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The 40th Academy Awards - 1967

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The fortieth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, April 10, 1968 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The ceremony had been postponed (from Monday) because of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Bob Hope hosted the event.

The 1967 Academy Award Winners

Picture: In the Heat of the Night
Actor: Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night)
Actress: Katharine Hepburn (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?)
Supporting Actor: George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke)
Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons (Bonnie and Clyde)
Director: Mike Nichols (The Graduate)
Adapted Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant (In the Heat of the Night)
Original Screenplay: William Rose (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?)
Song: "Talk to the Animals" (Doctor Dolittle)
Score: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original) / Camelot (Adaptation)
Cinematography: Bonnie and Clyde
Costume Design: Camelot
Art / Set Decoration: Camelot
Film Editing: In the Heat of the Night
Foreign Language Film: Closely Watched Trains (Czechoslovakia)
Sound: In the Heat of the Night
Sound Effects: The Dirty Dozen
Visual Effects: Doctor Dolittle
Short Films: The Box (Cartoons) / A Place to Stand (Live Action)
Documentaries: The Redwoods (Short) / The Anderson Platoon (Feature)

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