Success or Snub? West Side Story (34th Academy Awards Review Pt. 2)
To see part 1, click here . Breakfast at Tiffany's Suite~Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's Similar to Gigi (1958) and Ben-Hur (1959), West Side Story was another movie that made a very large sweep at the Oscars, being nominated for 11 and winning 10 as well as an honorary award. The list of awards are as follows: Best Film Editing Best Costume Design (Color) Best Cinematography (Color) Best Art Direction (Color) Best Sound Best Music (Scoring of a Motion Picture) Best Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material from Another Medium) (its sole loss) Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris Best Directing Best Motion Picture And an honorary award given to Jerome Robbins for “his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film” (which is warranted). There’s a few firsts in this rundown that are notable. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins were the first directors to accept the Oscar for Best Dir...