41st Academy Awards
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The 41st Academy Awards were presented on April 14, 1969, to honor the films of 1968. They were the first Oscars to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and the first with no host
41st Academy Awards
Cliff Robertson, Best Actor winner
Katharine Hepburn, Best Actress co-winner
Barbra Streisand, Best Actress co-winner
2001: A Space Odyssey
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2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke. Its plot was inspired by several short stories op
41st Academy Awards
…and Frances McDormand). Stanley Kubrick received his only career Oscar this year, for Best Visual Effects as special effects director and designer for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Cliff Robertson's performance in Charly, which had received a mixed reception from critics and audiences, engendered controversy when he won the Academy…
Arthur C. Clarke in 1965, photographed in the Discovery's pod bay
Modern replica of the Discovery One spaceship model
The "centrifuge" set used for filming scenes depicting interior of the spaceship Discovery
Zero-gravity effect