39th Academy Awards

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Hosted by Bob Hope Directed by Richard Dunlap Date 10 April 1967 Host Bob Hope Site California		Produced by Joe Pasternak Best Picture A Man for All Seasons Other ceremonies 1966, 1968 Producer Joe Pasternak

Most awards Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (7) Most nominations Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (13) Location Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, United States

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 also had nominations for Best Director; Fred Zinnemann's lavish and thoughtful biopic A Man for All Seasons and Mike Nichols' bold and taboo-breaking drama 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 ().

Honorary Awards

Yakima Canutt

Y. Frank Freeman

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Robert Wise

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

George Bagnall

Trivia

The Academy Awards broadcast was almost canceled because of a strike involving the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), 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 (Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine were nominated for Best Actress in 1941).

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.

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

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

References

39th Academy Awards Wikipedia

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