Die 32ste Oscar-toekenningsaand is op 4 April 1960 deur die Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood gehou om erkenning te gee aan die rolprente van 1959.
Die drie en ’n half uur lange epiese drama Ben-Hur van MGM (met onder meer ’n strydwaresies van 11 minute) het 11 Oscars gewen en so die vorige jaar se rekord van nege Oscars deur Gigi gebreek. Met sy 11 van 12 benoemings wat dit gewen het, was dit destyds die mees bekroonde rolprent van alle tye – dit is eers in 1998 geëwenaar deur Titanic en in 2004 deur The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Ben-Hur was ’n reproduksie van MGM se eie stilrolprent van 1926 met dieselfde titel en was teen $15 miljoen die duurste prent tot nog toe. Albei prente is gebaseer op generaal Lew Wallace se roman oor die opkoms van die Christendom wat in 1880 die eerste keer gepubliseer is.
Ben-Hur was ook net die derde prent wat die Oscar vir beide beste akteur en beste manlike byspeler gewen het. Die volgende prent wat dit kon regkry, was Mystic River in 2004.
Pryse
Hier volg ’n lys van die belangrikste wenners en benoemdes (die wenners word eerste genoem en is in vet druk):
Beste rolprent Beste regisseur Ben-Hur Anatomy of a Murder Room at the Top The Diary of Anne Frank The Nun's Story William Wyler – Ben-Hur Jack Clayton – Room at the Top Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story Beste akteur Beste aktrise Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder Simone Signoret – Room at the Top Doris Day – Pillow Talk Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer Beste manlike byspeler Beste vroulike byspeler Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur Arthur O'Connell – Anatomy of a Murder George C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians Ed Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk Beste oorspronklike draaiboek Beste verwerkte draaiboek Pillow Talk – Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin North by Northwest – Ernest Lehman The 400 Blows – François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy Operation Petticoat – Paul King, Joseph J. Stone, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman Room at the Top – Neil Paterson Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond The Nun's Story – Robert Anderson Beste buitelandse rolprent Black Orpheus (Frankryk) Die Brücke (Duitsland) The Village on the River (Nederland) The Great War (Italië) Paw (Denemarke) Beste lang dokumentêr Beste kort dokumentêr Serengeti Shall Not Die The Race for Space Glas Donald in Mathmagic Land From Generation to Generation Beste kunsredigering, swart-wit Beste kunsredigering, kleur The Diary of Anne Frank – Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss Career – Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams Some Like It Hot – Ted Haworth, Edward G. Boyle Suddenly, Last Summer – Oliver Messel, William Kellner, Scot Slimon The Last Angry Man – Carl Anderson, William Kiernan Ben-Hur – William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt Journey to the Center of the Earth – Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal North by Northwest – William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy Pillow Talk – Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt The Big Fisherman – John DeCuir, Julia Heron Beste kinematografie, swart-wit Beste kinematografie, kleur The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt Career – Joseph LaShelle Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang jr. The Young Philadelphians – Harry Stradling sr. Ben-Hur – Robert L. Surtees Porgy and Bess – Leon Shamroy The Big Fisherman – Lee Garmes The Five Pennies – Daniel L. Fapp The Nun's Story – Franz Planer Beste redigering Beste spesiale effekte Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters, John Dunning Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler North by Northwest – George Tomasini On the Beach – Frederic Knudtson The Nun's Story – Walter Thompson Ben-Hur – A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, Milo Lory Journey to the Center of the Earth – L. B. Abbott, James B. Gordon, Carl Faulkner
Erepryse Buster Keaton Lee De Forest
Jean Hersholt- Humanitêre Prys Bob Hope
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