25th Golden Globe Awards ceremony banned by NBC 1968

I wasn't surprised when I found only two short clips of the 25th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony held February 12, 1968.  According to wikipedia.com, NBC imposed a ban on the telecast because the public had been misled on how the winners were chosen. The advertisers of the broadcast determined the Golden Globe winners.  Then the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would pressure nominees to attend the ceremony, and threatened to give the award "won by a non-attendee to a losing nominee who was at the ceremony".

The ban lasted until 1974.  NBC began broadcasting the ceremonies again, but ended its contract with the HFPA in 1982. 

Anywho, the biggest winner of the night was The Graduate which one five out of the seven Golden Globes it was nominated for.  It won Best Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical, Best Actress for Anne Bancroft (yea!!), Best Director for Mike Nichols, New Star of the Year-Male for Dustin Hoffman, and New Star of the Year-Female for Katharine Ross.  

Hoffman had been nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical but lost to Richard Harris in Camelot. The Graduate had been nominated for Best Screenplay. 

Bonnie and Clyde was nominated for seven awards but walked away without any. Bummer. 

Carol Burnett won her first Golden Globe for her work on The Carol Burnett Show.

I could only find two short clips of the ceremony, and both featured Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate who had been nominated for her performance in Valley of the Dolls.

Cross-dressing wins Golden Globe Awards 1983

Two movies, in which the main character dresses up as the opposite sex, won four Golden Globes and were nominated for several more at the 40th annual celebration January 29, 1983.  

Tootsie, which starred Dustin Hoffman posing as an actress to land a role in a soap opera, won Best Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical.  Dustin Hoffman won Best Actor.  Jessica Lange won Best Supporting Actress.  Sydney Pollack was nominated for Best Director. Larry Gelbart and Murray Shisgal were nominated for Best Screenplay.

Julie Andrews won for Best Actress for her portrayal as a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman in Victor/Victoria.  The movie was nominated for Best Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical but lost to Tootsie. Robert Preston was nominated for Best Actor. Lesley Anne-Warren was nominated for Supporting Actress. Henry Mancini was nominated for Best Original Score but lost to John Williams.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial won Best Motion Picture-Drama and John Williams won for Best Original Score. Steven Spielberg was nominated for Best Director and Melissa Mathison was nominated for Best Screenplay. Henry Thomas was nominated for New Star of the Year-Male. 

The fabulous Dolly Parton received a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her work in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. 

"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" released 2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, released January 5, 2006, is a classic movie, set in 18th century France is an intoxicating movie about a man with an uncanny sense of smell.  Ben Whishaw plays the major role of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, who is in search of the perfect scent.

It was based upon Patrick Suskind's novel Perfume, published in 1985.  It also starred Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman. 

It was nominated for five Saturn Awards.