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<\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 1960s in film reflected the decade of fun, fashion, rock n roll, and tremendous social changes (i.e. the civil rights era). With movie audiences declining due to the domination of television, major American companies began to expand with other forms of entertainment: records, publishing, TV movies and the production of TV series. <\/p>\n
The decade also saw the invasion of British cinema, foreign cinema, cold war political dramas, as well as the introduction of new directors, including Sidney Lumet, Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Brian DePalma, Woody Allen, Sydney Pollack, John Landis and George Lucas.
\nThough musicals had declined by the 1960s, there are some notable ones from the decade that have become and remained fan favorites, including WEST SIDE STORY (1961), MY FAIR LADY (1964), and THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965).<\/p>\n
Disney released the animated films 101 DALMATIANS (1961), THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967), THE SWORD IN THE STONE (1963) and the live-action\/animated masterpiece MARY POPPINS (1964), starring Julie Andrews in her Oscar winning role.<\/p>\n
The decade produced an enormous amount of successful and popular films, all of them great in their own ways, but with such a large number, it was extremely difficult to select which to ones to highlight, and I would\u2019ve loved to have listed all of them. I did my best to choose the ones that made an impact on the decade. As I previously mentioned in my 1950s tribute, if some of your favorite titles didn\u2019t make this list, they may appear in a future piece.<\/p>\n
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY\u2019S (1961) Running Time 1 hr 55 mins<\/strong><\/em> THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) Running Time 2 hrs 6 mins<\/strong><\/em> TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) Running Time 2 hrs 9 mins<\/strong><\/em> WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (1962) Running Time 2 hrs 14 mins<\/strong><\/em> THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962) Running Time 1 hr 46 mins<\/strong><\/em> LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Running Time 3 hrs 36 mins<\/strong><\/em> WHO\u2019S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) 2 hrs 11 mins<\/strong><\/em> GUESS WHO\u2019S COMING TO DINNER (1967) 1 hr 48 mins<\/strong><\/em> BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (1967) Running time 1 hr 46 mins<\/strong><\/em> EASY RIDER (1969) Running Time 1 hr 35 mins<\/strong><\/em> MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) Running Time 1 hr 53 mins<\/strong><\/em> BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID(1969) Running Time 1 hr 50 mins<\/strong><\/em> [si-contact-form form=’2′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [AdSense-A] By Geoffrey Huchel The 1960s in film reflected the decade of fun, fashion, rock n roll, and tremendous social changes (i.e. the civil rights era). With movie audiences declining due to the domination of television, major American companies began to expand with other forms of entertainment: records, publishing, TV movies and the production of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[18933],"class_list":["post-75337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-ringside-report-looks-back-at-the-1960s-in-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75337"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDirected by Blake Edwards
\nWith: Audrey Hepburn
\nGeorge Peppard
\nPlot: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
\nFun Fact: Winner of Best Original Song at the 1962 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by John Frankenheimer
\nWith: Frank Sinatra
\nLaurence Harvey
\nJanet Leigh
\nAngela Lansbury
\nPlot: A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
\nFun Facts: Angela Lansbury was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 1963 Academy Awards. Lansbury won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress at the 1963 Golden Globes.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Robert Mulligan
\nWith: Gregory Peck
\nJohn Megna
\nPlot: Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era south, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
\nFun Facts: Gregory Peck won an Oscar for Best Leading Actor at the 1963 Academy Awards. The film also won an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium at the 1963 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Robert Aldrich
\nWith: Bette Davis
\nJoan Crawford
\nPlot: A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
\nFun Facts: Bette Davis was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 1963 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Arthur Penn
\nWith: Anne Bancroft
\nPatty Duke
\nPlot: The story of Anne Sullivan\u2019s struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
\nFun Facts: Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke each won an Oscar for their respective categories (Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role) at the 1963 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by David Lean
\nWith: Peter O\u2019Toole
\nAlec Guinness
\nAnthony Quinn
\nPlot: The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
\nFun Facts: Winner of 7 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director at the 1963 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Mike Nichols
\nWith: Elizabeth Taylor
\nRichard Burton
\nGeorge Segal
\nPlot: A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, uses a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
\nFun Facts: Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis each won an Oscar for their respective categories (Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role) at the 1967 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Stanley Kramer
\nWith: Spencer Tracy
\nSidney Poitier
\nKatharine Hepburn
\nPlot: A couple\u2019s attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fianc\u00e9.
\nFun Facts: Winner of 2 Oscars; Katharine Hepburn for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay at the 1968 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Gene Saks
\nWith: Robert Redford
\nJane Fonda
\nPaul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
\nFun Fact: Writer Neil Simon based this story on his first marriage.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Dennis Hopper
\nWith: Peter Fonda
\nDennis Hopper
\nJack Nicholson
\nPlot: Through the open country and desert lands, two bikers head from L. A. to New Orleans, and along the way, meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap they are unaware of.
\nFun Facts: Jack Nicholson was nominated for an Oscar for the Best Actor in the Supporting Role category.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by John Schlesinger
\nWith: Dustin Hoffman
\nJon Voight
\nPlot: A na\u00efve hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend.
\nFun Facts: Winner of 3 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by George Roy Hill
\nWith: Paul Newman
\nRobert Redford
\nKatharine Ross
\nPlot: Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution- Escape to Bolivia.
\nFun Facts: Winner of 4 Oscars including Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced and Best Cinematography<\/p>\n