The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Ceremony Year: 1967Category: Best Production DesignReleased: 1966

Nominated Talent & Credits

Boris Leven— Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan

Walter M. Scott— Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

John Sturtevant— Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan

William Kiernan— Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan

Synopsis / Overview

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

Historical Academy Record

ART DIRECTION (Color) — 39th Academy Awards (1967)

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