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Best PictureAround the World in 80 Days

29th Academy Awards

The 1956 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.

Year 1956
Nominations 134
Categories Decided All 31
Top Winner The King and I
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Ceremony at a glance

Best Picture went to Around the World in 80 Days. The winning leader is The King and I with 5 wins. The most nominated title is Giant with 10 nominations. 36 winners named across 31 categories.

Most awarded titles

  1. The King and I 5 wins9 nominations
  2. Around the World in 80 Days 5 wins8 nominations
  3. Somebody Up There Likes Me 2 wins3 nominations
  4. Giant 1 win10 nominations
  5. The Ten Commandments 1 win7 nominations

Best Picture Nominees

The major races

Around the World in 80 Days took Picture; The King and I controlled the board. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.

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The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.

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Winner

The Brave One

Credit: Dalton Trumbo

NOTE: The name of the writer credited with authorship, Robert Rich, turned out to be an alias. Two decades later, the mystery was officially solved and the Academy statuette went (on May 2, 1975, presented by then Academy president Walter Mirisch) to its rightful owner, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted in 1956 by the industry for political affiliations. Robert Rich (who had nothing to do with the film industry) is a nephew of the King Brothers, producers of the film. They chose his name to be the alias for Dalton Trumbo on the screenplay.

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Ceremony Highlights

Categories in this ceremony

Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actress ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) ART DIRECTION (Color) Best Picture CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) COSTUME DESIGN (Color) Best Director DOCUMENTARY (Feature) DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) FILM EDITING HONORARY AWARD INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD MUSIC (Original Score) MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) MUSIC (Original Song) SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) SHORT FILM (Animated) SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) SOUND RECORDING VISUAL EFFECTS WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) WRITING (Original Screenplay) WRITING (Original Story)

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