The 40th Academy Awards


 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.

"In the Heat of the Night" won Best Picture over "Bonnie and Clyde", "Doctor Doolittle", "The Graduate", "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Mike Nichols won Best Director for "The Graduate" over Arthur Penn "Bonnie and Clyde", Stanley Kramer "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", Richard Brooks "In Cold Blood", Norman Jewison "In the Heat of the Night".
Rod Steiger won Best Actor for "In the Heat of the Night" over Warren Beatty "Bonnie and Clyde", Dustin Hoffman "The Graduate", Paul Newman "Cool Hand Luke", Spencer Tracy "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Katharine Hepburn won Best Actress for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" over Anne Bancroft "The Graduate", Faye Dunaway "Bonnie and Clyde", Edith Evans "The Whisperers", Audrey Hepburn "Wait Until Dark".
George Kennedy won Best Supporting Actor for "Cool Hand Luke" over John Cassavetes "The Dirty Dozen", Gene Hackman "Bonnie and Clyde", Cecil Kellaway "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", Michael J. Pollard "Bonnie and Clyde".
Estelle Parsons won Best Supporting Actress for "Bonnie and Clyde" over Mildred Natwick "Barefoot in the Park", Carol Channing "Thoroughly Modern Millie", Beah Richards "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", Katharine Ross "The Graduate".
L to R: Rod Steiger, Estelle Parsons, George Kennedy, George Cukor accepted on behalf of Katharine Hepburn who was, once again, not in attendance.

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