Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The year 1968 in film involved some significant events. October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced. The 41st Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast worldwide. There was no host. Oliver! became the first - and so far only - G-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. In stark contrast, the following year would see the only X-rated film to win Best Picture; Midnight Cowboy. As the special effects director and designer for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick was the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects this year. It was the only Oscar he would ever win. Also, the year was noted for the first time - and so far, only - Best Actress (and, acting category) tie. Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl shared the award. Hepburn also became the second actress to win Best Actress two years in a row, after Luise Rainer in 1936 (The Great Ziegfeld) - 1937 (The Good Earth).

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