Academy Award Winning Movies of the 1960s
See also: Titles - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
1966
Screenplay based on Material from another medium
Movie:Doctor Zhivago
Summary: Henry VIII wants to divorce his wife, and seeks the approval of aristocracy. Sir Thomas More is a man of principle and reason, and is thus placed in a difficult position, should he stand u for his principles, risking the wrath of a corrupt King fond of executing people for treason? Or should he bow to the seemingly unstoppable curruption of Henry VIII, who has no quams about bending the law to suit his own needs?
Main Characters:
- Paul Scofield.............Sir Thomas More
- Robert Shaw.............King Henry VIII
- Julie Christie.................Lara
Written by: Robert Bolt
Other nominees:
- Alfie
- The Professionals
- The Russians are Comming! The Russians are Comming!
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
A Man and a Woman (a.k.a. Homme et un femme)
Screenplay written directly for the screen
Summary: A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their children's boarding school. They find that each is a widower. Each is slow to reveal anything personal so that each revelation is hidden by a misercetion. They become close friends and she reveals that she can't have a lover because her memory of her husband is still strong.
Main Characters:
- Pierre Barouh.................Pierre Gautier
- Valerie Lagrance............Valerie Duroc
Produced by: Les Films 13
Written by: Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven
Other nominees:
- Blowup
- The Fourteen Cookie
- Khartoum
- The Naked Prey
