Twentieth Century Fox Studio's box office bomb Doctor Doolittle was nominated for nine Academy Awards despite its poor critical reception and low box-office returns. Because of its lousy performance, the studio mounted a huge Oscar campaign, where they wined and dined members of the Academy. It resulted in the movie being nominated for Best Picture. At a 27% rating from Rotten Tomatoes, it is the poorest reviewed movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the 40th annual ceremony held April 10, 1968.
It was also nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Music Score, Best Original Song Score or Adaption Score. Best Song, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects.
It won Best Song for Talk to the Animals, and Best Special Visual Effects for L. B. Abbot.
In the Heat of the Night was the big winner that night with five wins: Best Picture, Best Actor for Rod Steiger, Best Writing, Best Sound, and Best Editing.
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