<P> Due to the increasing rarity of black and white feature films, the awards for cinematography, art direction and costume design were combined into single categories rather than a distinction between color and monochrome . The Best Picture nominees were an eclectic group of films reflecting the chaos of their era . The event was the first one since the 1948 awards show to feature film clips from the Best Picture nominated films . </P> <P> This year's nominations also marked the first time that three different films were nominated for the "Top Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay . The three films were Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner . However, the winner of Best Picture was producer Walter Mirisch and director Norman Jewison's thriller / mystery film, In the Heat of the Night (with seven nominations and five wins--Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Sound). </P> <P> The Graduate is, as of the 88th Academy Awards, the last film to win Best Director and nothing else . </P> <P> Due to an all - out push by Academy President Gregory Peck, 18 of the 20 acting nominees were present at the ceremony . Only Katharine Hepburn and the late Spencer Tracy, who was nominated posthumously, were missing . </P>

Did the movie the graduate win any awards