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1962 in film

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The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.

Events

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

Top grossing films (U.S.)

RankTitleStudioGross
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. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Warner Brothers $9,000,000
6. That Touch of Mink Universal $7,942,000
7. Mutiny on the Bounty MGM $7,410,000
8. To Kill a Mockingbird Universal $7,112,000
9. Hatari Paramount $7,000,000
10. Gypsy Warner Brothers $6,000,000

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

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

Films released in 1962



Short Film Series


Births


Deaths


Film Debuts


This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "1962 in film".

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