1963_in_film

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The year 1963 in film involved some significant events.

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.

Top grossing films

North America

1. Cleopatra
2. It\'s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
3. The Great Escape
4. The Longest Day
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. Charade
7. Mutiny on the Bounty
8. Hud
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
10. Son of Flubber
11. The Birds
12. The Sword in the Stone
13. 8½
14. The Sword in the Stone
15. The Pink Panther

Awards

Academy 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

Golden Globe Awards:

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

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
• Donovan\'s Reef
• Father Came Too!
• Flaming Creatures
• 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
• McLintock!
• Move Over, Darling
• The Nutty Professor, starring Jerry Lewis
• One Got Fat
• The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers
• PT 109
• 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
• Sleep, by Andy Warhol
• Son of Flubber
• Sunshine in a Net
• 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

Short Film Series

• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)

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

Deaths

• January 2 - Jack Carson, 52, Canadian actor
• January 2 - Dick Powell, 58, American actor, director
• January 6 - Frank Tuttle, 70, American director
• January 28 - John Farrow, 58, Australian director
• February 18 - Monte Blue, 76, American actor
• April 4 - Jason Robards Sr., 70, American actor
• May 6 - Monty Woolley, 74, American actor
• June 7 - Zasu Pitts, 69, American actress
• July 25 - Leota Lane, 59, American singer, actress
• August 17 - Richard Barthelmess, 68, American actor
• October 29 - Adolphe Menjou, 73, American actor
• November 1 - Elsa Maxwell, 82, American gossip columnist
• December 2 - Sabu, 39, Indian actor
• December 5 - Tom London, 74, American actor

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