- 1968 in film
The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.
Events
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October 30 - The film "The Lion in Winter", starringKatharine Hepburn , debuts.
*November 1 - TheMPAA 's film rating system is introduced.Top grossing films (U.S.)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1968.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards: :Best Picture: "Oliver!" - Romulus, Columbia:Best Director:
Carol Reed - "Oliver!":Best Actor:Cliff Robertson - "Charly ":Best Actress (tie):Katharine Hepburn - "The Lion in Winter":Best Actress (tie):Barbra Streisand - "Funny Girl":Best Foreign Language Film: "War and Peace" ("Война и мир"), directed bySergei Bondarchuk (USSR):Drama::Best Picture: "The Lion in Winter":Best Actor:
Peter O'Toole - "The Lion in Winter":Best Actress:Joanne Woodward - "Rachel, Rachel " :Musical or comedy::Best Picture: "Oliver!":Best Actor:Ron Moody - "Oliver!" :Best Actress: Barbra Streisand - "Funny Girl":Other:Best Director:
Paul Newman - "Rachel, Rachel"Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events ofMay 1968 Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)::"" ("Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed"), directed byAlexander Kluge , West GermanyGolden Bear (Berlin Film Festival)::"
Ole dole doff " ("Who Saw Him Die? "), directed byJan Troell , SwedenFilms released in 1968
*"", directed by
Stanley Kubrick
*"Artists Under the Big Top " ("Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos"), Golden Lion winner
*"The Astro-Zombies "
*"Bandolero! "
*"Barbarella"
*"Blackbeard's Ghost "
*"Brilliantovaya ruka " (Diamond Arm) - a hugely popular Russian comedy
*"Bullitt "
*"Candy"
*"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
*"Charly "
*"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - starringDick Van Dyke
*"Coogan's Bluff"
*""
*"Destroy All Monsters "
*"The Detective" - starringFrank Sinatra
*"The Devil's Brigade" - starringWilliam Holden ,Cliff Robertson ,Vince Edwards
*"Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River ", starringJerry Lewis
*"Faces"
*"Firecreek
*"Finian's Rainbow"
*"Funny Girl", starringBarbra Streisand andOmar Sharif
*"" ?? ("17e Parallele Le Vietnam En Guerre ")
*"Gamera vs. Viras " (also known as "Destroy All Planets")
*"The Great Silence "
*"The Green Berets"
*"Hang 'Em High "
*"Head"
*"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
*"Hell in the Pacific "
*"Hellfighters"
*"Ice Station Zebra"
*"If...." Palme d'Or winner
*"Isadora "
*"The Lion in Winter"
*"Live a Little, Love a Little "
*"La Marca del Hombre Lobo "
*"Il marchio di Kriminal "
*"Mayerling"
*"The Mercenary", also known as "A Professional Gun"
*"Monterey Pop "
*"Never a Dull Moment"
*"Night of the Living Dead "
*"Nobody's Perfect"
*"Las Noches del Hombre Lobo "
*"The Odd Couple"
*"Ole Dole Doff " Golden Bear winner
*"Oliver!", starringRon Moody ,Oliver Reed , andHarry Secombe
*"Once Upon a Time in the West "
*"The Party"
*"Performance", directed byNicolas Roeg , starringDonald Cammell andMick Jagger
*"Petulia "
*"The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band "
*"Planet of the Apes"
*"The Producers", written and directed byMel Brooks , starringZero Mostel ,Gene Wilder andKenneth Mars
*"Rachel, Rachel "
*"Romeo and Juliet"
*"Rosemary's Baby"
*"Satanik"
*"The Secret Life of an American Wife "
*"The Secret War of Harry Frigg "
*"Separation "
*"The Shakiest Gun in the West "
*"The Shoes of the Fisherman ",Anthony Quinn
*"Shame" ("Skammen")
*"Speedway"
*"Star!"
*"Stay Away, Joe "
*"The Subject Was Roses "
*"Targets "
*"The Thomas Crown Affair"
*"Twisted Nerve "
*"War and Peace"
*"Where Eagles Dare "
*"Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day " (short subject)
*"Witchfinder General", directed byMichael Reeves , starringVincent Price
*"Yellow Submarine
*"Yours, Mine and Ours"hort Film Series
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Looney Tunes " (1930-1969)
*"Merrie Melodies " (1931-1969)
*"Speedy Gonzales " (1953-1968)Births
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January 2 -Cuba Gooding Jr. , actor
*January 6 -John Singleton , director and writer
*January 14 -LL Cool J , rapper, actor
*February 1 -Pauly Shore , actor
*February 18 -Molly Ringwald , actress
*March 2 -Daniel Craig , actor
*March 30 -Celine Dion , singer
*April 14 -Anthony Michael Hall , actor
*April 24 -Stacy Haiduk , actress
*April 19 -Ashley Judd , actress
*September 10 -Guy Ritchie , director, writer, married to Madonna
*September 28 -Naomi Watts , actress
*September 30 -Monica Bellucci , actress
*December 2 -Lucy Liu , actress
*December 3 -Brendan Fraser , actorDeaths
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February 7 - Nick Adams, 36, American actor
*February 13 -Mae Marsh , 73, American actress
*March 16 -June Collyer , 61, American actress
*March 30 -Bobby Driscoll , 31, American actor
*April 16 -Fay Bainter , 74, American actress
*April 24 -Tommy Noonan , 45, American actor
*May 5 -Albert Dekker , 62, American actor
*May 9 -Marion Lorne , 84, American actress
*May 10 -Scotty Beckett , 38, American actor
*May 21 -Doris Lloyd , 71, British actress
*June 4 -Dorothy Gish , 70, American actress
*June 7 -Dan Duryea , 61, American actor
*July 1 -Alice Guy-Blaché , 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker
*July 1 -Virginia Weidler , 42, American actress
*July 27 -Lilian Harvey , 62, British actress and singer
*August 23 -Hunt Stromberg , 74, American producer
*August 26 -Kay Francis , 69, American actress
*September 3 -Isabel Withers , 72, American actress
*September 18 -Franchot Tone , 63, American actor
*October 18 -Lee Tracy , 70, American actor
*October 30 -Ramón Novarro , 69, Mexican actor
*October 30 -Pert Kelton , 61, American actress
*November 8 -Wendell Corey , 54, American actor
*November 18 -Walter Wanger , 74, American producer
*November 25 -Upton Sinclair , 90, American writer and producer
*December 12 -Tallulah Bankhead , 66, American actress
*December 15 -Dorothy Abbott , 47, American actress
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