2/28/2023 0 Comments Keyboard cowboy awardNational Society of Film Critics: “Z.” (Runners-up: “Stolen Kisses” and “The Unfaithful Wife”) New York Film Critics Circle: Costa-Gavras’ “Z,” the seminal Algerian political thriller that was the first foreign film to earn a best film Oscar nomination since 1938’s “Grand Illusion.” (Runners-up: “Oh! What a Lovely War!” and “The Damned”) National Board of Review of Motion Picture: “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” the gritty and harrowing Depression-era drama. (Nominees: “Cactus Flower,” “Goodbye, Columbus,” “Hello, Dolly!” and “Paint Your Wagon”) (Nominees: “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Midnight Cowboy,” “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?)īest picture comedy or musical: “The Secret of Santa Vittorio,” a rarely seen (I’ve never watched it) comedy based on the best-selling novel about an Italian town during World War II who tries to hide their wine from the Nazis. Golden Globes: The best picture drama went to the well-crafted but traditional historical drama “Anne of the Thousand Days” chronicling the ill-fated marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. (Nominees: “Anne of the Thousand Days,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Hello, Dolly!” and “Z.”) It was the only time in Oscar history, the Academy gave the to an X-rated film. But in terms of best film, “X” marked the spot as “Midnight Cowboy,” the then-X-rated gritty and poignant drama took home the best picture honor. The Academy had one foot in tradition and one foot in contemporary cinema. So, let’s travel back to awards season 50 years ago and see what these groups selected as the finest in filmmaker in 1969.Īcademy Awards: The year of 1969 was truly a watershed for cinema and the Oscars reflected the numerous changes taking place in Hollywood and internationally. Though the cinematic landscape has changed over the past five decades, one thing has remained the same: the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, New York Film Critics Circle and National Society Film Critics have agreed to disagree on many of their choices of the best of the year.
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