1964 in film

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The year 1964 in film involved some significant events.

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Events [edit]

Top grossing films (U.S.) [edit]

Rank Title Studio Actors Gross
1. My Fair Lady Warner Bros. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison $72,000,000[1]
2. Goldfinger United Artists Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, and Harold Sakata $51,081,062[2]
3. Mary Poppins Disney Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke $31,000,000[3]
4. The Carpetbaggers Paramount George Peppard, Carroll Baker, and Alan Ladd $28,409,547[4]
5. A Fistful of Dollars United Artists Clint Eastwood and Marianne Koch $14,500,000[5]
6. Father Goose Universal International Cary Grant and Leslie Caron $12,500,000[6]
7. A Shot in the Dark United Artists Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer $12,368,234[7]
8. A Hard Day's Night United Artists The Beatles $12,299,668[8]
9. The Night of the Iguana MGM Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr $12,000,000[9]
10. What a Way to Go! Fox Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, and Dean Martin $11,180,531[10]
11. The Unsinkable Molly Brown MGM Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, and Ed Begley $11,070,559[11]
12. The Pink Panther United Artists Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Robert Wagner $10,878,107[12]
13. Viva Las Vegas MGM Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret $9,442,967[13]
14. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Columbia Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, and Tracy Reed $9,440,272[14]
15. Becket Paramount Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole $9,164,370[15]
16. Send Me No Flowers Universal International Rock Hudson and Doris Day $9,129,247[16]
17. Good Neighbor Sam Columbia Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, and Edward G. Robinson $9,072,726[17]
18. Zorba the Greek Fox Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, and Irene Papas $9,000,000[18]
19. Sex and the Single Girl Warner Bros. Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, and Henry Fonda $8,000,000[19]
20. Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte Fox Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis, and Olivia de Havilland $8,000,000[20]
21. Marnie Universal International Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery $7,000,000[21]
22. Topkapi United Artists Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, and Maximilian Schell $7,000,000[22]
23. Man's Favorite Sport? Universal International Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, and Maria Perschy $6,000,000[23]
24. Kiss Me, Stupid Lopert Dean Martin and Kim Novak $5,000,000

Awards [edit]

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady - Warner Bros.
Best Director: George Cukor - My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov - Topkapi
Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova - Zorba the Greek
Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Becket
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole - Becket
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater
Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead - Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
Other
Best Director: George Cukor - My Fair Lady

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

Notable films released in 1964 [edit]

U.S.A. unless stated

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Short Film Series [edit]

Births [edit]

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Film Debuts [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=myfairlady.htm
  2. ^ "Goldfinger (1964)". Box Office Mojo. 1964-12-22. Retrieved 2012-08-17. 
  3. ^ "Mary Poppins (1964) - Release Summary". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-08-17. 
  4. ^ Box Office Information for The Carpetbaggers. The Numbers. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  5. ^ Box Office Information for A Fistful of Dollars. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  6. ^ Box Office Information for Father Goose. The Numbers. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  7. ^ "A Shot in the Dark (1964)". Box Office Mojo. 1964-06-23. Retrieved 2012-08-17. 
  8. ^ Box Office Information for A Hard Day's Night. The Numbers. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  9. ^ Box Office Information for The Night of the Iguana. IMDb. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  10. ^ Box Office Information for What a Way to Go! The Numbers. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  11. ^ Box Office Information for The Unsinkable Molly Brown The Numbers. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  12. ^ "The Pink Panther (1964) (1964)". Box Office Mojo. 1964-04-11. Retrieved 2012-08-17. 
  13. ^ Box Office Information for Viva Las Vegas. The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  14. ^ Box Office Information for Dr. Strangelove. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  15. ^ Box Office Information for Becket. The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  16. ^ Box Office Information for Send Me No Flowers. The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  17. ^ Box Office Information for Good Neighbor Sam. The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  18. ^ Box Office Information for Zorba the Greek. The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  19. ^ "All-Time B.O. Champs", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25.
  20. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966 p 6.
  21. ^ Box Office Information for Marnie. The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  22. ^ Box Office Information for Topkapi. The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  23. ^ Box Office Information for Man's Favorite Sport? The Numbers. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  24. ^ Overview for Swingers' Paradise (1965)", Turner Classic Movies page
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