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40th Academy Awards
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award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1967
Key facts
- Date
- April 10, 1968
- Site
- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium , Santa Monica, California
- Hosted by
- Bob Hope
- Produced by
- Arthur Freed
- Directed by
- Richard Dunlap
- Best picture
- In the Heat of the Night
- Most awards
- In the Heat of the Night (5)
- Most nominations
- Bonnie and Clyde and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (10)
- Network
- ABC
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Santa Monica
- Series
- Academy Awards
- Followed by
- 41st Academy Awards
- Follows
- 39th Academy Awards
- Location
- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- Producer
- Arthur Freed
- Official website
- www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968
- Image
- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.JPG
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- point in time
- 1968-04-10
- edition number
- 40
- awarded for period
- 1967-00-00
- presenter
- Bob Hope
- broadcast by
- American Broadcasting Company
- original broadcaster
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
This year, due to the waning popularity of black-and-white films, Best Cinematography, Art Direction, and Costume Design, previously divided into separate awards for color and monochrome films, were merged into single categories. This was the first Oscars since 1948 to feature clips from the Best Picture nominees.
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