Academy Award Winning Movies of the 1960s
See also: Titles - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
1965
Screenplay based on Material from another medium
Movie:Doctor Zhivago
Summary: Set just before and in the years following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the film follows the life of Zhivago as he marries, raises a family, has his life totally disrupted by World War I, and then by the Revolution. Director: David Lean
Main Characters:
- Alec Guinness.............Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Geraldine Chaplin........Tonya
- Julie Christie.................Lara
Produced by: MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer)
Written by: Robert Bolt and Boris Pasternak
Other nominees:
- Cat Ballou
- The Collector
- Ship of Fools
- A Thousand Clowns
Screenplay written directly for the screen
Summary: A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London Fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties. Director: John Schlesinger
Main Characters:
- Julie Christie.................Diana Scott
- Dirk Bogarde................Robert Gold
- Laurence Harvey...........Miles Brand
Produced by: Vic Films/ Embassy/ Anglo-Amalgamated Productions
Written by: Frederic Raphael
Other nominees:
- Casanova '70
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
- The Train
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
