Academy Awards
38th edition
- April 18, 1966
- United States
The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope, and were the first Oscars to be broadcast live in color. Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, attended the ceremony, escorted by actor George Hamilton.
Awards
Statistics
Most Awarded
2 or more wins- Doctor Zhivago 5
- The Sound of Music 5
- Darling 3
- Ship of Fools 2
Most Nominated
3 or more nominations- Doctor Zhivago 10
- The Sound of Music 10
- Ship of Fools 8
- The Agony and the Ecstasy 5
- Cat Ballou 5
- Darling 5
- The Great Race 5
- The Greatest Story Ever Told 5
- A Patch of Blue 5
- Othello 4
- A Thousand Clowns 4
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 4
- The Collector 3
- Inside Daisy Clover 3
Most Unluckiest
wins / nominations- Ship of Fools 2 / 8
- Doctor Zhivago 5 / 10
- The Sound of Music 5 / 10
- The Agony and the Ecstasy 0 / 5
- The Greatest Story Ever Told 0 / 5
- Cat Ballou 1 / 5
- The Great Race 1 / 5
- A Patch of Blue 1 / 5
- Othello 0 / 4
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 0 / 4
- A Thousand Clowns 1 / 4
- The Collector 0 / 3
- Inside Daisy Clover 0 / 3
- Darling 3 / 5
Only one nomination
- The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
- Blood on the Land
- Casanova '70
- The Chicken
- Clay or The Origin of Species
- Dear John
- The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
- The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
- The Forth Road Bridge
- Fortress of Peace
- In Harm's Way
- Kwaidan
- Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
- Marriage Italian Style
- Mural on Our Street
- Ouverture
- The Pawnbroker
- The Pleasure Seekers
- Point of View
- A Rage to Live
- The Sandpiper
- Shenandoah
- The Shop on Main Street
- Skaterdater
- Snow
- The Thieving Magpie
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
- Thunderball
- Time Piece
- To Be Alive!
- To Die in Madrid
- The Train
- Von Ryan's Express
- What's New Pussycat?
- Woman in the Dunes
- Yeats Country
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