The forty-first Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Notable among the winners was a tie between Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) and Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl) for best actress. This was the first exact tie; they both received 3,030 votes. There was no official host for this event.
The 1968 Academy Award Winners
Picture: Oliver!Actor: Cliff Robertson (Charly)
Actress: Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) / Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl)
Supporting Actor: Jack Albertson (The Subject Was Roses)
Supporting Actress: Ruth Gordon (Rosemary's Baby)
Director: Carol Reed (Oliver!)
Adapted Screenplay: James Goldman (The Lion in Winter)
Original Screenplay: Mel Brooks (The Producers)
Song: "The Windmills of Your Mind" (The Thomas Crown Affair)
Score: The Lion in Winter (Non-musical) / Oliver! (Musical)
Cinematography: Romeo and Juliet
Costume Design: Romeo and Juliet
Art / Set Decoration: Oliver!
Film Editing: Bullitt
Foreign Language Film: War and Peace (U.S.S.R.)
Sound: Oliver!
Visual Effects: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Short Films: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Cartoons) / Robert Kennedy Remembered (Live Action)
Documentaries Why Man Creates (Short) / Journey Into Self (Feature)
