If I Picked the Oscars (1960)

These are my Oscar picks for the 1960 Academy Awards.  (Actual Winners)

Best Visual Effects: The Time Machine (The Time Machine)

Best Film Editing: Spartacus (The Apartment)

Best Costume Design, Color: Spartacus (Spartacus)

Best Costume Design, B&W: The Facts of Life (The Facts of Life)

Best Cinematography, Color: Spartacus (Spartacus)

Best Cinematography, B&W: Psycho (Sons and Lovers)

Best Art Direction, Color: Spartacus (Spartacus)

Best Art Direction, B&W: Psycho (The Apartment)

Best Sound Recording: The Apartment (The Alamo)

Best Original Song: The Facts of Life (Never on Sunday)

Best Musical Score: Song Without End (Song Without End)

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score: Spartacus (Exodus)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Tunes of Glory (Elmer Gantry)

Best Original Screenplay: The Apartment (The Apartment)

Best Supporting Actress: Janet Leigh for Psycho (Shirley Jones for Elmer Gantry)

Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov for Spartacus (Peter Ustinov)

Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment (Elizabeth Taylor for Butterfly 8)

Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for The Apartment (Burt Lancaster for Elmer Gantry)

Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock for Psycho (Billy Wilder for The Apartment)

Best Picture: The Apartment (The Apartment)

Multiple Winners: The Facts of Life (2), Psycho (4), The Apartment (5), Spartacus (6).

Yeah, Psycho is still popular today.  But Spartacus is great as well.

 

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