If I Picked the Oscars (1961)

These are my Oscar picks for the 1961 Academy Awards.  (Actual Winner)

Best Visual Effects: The Absent-Minded Professor (The Guns of Navarone)

Best Film Editing: Judgment at Nuremberg (West Side Story)

Best Costume Design, Color: West Side Story (West Side Story)

Best Costume Design, B&W: Judgment at Nuremberg (La dolce vita)

Best Cinematography, Color: West Side Story (West Side Story)

Best Cinematography, B&W: The Hustler (The Hustler)

Best Art Direction, Color: Breakfast at Tiffany's (West Side Story)

Best Art Direction, B&W: The Hustler (The Hustler)

Best Sound Recording: West Side Story (West Side Story)

Best Original Song: Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's (Moon River)

Best Musical Score: West Side Story (West Side Story)

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score: Breakfast at Tiffany's (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Hustler (Judgment at Nuremberg)

Best Original Screenplay: Splendor in the Grass (Splendor in the Grass)

Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno for West Side Story (Rita Moreno)

Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Gleason for The Hustler (George Chakiris for West Side Story)

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn for Breakfast at Tiffany's (Sophia Loren for Two Women)

Best Actor: Paul Newman for The Hustler (Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg)

Best Director: Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise for West Side Story (Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise)

Best Picture: West Side Story (West Side Story)

Multiple Winners: Judgment at Nuremberg (2), Breakfast at Tiffany's (4), The Hustler (5), West Side Story (7).

Yeah, that's that.

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