Oscar Nominations: 4
Story and Screenplay (Original): Billy Wilder and I.A. Diamond
Supporting Actor: Walter Matthau
Cinematography (b/w): Joseph LaShelle
Art Direction-Set Decoration (b/w): Robert Luthardt; Edward G. Boyle
Oscar Awards: 1
Supporting Actor
Oscar Context:
In 1966, “Man for All Season” competed for the top award with the British comedy “Alfie,” the American comedy, “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming,” the War drama “The Sand Pebbles,” and “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” the screen adaptation of Edward Albee's stage play (directed by first-timer Mike Nichols).
The winners of the Screenplay Oscar were French Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven for the stylish “A Man and a Woman,” which won the Best Foreign Language Oscar. The black-and-white “Who’s Afraid of Vriginia Woolf?” received the Art Direction and Cinematography (by Haskell Wexler) Awards.
