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Best Picture - Warren Beatty, Producer Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - David Newman, Robert Benton
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.
- April 10, 1968
- Bob Hope
- In the Heat of the Night (5)
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.
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night. In the Heat of the Night also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Rod Steiger), Film Editing (Hal Ashby), Sound (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department), and Writing – Screenplay based on material from another medium (Stirling Silliphant).
Mar 10, 2024 · The Oscar for best picture, as defined by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, or AMPAS, is awarded to the best motion picture each year. Some of the greatest films ever made have gone on to win best picture, beginning with "Wings" at the first Academy Awards and most recently with "Oppenheimer" at this year's 96th Academy Awards.
by director Sir Carol Reed and the bloated musical won the Best Picture award without winning any other acting awards. The two front-runners for the Best Picture award, The Lion in Winter and Funny Girl, apparently canceled each other out, and handed the top award to the major upset winner Oliver!
The 41st Academy Awards were presented on April 14, 1969, to honor the films of 1968. They were the first Oscars to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and the first with no host since the 11th Academy Awards . Oliver! became the only Best Picture winner to have received a G-rating prior to winning, the ratings system ...
