Oscar 1960: Best Picture Nominees
Nominations and Winners
The Apartment 10, 5 (winner)
The Alamo, 7 nominations, 1 Oscar
Elmer Gantry 5, 3
Sons and Lovers, 7, 1
The Sundowners, 5, 1
N.Y. Film Critics Circle: Tie (The Apartment; Sons and Lovers)
Golden Globes: Spartacus (Drama); The Apartment (Comedy/Musical)
British Film Awards: The Apartment; Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Cannes Festival: La Dolce Vita (Italy, Fellini)
Venice Festival: Le Passage du Rhine (France)
Berlin Festival: Lazarillo de Tormes (Spain)
Best Song: High Hopes–Tune of Kennedy Campaign
In 1960, the winner of Best Song Oscar, “High Hopes,” sung by Frank Sinatra in the movie A Hole in the Head, became a theme tune for the John F. Kennedy Presidential campaign.
The music was composed by James Van Heusen, and the lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
