| Funny Girl | |
|---|---|
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| 8 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Year | 1968 |
| Director | William Wyler |
| Writer | Isobel Lennart |
| Starring | Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford |
| 41st Academy Awards | |
Funny Girl is a 1968 romantic musical film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart was adapted from her book for the stage musical of the same title. It is loosely based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein. In 2006, the American Film Institute ranked the film #16 on its list commemorating AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals.
Wins
- Best Actress — Barbra Streisand (tied with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter
Nominations
- Best Actress — Barbra Streisand
- Best Cinematography — Harry Stradling
- Best Film Editing — Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, William Sands
- Best Original Song — "Funny Girl (song)" by Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
- Best Picture — Ray Stark
- Best Score of a Musical Picture — Walter Scharf
- Best Sound — Columbia Studio Sound Department
- Best Supporting Actress — Kay Medford
Plot
The life of comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from Nick Arnstein.
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