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The 39th Academy Awards - 1966

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com

The thirty-ninth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 10, 1967 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Bob Hope hosted the event.

The 1966 Academy Award Winners

Picture: A Man for All Seasons
Actor: Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons)
Actress: Elizabeth Taylor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Supporting Actor: Walter Matthau (The Fortune Cookie)
Supporting Actress: Sandy Dennis (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Director: Fred Zinnemann (A Man for All Seasons)
Adapted Screenplay: Robert Bolt (A Man for All Seasons)
Original Screenplay: Claude Lelouch, story; Pierre Uytterhoeven and Claude Lelouch, screenplay (A Man and a Woman)
Song: "Born Free" (Born Free)
Score: Born Free (Original) / A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Adaptation)
Cinematography: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Black and White) / A Man for All Seasons
Costume Design: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Black and White) / A Man for All Seasons
Art / Set Decoration: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Black and White) / A Man for All Seasons
Film Editing: Grand Prix
Foreign Language Film: A Man and a Woman (France)
Sound: Grand Prix
Sound Effects: Grand Prix
Visual Effects: Fantastic Voyage
Short Films: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (Cartoons) / Wild Wings (Live Action)
Documentaries: A Year Toward Tomorrow (Short) / The War Game (Feature)

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