#oscars 1968

[hellyeahgeorgekennedy]

Patty Duke and George Kennedy at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968. George won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke.

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Jane Fonda alias Barbarella (1968)🌼🌼🌼

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[alltheverses]

Tonight the Oscars are airing!

Do you like Star Trek?

Do you like Science Fiction?

Do you like fannish culture and history?

Do you like learning about history in unique ways?

Now is a GREAT time to come check out Galactic Journey. This Thursday, April 6th 2023, is the start of reruns of the entire second season of Star Trek The Original Series.

Watch the episodes as they would have been seen in 1968, complete with advertisements, no cuts, and unedited effects! The episodes air twice over Discord, to cover different timezones. Each week before the episode you can also hear readings from fanzines and articles that would have just come out.

There's dedicated zones to discuss the episodes from the perspective of '68, as if we are all gathered for a watch party or calling in over the home phone as we see the characters face new and exciting dangers with impressive special effects!

It should be noted that while people get into the world of reenactment and exploring history, it is still a space for everyone who wants to participate in good faith. Bigotry is not tolerated. Every era has had people who made space to respect and care about each other, and that's the energy we try to foster among ourselves.

You can read reviews of all the previous episodes over at Galactic Journey, along with reviews of other SF&F media. Find out what was going on in the world 55 years ago with articles, a radio station, and a weekly news video.

This fall season 3 will air, so now is the perfect time to catch up!

Discord link:

[iamonlyhereforthefood]

Damn, the one reason I was looking forward to the Oscars season this year was the possibility of Vlny (Waves) being nominated for the foreign movie award. (Not that I had high expectations for it to win, but even a nomination would be a huge success and something to feel good about in these terrible times.) It's a great movie about an important time in history that is even more significant now, I was hoping it would get more coverage and more people worldwide would get to watch it.

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Audrey Hepburn at the "40th Annual Academy Awards," which was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. April 10, 1968

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Katharine Ross at the 40th Academy Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, on April 10th 1968.

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Paul at the 40th Annual Academy Awards in 1968.

He was nominated for Best Actor in Cool Hand Luke, but lost out to Rod Steiger who won for In the Heat of the Night.

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue December 1968

Marina Schiano, leaning on a stone balustrade and column in the cloister of the Santo Domingo Convent, Oaxaca, in a red printed organza dress, ruffled skirt and sleeves, a V-neck shawl collar to the waist and trimmed with fine fringe, all by Oscar de La Renta; House of Joy, Choir, rings Robert Originals; Hair by Suga de Kenneth.

Marina Schiano, appuyée sur une balustrade et une colonne en pierre du cloître du couvent Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, dans une robe en organza imprimé rouge, une jupe et des manches à volants, un col châle en V jusqu'à la taille et bordé de fines franges, le tout signé Oscar de La Renta ; House of Joy, Choir, bagues Robert Originals ; Coiffure par Suga de Kenneth.

Photo Henry Clarke

[oscarupsets]

Oliver!, based on the 1960 musical Oliver! and Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, was the 5th highest grossing film of 1968. It was a 2.5 hour high budget, big production musical, similar to most musical we've seen. The New York Times review was lukewarm about the film, especially towards the acting. The choreography and musical numbers were over- the-top, but the whole plot just seems weirdly drawn out. There's almost too much plot, as we bounce between a mix of storylines with their own set and main characters. It's a fine musical to see once, and I bet it's a great one for the kids. The Lion in Winter had some decent qualities. It introduces Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton in their first major film roles, and the overall look of it is nice, but I found it to be incredibly boring. It was based off of the 1966 play of the same name but seems to use this as a crutch. It's very rigid, minus the unnecessary and frequent establishing scenes of the war (?) and the water. While I'm not against films with a significant amount of dialogue, it's hard to keep interest when every conversation is about the same thing (Please papa, let me be king 🥺)

The Lion in Winter holds the only tie in Oscar history, with Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand (of Funny Girl) securing equal votes and both winning for Best Actress.

Other than that, it was a pretty normal ceremony. Oliver! obtained 5 Oscars from 11 nominations, plus an additional Honorary Award for Onna White's choreography.

The two films split the top honors from the Golden Globes, but neither secured the BAFTA (which instead went to last week's The Graduate).

The Lion in Winter collected several of the top honors from other major guilds and groups, while Oliver! was often left heavily nominated but empty handed.

Both films are absent from the National Film Registry and AFI lists, but were recognized by the NBR (albeit, not the Top Film) and OFTA.

Unofficial Review: Weak pair of films, in my opinion, but still not an upset.

[nerds-yearbook]

The series finale of He & She aired on March 13, 1968. The series only ran for one season of 26 episodes. The series was about comic book artist Dick Hollister (Richard Benjamin), his wife Paula Hollister (Paula Prentiss), and his comic creation Jetman, who had been adapted for TV and protrayed by Oscar North (Jack Cassidy). Benjamin and Prentiss were married in real life. The final episode was about a dinner party that was thrown into disarray by the fear of a possible accidental poisoning. Alice Ghostley, who appeared in this episode, co-starred with Prentiss on the shortlived super hero show Captain Nice. ("What's in the Kitty" He & She, TV Event)

[dead-generations]

I dont necessarily understand the hostility towards people engaging with the oscars and debating the merits of the nominees and ultimately the winners. "oh you are just participating in a circus" "who cares what the arbitrators of cinema think" "its bourgeois" habibi if you are watching a significant amount of movies and discussing them yourself you have also been captured by the arbitrators of cinema and bourgeois cultural products. You are already discussing culture through their lens. Why is your red line discussing the bourgeois engagement with bourgeois art?

[hellyeahgeorgekennedy]

On this date, April 10, 1968, George Kennedy won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (1967).

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Helen Mirren during a performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1968🌷🍃🌷

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Look what I just got!!

It’s a 1968 edition

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Movies I’ve Watched - 2024

280/?: The Lion in Winter (1968) - watched 9/30/24

The movie is full of great actors devouring the scenery, including a young Anthony Hopkins and a baby Timothy Dalton. The script gives everyone a lot of opportunities to deliver memorable dialogue, but there are some editing and directing oddities that keep this from being a truly great film. Still, worth it for the performances.

THE LION IN WINTER (1968) dir. Anthony Harvey

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US Vogue Februay 15, 1968

Oscar de La Renta Boutique Spring/Summer 1968 Collection. Short, backless evening dress in black crepe and white organdy, belted with black satin. Richard Palan earrings. Ring bubbles: Napier; Ruth of Sansegundo.

Oscar de La Renta Boutique Collection Printemps/Été 1968. Robe de soirée courte à col dos nu en crêpe noir et organdi blanc, ceinturée de satin noir. Boucles d'oreilles Richard Palan. Bulles d'anneaux : Napier ; Ruth de Sansegundo.

Photo Bert Stern vogue archive