The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968)

Director:

Richard Dunlap

Stars:

Bob Hope, Julie Andrews, Louis Armstrong

Cast

Credited cast:
Bob Hope	...	Himself - Host & Presenter: Honorary Award to Arthur Freed
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Andrews	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Picture
Louis Armstrong	...	Himself - Performer
Hal Ashby	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Anne Bancroft	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Previewing Academy's fourth decade (pre-recorded)
Warren Beatty	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Actor in a Leading Role
Elmer Bernstein	...	Himself - Conductor / Best Original Score Winner
Claire Bloom	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Writing Awards
Macdonald Carey	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Short Subject, Cartoon & Live Action
Leslie Caron	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Director
Diahann Carroll	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Short Subject, Cartoon & Live Action
John Cassavetes	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Carol Channing	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Sound
Julie Christie	...	Herself - Audience Member
George Cukor	...	Himself - accepting Best Actress Award for Katharine Hepburn

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

awards show | tv special | academy awards ceremony | five word title | number in title

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 1968 (USA)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The event was postponed two days out of respect following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Quotes

Bob Hope: [Closing remarks, referring to Martin Luther King, Jr] The Man from Montgomery and today's young filmmakers have much in common. They, too, have a dream.

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Connections

Followed by The 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975)

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Soundtracks

"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
Performed by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, Angela Lansbury and The Ronald Field Dancers

User Reviews

Almost perfect attendance in the four acting catagories!!

Apparently, out of the 20 nominated performers for the four acting catagories, 18 showed up. The missing two were Spencer Tracy, as he was dead, but was represented by his widow and also missing was Katharine Hepburn, who was in Los Angeles that night, but did not want the public to see her face, in case she lost the award. Poor baby!! What can one say about the nominees and the winners for this year. Horrible!! "Doctor Doolittle" was nominated for Best Picture instead of "In Cold Blood", Paul Newman loses Best Actor to that hammiest of actors, Rod Steiger and Katharine Hepburn win Best Actress out of sympathy because of Spencer Tracy dying. Any of the other four actresses nominated would have been a better selection. But not all was lost, after all Alfred Hitchcock received the Thalberg Award, still it would have been something for Mr. Hitchcock to have received an actual Oscar in his lifetime, but I am not arguing on this one.