967)
• BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor: Spencer Tracy (Posthumously,1969)
• BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn (1969)
• BAFTA UN Award: Stanley Kramer (1969)

Katharine Hepburn & Katharine Houghton

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