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Memorable Moments. Mike Nichols. Best Directing winner for The Gradaute, with presenter Leslie Caron. In the Heat of the Night. Film Editing winner Hal Ashby, director Norman Jewison, Best Actor Rod Steiger and Best Picture-winning producer Walter Mirisch. Gregory Peck.
The 40th Academy Awards were held on April 10, 1968, to honor film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for April 8, the awards were postponed to two days later due to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. [1] Bob Hope was once again the host of the ceremony.
Best Picture - Stanley Kramer, Producer * Actress - Katharine Hepburn in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" * Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - William Rose
41st Academy Awards (1968): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST PICTURE. Funny Girl – Ray Stark. The Lion in Winter – Martin Poll. Oliver! – John Woolf. Rachel, Rachel – Paul Newman. Romeo and Juliet – Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne. DIRECTING. The Battle of Algiers – Gillo Pontecorvo.
Sidney Poitier had the distinction of presenting Best Picture, the final award of the night, declaring that “1968 was a vintage year for motion pictures.” Later that night at the Governor’s Ball held in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the show’s director Champion was applauded for his achievement.
Best PictureBest DirectorOliver! – John Woolf, producer‡ Funny ...Carol Reed – Oliver!‡ Stanley Kubrick – ...Cliff Robertson – Charly as Charly ...Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter as ...Jack Albertson – The Subject Was Roses as ...Ruth Gordon – Rosemary's Baby as Minnie ...The Producers – Mel Brooks‡ 2001: A Space ...The Lion in Winter – James Goldman based ...Oct 4, 2013 · In the Heat of the Night Wins Best Picture: 1968 Oscars - YouTube. Oscars. 2.84M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.5K. 218K views 10 years ago. Walter Mirisch accepts the Oscar for Best...
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From its eleven nominations, the film won only five awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Musical Score, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Best Sound) and a sixth Honorary Technical Award for Onna White's choreography.
