Academy Awards

40th Academy Awards

April 10, 1968Santa Monica Civic AuditoriumFilms from 196726 categories
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Best Picture Winner

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Best Picture

Director: Norman Jewison

Studio: United Artists

A black detective from Philadelphia becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racially hostile Mississippi town.

All Categories (26)

Best Picture

In the Heat of the NightWalter Mirisch, Producer
Winner
Bonnie and ClydeWarren Beatty, Producer
Doctor DolittleArthur P. Jacobs, Producer
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerStanley Kramer, Producer
The GraduateLawrence Turman, Producer

Actor

Rod SteigerIn the Heat of the Night {"Police Chief Bill Gillespie"}
Winner
Dustin HoffmanThe Graduate {"Ben Braddock"}
Paul NewmanCool Hand Luke {"Luke Jackson"}
Spencer TracyGuess Who's Coming to Dinner {"Matt Drayton"}
Warren BeattyBonnie and Clyde {"Clyde Barrow"}

Actor In A Supporting Role

George KennedyCool Hand Luke {"Dragline"}
Winner
Cecil KellawayGuess Who's Coming to Dinner {"Monsignor Ryan"}
Gene HackmanBonnie and Clyde {"Buck Barrow"}
John CassavetesThe Dirty Dozen {"Victor Franko"}
Michael J. PollardBonnie and Clyde {"C.W. Moss"}

Actress

Katharine HepburnGuess Who's Coming to Dinner {"Christina Drayton"}
Winner
Anne BancroftThe Graduate {"Mrs. Robinson"}
Audrey HepburnWait until Dark {"Susy Hendrix"}
Dame Edith EvansThe Whisperers {"Mrs. Ross"}
Faye DunawayBonnie and Clyde {"Bonnie Parker"}

Actress In A Supporting Role

Estelle ParsonsBonnie and Clyde {"Blanche Barrow"}
Winner
Beah RichardsGuess Who's Coming to Dinner {"Mrs. Prentice"}
Carol ChanningThoroughly Modern Millie {"Muzzy Van Hossmere"}
Katharine RossThe Graduate {"Elaine Robinson"}
Mildred NatwickBarefoot in the Park {"Mrs. Ethel Banks"}

Directing

The GraduateMike Nichols
Winner
Bonnie and ClydeArthur Penn
In Cold BloodRichard Brooks
In the Heat of the NightNorman Jewison

Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)

In the Heat of the NightStirling Silliphant
Winner
Cool Hand LukeDonn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson
In Cold BloodRichard Brooks
The GraduateCalder Willingham, Buck Henry
UlyssesJoseph Strick, Fred Haines

Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)

Guess Who's Coming to DinnerWilliam Rose
Winner
Bonnie and ClydeDavid Newman, Robert Benton
Divorce American StyleStory by Robert Kaufman; Screenplay by Norman Lear
La Guerre Est FinieJorge Semprun
Two for the RoadFrederic Raphael

Cinematography

Bonnie and ClydeBurnett Guffey
Winner
CamelotRichard H. Kline
Doctor DolittleRobert Surtees
In Cold BloodConrad Hall
The GraduateRobert Surtees

Art Direction

CamelotArt Direction: John Truscott, Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: John W. Brown
Winner
Doctor DolittleArt Direction: Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerArt Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
The Taming of the ShrewArt Direction: Renzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni, Luigi Gervasi
Thoroughly Modern MillieArt Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol

Film Editing

In the Heat of the NightHal Ashby
Winner
Beach RedFrank P. Keller
Doctor DolittleSamuel E. Beetley, Marjorie Fowler
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerRobert C. Jones
The Dirty DozenMichael Luciano

Sound

In the Heat of the NightSamuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Winner
CamelotWarner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Doctor Dolittle20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
The Dirty DozenMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Thoroughly Modern MillieUniversal City Studio Sound Department

Sound Effects

The Dirty DozenJohn Poyner
Winner
In the Heat of the NightJames A. Richard

Costume Design

CamelotJohn Truscott
Winner
Bonnie and ClydeTheadora Van Runkle
The Happiest MillionaireBill Thomas
The Taming of the ShrewIrene Sharaff, Danilo Donati
Thoroughly Modern MillieJean Louis

Documentary (Feature)

The Anderson PlatoonPierre Schoendoerffer, Producer
Winner
A King's StoryJack Le Vien, Producer
A Time for BurningWilliam C. Jersey, Producer
FestivalMurray Lerner, Producer
HarvestCarroll Ballard, Producer

Documentary (Short Subject)

The RedwoodsMark Harris and Trevor Greenwood, Producers
Winner
A Place to StandChristopher Chapman, Producer
Monument to the DreamCharles E. Guggenheim, Producer
See You at the PillarRobert Fitchett, Producer
While I Run This RaceCarl V. Ragsdale, Producer

Foreign Language Film

Closely Watched TrainsCzechoslovakia
Winner
El Amor BrujoSpain
I Even Met Happy GypsiesYugoslavia
Live for LifeFrance
Portrait of ChiekoJapan

Honorary Award

To Arthur Freed for distinguished service to the Academy and the production of six top-rated Awards telecasts.
Winner
Alfred Hitchcock
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)

To the ELECTRO-OPTICAL DIVISION OF THE KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION for the design and development of a series of Motion Picture Projection Lenses. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To FRED R. WILSON of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department for an Audio Level Clamper. [Sound]
To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for a Variable Speed Motor for Motion Picture Cameras. [Camera]
To WALDON O. WATSON and the UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for new concepts in the design of a Music Scoring Stage. [Sound]

Music (Original Music Score)

Thoroughly Modern MillieElmer Bernstein
Winner
Cool Hand LukeLalo Schifrin
Doctor DolittleLeslie Bricusse
Far from the Madding CrowdRichard Rodney Bennett
In Cold BloodQuincy Jones

Music (Scoring Of Music--Adaptation Or Treatment)

CamelotAlfred Newman, Ken Darby
Winner
Doctor DolittleLionel Newman, Alexander Courage
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerDeVol
Thoroughly Modern MillieAndre Previn, Joseph Gershenson
Valley of the DollsJohn Williams

Music (Song)

"Talk To The Animals" from Doctor DolittleMusic and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Winner
"The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle BookMusic and Lyrics by Terry Gilkyson
"The Eyes Of Love" from BanningMusic by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
"The Look Of Love" from Casino RoyaleMusic by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" from Thoroughly Modern MillieMusic and Lyrics by James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

Short Subject (Cartoon)

The BoxFred Wolf, Producer
Winner
Hypothese BetaJean-Charles Meunier, Producer
What on Earth!Robert Verrall and Wolf Koenig, Producers

Short Subject (Live Action)

A Place to StandChristopher Chapman, Producer
Winner
Paddle to the SeaJulian Biggs, Producer
Sky over HollandJohn Ferno, Producer
Stop, Look and ListenLen Janson and Chuck Menville, Producers

Special Visual Effects

Doctor DolittleL. B. Abbott
Winner
TobrukHoward A. Anderson, Jr., Albert Whitlock
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