Oliver!: 1968 Best Picture

At the 41st Academy Awards, “Oliver!” became the 4th musical of the 1960s to win the Oscar for Best Picture, a fact which the Jeopardy! cluewriters took notice of with this clue: BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS $200: One of 4 musicals that won for Best Picture in the 1960s, it was based on a Charles Dickens novel.

Here’s a clue that was true in a 1987 match: “1968 $600: This 1968 film became the last musical to win the Best Picture Oscar.” But it wasn’t after “Chicago” (2003) won Best Picture in 2004.

The other Best Picture nominees of 1968 were: “Funny Girl”, “The Lion In Winter” “Rachel, Rachel” and “Romeo and Juliet”. Other notable titles included: “2001: A Space Odyssey’, “Rachel, Rachel”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Bullitt”, “Finian’s Rainbow”, “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”, “Ice Station Zebra”, “The Odd Couple”, “Planet of the Apes”, “The Producers”, “Rosemary’s Baby”, ‘The Thomas Crown Affair” and “War and Peace.”

Jeopardy! also took note of the unusual tie for Best Actress that
occurred this year: “ACTRESSES $1,500 (Daily Double): The 2 women who tied for the Best Actress Oscar in 1968, 1 for ‘The Lion in Winter’ & 1 for ‘Funny Girl’.”

Presenter Ingrid Bergman was a bit stunned by that result after opening the envelope to announce “the winner” and had to change to “winners”:

More Jeopardy! clues on the movie “Oliver!”
REED-ING $800: Sir Carol Reed directed this 1968 movie musical based on a Dickens tale
MOVIE TITLES! $200: In this ’68 musical, a boy says to Fagin, “These sausages are moldy!” the reply? “Shut up and drink your gin”
MOVIE MUSICALS $800: The title orphan joins the chorus in this song about chow in “Oliver!”
NOT A BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER $600: “Lilies of the Field”, “Oliver!”, “A Man for All Seasons”
SONGS FROM MUSICALS $400: “As Long As He Needs Me” & “You’ve Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two”
CAROLS $800: The films of this director knighted in 1952 range from “The Third Man” to “Oliver!”
ANAGRAMMED MUSICALS $100: “Or Live!”
“LONG” SONGS $400: In “Oliver!”, Nancy, who’s in love with Bill Sykes, sings this song of devotion

More 1968 clues:
THE CHUCK WAGON $800: He made his film debut in 1968, the same year Black Belt Magazine named him “Karate Fighter of the Year”
THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIES $600: Reviews at nytimes. com include Renata Adler’s look at this 1968 Kubrick film: the special F/X “are the best I have ever seen”
ANTHONY HOPKINS FILMS $400: Hopkins was Richard, son of Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, in this 1968 film
BANDS IN MOVIES $1600: In 1968 The Monkees could be found in this film, also a body part
SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $1000: Wearing just a few small leaves, Judi Dench leaves nothing to the imagination as Titania in this 1968 film
Z BOYS $800: This Italian director is famous for his 1968 film of “Romeo and Juliet”
RELAX, WE’RE STILL RATED G $200: Paul Angelis voiced the chief Blue Meanie & some dude named Ringo in this 1968 film
SPIELBERG MOVIES $800: This 1968 short film with a “strollin” title lent its name to Spielberg’s production company
SEASONAL CINEMA $1200: Glenn Close & Patrick Stewart played a battling royal couple in a TV remake of this 1968 film
THE DEVIL $1,000 (Daily Double): After making a deal with the Devil in this 1968 film, John Cassavetes gets a Broadway role
MOVIE QUOTES $800: This 1968 film informed us, “Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer”
THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH $1600: In a 1968 film it was revealed that this machine was born on January 12, 1992 in Urbana, Illinois
KISSED THE GIRLS $1000: 1968 film in which Charlton Heston as Taylor tells Kim Hunter, “Doctor, I’d like to kiss you goodbye”
A TIM BURTON FILM FESTIVAL $400: In 2001 Tim shot a film based on this 1968 sci-fi classic that starred Roddy McDowall
IT’S A LONG STORY $200: A 1968 film based on this Russian novel was released in a shortened 6-hour 13-minute version
CLASSICAL MUSIC GOES TO THE MOVIES $200: Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra” was most memorably used in this 1968 film
ROMEOS $800 (Daily Double): For his classic 1968 film, this Italian director cast Leonard Whiting as Romeo
MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $100: This 1968 film classic was subtitled “A Space Odyssey”
THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS $300: Barbara Hershey’s first film role was as Doris Day’s stepdaughter in the 1968 comedy “With Six You Get” this
ROCK & ROLL $400: This 1968 Beatles film is subtitled “Nothing Is Real”
KUBRICK CLASSICS $100: Pauline Kael said the only amusing character in this 1968 film was HAL
QUOTABLE CINEMA $800: A 1968 George Romero film: “Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul”
MILITARY MOVIES $200: In a 1968 film, he played Col. Michael Kirby, the leader of a group of Green Berets
SCREEN SIRENS $200: Olivia Hussey played it chaste as this Shakespeare heroine in a 1968 Zeffirelli film
COLOR MY WORLD $200: John Wayne commanded a regiment of this title force in a 1968 film
SHE WAS IN THAT? $1000: Joan Rivers took the plunge into dramatic acting in this 1968 Burt Lancaster film seen here
SHORT-TITLED FILMS $800: The title of this 1968 film about a brutal boarding school consists of 2 letters & 3 dots
“ROCK” & “ROLL” $500: George Carlin’s feature debut & Doris Day’s last starring role were in the 1968 film “With Six You Get” this
MOVIE DEBUTS $500: Stacy Keach & Sondra Locke debuted in this 1968 film based on a Carson McCullers novel
“R” MOVIES $200: The 1968 film in which Mia Farrow discovers she has a bun in the coven
JOHN WAYNE FILMS $600: Mervyn LeRoy assisted Wayne in directing this 1968 film about the special forces in Vietnam
FILM NOIR $400: In 1968 Lee Radziwill, this woman’s sister, starred in a TV remake of the classic film noir “Laura”
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991
MOVIE QUOTES $300: Barbra Streisand’s first line on film is “Hello, gorgeous” in this 1968 release
SPICY NAMES $200: In 1968 film, she had a devil of a time having the devil’s baby