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- The 32nd Academy Awards Memorable Moments - Oscars.org
The 32nd Academy Awards Memorable Moments. Best Picture:...
- The 32nd Academy Awards Memorable Moments - Oscars.org
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959. William Wyler's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi. This total was later tied by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003.
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorBen-Hur – Sam Zimbalist, producer ( ...William Wyler – Ben-Hur ‡ George Stevens ...Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur as Judah ...Simone Signoret – Room at the Top as ...Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim ...Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank ...Pillow Talk – Story by Russell Rouse and ...Room at the Top – Neil Paterson based on ...It was appalling that Best Picture-nominated The Alamo edged out Hitchcock's superior thriller Psycho (with four unsuccessful nominations) and Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus for Best Picture nominations.
- 1960. Filmsite's Greatest Films of 1960. THE APARTMENT (1960) The Alamo (1960) Elmer Gantry (1960) Sons and Lovers (1960, UK) The Sundowners (1960)
- 1961. Filmsite's Greatest Films of 1961. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Fanny (1961) The Guns of Navarone (1961) The Hustler (1961) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
- 1962. Filmsite's Greatest Films of 1962. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) The Longest Day (1962) The Music Man (1962) Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- 1963. Filmsite's Greatest Films of 1963. TOM JONES (1963, UK) America, America (1963) Cleopatra (1963) How the West Was Won (1962) Lilies of the Field (1963)
1. The Apartment. 1960 2h 5m Approved. 8.3 (198K) Rate. 94 Metascore. A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. Director Billy Wilder Stars Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray. 2. West Side Story. 1961 2h 33m Approved.
1. The Alamo (1960) Passed | 162 min | Adventure, Drama, History. 6.8. Rate. In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas. Director: John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon.
The 32nd Academy Awards Memorable Moments. Best Picture: Ben-Hur. Ben-Hur also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Charlton Heston), Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno, and Hugh Hunt), Color Cinematography (Robert L. Surtees), Color Costume Design (Elizabeth Haffenden), ...
