Academy Awards 1965
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The 1965 Academy Awards were held on April 5, 1965 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica . It was the 37th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1964.
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Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
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| Movie | N | S. |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Poppins | 13 | 5 |
| My fair lady | 12 | 8th |
| Becket | 12 | 1 |
| Alexis Sorbas | 7th | 3 |
| Lullaby for a corpse | 7th | 0 |
| Gold digger Molly | 6th | 0 |
| The night of the iguana | 5 | 1 |
| Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb | 4th | 0 |
| The big wolf is calling | 3 | 1 |
| Always with someone else | 2 | 0 |
| For officers only | 2 | 0 |
| Seven against Chicago | 2 | 0 |
| Seven days in May | 2 | 0 |
| Yeah yeah yeah | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards.
Winners and nominations
Best movie
presented by Gregory Peck
- Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek) - Michael Cacoyannis
- Becket - Hal B. Wallis
- Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) - Stanley Kubrick
- Mary Poppins - Walt Disney , Bill Walsh
Best director
presented by Joan Crawford
- Michael Cacoyannis - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Peter Glenville - Becket
- Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to love the bomb (or Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
- Robert Stevenson - Mary Poppins
Best Actor
presented by Audrey Hepburn
- Richard Burton - Becket
- Anthony Quinn - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Peter O'Toole - Becket
- Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to love the bomb (or Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
Best main actress
presented by Sidney Poitier
- Anne Bancroft - Bedroom dispute (The Pumpkin Eater)
- Sophia Loren - Wedding in Italian (Matrimonio all'italiana)
- Debbie Reynolds - Gold Digger-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Kim Stanley - On a gloomy afternoon (Séance on a Wet Afternoon)
Best supporting actor
presented by Angela Lansbury
- John Gielgud - Becket
- Stanley Holloway - My Fair Lady
- Edmond O'Brien - Seven Days in May (Seven Days in May)
- Lee Tracy - The Candidate (The Best Man)
The best supporting actress
presented by Karl Malden
Lila Kedrova - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Gladys Cooper - My Fair Lady
- Edith Evans - The Chalk Garden (The Chalk Garden)
- Grayson Hall - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
- Agnes Moorehead - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
Best adapted script
presented by Deborah Kerr
- Michael Cacoyannis - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Don DaGradi , Bill Walsh - Mary Poppins
- Peter George , Stanley Kubrick , Terry Southern - Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to love the bomb (or Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
- Alan Jay Lerner - My Fair Lady
Best original script
presented by Deborah Kerr
SH Barnett , Peter Stone , Frank Tarloff - The Big Wolf Calls (Father Goose)
- Daniel Boulanger , Philippe de Broca , Ariane Mnouchkine , Jean-Paul Rappeneau - Adventure in Rio (L'Homme de Rio)
- Orville H. Hampton , Raphael Hayes - Don't Shout Too Loud (One Potato, Two Potato)
- Agenore Incrocci , Mario Monicelli , Furio Scarpelli - The whip in the neck (I Compagni)
- Alun Owen - Yeah Yeah Yeah (A Hard Day's Night)
Best camera (black and white film)
presented by Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons
Walter Lassally - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Joseph F. Biroc - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Gabriel Figueroa - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
- Milton R. Krasner - Slayer of Death (Fate Is the Hunter)
- Philip H. Lathrop - For Officers Only (The Americanization of Emily)
Best camera (color film)
presented by Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons
Harry Stradling Sr. - My Fair Lady
- William H. Clothier - Cheyenne (Cheyenne Autumn)
- Edward Colman - Mary Poppins
- Daniel L. Fapp - Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Geoffrey Unsworth - Becket
Best production design (black and white film)
presented by Elizabeth Ashley and Macdonald Carey
Vassilis Photopoulos - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Robert R. Benton , George W. Davis , Hans O. Peters , Elliot Scott - For Officers Only (The Americanization of Emily)
- Edward G. Boyle , Cary Odell - Seven Days in May (Seven Days in May)
- Raphael Bretton , William Glasgow - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Stephen B. Grimes - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
Best production design (color film)
presented by Elizabeth Ashley and Macdonald Carey
Gene Allen , Cecil Beaton , George James Hopkins - My Fair Lady
- E. Preston Ames , George W. Davis , Henry Grace , Hugh Hunt - Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- John Bryan , Maurice Carter , Robert Cartwright , Patrick McLoughlin - Becket
- Carroll Clark , Hal Gausman , Emile Kuri , William H. Tuntke - Mary Poppins
- Ted Haworth , Stuart A. Reiss , Walter M. Scott , Jack Martin Smith - Always with someone else (What a Way to Go!)
Best costume design (black and white film)
presented by Greer Garson and Dick Van Dyke
Dorothy Jeakins - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
- Edith Head - Madame P. and her girls (A House Is Not a Home)
- René Hubert - The visit (The visit)
- Norma Koch - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Howard Shoup - My husband, the "First Lady" (Kisses for My President)
Best costume design (color film)
presented by Greer Garson and Dick Van Dyke
- Margaret Furse - Becket
- Morton Haack - Goldminer Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Edith Head , Moss Mabry - Always with someone else (What a Way to Go!)
- Tony Walton - Mary Poppins
Best original music
presented by Debbie Reynolds
Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman - Mary Poppins
- Frank De Vol - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (The Pink Panther)
- Laurence Rosenthal - Becket
- Dimitri Tiomkin - The Fall of the Roman Empire (The Fall of the Roman Empire)
Best adapted music
presented by Debbie Reynolds
- Robert Armbruster , Léo Arnaud , Jack Elliott , Jack Hayes , Calvin Jackson , Leo Shuken - Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Irwin Kostal - Mary Poppins
- George Martin - Yeah Yeah Yeah (A Hard Day's Night)
- Nelson Riddle - Seven Against Chicago (Robin and the 7 Hoods)
Best song
presented by Fred Astaire
" Chim Chim Cher-ee " from Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman
- "Dear Heart" from the woman he loves (Dear Heart) - Ray Evans , Jay Livingston , Henry Mancini
- " Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte " from Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte) - Mack David , Frank De Vol
- " My Kind of Town " from Seven Against Chicago (Robin and the 7 Hoods) - Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen
- " Where Love Has Gone " from Where the love leads (Where Love Has Gone) - Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen
Best cut
presented by Richard Chamberlain and Vince Edwards
Cotton Warburton - Mary Poppins
- Anne V. Coates - Becket
- Ted J. Kent - The Big Wolf Calls (Father Goose)
- Michael Luciano - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- William H. Ziegler - My Fair Lady
Best tone
presented by Claudia Cardinale , Angie Dickinson and Steve McQueen
- Robert O. Cook - Mary Poppins
- John Cox - Becket
- Franklin Milton - Gold Digger-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Waldon O. Watson - The Big Wolf Calls (Father Goose)
Best sound effects
presented by Claudia Cardinale , Angie Dickinson and Steve McQueen
- Robert L. Bratton - A Daredevil Daredevil (The Lively Set)
Best visual effects
presented by Alain Delon
Peter Ellenshaw , Hamilton Luske , Eustace Lycett - Mary Poppins
- Jim Danforth - The Mysterious Dr. Lao (7 Faces of Dr. Lao)
Best short film
presented by Merle Oberon
Casals Conducts: 1964 - Edward Schreiber
Best cartoon
presented by Merle Oberon
The Pink Phink (The Pink Phink) - David H. DePatie , Friz Freleng
- Christmas Cracker - National Film Board of Canada
- How to Avoid Friendship - William L. Snyder
- Nudnik # 2 - William L. Snyder
Best Documentary (Short Film)
presented by Jimmy Durante and Martha Raye
Nine from Little Rock - Guggenheim Productions
- Breaking the Habit - Henry Jacobs , John Korty
- Children Without - Guggenheim Productions
- Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak - National Film Board of Canada
- One Hundred and Forty Days Under the World - Oxley Hughan , Geoffrey Scott
Best documentary
presented by Jimmy Durante and Martha Raye
World without the sun (Le Monde sans soleil) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Four Days in November - Mel Stuart
- Night over Europe: 14–18 (14-18) - Jean Aurel
- The Finest Hours - Jack Levin
- Twelve million (Alleman) - Bert Haanstra
Best foreign language film
presented by Rex Harrison
Yesterday, today and tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) by Vittorio De Sica - Italy
- The Rabenviertel (Kvarteret Korpen) from Bo Widerberg - Sweden
- The woman in the dunes ´ (Suna no onna) by Hiroshi Teshigahara - Japan
- The Cherbourg umbrellas (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy - France
- Sallah - or: Exchange daughter for apartment (Sallah Shabati) of Ephraim Kishon - Israel
Prizes of honor
Honorary Oscar
- William Tuttle for the make-up in The Mysterious Dr. Lao ( 7 Faces of Dr. Lao )
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
Technical Achievement Award
- Milton Forman , Richard B. Glickman , Daniel J. Pearlman
- Stewart Filmscreen Corp.
- Anthony Paglia
- Edward H. Reichard , Carl W. Hauge
- Leonard L. Sokolov
- Nelson Tyler
Web links
- Academy Awards 1965 in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The 37th Academy Awards | 1965. In: Oscars.org. (English).