Funny Girl
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Walter Pidgeon, Ann Francis, Lee Allen, Mae Questel.
Screenplay: Isobel Lennart (based on her book for the musical Funny Girl by Jule Styne).
Full review to follow soon. Grade: C+
- Academy Award Nominations and *Winners:
- Best Picture
- *Best Actress (tie): Barbra Streisand
- Best Supporting Actress: Kay Medford
- Best Cinematography: Harry Stradling
- Best Film Editing: Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, and William Sands
- Best Original Score (Musical): Walter Scharf
- Best Original Song: "Funny Girl"
- Best Sound
- Golden Globe Nominations and *Winners:
- Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
- Best Director: William Wyler
- *Best Actress (Musical/Comedy): Barbra Streisand
- Best Original Song: "Funny Girl"
- Other Awards:
- Writers Guild of America Awards—Best Written American Musical: Isobel Lennart
- David di Donatello Awards (Italian Oscars)—Best Foreign Actress (tie): Barbra Streisand