Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Rusty: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (William Rose)
Sølvklumpen for beste utenlandske kinofilmAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor (Spencer Tracy)
Academy Award for Best Director (Stanley Kramer)
Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Robert C. Jones)
Academy Award for Best Picture (Stanley Kramer)
Academy Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (Frank De Vol)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Cecil Kellaway)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Beah Richards)Award details: (details at IMDb)
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn, and featuring Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton. The film contains a positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage, which historically had been illegal in most states of the United States, and still was illegal in 17 states—mostly Southern states—until 12 June 1967, six months before the film was released, roughly two weeks after Tracy filmed his final scene, when anti-miscegenation laws were struck down by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia. The movie's Oscar-nominated score was composed by Frank DeVol. The film is notable for being the ninth and final on-screen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn, with filming ending just 17 days before Tracy's death. Hepburn never saw the completed film, saying the memories of Tracy were too painful. The film was released in December 1967, six months after his death.