Best Picture Winner
A Man for All Seasons
Best Picture
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Studio: Columbia
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the authority of the Pope.
From the Worthy Podcast
Dialogue-heavy films/Plays on film
We have 3 of the 5 Best Picture Nominees based on previous plays and all vastly different
A Man For All Seasons is a period piece that tells a story of England's past but relates it to current-day politics and opinions. This film pushes past just the stageplay by showing us this larger world of Chelsea and the English countryside. Why the coloring is muted and dull it does take you back in time to this period without locking you in one location.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Is mainly contained in one location/house and is easy to see how this is taken from a stage to the big screen. However, they don’t reduce these performances or reign them in. They’re loud and expressive and the form of film is explored by using the camera as the watcher.
Alfie is all about free love and expression. While it can be considered very dated for today’s era, it still tells a compelling story about a troubled protagonist. With bright blue skies and the pop of color in the 60s fashion, these films encapsulate the time period. It doesn’t feel made for the stage but our fourth-wall-breaking narrator might be the telltale sign.
All Categories (30)
Best Picture
A Man for All Seasons— Fred Zinnemann, Producer
Winner
Alfie— Lewis Gilbert, Producer
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming— Norman Jewison, Producer
The Sand Pebbles— Robert Wise, Producer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Ernest Lehman, Producer
Actor
Alan Arkin— The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming {"Rozanov"}
Michael Caine— Alfie {"Alfie"}
Richard Burton— Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? {"George"}
Steve McQueen— The Sand Pebbles {"Jake Holman"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
George Segal— Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? {"Nick"}
James Mason— Georgy Girl {"James Leamington"}
Mako— The Sand Pebbles {"Po-Han"}
Robert Shaw— A Man for All Seasons {"King Henry VIII"}
Actress
Anouk Aimee— A Man and a Woman {"Anne Gauthier"}
Ida Kaminska— The Shop on Main Street {"Rozalie Lautmanova"}
Lynn Redgrave— Georgy Girl {"Georgy Parkin"}
Vanessa Redgrave— Morgan! {"Leonie Delt"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Geraldine Page— You're a Big Boy Now {"Margary Chanticleer"}
Jocelyne Lagarde— Hawaii {"Malama"}
Vivien Merchant— Alfie {"Lily"}
Wendy Hiller— A Man for All Seasons {"Alice More"}
Directing
A Man and a Woman— Claude Lelouch
Blow-Up— Michelangelo Antonioni
The Professionals— Richard Brooks
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Mike Nichols
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
A Man for All Seasons— Robert Bolt
Winner
Alfie— Bill Naughton
The Professionals— Richard Brooks
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming— William Rose
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Ernest Lehman
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
A Man and a Woman— Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Winner
Blow-Up— Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
Khartoum— Robert Ardrey
The Fortune Cookie— Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
The Naked Prey— Clint Johnston, Don Peters
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Haskell Wexler
Winner
Georgy Girl— Ken Higgins
Is Paris Burning?— Marcel Grignon
Seconds— James Wong Howe
The Fortune Cookie— Joseph LaShelle
Cinematography (Color)
A Man for All Seasons— Ted Moore
Winner
Fantastic Voyage— Ernest Laszlo
Hawaii— Russell Harlan
The Professionals— Conrad Hall
The Sand Pebbles— Joseph MacDonald
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Winner
Is Paris Burning?— Art Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy
Mister Buddwing— Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
The Fortune Cookie— Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
The Gospel According to St. Matthew— Luigi Scaccianoce
Art Direction (Color)
Fantastic Voyage— Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Winner
Gambit— Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, John Austin
Juliet of the Spirits— Piero Gherardi
The Oscar— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James Payne
The Sand Pebbles— Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan
Film Editing
Grand Prix— Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo
Winner
Fantastic Voyage— William B. Murphy
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming— Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
The Sand Pebbles— William Reynolds
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Sam O'Steen
Sound
Grand Prix— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Winner
Gambit— Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Hawaii— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
The Sand Pebbles— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
Sound Effects
Grand Prix— Gordon Daniel
Winner
Fantastic Voyage— Walter Rossi
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Irene Sharaff
Winner
Mandragola— Danilo Donati
Mister Buddwing— Helen Rose
Morgan!— Jocelyn Rickards
The Gospel According to St. Matthew— Danilo Donati
Costume Design (Color)
A Man for All Seasons— Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
Winner
Gambit— Jean Louis
Hawaii— Dorothy Jeakins
Juliet of the Spirits— Piero Gherardi
The Oscar— Edith Head
Documentary (Feature)
The War Game— Peter Watkins, Producer
Winner
Helicopter Canada— Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers
Le Volcan Interdit (The Forbidden Volcano)— Haroun Tazieff, Producer
The Face of Genius— Alfred R. Kelman, Producer
The Really Big Family— Alex Grasshoff, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
A Year toward Tomorrow— Edmond A. Levy, Producer
Winner
Adolescence— Marin Karmitz and Vladimir Forgency, Producers
Cowboy— Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers
Saint Matthew Passion— Mafilm Studio
The Odds Against— Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers
Foreign Language Film
A Man and a Woman— France
Winner
Loves of a Blonde— Czechoslovakia
Pharaoh— Poland
The Battle of Algiers— Italy
Three— Yugoslavia
Honorary Award
To Y. Frank Freeman for unusual and outstanding service to the Academy during his thirty years in Hollywood.
Winner
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Robert Wise
To Yakima Canutt for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Bagnall
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To MITCHELL CAMERA CORPORATION for the design and development of the Mitchell Mark II 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera. [Camera]
Winner
To ARNOLD & RICHTER KG for the design and development of the Arriflex 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera. [Camera]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the design of the Panatron Power Inverter and its application to motion picture camera operation. [Stage Operations]
Winner
To CARROLL KNUDSON for the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization. [Editorial]
To RUBY RAKSIN for the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization. [Editorial]
Music (Original Music Score)
Born Free— John Barry
Winner
Hawaii— Elmer Bernstein
The Bible— Toshiro Mayuzumi
The Sand Pebbles— Jerry Goldsmith
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— Alex North
Music (Scoring Of Music--Adaptation Or Treatment)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum— Ken Thorne
Winner
Return of the Seven— Elmer Bernstein
Stop the World--I Want to Get Off— Al Ham
The Gospel According to St. Matthew— Luis Enrique Bacalov
The Singing Nun— Harry Sukman
Music (Song)
"Born Free" from Born Free— Music by John Barry; Lyrics by Don Black
Winner
"A Time For Love" from An American Dream— Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"Alfie" from Alfie— Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
"Georgy Girl" from Georgy Girl— Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
"My Wishing Doll" from Hawaii— Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature— John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
Winner
The Drag— Wolf Koenig and Robert Verrall, Producers
The Pink Blueprint— David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
Short Subject (Live Action)
Wild Wings— Edgar Anstey, Producer
Winner
The Winning Strain— Leslie Winik, Producer
Turkey the Bridge— Derek Williams, Producer
Special Visual Effects
Fantastic Voyage— Art Cruickshank
Winner
Hawaii— Linwood G. Dunn