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| Funny Girl (1968) |
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| Studio: Rastar, Columbia Pictures |
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| Producer: Ray Stark |
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| Starring: Barbra Streisand,
Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon,
Lee Allen |
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| Synopsis: Film
debut for Streisand in a reprisal of her Broadway
role as Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice in this highly
fictionalized musical biopic. Brice, a poor Jewish
girl from the lower east side, rose to fame and
won audience's hearts everywhere with her comic
antics and powerful singing. Unfortunately, she
had far less success in her personal life, and the
film focuses on her doomed romance with her first
husband, gambler Nicky Arnstein. Among the film's
most popular songs are "Don't Rain on My Parade",
"People [Who Need People]" and "My
Man". Barbra Streisand won an Oscar®. |
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| Academy Awards®:
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| Best Picture
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Nominated |
| Best
Actress |
Barbra Streisand
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Won |
| Best Supporting
Actress |
Kay Medford |
Nominated |
| Best Cinematography
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Harry Stradling |
Nominated |
| Best Sound
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Columbia
Studio Sound
Dpt. |
Nominated
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| Best Song |
Jule Styne
Bob Merrill |
Nominated |
| Best Original Song Score
and Adaptation |
Walter Scharf |
Nominated |
| Film Editing |
Robert Swink
Maury Winetrobe
William Sands |
Nominated |
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| Golden
Globes: |
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| BestDirector |
William Wyler |
Nominated |
| Best Actress |
Barbra Streisand |
Won |
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