Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 40th Academy Awards

April 10, 1968  •  Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica  •  Hosted by Bob Hope

10
Bonnie & Clyde Noms
10
The Graduate Noms
In the Heat of the Night won 5 Oscars — the ceremony was postponed 2 days after the assassination of MLK Jr.
Katharine Hepburn won her second Oscar for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate led new Hollywood but both lost Best Picture
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
In the Heat of the Night
Walter Mirisch, producer
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Director
Winner
Mike Nichols
The Graduate
Richard Brooks— In Cold Blood
Norman Jewison— In the Heat of the Night
Stanley Kramer— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Arthur Penn— Bonnie and Clyde
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Rod Steiger
In the Heat of the Night
Warren Beatty— Bonnie and Clyde
Dustin Hoffman— The Graduate
Paul Newman— Cool Hand Luke
Spencer Tracy— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Actress
Winner
Katharine Hepburn
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Anne Bancroft— The Graduate
Faye Dunaway— Bonnie and Clyde
Edith Evans— The Whisperers
Audrey Hepburn— Wait Until Dark
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
George Kennedy
Cool Hand Luke
John Cassavetes— The Dirty Dozen
Gene Hackman— Bonnie and Clyde
Michael J. Pollard— Bonnie and Clyde
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Estelle Parsons
Bonnie and Clyde
Carol Channing— Thoroughly Modern Millie
Mildred Natwick— Barefoot in the Park
Beah Richards— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
William Rose
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
David Newman, Robert Benton— Bonnie and Clyde
Robert Kaufman, Norman Lear— Divorce American Style
Jorge Semprun— La Guerre Est Finie
Frederic Raphael— Two for the Road
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Stirling Silliphant
In the Heat of the Night
Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson— Cool Hand Luke
Calder Willingham, Buck Henry— The Graduate
Richard Brooks— In Cold Blood
Joseph Strick, Fred Haines— Ulysses
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Elmer Bernstein
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Lalo Schifrin— Cool Hand Luke
Leslie Bricusse— Doctor Dolittle
Richard Rodney Bennett— Far from the Madding Crowd
Quincy Jones— In Cold Blood
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Camelot
Andre Previn, Joseph Gershenson— Thoroughly Modern Millie
Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage— Doctor Dolittle
DeVol— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Williams— Valley of the Dolls
Best Original Song
Winner
"Talk to the Animals" — Leslie Bricusse
Doctor Dolittle
“Talk to the Animals” — Leslie Bricusse— Doctor Dolittle
“The Eyes of Love” — Quincy Jones, Bob Russell— Banning
“The Look of Love” — Burt Bacharach, Hal David— Casino Royale
“The Bare Necessities” — Terry Gilkyson— The Jungle Book
“Thoroughly Modern Millie” — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn— Thoroughly Modern Millie
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Burnett Guffey
Bonnie and Clyde
Conrad Hall— In Cold Blood
Richard H. Kline— Camelot
Robert Surtees— Doctor Dolittle
Robert Surtees— The Graduate
Best Film Editing
Winner
Hal Ashby
In the Heat of the Night
Frank P. Keller— Beach Red
Michael Luciano— The Dirty Dozen
Samuel E. Beetley, Marjorie Fowler— Doctor Dolittle
Robert C. Jones— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown
Camelot — Art Direction and Costume merged into single awards from this year
Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss— Doctor Dolittle
Robert Clatworthy, Frank Tuttle— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Renzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Dario Simoni, Luigi Gervasi— The Taming of the Shrew
Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Howard Bristol— Thoroughly Modern Millie
Best Costume Design
Winner
John Truscott
Camelot
Theadora Van Runkle— Bonnie and Clyde
Bill Thomas— The Happiest Millionaire
Irene Sharaff, Danilo Donati— The Taming of the Shrew
Jean Louis— Thoroughly Modern Millie
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept.
In the Heat of the Night
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept.— Camelot
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Dept.— The Dirty Dozen
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept.— Doctor Dolittle
Universal City Studio Sound Dept.— Thoroughly Modern Millie
Best Visual Effects
Winner
L.B. Abbott
Doctor Dolittle
Howard A. Anderson Jr., Albert Whitlock— Tobruk
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
The Box
Murakami-Wolf Productions
Robert Verrall, Wolf Koenig— What on Earth!
Jean-Charles Meunier— Hypothese Beta
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
The Anderson Platoon
French — Pierre Schoendoerffer — Vietnam War
Murray Lerner— Festival
Carroll Ballard— Harvest
Jack Le Vien— A King's Story
William C. Jersey— A Time for Burning
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Closely Watched Trains
Czechoslovakia — Jiri Menzel
El Amor Brujo
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
Live for Life
Portrait of Chieko