39th Academy Awards

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39th Academy Awards
Date	April 10, 1967
Site	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California
Host	Bob Hope

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.

Contents 1 The Awards 1.1 Feature Films 1.2 Directing 1.3 Acting 1.4 Writing 1.5 Music 1.6 Short Films 2 External links

[edit] The Awards

[edit] Feature Films

Category	Winner	Producers/Country
Best motion picture	A Man for All Seasons	Fred Zinnemann
Best foreign language film	A Man and a Woman	France
Best documentary feature	The War Game	BBC and Pathé Contemporary Films

[edit] Directing

• Achievement in Directing: Fred Zinnemann for A Man for All Seasons

[edit] Acting

Category	Winner	Movie
Best actor in a leading role	Paul Scofield	A Man for All Seasons
Best actress in a leading role	Elizabeth Taylor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best actor in a supporting role	Walter Matthau	The Fortune Cookie
Best actress in a supporting role	Sandy Dennis	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

[edit] Writing

Category	Winner	Movie
Original screenplay	Written by and Claude Lelouch	A Man and a Woman
Adapted screenplay	Screenplay by Robert Bolt	A Man for All Seasons

[edit] Music

• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): Born Free - John Barry
• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): Born Free from Born Free - Music by John Barry; Lyric by Don Black

[edit] Short Films

• Best documentary short subject: A Year Toward Tomorrow - Sun Dial Films Inc.
• Best live action short film: Wild Wings - British Transport Films
• Best animated short film: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature- Hubley Studios; Paramount Pictures

[edit] External links

• The 39th Annual Academy Awards at IMDB
• List of winners at Infoplease