Academy Award Winning Movies of the 1960s

See also: Titles - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969

 

1962

To Kill A Mockingbird

Screenplay based on material from another medium

Summary: Based on Harper Lee's Book. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agress to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. The townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. Seen through the eyes of "Scout," the six-year old daughter of Atticus Finch.

Director: Robert Mulligan

Main Characters:

Gregory Peck...............Atticus Finch

Mary Badham..............Scout

Philip Alford................Jem

John Megna.................Dill

Produced by: Universal Pictures (a.k.a. MCA/Universal Pictures)

Written by: Horton Foote and Harper Lee

Other nomonies:

David and Lisa

Lawrence of Arabia

Lolita

The Miracle Worker

 

Divorce - Italian Style (a.k.a. Divorzio all'italiana)

Screenplay written directly for the screen

Summary:

Director: Pietro Germi

Main Characters:

Atonio Azqua.................Priest

Lando Bazzanca..............Rosario Mule

Angela Cardile................Agnese

Bianca Castagnetta..........Donna Matilde Cafalu

Produced by: Vides-Film/Galatea/Lux Film

Written by: Ennio DeConcini, Pietro Germi, and Alfredo Giannetti

Other nomonies:

Freud

Last Year at Marienbad

That Touch of Mink

Through a Glass Darkly

Last updated on: MAY 29,1997