1962 in film

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The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.

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[edit] Events

  • Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years.

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

Rank Title Studio Gross
1. Lawrence of Arabia Columbia $20,310,000
2. The Longest Day 20th Century Fox $17,600,000
3. In Search of the Castaways Disney $9,975,000
4. The Music Man Warner Brothers $8,100,000
5. That Touch of Mink Universal $7,942,000
6. Mutiny on the Bounty MGM $7,410,000
7. To Kill a Mockingbird Universal $7,112,000
8. Hatari Paramount $7,000,000
9. Gypsy Warner Brothers $6,000,000
10. Bon Voyage!
The Interns		 Disney
Columbia		 $5,000,000

source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1962.shtml

[edit] Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
Best Director: David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Begley - Sweet Bird of Youth
Best Supporting Actress: Patty Duke - The Miracle Worker
Best Foreign Language Film: Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray), directed by Serge Bourguignon, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Geraldine Page - Sweet Bird of Youth
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture (tie): That Touch of Mink
Best Picture (tie): The Music Man
Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni - Divorce, Italian Style
Best Actress: Rosalind Russell - Gypsy
Other
Best Director: David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Keeper of Promises (O Pagador de Promessas), directed by Anselmo Duarte, Brazil

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Family Diary (Cronaca familiare, Journal intime), directed by Valerio Zurlini, France / Italy
My Name is Ivan (Ivanovo detstvo), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

A Kind of Loving, directed by John Schlesinger, United Kingdom

[edit] Films released in 1962

[edit] Short Film Series

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