39th Academy Awards
The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.
Only two of the Best Picture nominees were nominated for Best Director: A Man for All Seasons and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Both were adaptations of stage dramas.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger.| Best Picture | Best Director |
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Song |
| Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short Subject |
| Best Short Subject, Live Action | Best Short Subject, Cartoons |
| Best Original Music Score | Best Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment |
| Best Sound Effects | Best Sound |
| Best Art Direction, Black-and-White | Best Art Direction, Color |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Best Costume Design, Color |
| Best Film Editing | Best Special Visual Effects |
Honorary Awards
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Multiple nominations and awards
- 13 nominations: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 8 nominations: A Man for All Seasons and The Sand Pebbles
- 7 nominations: Hawaii
- 5 nominations: Alfie and Fantastic Voyage
- 4 nominations: The Fortune Cookie, Georgy Girl, A Man and a Woman and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
- 3 nominations: Gambit, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Grand Prix and The Professionals
- 2 nominations: Blowup, Born Free, Is Paris Burning?, Juliet of the Spirits, Mister Buddwing, Morgan! and The Oscar
- 6 wins: A Man for All Seasons
- 5 wins: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 3 wins: Grand Prix
- 2 wins: Born Free, Fantastic Voyage and A Man and a Woman
Trivia
- The Academy Awards broadcast was almost canceled because of a strike involving the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the theatrical performers union governing live telecasts. However, the dispute was settled three hours before the ceremony was scheduled to begin. Bob Hope's opening monologue makes many references to this, and he claims that as late as 30 minutes before broadcast it was uncertain whether the telecast would go on.
- Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave were both nominated for Best Actress. This was the first time in 25 years that two sisters were nominated in that category.
- This was the only time in the history of the Academy Awards that all Best Actress nominees were born outside of the United States.
- Patricia Neal, making her first Hollywood appearance since a near-fatal stroke of two years before, received a standing ovation from the audience.
- California's governor, Ronald Reagan, was among the guests in the audience. He was a longtime Academy member and supporter.
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf's 13 nominations constitute the first and, as of 2012, only instance of a film being nominated in every category for which it was eligible. It is also the first instance of a film receiving an acting nomination for every credited cast member.
- This was the last year that separate awards were given for black-and-white and color films in Cinematography, Art Direction-Set Decoration, and Costume Design.
- Mitzi Gaynor's performance of the song "Georgy Girl" is often cited as being one of the most heralded performances on an Oscar broadcast.
Presenters and performers