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The year 1964 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
Mary Poppins* |
Disney |
$45,000,000 |
| 2. |
My Fair Lady* |
Warner Brothers |
$34,000,000 |
| 3. |
Goldfinger |
United Artists |
$22,998,000 |
| 4. |
The Carpetbaggers |
Paramount |
$15,500,000 |
| 5. |
From Russia With Love |
United Artists |
$9,924,000 |
| 6. |
A Shot in the Dark |
United Artists |
$6,748,000 |
| 7. |
A Hard Day's Night |
United Artists |
$6,165,000 |
| 8. |
The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
MGM |
$6,040,000 |
| 9. |
The Pink Panther |
United Artists |
$5,935,000 |
| 10. |
Father Goose |
Universal |
$6,200,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1964.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards:
» Best Picture: My Fair Lady - Warner Bros.
Achievement in Direction: 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
» 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
Films released in 1964
633 Squadron
The Americanization of Emily
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Bedtime Story
Becket
The Best Man
Blood and Black Lace, directed by Mario Bava
The Carpetbaggers
Circus World, starring John Wayne
Cheyenne Autumn
The Disorderly Orderly, starring Jerry Lewis
, directed by Stanley Kubrick
Ensign Pulver
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Fail-Safe
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Father Goose
A Fistful of Dollars (Italy release)
The Flesh Eaters
From Russia with Love (U.S. release)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Goldfinger
Good Neighbor Sam, starring Jack Lemmon
Hamlet (Russian adaptation)
A Hard Day's Night, starring The Beatles
The Incredible Mr. Limpet, starring Don Knotts
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home
The Killers
Kissin' Cousins, starring Elvis Presley
Marnie
Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews
The Masque of the Red Death
Mothra vs. Godzilla
My Fair Lady
The Night of the Iguana
Nothing But the Best
One Potato, Two Potato
The Patsy, starring Jerry Lewis
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers
The Pumpkin Eater
Robin and the 7 Hoods, starring Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Roustabout, starring Elvis Presley
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Seven Up!
A Shot in the Dark, starring Peter Sellers
The Thin Red Line
Topkapi
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Visit
Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley
Welcome, or No Trespassing, starring Evgeni Evstigneev
What a Way to Go!
Woman in the Dunes
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani)
Zorba the Greek (aka Alexis Zorbas)
Zulu, starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker
Short Film Series
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)
Births
January 7 - Nicolas Cage, actor
January 13 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress
January 18 - Jane Horrocks, actress
February 15 - Chris Farley, actor
February 24 - Todd Field, director
March 9 - Juliette Binoche, actress
March 17 - Rob Lowe, actor
June 15 - Courteney Cox, actress
June 21 - William Quinn, philosopher
July 26 - Sandra Bullock, actress
September 2 - Keanu Reeves, actor
Deaths
January 29 - Alan Ladd, 50, American actor
February 27 - Orry-Kelly, 66, Australian-born costume designer for American films
March 23 - Peter Lorre, 59, Hungarian actor, later career in American films
April 18 - Ben Hecht, 70, American playwright and screenwriter
May 10 - Carol Haney, 39, American dancer, actress
May 13 - Diana Wynyard, 58, British actress
August 6 - Cedric Hardwicke, 71, British actor
August 12 - Ian Fleming, 56, British author of James Bond novels
August 28 - Gracie Allen, 69 American actress, comedienne
September 28 - Harpo Marx, 75, American comedy actor (The Marx Brothers)
September 28 - Nacio Herb Brown, 68, American songwriter and composer
October 23 - Jo Swerling, 71, American screenwriter
December 9 - Edith Sitwell, 77, British actress
December 11 - Percy Kilbride, 76, American actor
December 14 - William Bendix, 58, American actorFurther Information
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