1968 in film
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The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.
- November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Funny Girl | Columbia | $26,325,000 |
| 2. | 2001: A Space Odyssey | MGM | $25,522,000 |
| 3. | The Odd Couple | Paramount | $20,000,000 |
| 4. | Bullitt | Warner Brothers-7Arts | $19,000,000 |
| 5. | Romeo and Juliet | Paramount | $17,473,000 |
| 6. | Oliver! | Columbia | $16,800,000 |
| 7. | Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | $15,000,000 |
| 7. | Rosemary's Baby | Paramount | $15,000,000 |
| 9. | Yours, Mine and Ours | United Artists | $11,639,000 |
| 10. | The Lion in Winter | Embassy | $10,006,000 |
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1968.shtml
[edit] 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 by Sergei 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 of May 1968
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos (Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die? ), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden
[edit] Films released in 1968
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Artists Under the Big Top (Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos), Golden Lion winner
- The Astro-Zombies
- Bandolero!
- Barbarella
- Brilliantovaya ruka (Diamond Arm) - a hugely popular Russian comedy
- Bullitt
- Candy
- The Charge of the Light Brigade
- Charly
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - starring Dick Van Dyke
- Coogan's Bluff
- Danger: Diabolik
- Destroy All Monsters
- The Detective - starring Frank Sinatra
- The Devil's Brigade - starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, starring Jerry Lewis
- Faces
- Firecreek
- Finian's Rainbow
- Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
- Gamera and Mothra: Earth Defense War ?? (17e Parallele Le Vietnam En Guerre)
- Gamera vs. Viras (also known as "Destroy All Planets")
- 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
- Monterey Pop
- Night of the Living Dead
- Nobody's Perfect
- Las Noches del Hombre Lobo
- The Odd Couple
- Ole Dole Doff Golden Bear winner
- Oliver!, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, and Harry Secombe
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- The Party
- Performance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Donald Cammell and Mick Jagger
- Petulia
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- Planet of the Apes
- The Producers, written and directed by Mel Brooks, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Kenneth 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 by Michael Reeves, starring Vincent Price
- Yellow Submarine
- Yours, Mine and Ours
[edit] Short Film Series
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)
[edit] Births
- 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, actor
[edit] Deaths
- 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
