Oliver! (film) - Awards

Awards

1968 Academy Awards

• Best Picture (Winner)
• Best Director - Carol Reed (Winner)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role - Ron Moody (Nomination)
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Wild (Nomination)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Nomination)
• Best Cinematography (Nomination)
• Best Adaptation Score (Winner)
• Best Art Direction (Winner)
• Best Sound (Winner)
• Best Costume Design (Nomination)
• Best Film Editing (Nomination)
• Special Academy Award for Choreography - Onna White (Winner)

Oliver! is the only G-rated film (since the development of the MPAA rating system in 1968) to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture (though some pre-1968 Best Picture winners were rated G when re-released to cinemas after 1968). Oliver! was also the last musical to win the Best Picture Oscar until Chicago, 34 years later.

1968 Golden Globe Awards

• Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Winner)
• Best Director - Carol Reed (Nomination)
• Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Ron Moody (Winner)
• Best Supporting Actor - Hugh Griffith (Nomination)
• New Star of the Year - Actor - Jack Wild (Nomination)

1969 Moscow Film Festival

• Special Prize - Carol Reed
• Best Actor - Ron Moody