1965 in film

The year 1965 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top grossing films (U.S.)

(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1965.shtml

Awards

Academy Awards: :Best Picture: "The Sound of Music" - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox :Best Director: Robert Wise - "The Sound of Music":Best Actor: Lee Marvin - "Cat Ballou" :Best Actress: Julie Christie - "Darling":Best Supporting Actor: Martin Balsam - "A Thousand Clowns":Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters - "A Patch of Blue":Best Foreign Language Film: "The Shop on Main Street" ("Obchod na korze"), directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, Czechoslovakia

BAFTA Film Awards:

:Best Film from Any Source: "My Fair Lady":Best British Film: "The IPCRESS File"

Golden Globe Awards:

:Drama::Best Picture: "Doctor Zhivago":Best Actor: Omar Sharif - "Doctor Zhivago":Best Actress: Samantha Eggar - "The Collector" :Musical or comedy::Best Picture: "The Sound of Music":Best Actor: Lee Marvin - "Cat Ballou" :Best Actress: Julie Andrews - "The Sound of Music"

:Other:Best Director: David Lean - "Doctor Zhivago"

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival)::"The Knack...and How to Get It", directed by Richard Lester, United Kingdom

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)::"Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa" ("Sandra of a Thousand Delights"), directed by Luchino Visconti, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival)::"Alphaville", directed by Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy

Films released in 1965

*"36 Hours"
*"The Agony and the Ecstasy"
*"Alphaville", Golden Bear winner ("Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution"')
*"Battle of the Bulge"
*"Boeing Boeing"
*"La Bohème", by Franco Zeffirelli (see disambiguation)
*"Bunny Lake Is Missing"
*"Cat Ballou"
*"The Collector"
*"Darling"
*"A Devilish Homicide"
*"Doctor Zhivago", starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, and Alec Guinness
*"Dr. Terror's House of Horrors"
*"Dr. Who and the Daleks"
*"The Family Jewels", starring Jerry Lewis
*"The Flight of the Phoenix"
*"For a Few Dollars More"
*"Gamera" (also known as "Gamera, the Invincible")
*"Girl Happy"
*"The Great Race"
*"The Greatest Story Ever Told"
*"Help!", starring The Beatles
*"In Harm's Way"
*"Invasion of Astro-Monster"
*"The Ipcress File"
*"Juliet of the Spirits"
*"The Knack...and How to Get It", Cannes Grand Prize
*"La Loba"
*"Life at the Top"
*"Mickey One"
*"A Patch of Blue"
*"Planet of the Vampires"
*"Red Beard"
*"The Rounders"
*"The Saragossa Manuscript" ("Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie")
*"The Sandpiper"
*"Shenandoah"
*"Ship of Fools"
*"The Shop on Main Street"
*"Signore & Signori" Palme d'Or winner ("The Birds, the Bees and the Italians")
*"Situation Hopeless ... But Not Serious"
*"The Sons of Katie Elder"
*"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
*"The Sound of Music"
*"That Darn Cat!"
*"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"
*"A Thousand Clowns"
*"Thunderball"
*"The Train", starring Burt Lancaster
*"Von Ryan's Express", a World War II action-adventure starring Frank Sinatra and Terence Howard
*"What's New Pussycat?"
*"The World of Abbott and Costello", starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
*"Yo Yo

hort Film Series

*"Looney Tunes" (1930-1969)
*"Merrie Melodies" (1931-1969)
*"Speedy Gonzales" (1953-1968)
*"Goofy" (1965)

Births

*January 1 - Lisa Roberts Gillan, actress
*February 11 - Stephen Gregory, actor
*February 23 - Kristin Davis, actress "Sex in the City"
*April 4 - Robert Downey Jr, actor
*May 31 - Brooke Shields, actress
*June 10 - Elizabeth Hurley, model and actress
*July 25 - Illeana Douglas, actress
*July 26 - Jeremy Piven, actor
*August 14 - Emmanuelle Béart, Cesar Award winning actress
*November 20 - Ben Stiller, actor

Deaths

*January 14 - Jeanette MacDonald, 61 American actress, singer
*February 20 - Fred Immler, 84, German actor
*February 23 - Stan Laurel, 74, British actor
*March 6 - Margaret Dumont, 82, American comedic actress
*March 23 - Mae Murray, 75, American actress
*March 28 - Jack Hoxie, 80, Western actor
*April 8 - Lars Hanson, 78, Swedish actor
*April 10 - Linda Darnell, 41, American actress
*April 30 - Helen Chandler, 58, American actress
*June 7 - Judy Holliday, 43, American actress
*June 22 - David O. Selznick, 63, American producer
*June 23 - Mary Boland, 85, stage & film actress
*July 24 - Constance Bennett, 60, American actress
*July 28 - Minor Watson, 75, American actor
*August 6 - Nancy Carroll, 61, American actress
*September 8 - Dorothy Dandridge, 42, American actress, singer
*September 27 - Clara Bow, 60, American actress
*October 3 - Zachary Scott, 52, American actor
*October 18 - Henry Travers, 91, British actor
*October 21 - Marie McDonald, 42, American actress
*October 31 - Rita Johnson, 52, American actress
*November 15 - Natalie Kalmus, 77, advisor on film Technicolor process on numerous films