1968 (41st Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1968 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1968 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1968 to December 31, 1968 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1968 Ceremony
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Monday, April 14, 1969 7:00 PM Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1968 Winners
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Best Picture: Oliver! Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia (United Kingdom) John Woolf, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon in the film Charly |
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Best Actress: (TIE) Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in the film The Lion in Winter |
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Best Actress: (TIE) Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in the film Funny Girl |
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Best Supporting Actor: Jack Albertson as John Cleary in the film The Subject Was Roses |
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Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet in the film Rosemary’s Baby |
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Best Song: The Windmills of Your Mind from the film The Thomas Crown Affair Music by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman Best Song Lyrics |
