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* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox * Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff * Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
The 29th Academy Awards were held on March 27, 1957, to honor the films of 1956. In this year, Best International Feature Film became a competitive category, having been given as a Special Achievement Award since 1947.
ART DIRECTION (Color) Around the World in 80 Days – Art Direction: James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd Giant – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
Jerry Lewis hosted from Hollywood and Celeste Holm did the same chore in New York when the 29th Academy Awards were handed out on Wednesday, March 27, 1957. Around the World in 80 Days took home five Oscars® including Best Picture as did The King and I whose awards haul included a Best Actor for Yul Brynner.
30th Academy Awards (1957): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. The Bridge on the River Kwai – Sam Spiegel. Peyton Place – Jerry Wald. Sayonara – William Goetz. 12 Angry Men – Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose. Witness for the Prosecution – Arthur Hornblow, Jr. DIRECTING. The Bridge on the River Kwai – David Lean.
The “Academy Award of Merit” is what the Oscar statue is officially called. Giant had ten nominations and won a single Oscar. The Red Balloon is the only short film to win a screenplay award. Around the World in 80 Days also bagged Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction, among others.
Below is a complete list of nominations for the 29th Annual Academy Awards. One of the nominations was a case of mistaken identity. Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman were nominated in the Best Writing (Motion Picture Story) category for their work on High Society.
