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The 40th Academy Awards | 1968. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Wednesday, April 10, 1968. Honoring movies released in 1967.
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. Bob Hope was once again the host of the ceremony.
- April 10, 1968
- Bob Hope
- In the Heat of the Night (5)
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[NOTE: At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award.
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians.
The Sound of Music. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director.
Memorable Moments. Sidney Poitier. Best Actor winner for Lilies of the Field, with presenter Anne Bancroft. Federico Fellini. Foreign Language Film acceptor for 8 1/2 for Italy, with presenter Julie Andrews. David V. Picker. Best Picture winner for Tom Jones, with host Jack Lemmon. View More Memorable Moments.
The 40th Annual Academy Awards were scheduled for Monday, April 8th, 1968. However, on April 4th, 1968, the U.S. was stunned by the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Riots broke out in several cities across the country.
