1963 in film
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[edit] Events
- January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove.
- May 26 - Filming on Dr. Strangelove ends.
- June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.
- November 7 - The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres.
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- How the West Was Won
- Cleopatra
- The Longest Day
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Irma la Douce
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- The V.I.P.s
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Son of Flubber
- ???
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Tom Jones — Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)
- Award for Directing: Tony Richardson - Tom Jones
- Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
- Best Actress: Patricia Neal - Hud
- Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas - Hud
- Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford - The V.I.P.s
- Best Foreign Language Film: 8½ (Otto e mezzo), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Cardinal
- Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
- Best Actress: Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Tom Jones
- Best Actor: Alberto Sordi - To Bed... or Not to Bed
- Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douce
- Other
- Best Director: Elia Kazan - America, America
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), directed by Luchino Visconti, Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Il Diavolo (To Bed... or Not to Bed), directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro, Italy
[edit] Films released in 1963
- 8½
- America, America by Elia Kazan
- An Actor's Revenge
- Atragon
- La Baie des anges
- The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock), starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor
- Blood Feast
- Bushido:Samurai Saga (Bushidô zankoku monogatari) Golden Bear winner
- Bye Bye Birdie
- Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
- Cleopatra
- Contempt (Le Mépris)
- Critic's Choice, starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
- Dementia 13
- Il Diavolo Golden Bear winner
- From Russia with Love
- Fun in Acapulco
- A Gathering of Eagles
- The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen
- Hands Over the City Golden Lion winner
- Hud
- Irma la Douce -(film mentioned in article)
- It Happened at the World's Fair
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
- Ladybug Ladybug
- The Leopard Palme d'Or winner
- The L-Shaped Room
- Lilies of the Field
- The Mask -(?? only in 1961 such a film is mentioned)
- Matango
- The Nutty Professor, starring Jerry Lewis
- One Got Fat
- The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
- Sleep, by Andy Warhol
- Son of Flubber
- The Sword in the Stone
- To Bed or Not to Bed
- Tom Jones
- The V.I.P.s
- The Wheeler Dealers
- Who's Minding the Store?, starring Jerry Lewis
- The Wrong Arm of the Law
- Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke starring Sunil Dutt
- Zuo ye meng hun zhong
[edit] Births
- January 14 — Steven Soderbergh, director
- March 27 — Quentin Tarantino, director
- June 9 — Johnny Depp, US actor
- June 10 — Jeanne Tripplehorn, US actress
- June 15 — Helen Hunt, US actress
- October 6 — Elisabeth Shue, US actress
- December 15 — Helen Slater, US actress
- December 18 — Brad Pitt, actor
[edit] Deaths
- February 18 - Monte Blue, actor
- June 7 - Zazu Pitts, actress
- December 5 - Tom London, actor
- Oscar A.C. Lund, Swedish film actor/director/writer
