Fixing the Oscars 2.0 – 1966

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BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE PICTURE

WINNER – Persona

- Andrei Rublev
- The Battle of Algiers
- Closely Watched Trains
- Au hasard Balthazar

BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PICTURE

WINNER – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Blowup
- A Man for All Seasons
- Cul-de-sac
- Seconds

BEST ACTOR

WINNER – Richard Burton (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

- Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons)
- Michael Caine (Alfie)
- Toto (Hawks and Sparrows)
- Alan Arkin (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming)
- Steve McQueen (The Sand Pebbles)
- Per Oscarsson (Hunger)

BEST ACTRESS

WINNER – Bibi Andersson (Persona)

- Elizabeth Taylor (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
- Liv Ullmann (Persona)
- Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl)
- Anouk Aimee (A Man and a Woman)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER – Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

- Josef Somr (Closely Watched Trains)
- Walter Matthau (The Fortune Cookie)
- Robert Shaw (A Man for All Seasons)
- George Segal (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER – Sandy Dennis (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

- Wendy Hiller (A Man for All Seasons)
- Vivien Merchant (Alfie)
- Vanessa Redgrave (Blowup)
- Jocelyne LaGarde (Hawaii)

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER – Ingmar Bergman (Persona)

- Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (Andrei Rublev)
- Gillo Pontecorvo (The Battle of Algiers)
- Michelangelo Antonioni (Blowup)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

WINNER – Ingmar Bergman (Persona)

- Andrei Konchalovsky & Andrei Tarkovsky (Andrei Rublev)
- Gillo Pontecorvo & Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers)
- Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alfredo L. Del Cueto & Ramón F. Suárez (Death of a Bureaucrat)
- Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond (The Fortune Cookie)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER – Ernest Lehman (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, from the play by Edward Albee)

- Robert Bolt (A Man for All Seasons, from the play by Bolt)
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra & Edward Bond (Blowup, from the story “Las babas del diablo” by Julio Cortázar)
- Bill Naughton (Alfie, from the play by Naughton)
- Lewis John Carlino (Seconds, from the novel by David Ely)
- Richard Brooks (The Professionals, from the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O’Rourke)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BLACK-AND-WHITE

WINNER – Sven Nykvist (Persona)

- Vadim Yusov (Andrei Rublev)
- James Wong Howe (Seconds)
- Haskell Wexler (Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?)
- Marcello Gatti (The Battle Of Algiers)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, COLOR

WINNER (tied) – Tonino delli Colli (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
WINNER (tied) – Carlo di Palma (Blowup)

- Nicolas Roeg (Fahrenheit 451)
- Ted Moore (A Man For All Seasons)
- Shigeyoshi Kawauchi (Tokyo Drifter)
- Conrad Hall (The Professionals)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER – Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

- Bernard Herrmann (Fahrenheit 451)
- Francis Lai (A Man and a Woman)
- John Barry (Born Free)
- Alex North (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (Andrei Rublev)

BEST ADAPTED/SONG/MUSICAL SCORE

WINNER – Stephen Sondheim (songs); Ken Thorne (musical director); Irwin Kostal (music arranger) (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)

- Musical director uncredited; performances by Herbie Hancock, The Yardbirds, the Lovin’ Spoonful and Tomorrow (Blowup)
- Neal Hefti (musical director) (Lord Love a Duck)
- Soeur Sourire (songs and performances); Harry Sukman (music adaptation); Harold Gelman (music supervisor) (The Singing Nun)
- Elmer Bernstein (musical director) (Return of the Seven)
- Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songs); Al Ham (musical director) (Stop the World: I Want to Get Off)

BEST SONG

WINNER – “Georgy Girl” by Tom Springfield & Jim Dale (Georgy Girl)

- “The Story of a Soldier” by Ennio Morricone & Tommie Connor (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
- “Alfie” by Burt Bacharach & Hal David (Alfie)
- “Born Free” by John Barry & Don Black (Born Free)
- “Lord Love a Duck” by Neal Hefti & Ernie Sheldon (Lord Love a Duck)

BEST SOUND

WINNER – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

- Grand Prix
- The Sand Pebbles
- Persona
- Au hasard Balthazar
- Blow-Up

BEST FILM EDITING

WINNER – L. Feiginova, O. Shevkunenko & T. Yegorycheva (Andrei Rublev)

- Ulla Ryghe (Persona)
- Mario Morra & Mario Serandrei (The Battle of Algiers)
- Eugenio Alabiso & Nino Baragli (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
- Frank Clarke (Blowup)
- Miroslav Hájek (Daises)
- William Reynolds (The Sand Pebbles)

BEST ART DIRECTION, BLACK-AND-WHITE

WINNER – Yevgeni Chernyayev & Ippolit Novoderyozhkin & Sergei Voronkov (Andrei Rublev)

- Arata Isozaki & Masao Yamazaki (The Face of Another)
- Marc Frédérix & Pierre Guffroy (Is Paris Burning?)
- Richard Sylbert & George Hopkins (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
- George Lack (Cul-de-sac)

BEST ART DIRECTION, COLOR

WINNER – Dale Hennesy & Jack Martin Smith (Fantastic Voyage)

- Terence Marsh (A Man for All Seasons)
- Assheton Gorton & Roger King (Blowup)
- Carlo Leva & Carlo Simi & Tani (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
- Ray Simm & Peter James & Roy Forge Smith (The Wrong Box)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER – Elizabeth Haffenden & Joan Bridge (A Man for All Seasons)

- Maya Abar-Baranovskaya & Lidiya Novi (Andrei Rublev)
- Jean Louis (Gambit)
- Dorothy Jeakins (Hawaii)
- Jocelyn Rickards & Jackie Breed (Blowup)
- Carlo Simi (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

WINNER – Fantastic Voyage

- Hawaii
- One Million Years B.C.
- The Professionals
- Grand Prix

BEST SHORT FILM

WINNER – Paddle To the Sea

- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
- Punch and Judy
- Breakaway
- The Drag
- Earth of People
- A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
- Lapis
- Pink Blueprint

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

WINNER – Best Animal Performance – The Crow (Hawks and Sparrows)
Best Title Design – Saul Bass (Seconds)
Most Creative Use of an Alternate Screenplay – Woody Allen, Juie Bennett, Frank Buxton, Louise Lasser, Len Maxwell, Mickey Rose, and Bryan Wilson (What’s Up, Tiger Lily?)

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