Fixing The Oscars – 1962

By boudu

Best Picture

THE WINNER: Lawrence of Arabia (actual 1962 winner)

- To Kill a Mockingbird (original nominee)
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Lolita
- An Autumn Afternoon
- Carnival of Souls
- Ride the High Country
- The Exterminating Angel
- My Name is Ivan

Best Actor

THE WINNER: Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird) (actual 1962 winner)

- Peter O’Toole (Lawrence of Arabia) (original nominee)
- James Mason (Lolita)
- Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear)
- Jack Lemmon (Days of Wine and Roses) (original nominee)
- Tatsuya Nakadai (Hara-Kari)
- Nikolai Burlyayev (My Name is Ivan)
- Ralph Richardson (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
- Kirk Douglas (Lonely Are the Brave)

Best Actress

THE WINNER: Bette Davis (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) (original nominee)

- Katharine Hepburn (Long Day’s Journey into Night) (original nominee)
- Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker) (actual 1962 winner)
- Anna Karina (My Life to Live)
- Lee Remick (Days of Wine and Roses) (original nominee)

Best Supporting Actor

THE WINNER: Peter Sellers (Lolita)

- Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia) (original nominee)
- Victor Buono (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) (original nominee)
- Lee Marvin (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
- Jason Robards (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
- John Wayne (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)

Best Supporting Actress

THE WINNER: Angela Lansbury (The Manchurian Candidate) (original nominee)

- Mary Badham (To Kill a Mockingbird) (original nominee)
- Shelley Winters (Lolita)
- Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker) (actual 1962 winner)
- Shima Iwashita (An Autumn Afternoon)
- Vera Miles (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
- Sue Lyon (Lolita)

Best Director

THE WINNER: David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) (actual 1962 winner)

- John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) (original nominee)
- Stanley Kubrick (Lolita)
- Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) (original nominee)
- Yasujiro Ozu (An Autumn Afternoon)
- Jean Luc-Godard (My Life to Live)
- Luis Bunuel (The Exterminating Angel)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (My Name is Ivan)

Best Screenplay

THE WINNER: George Axelrod (The Manchurian Candidate)

- Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird) (actual 1962 winner)
- Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita) (original nominee)
- Robert Bolt (Lawrence of Arabia) (original nominee)
- Luis Bunuel, Luis Alcoriza (The Exterminating Angel)
- Shinobu Hashimoto (Hara-kari)
- N.B. Stone, Jr. (Ride the High Country)
- Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu (An Autumn Afternoon)

Best Cinematography

THE WINNER: Freddie Young (Lawrence of Arabia) (actual 1962 winner)

- Jean Bourgoin, Pierre Levent, Henri Persin, Walter Wottitz (The Longest Day) (actual 1962 winner)
- Yoshio Miyajima (Hara-kari)
- Russell Harlan (To Kill a Mockingbird) (original nominee)
- Yuharu Atsuta (An Autumn Afternoon)
- Vadim Yusov (My Name is Ivan)
- Gabriel Figueroa (The Exterminating Angel)

Best Original Score, Comedy or Drama

THE WINNER: Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia) (actual 1962 winner)

- Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird) (original nominee)
- Monty Norman (Dr. No)
- Bernard Herrmann (Cape Fear)

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