NOMINATIONS FOR OSCARS

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31923, 26 February 1969, Page 3

NOMINATIONS FOR OSCARS

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) HOLLYWOOD

(California), Feb. 24. Big musicals swept this year’s Oscar nominations today as the first annual awards Derby got underway with the announcement of contenders by the actor, Gregory Peck, president of the Academy of Motion pictures Arts and Sciences.

The British-made film, “Oliver!” captured the most nominations, eleven. “Funny Girl” got eight and “Star” and “The Lion in Winter,” seven each. In the nominations for best performance by an actor, those chosen were Alan Arkin in “The Heart is a.Lonely Hunter,” Alan Bates in “The Fixer,” Ron Moody in “Oliver!”, Peter O’Toole in “The Lion in Winter,” and Cliff Robertson in “Charly.” For the best performance by an actress the nominations are: Katherine Hepburn in “The Lion in Winter,” Patricia Neal in “The Subject Was Roses.” Vanessa Redgrave in “Isadora,” Barbara Streisand in “Funny Girl,” and Joanne Woodward in "Rachel, Rachel.”

For the best picture of the year, the nominations are: the Franco Zeffirelli production of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Funny Girl,” “The Lion in Winter.” “Oliver!", and “Rachel, Rachel.” ’

for the best performance by an actor in a supporting role the nominees arc: Jack Albertson in "The Subject Was Roses," Seymour Cassel in “Faces,” Daniel Massey in “Star," Jack Wild in “Oliver!” and Gene Wilder in “The Producers."

For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role: Lynn Carlin in “Faces," Ruth Gordon in “Rosemary’s Baby,” Sandra Locke in “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” Key Bedford in “Funny Girl,” and Estelle Parsons in “Rachel, Rachel.” MOST ENTRIES

The most-nominated film, “Oliver!”, a musical based on the Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist,” was selected for best actor, best supporting actor, art direction, cinematography, costume design, directing, film editing, musical score, sound achievement, screen play, and best picture. “Funny Girl," a musical hit about the late American comedienne, Fanny Brice, won its eight nominations for best actress, best supporting actress. cinematography, film editing, musical score, best

song, sound achievement, and best picture. The film “Star,” another musical, on the career of the British stage star, Gertrude Lawrence, was nominated for supporting actor, art direction, cinematography, costume design, musical score, best song, and sound. “The Lion in Winter,” a historical drama about King Henry II of England, scored in the top interest categories—best actor, best actress, best picture, directing, screen play, musical score, and costume design. DIRECTING

Nominations for directing went to Gillo Pontecorvo for the “Battle of Algiers," Franco Zeffirelli for “Romeo and Juliet,” Anthony Harvey for “The Lion in Winter,” Sir Carol Reed for “Oliver!”, and Stanley Kubrick for “2001: A Space Odyssey.” For the best song from a motion picture, the nominees are: “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “For Love of Ivy,” “Funny Girl,” and “Star”— all film title songs—and “The Windmills of Your Mind” from the “Thomas Crown Affairs.”

From nominations made by various branches of the academy, final winners will be picked by a secret vote of the academy’s entire membership of about 2000.