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Friday, January 14, 2022

Film Data For 1965

Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1965 (with # of votes)
1) The Sound of Music- 104
2) Ship of Fools- 83
3) The Pawnbroker- 81
4) Darling- 74
5) The Collector- 72
6) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines- 69
7) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold- 65
8) Doctor Zhivago- 65
9) The Ipcress File- 50
10) The Great Race- 41

The Honor Roll:
11) The Train (1964)- 40
12) A Thousand Clowns- 36
13) Thunderball- 34
14) Juliet of the Spirits- 32
15) The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)- 31
16) The Cincinnati Kid- 31
17) Von Ryan's Express- 30
      The Knack. . .and How to Get it- 30
19) King Rat- 27
20) The Agony and the Ecstasy- 25
      Shenandoah- 25
22) That Darn Cat- 24
23) Cat Ballou- 22
24) What's New Pussycat?- 18
25) Lord Jim- 17
      The Sandpiper- 17
27) The Loved One- 16
28) Help!- 15
      Hush . . . Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964)- 15
30) The Sons of Katie Elder- 13
31) A Patch of Blue- 12
      The Slender Thread- 12
33) The Hill- 11
       The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders- 11
35) In Harm's Way- 10

Filmdom's Famous Fives (no votes listed, but I believe The Film Daily ranked these in order of preference)

Best Performances by Male Stars
1) Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker
2) Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
3) Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools
4) Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
5) Charlton Heston in The Agony and the Ecstasy

Best Performances by Female Stars
1) Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music
2) Julie Christie in Darling
3) Samantha Eggar in The Collector
4) Simone Signoret in Ship of Fools
5) Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue


Best Performances by Supporting Actors
1) Michael Dunn in Ship of Fools
2) Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
3) Peter Falk in The Great Race
4) Ossie Davis in The Hill
5) Frank Finley in Othello

Best Performances by Supporting Actresses
1) Vivien Leigh in Ship of Fools
2) Agnes Moorehead in Hush . . . Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964)
3) Joan Blondell in The Cincinnati Kid
4) Peggy Wood in The Sound of Music
5) Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue

Best Performances by Juvenile Actors
1) Barry Gordon in A Thousand Clowns
2) Fergus McClelland in A Boy Ten-Feet Tall
3) Philip Alford in Shenandoah
4) Morgan Mason in The Sandpiper
5) Martin Stephens in The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

Best Performances by Juvenile Actresses
1) Patty Duke in Billie
2) Patricia Gozz in Rapture
3) Donna Butterworth in The Family Jewels
4) Andi Garrett in I Saw What You Did
5) Kim Darby in Bus Riley's Back in Town


New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 27, 1965. Awards presented on January 29, 1966 at Sardi's restaurant in New York. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)

Best Picture
Darling (8 votes on VI ballot)
Runner-ups: The Pawnbroker (5 votes); Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machine (3 votes)

Best Director
John Schlesinger for Darling (10 votes on VI ballot)
Runner-ups: David Lean for Doctor Zhivago (3 votes); Roman Polanski for Repulsion (3 votes)

Best Actor
Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools (11 votes on III ballot)
Runner-ups: Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (3 votes); Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou (2 votes)

Best Actress
Julie Christie in Darling (11 votes on III ballot)
Runner-ups: Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music (3 votes)Catherine Deneuve in Repulsion (2 votes)

Best Foreign Film
Juliet of the Spirits (France/Italy/Federal Republic of Germany)



National Board of Review (Winners announced on January 9, 1966. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001)

Best Picture
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

Rest of the top ten (in order of preference)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Darling
The Greatest Story Ever Told
A Thousand Clowns
The Train
The Sound of Music

Best Director
John Schlesinger, Darling

Best Actor
Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou, Ship of Fools

Best Actress
Julie Christie, Darling, Doctor Zhivago

Best Supporting Actor
Harry Andrews, The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Hill

Best Supporting Actress
Joan Blondell, in The Cincinnati Kid

Best Foreign Film
Juliet of the Spirits (France/Italy/Federal Republic of Germany)

Runners-up (in order of preference)
The Overcoat (U.S.S.R)
La Boheme (Switzerland)
La Tia Tula (Spain)
Gertrud (Denmark)


The Golden Globes (Nominations announced on January 5, 1966. Awards presented on February 28th at the Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The ceremony was telecast live on The Andy Williams Show on NBC. Source: Tom O’Neil’s Movie Awards) Winners listed in bold print.

Best Drama Picture
The Collector
Doctor Zhivago
The Flight of the Phoenix
A Patch of Blue
Ship of Fools

Best Comedy or Musical Picture
Cat Ballou
The Great Race
The Sound of Music
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
A Thousand Clowns

Best Director
Guy Green for A Patch of Blue
David Lean for Doctor Zhivago
John Schlesinger for Darling
Robert Wise for The Sound of Music
William Wyler for The Collector

Best Actor, Drama
Rex Harrison in The Agony and the Ecstasy
Sidney Poitier in A Patch of Blue
Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago
Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker
Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools

Best Actress, Drama
Julie Christie for Darling
Samantha Eggar in The Collector
Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue
Simone Signoret in Ship of Fools
Maggie Smith in Othello


Best Actor, Comedy or Musical
Jack Lemmon in The Great Race
Jerry Lewis in Boeing Boeing
Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
Jason Robards in A Thousand Clowns
Alberto Sordi in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Best Actress, Comedy or Musical
Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music
Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou
Barbara Harris in A Thousand Clowns
Rita Tushingham in The Knack
Natalie Wood in The Great Race

Best Supporting Actor
Red Buttons in Harlow
Frank Finlay in Othello
Hardy Kruger in The Flight of the Phoenix
Telly Savalas in Battle of the Bulge
Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold


Best Supporting Actress
Joan Blondell in The Cincinnati Kid
Ruth Gordon in Inside Daisy Clover
Joyce Redman in Othello
Thelma Ritter in Boeng Boeing
Peggy Wood in The Sound of Music

Best Original Score
Maurice Jarre for Doctor Zhivago

Best Song
"The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou; Music by Jerry Livingston. Lyrics by Mack David 
"Forget Domani" from The Yellow Rolls Royce; Music by Riz Ortolani. Lyrics by Norman Newell
"That Funny Feeling" from That Funny Feeling; Music and Lyrics by Bobby Darin
"The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper; Music by Johnny Mandel. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race; Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Most Promising Newcomer- Male
Ian Bannen
James Caan
James Fox
Tom Nardini
Robert Redford

Most Promising Newcomer- Female
Donna Butterworth
Geraldine Chaplin
Rosemary Forsythe
Elizabeth Hartman
Maura McGiveney

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Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film 
Circle of Love (La Ronde) (1964- France)
Juliet of the Spirits (Italy)
Red Beard (Japan)
Tarahumara (1964- Mexico)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964- France)

Best English-Language Foreign Film
Darling (U.K.)
The Knack (U.K.)
The Leather Boys (1964- U.K.)
90 Degrees in the Shade (Czechoslovakia)
Othello (U.K.)

World Film Favorites
Paul Newman
Natalie Wood

Cecil B. DeMille Award
John Wayne


The 1965 British Academy Awards 

Best Film from Any Source
Hamlet (1964)
The Hill
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Knack. . .and How to Get It
Zorba the Greek (1964)

Best British Film
Darling
The Ipcress File
The Hill
The Knack. . .and How to Get It

Best British Actor
Harry Andrews in The Hill
Dirk Bogarde in Darling
Michael Caine in The Ipcress File
Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady (1964)

Best British Actress
Julie Andrews in The Americanization of Emily (1964) and The Sound of Music
Julie Christie in Darling  
Maggie Smith in Young Cassidy
Rita Tushingham in The Knack. . .and How to Get It

Best Foreign Actor
Jack Lemmon in Good Neighbor Sam (1964) and How to Murder Your Wife
Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou and The Killers (1964)
Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek (1964)
Innokenty Smoktunovsky in Hamlet (1964)
Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools

Best Foreign Actress
Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou
Lila Kedrova in Zorba the Greek (1964)
Patricia Neal in In Harm's Way
Simone Signoret in Ship of Fools

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Michael Crawford in The Knack. . .and How to Get It
Judi Dench in Four in the Morning
Barbara Ferris in Catch Us if You Can
Tom Nardini in Cat Ballou

Best Screenplay- British Film
Frederic Raphael for Darling
Ray Rigby for The Hill
W.H. Canaway and James Doran for The Ipcress File
Charles Wood for The Knack. . .and How to Get It

Best British Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Kenneth Higgins for Darling
Oswald Morris for The Hill
David Watkin for The Knack. . .and How to Get It
Gilbert Taylor for Repulsion

Best British Cinematography (Color)
David Watkin for Help!
Otto Heller for The Ipcress File
Fred A. (Freddie) Young for Lord Jim
Christopher Challis for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Best British Production Design (Black-and-White)
Arthur Lawson for The Bedford Incident
Ray Simm for Darling 
Herbert Smith for The Hill
Alex Vetchinsky for Rotten to the Core

Best British Production Design (Colour)
Ken Adam for The Ipcress File
Geoffrey Drake for Lord Jim
Thomass N. Morahan for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Ken Adam for Thunderball


Best British Costume Design
Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge for The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Julie Harris for Help!
Margaret Furse for A Shot in the Dark
Osbert Lancaster and Dinah Greet for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Margaret Furse for Young Cassidy 

Best Animated Film
The Bargain, Beryl Stevens
Be Careful Boys, Vera Linnecar, Nancy Hanna and Keith Learner
Birds, Bees and Storks, John Halas
The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra, Harold Whitaker

Robert Flaherty Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
Brute Force and Finesse, Max Morgan-Witts
Deckie Learner, Michael Grigsby
Stravinsky, Roman Kroitor and Wolf Koeing
Tokyo Olympiad, Kon Ichikawa

Best Short Film
Rig Move, Don Higgins
60 Cycles, Jean-Clark Labrecque
One of Them is Brett, Roger Graef

Best Specialized Film
I Do: And I Understand, Derek Williams
Town Nurse, Country Nurse, Don Higgins

United Nations Award
Fail Safe, Sidney Lumet
King Rat, Bryan Forbes
Zorba the Greek, Michael Cacoyannis
Tokyo Olympiad, Kon Ichikawa
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 23, 1965. Awards presented on April 5 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The ceremony was telecast by ABC. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print). 

Best Picture
Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Embassy (British). Produced by Joseph Janni.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. Produced by Carlo Ponti.
Ship of Fools, Kramer, Columbia. Produced by Stanley Kramer.
The Sound of Music, Argyle, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Robert Wise.
A Thousand Clowns, Harrell, UA. Produced by Fred Coe.

Best Director
David Lean for Doctor Zhivago (Ponti, MGM).
John Schlesinger for Darling (Embassy) (British).
Hiroshi Teshigahara for Woman in the Dunes (Pathe Contemporary Films) (Japanese).
Robert Wise for The Sound of Music (Argyle, 20th Century-Fox).
William Wyler for The Collector (Columbia).

Best Actor
Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Salem, Paramount).
Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou (Hecht, Columbia).
Laurence Olivier in Othello (B.H.E., Warner Bros.) (British).
Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (Ely Landau, American International).
Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools (Kramer, Columbia).

Best Actress
Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music (Argyle, 20th Century-Fox).
Julie Christie in Darling (Anglo-Amalgamated, Embassy) (British).
Samantha Eggar in The Collector (Columbia).
Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue (Berman-Green, MGM). 
Simone Signoret in Ship of Fools (Kramer, Columbia).

Best Supporting Actor
Martin Balsam in A Thousand Clowns (Harrell, UA). 
Ian Bannen in The Flight of the Phoenix (Associates & Aldrich Co., 20th Century-Fox). 
Tom Courtenay in Doctor Zhivago (Ponti, MGM).
Michael Dunn in Ship of Fools (Kramer, Columbia).
Frank Finlay in Othello (B.H.E., Warner Bros.) (British).


Best Supporting Actress
Ruth Gordon in Inside Daisy Clover (Park Place, Warner Bros.).
Joyce Redman in Othello (B.H.E., Warner Bros.) (British).
Maggie Smith in Othello (B.H.E., Warner Bros.) (British).
Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue (Berman-Green, MGM). 
Peggy Wood in The Sound of Music (Argyle, 20th Century-Fox).

Best Screenplay- Based on Material from Another Medium
Cat Ballou, Hecht, Columbia. Walter Newman and Frank R. Pierson.
The Collector, Columbia. Stanley Mann and John Kohn.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. Robert Bolt.
Ship of Fools, Kramer, Columbia. Abby Mann.
A Thousand Clowns, Harrell, UA. Herb Gardner.

Best Story and Screenplay- Written Directly for the Screen
Casanova '70, Embassy (Italian). Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi D'Amico.
Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Embassy (British). Frederic Raphael.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, 20th Century-Fox. Jack Davies and Ken Annakin.
The Train (1964), Les Prods., UA. Franklin Coen and Frank Davis.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Landau Releasing (French). Jacques Demy.

Best Cinematography (Black & White)
In Harm's Way, Preminger, Paramount. Loyal Griggs.
King Rat, Coleytown, Columbia. Burnett Guffey.
Morituri, Arcola-Colony, 20th Century-Fox. Conrad Hall.
A Patch of Blue, Berman-Green, MGM. Robert Burks.
Ship of Fools, Kramer, Columbia. Ernest Laszlo.

Best Cinematography (Color)
The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. Freddie Young.
The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard, Warner Bros. Russell Harlan.
The Greatest Story Ever Told, Stevens, UA. William C. Mellor and Loyal Griggs.
The Sound of Music, Argyle, 20th Century-Fox. Ted McCord.

Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Black-and-White)
King Rat, Coleytown, Columbia. Robert Emmet Smith; Frank Tuttle.
A Patch of Blue, Berman-Green, MGM. George W. Davis and Urie McCleary; Henry grace and Charles S. Thompson.
Ship of Fools, Kramer, Columbia. Robert Clatworthy; Joseph Kish.
The Slender Thread, Paramount. Hal Pereira and Jack Poplin; Robert Benton and Joseph Kish.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Salem, Paramount. Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen and Edward Marshall; Josie MacAvin.

Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Color)
The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics, 20th Century-Fox. John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith; Dario Simoni.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. John Box and Terry Marsh; Dario Simoni.
The Greatest Story Ever Told, Stevens, UA. Richard Day, William Creber and David Hall; Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean and Norman Rockett.
Inside Daisy Clover, Park Place, Warner Bros. Robert Clatworthy; George James Hopkins.
The Sound of Music, 20th Century-Fox. Boris Leven; Walter M. Scott and Ruby Levitt.

Best Sound
The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept.; James P. Corcoran, sound director.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. MGM British Studio Sound Dept.; A.W. Watkins, sound director; and MGM Studio Sound Dept.; Franklin E. Milton, sound director.
The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept.; George R. Groves, sound director.
Shenandoah, Universal. Universal City Sound Dept.; Waldon O. Watson, sound director.
The Sound of Music, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept.; James P. Corcoran, sound director; and Todd-AO Sound Dept.; Fred Hynes, sound director.

Best Song
"The Ballad of Cat Ballou" (Cat Ballou, Hecht, Columbia); Music by Jerry Livingston. Lyrics by Mack David.
"I Will Wait for You" (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Landau Releasing) (French); Music by Michel Legrand. Lyrics by Jacques Demy.
"The Shadow of Your Smile" (The Sandpiper,  Filmways-Venice, MGM); Music by Johnny Mandel. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
"The Sweetheart Tree" (The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard, Warner Bros.); Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
"What's New Pussycat?" (What's New Pussycat?, Famous Artists, UA); Music by Burt Bacharach. Lyrics by Hal David.

Best Music Score-Substantially Original
The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics, 20th Century-Fox. Alex North.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. Maurice Jarre.
The Greatest Story Ever Told, Stevens, UA. Alfred Newman.
A Patch of Blue, Berman-Green, MGM. Jerry Goldsmith.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Landau Releasing (French). Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy.

Best Scoring of Music-Adaptation or Treatment
Cat Ballou, Hecht, Columbia. Charles Nelson.
The Pleasure Seekers, 20th Century-Fox. Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage.
The Sound of Music, Argyle, 20th Century-Fox. Irwin Kostal.
A Thousand Clowns, Harrell, UA. Don Walker.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Landau Releasing (French). Michel Legrand.

Film Editing
Cat Ballou, Hecht, Columbia. Charles Nelson.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. Norman Savage.
The Flight of the Phoenix, Associates & Aldrich Co., 20th Century-Fox. Michael Luciano.
The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard, Warner Bros. Ralph E. Winters.
The Sound of Music, Argyle, 20th Century-Fox. William Reynolds.

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Embassy (British). Julie Harris.
Morituri, Arcola-Colony, 20th Century-Fox. Moss Mabry.
A Rage to Live, Mirisch-Araho, UA. Howard Shoup.
Ship of Fools, Kramer, Columbia. Bill Thomas and Jean Louis.
The Slender Thread, Paramount. Edith Head.

Best Costume Design (Color)
The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics, 20th Century-Fox. Vittorio Nino Novarese.
Doctor Zhivago, Ponti, MGM. Phyllis Dalton.
The Greatest Story Ever Told, Stevens, UA. Vittorio Nino Novarese and Marjorie Best.
Inside Daisy Clover, Park Place, Warner Bros. Edith Head and Bill Thomas.
The Sound of Music, Argyle 20th Century-Fox. Dorothy Jeakins.

Special Visual Effects
The Greatest Story Ever Told, Stevens, UA. J. McMillan Johnson.
Thunderball, Broccoli-Saltzman-McClory, UA (British). John Stears.


Best Sound Effects
The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard, Warner Bros. Tregoweth Brown.
Von Ryan's Express, 20th Century-Fox. Walter A. Rossi.

Best Short Subject Cartoon
Clay or the Origin of Species, Harvard University, Pathe Contemporary Films. Eliot Noyes, Jr., producer.
The Dot and the Line, MGM. Chuck Jones and Les Goldman, producers.
The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra). Allied Artists. Emanuele Luzzati, producer.

Best Live Action Short Subject
The Chicken (Le Poulet), Pathe Contemporary Films (French). Claude Berri, producer.
Fortess of Peace, Farner-Looser Films, Cinerama. Lothar Wolff, producer.
Skaterdater, Byway Prods., UA. Marshall Backlar and Noel Black, producers.
Snow, Manson Distributing. Edgar Anstey, producer.
Time Piece, Muppets, Inc., Pathe Contemporary Films. Jim Henson, producer.

Best Documentary Short Subject
Mural on Our Street, Henry Street Settlement, Pathe Contemporary Films. Kirk Smallman, producer.
Overture, Mafilm Prods., Hungarofilm-Pathe Contemporary Films.
Point of View, Vision Associates Prod., National Tuberculosis Assoc.
To Be Alive!, Johnson Wax. Francis Thompson, Inc., producer.
Yeats Country, Aengus Films for the Dept. of External Affairs of Ireland. Patrick Carey and Joe Mendoza, producers.

Best Documentary Feature
The Battle of the Bulge. . . The Brave Rifles, Mascott Prods. Laurence E. Mascott, producer.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story, American International. Sidney Glazier, producer.
The Forth Road Bridge, Random Film Prods., Shell-Mex and B.P. Film Library. Peter Mills, producer.
Let My People Go, David L. Wolper Prods. Marshall Flaum, producer.
To Die in Madrid, Altura Films International. Frederic Rossif, producer.


Best Foreign Language Film
Blood on the Land (Greece)
Dear John (1964- Sweden)
Kwaidan (1964- Japan)
Marriage, Italian Style (1964- Italian)
The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
William Wyler.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Edmond L. DePatie.

Honorary Award
Bob Hope for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy (gold medal).

Scientific or Technical Awards
Class I (Statuette)
None.

Class II (Plaque)
Arthur J. Hatch of the Strong Electric Corporation, subsidiary of General Precision Equipment Corporation, for the design and development of an Air Blown Carbon Arc Projection Lamp

Stefan Kudelski for the design and development of the Nagra portage 1/4" tape recording system for motion picture sound recording.

Class III (Citation)
None.
Cannes Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

Best Picture:
The Knack (Richard Lester, England)

Best Director:
L. Ciulei, The Lost Forest

Best Acting: (awarded collectively)
Samantha Eggar and Terence Stamp, The Collector

Special Jury Prize:
Setsuo Kobayashi, Kwaidan

International Critics Prize:
Tarahumara (Mexico)

Catholic Film Office Award:
Yoyo (France); Tokyo Olympiad (Japan- 1964)


Berlin Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

Best Film
Alphaville (Jean-Luc Goddard, France)

Best Director
Satyajit Ray, Charulata

Best Actor
Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou

Best Actress
Madhur Jaffrey, Shakespeare Wallah


Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

Best Film:
Of a Thousand Delights (Luchino Visconti, Italy)

Best Actor:
Toshiro Mifune,  Akahige (Japan)

Best Actress:
Annie Girardot, Trois Chambres a Manhattan (France)

Special Jury Prizes:
Simon of the Desert (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
I'm Twenty (Marien Koutziev, USSR)

Best First Film:
Faithfulness (Pietr Toderovski)

Catholic Film Office Award:
Akahige (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)

International Film Critics Award:
Simon of the Desert (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
Gertrud (Carl Dreyer, Denmark)

Director's Guild of America Awards (Sources: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg and Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001. Awards were presented on February 12, 1966, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York). Winner listed in bold print.

Best Director
Sidney Furie, The Ipcress File
Sidney Lumet, The Pawnbroker
John Schlesinger, Darling
Elliot Silverstein, Cat Ballou
Robert Wise, The Sound of Music

D.W. Griffith Award
William Wyler


Writers Guild of America Awards (Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001. Awards were presented on March 23, 1966, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles). Winners listed in bold. 

Best Written Drama
The Collector, Stanley Mann, John Kohn, based on the novel by John Fowles
A Patch of Blue, Guy Green, based on the novel Be Ready with Bells and Drums by Elizabeth Kata
The Pawnbroker, Morton Fine, David Friedkin, based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant
Ship of Fools, Abby Mann, based on the novel by Katherine Ann Porter
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Paul Dehn, Guy Trosper, based on the novel by John Le Carre

Best Written Comedy
Cat Ballou, Walter Newman, Frank R. Pierson, based on the novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor
The Great Race, Arthur Ross, story by Arthur Ross and Blake Edwards
That Darn Cat!, Mildred Gordon, Gordon Gordon, Bill Walsh
A Thousand Clowns, Herb Gardner
What's New, Pussycat?, Woody Allen

Best Written Musical
The Sound of Music, Ernest Lehman, based on the Rogers and Hammerstein musical (no other nominees in this category)

Laurel Award
Isobel Lennart

Valentine Davies Award
Leonard Spigelgass


The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

The Pawnbroker
Ship of Fools
Darling
Repulsion
Juliet of the Spirits
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Red Desert
Kwaidan
To Die in Madrid
Thunderball


The Top Box-Office Hits of 1965 (According to Variety- lists U.S. and Canadian rental fees up to the end of the calendar year. Late 1964 releases that primarily earned revenue in 1965 are included. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

1) Mary Poppins (1964)$28,500,000
2) The Sound of Music- $20,000,000
3) Goldfinger (1964)- $19,700,000
4) My Fair Lady (1964)- $19,000,000 (also placed at #7 on the 1964 list, with $5,000,000 in rentals)
5) What's New Pussycat- $7,150,000
6) Shenandoah- $7,000,000
7) The Sandpiper- $6,400,000
8) Father Goose (1964)- $6,000,000
9) Von Ryan's Express- $5,600,000
10) The Yellow Rolls-Royce- $5,400,000
11) How to Murder Your Wife- $5,380,000
12) Cat Ballou- $5,150,000
13) The Sons of Katie Elder- $5,000,000
14) Help!- $4,140,000
15) Sex and the Single Girl (1964)- $4,000,000
16) In Harm's Way- $3,900,000
17) The Americanization of Emily (1964)- $3,600,000
18) The Monkey's Uncle- $3,500,000
19) The Train (1964)- $3,450,000
20) Goodbye Charlie (1964)- $3,400,000
      Operation Crossbow- $3,400,000

The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1965 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Sean Connery
2) John Wayne
3) Doris Day
4) Julie Andrews
5) Jack Lemmon
6) Elvis Presley
7) Cary Grant
8) James Stewart
9) Elizabeth Taylor
10) Richard Burton

The Next Fifteen:
11) Rock Hudson
12) The Beatles
13) Peter Sellers
14) Frank Sinatra
15) Shirley MacLaine
16) Jerry Lewis
17) Ann-Margret
18) James Garner
19) Debbie Reynolds
20) Rex Harrison
21) Paul Newman
22) Steve McQueen
23) Peter O'Toole
24) Tony Curtis
25) Charlton Heston

1965's Top Ten "Stars of Tomorrow" (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Rosemary Forsyth
2) Michael Anderson, Jr.
3) Michael Parks
4) Michael Caine
5) Mary Ann Mobley
6) Jocelyn Lane
7) Mia Farrow
8) Julie Christie
9) Richard Johnson
10) Senta Berger


The Golden Laurel Awards of 1966 (1965 films, unless otherwise noted. Source: IMDB)

Top Drama
1) Doctor Zhivago
2) A Patch of Blue
3) Shenandoah
4) The Pawnbroker
5) The Collector

Top Comedy
1) Cat Ballou
2) That Darn Cat!
3) The Great Race
4) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
5) The Trouble with Angels (1966)

Top Musical
1) The Singing Nun (1966)
2) Help!
3) Made in Paris (1966)
4)  Frankie and Johnny (1966)
5) Ski Party

Top Action Drama
1) Thunderball
2) Our Man Flint (1966)
3) Von Ryan's Express 
4) The Silencers (1966)
5) Harper (1966)

Top General Entertainment
The Sound of Music

Sleeper of the Year
The Ipcress File

Top Male Comedy Performance
1) Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
2) Jack Lemmon in The Great Race
3) Jerry Lewis in Boeing Boeing
4) Peter Sellers in What's New Pussycat?
5) Dick Van Dyke in The Art of Love

Top Female Comedy Performance
1) Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou
2) Hayley Mills in That Darn Cat!
3) Lee Remick in The Hallelujah Trail
4) Rosalind Russell in The Trouble with Angels (1966)
5) Maureen O'Sullivan in Never Too Late


Top Male Dramatic Performance
1) Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
2) Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago
3) Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker
4) Rex Harrison in The Agony and the Ecstasy
5) Sidney Poitier in A Patch of Blue

Top Female Dramatic Performance
1) Julie Christie in Darling
2) Samantha Eggar in The Collector
3) Elizabeth Taylor in The Sandpiper
4) Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue
5) Lana Turner in Madame X


Top Male Musical Performance
1) Elvis Presley in Tickle Me
2) George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr in Help!
3) Harve Presnell in When the Boys Meet the Girls
4) Frankie Avalon in Ski Party
5) Tony Tanner in Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1966)

Best Female Musical Performance
1) Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music
2) Debbie Reynolds in The Singing Nun (1966)
3) Ann-Margret in Made in Paris (1966)
4) Connie Francis in When the Boys Meet the Girls
5) Patty Duke in Billie

Top Action Performance
1) Sean Connery in Thunderball
2) James Coburn in Our Man Flint (1966)
3) Paul Newman in Harper (1966)
4) Dean Martin in The Silencers (1966)
5) Frank Sintra in Von Ryan's Express

Top Female Supporting Performance
1) Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue
2) Thelma Ritter in Boeing Boeing
3) Agnes Moorehead in The Singing Nun (1966)
4) Edie Adams in Made in Paris (1966)
5) Elsa Lanchester in That Darn Cat!


Top Male Supporting Performance
1) Martin Balsam in A Thousand Clowns
2) Edward G. Robinson in Doctor Zhivago
3) Tom Courtenay in Doctor Zhivago
4) Michael Dunn in Ship of Fools
5) Wallace Ford in A Patch of Blue

Top Director
1) David Lean
2) George Cukor
3) Norman Jewison
4) Norman Taurog
5) Stanley Kubrick
6) Fred Zinnemann
7) Vincente Minnelli
8) Sidney Lumet
9) Edward Dmytryk
10) John Frankenheimer

Top Producer
1) Walt Disney
2) Sam Spiegel
3) Ross Hunter
4) Joseph E. Levine
5) Joe Pasternak
6) Irving Allen
7) Hal B. Wallis
8) Carl Foreman
9) Pandro S. Berman
10) Dino De Laurentiis

Top Producer/Director
1) Alfred Hitchcock
2) Mervyn LeRoy
3) William Wyler
4) Blake Edwards
5) Robert Wise
6) John Ford
7) George Sidney
8) George Stevens
9) Stanley Kramer
10) John Sturges

Top Song
1) "The Shadow of Your Smile" from the Sandpiper. Music by Johnny Mandel. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
2) "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou. Music by Jerry Livingston. Lyrics by Mack David 
3) "That Darn Cat" from That Darn Cat!. Music and Lyrics by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. 
4) "What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat?. Music by Burt Bacharach. Lyrics by Hal David
5) "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race. Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Top Music Men
1) Elmer Bernstein
2) Andre Previn
3) Maurice Jarre
4) Max Steiner
5) Alex North

Top Male Star
1) Cary Grant
2) Jack Lemmon
3) Richard Burton
4) Paul Newman
5) Gregory Peck
6) Rock Hudson
7) Sean Connery
8) Dean Martin
9) John Wayne
10) Rex Harrison
11) Elvis Presley
12) Steve McQueen
13) James Garner
14) Peter Sellers
15) James Stewart

Top Female Star
1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Julie Andrews
3) Debbie Reynolds
4) Sophia Loren
5) Doris Day
6) Shirley MacLaine
7) Audrey Hepburn
8) Natalie Wood
9) Rosalind Russell
10) Sandra Dee
11) Hayley Mills
12) Joanne Woodward
13) Elke Sommer
14) Samantha Eggar
15) Joan Crawford

Top Male New Face
1) David McCallum
2) Michael Caine
3) Chad Everett
4) Dwayne Hickman
5) Oskar Werner
6) Guy Stockwell
7) Alex Cord
8) Michael Parks
9) Doug McClure
10) Robert Redford
11) Sean Garrison
12) Jaime Sanchez
13) Woody Allen
14) Marty Allen & Steve Rossi
15) Tony Bennett

Top Female New Face
1) Elizabeth Hartman
2) Rosemary Forsyth
3) Senta Berger
4) Claudine Auger
5) Geraldine Chaplin
6) Candice Bergen
7) Mary Ann Mobley
8) Daliah Lavi
9) Joan Hackett
10) Gila Golan
11) Maggie Smith
12) Juliet Mills
13) Joey Heatherton
14) Charmian Carr
15) Barbara Harris

Special Award
Robert Wise- In recognition of his outstanding motion picture achievements that have raised the artistic, entertainment, and box office standards of the industry to towering new levels.



Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Only the Ten Worst Movies are listed for this year)

Ten Worst Movies:
The Sandpiper
The Hallelujah Trail
Lord Jim
What's New, Pussycat?
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Shenandoah
Genghis Khan
Thunderball
The Great Race
The Yellow Rolls Royce

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