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) (France)

Juliet of the Spirits (Italy)

Red Beard (Japan)

Tarahumara (Mexico)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France- 1964)

Best English-Language Foreign Film

Darling (U.K.)

The Knack (U.K.)

The Leather Boys (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 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)

Best Picture

Darling

Doctor Zhivago

Ship of Fools

The Sound of Music

A Thousand Clowns

Best Director

David Lean for Doctor Zhivago

John Schlesinger for Darling

Hiroshi Teshigahara for Woman in the Dunes

Robert Wise for The Sound of Music

William Wyler for The Collector

Best Actor

Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou

Laurence Olivier in Othello

Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker

Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools

Best Actress

Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music

Julie Christie in Darling

Samantha Eggar in The Collector

Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue

Simone Signoret in Ship of Fools

Best Supporting Actor

Martin Balsam in A Thousand Clowns

Ian Bannen in The Flight of the Phoenix

Tom Courtenay in Doctor Zhivago

Michael Dunn in Ship of Fools

Frank Finlay in Othello

Best Supporting Actress

Ruth Gordon in Inside Daisy Clover

Joyce Redman in Othello

Maggie Smith in Othello

Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue

Peggy Wood in The Sound of Music

Best Adapted Screenplay 

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 Original Screenplay

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, Les Prods., UA. Franklin Coen and Frank Davis

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 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 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, 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, Landau Releasing (French). Michel Legrand

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

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 Foreign Language Film

Blood on the Land (Greece)

Dear John (Sweden)

Kwaidan (Japan)

Marriage, Italian Style (Italian- 1964)

The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia)

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 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

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.

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

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