text: Disqualifications Seven films have had nominations revoked before the official award ceremony: The Circus (1928) – The film was voluntarily removed by the Academy from competitive categories, to award Charlie Chaplin a special award.Hondo (1953) – Removed from the Best Story ballot after letters from the producer and nominee questioned its inclusion in the category.High Society (1955) – Withdrawn from screenwriting ballot after being mistaken for the 1956 movie of the same title.The Godfather (1972) – Initially nominated for eleven awards, its nomination for Best Original Score was revoked after it was discovered that its main theme was very similar to music that the score's composer had written for an earlier film.None of its other nominations were revoked, and it received three Oscars, including Best Picture.A Place in the World (1992) – Removed from the Best Foreign Language Film ballot after it was discovered that the country which submitted the film exercised insufficient artistic control.Alone Yet Not Alone (2014) – The film's title song, "Alone Yet Not Alone", was removed from the Best Original Song ballot after Bruce Broughton was found to have improperly contacted other members of the academy's musical branch; this was the first time that a film was removed from a ballot for ethical reasons.13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2017) – Sound mixer Greg P.Russell's nomination was rescinded one day before the Awards when it was discovered he had improperly contacted voters by telephone.In this case, the nominations for the other three nominated sound mixers, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J.Haboush and Mac Ruth, were allowed to stand.One film was disqualified after winning the award, and had the winner return the Oscar: Young Americans (1969) – Initially won the award for Best Documentary Feature, but was later revoked after it was revealed that it had opened theatrically prior to the eligibility period.