38th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1965
The 38th Academy Awards were the first Oscars broadcast live in color, with The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago each earning five wins.
Key Facts
- Date
- April 18, 1966
- Venue
- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- Host
- Bob Hope
- Best Picture
- The Sound of Music
- Top nominations (tied)
- The Sound of Music & Doctor Zhivago, 10 each
- William Wyler Director noms
- 12 (record)
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Each year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences convenes to honor outstanding achievement in film from the preceding year. The 1965 film calendar was dominated by large-scale productions, most notably The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, both of which achieved exceptional commercial and critical success and drove the year's nominations.
The 38th Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 18, 1966, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, hosted by Bob Hope. Marking a broadcast milestone, it was the first Oscars ceremony transmitted live in color. The Sound of Music won Best Picture along with four other awards, tying Doctor Zhivago's five wins from the same ten nominations each film received.
The Sound of Music became the first Best Picture winner without a screenwriting nomination since Hamlet, a distinction that would stand until Titanic at the 70th ceremony. Both winning films entered the American Film Institute's list of the greatest American films of the twentieth century and remain among the highest-grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation.