Showing posts with label Julie Christie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julie Christie. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 May 2026

1965, Fashion: Vogue, Young Chicerino fashions worn by the Stars (USA, 1 August)

Julie Christie: Smallest Dress, Zigzag Knit, Signal Coat, Geometric Vinyl
Julie Christie: Printed Cashmere Leotard, Dmall Dazzled Knit
Françoise Hardy: The Nonchalant Tailoring of Emmanuelle Khanh
Françoise Dorléac: Legs in Leather Plaid, D’éléphant Pants
Geraldine Chaplin: Paris Knits, Zigzag Skimp, Ribbed Petal Collar
Catherine Spaak: Fantasy Knits from Italy: Spangled, Sequinned
Claudia Cardinale: At Home Seraglio Pyjamas, D’éléphant Pants

Saturday, 16 November 2024

1966, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • 'Гамлет' (Hamlet)
  • 'The Hill'
  • 'The Knack ...and How to Get It'
  • 'Zorba The Greek'

Best British Film
Winner: 'The Ipcress File'

Poster 'The Ipcress File'

Nominees:

  • 'Darling'
  • 'The Hill'
  • 'The Knack ...and How to Get It'

Best British Actor
Winner:  Dirk Bogarde as Robert Gold in 'Darling'

Dirk Bogarde as Robert Gold

Nominees:

  • Harry Andrews as R.S.M. Bert Wilson in 'The Hill'
  • Michael Caine as Harry Palmer in 'The Ipcress File'
  • Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins in 'My Fair Lady'

Best British Actress
Winner:  Julie Christie as Diana Scott in 'Darling'

Julie Christie as Diana Scott

Nominees:

  • Julie Andrews as Emily Barham in 'The Americanization of Emily'
  • Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music'
  • Maggie Smith as Nora in 'Young Cassidy'
  • Rita Tushingham as Nancy Jones in 'The Knack ...and How to Get It'

Best Foreign Actor
Winner: Lee Marvin as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn in 'Cat Ballou'

Lee Marvin as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

Nominees:

  • Anthony Quinn as Alexis Zorba in 'Zorba the Greek'
  • Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Prince Hamlet in 'Гамлет' (Hamlet)
  • Jack Lemmon as Stanley Ford in 'How to Murder Your Wife'
  • Jack Lemmon as Sam Bissell in 'Good Neighbor Sam'
  • Oskar Werner as Dr. Schumann in 'Ship of Fools'

Best Foreign Actress
Winner: Patricia Neal as Lieutenant Maggie Haines in 'In Harm's Way'

Patricia Neal as Lieutenant Maggie Haines

Nominees:

  • Jane Fonda as Cat Ballou in 'Cat Ballou'
  • Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense in 'Zorba the Greek'
  • Simone Signoret as La Condesa in 'Ship of Fools'

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Judi Dench as Wife in 'Four in the Morning'

Judi Dench as Wife

Nominees:

  • Barbara Ferris as Dinah in 'Catch Us If You Can'
  • Michael Crawford as Colin in 'The Knack ...and How to Get It'
  • Tom Nardini as Jackson Two-Bears in 'Cat Ballou'

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Frederic Raphael for 'Darling'

Poster 'Darling'

Nominees:

  • Ray Rigby: 'The Hill'
  • W. H. Canaway and James Doran: 'The Ipcress File'
  • Charles Wood: 'The Knack ...and How to Get It'

Best Cinematography, Colour
Winner: Otto Heller for 'The Ipcress File'

Poster 'The Ipcress File'

Nominees:

  • David Watkin: 'Help!'
  • Freddie Young: 'Lord Jim'
  • Christopher Challis: 'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'

Best Cinematography, Black and White
Winner: Oswald Morris for 'The Hill'

Poster 'The Hill'

Nominees:

  • Kenneth Higgins: 'Darling'
  • David Watkin: 'The Knack ...and How to Get It'
  • Gilbert Taylor: 'Repulsion'

Saturday, 24 February 2024

1962, Film; Crooks Anonymous

The British comedy "Crooks Anonymous" was released in April 1962. The film was directed by Ken Annakin with a screenplay by Jack Davies and Henry Blyth. Main stars are Leslie Phillips as Dandy Forsdyke, Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes, Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne. The music was composed by George Martin and Muir Mathieson .

Crooks Anonymous Poster

Synopsis
Captain "Dandy Forsdyke" (Leslie Phillips) is a pathological thief, he subjects himself to a strict correction course run by a wealthy ex-convict Brother Widdowes (Stanley Baxter) and his Crooks Anonymous organization. Forsdyke's young and innocent girlfriend Babette La Verne (Julie Christie) promises that she'll marry him if he's cured...

Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke
Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague
Julie Christie as Babette La Verne and Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke

Main cast

  • Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke (real name Fred Cox)
  • Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague
  • Julie Christie as Babette La Verne
  • James Robertson Justice as Sir Harvey Russelrod
  • Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett
  • Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella
  • Robertson Hare as Grimsdale
  • Raymond Huntley as Wagstaffe
  • Dermot Kelly as Stanley
  • Norman Rossington as Bert
  • Harry Fowler as Woods
  • Charles Lloyd-Pack as Fletcher
  • Harold Goodwin as George
  • Harry Locke as Fred
  • Colin Gordon as drunk
  • Jeremy Lloyd as M.C. at the Peekaboo Club
  • Dennis Waterman as boy in park
Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes, Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke,
Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague
Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett, Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke
and Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes
Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke, Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes
Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett, Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella
and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague
Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne

Trivia

  • Film debut of Julie Christie.

Sunday, 29 July 2018

1962, Film: "The Fast Lady"

The British comedy film "The Fast Lady" was released in December 1962 in London. The film was directed Ken Annakin with a screenplay by Henry Blyth and Jack Davies, based on a story by Keble Howard. Main stars are Leslie Phillips, Julie Christie, James Robertson Justice and Stanley Baxter. "The Fast Lady" is a 1927 vintage Bentley 4½ Litre Red Label Speed model with Vanden Plas short chassis and painted in British Racing Green.

Synopsis
Murdoch Troon (Stanley Baxter) is a member of the local cycling club. He meets Claire Chingford (Julie Christie) after an accident with her father Charles Chingford (James Robertson Justice). Claire persuades him to buy a sports car, and learn to drive...
Julie Christie as Claire Chingford and Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon
James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford and Julie Christie as Claire Chingford
Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon and Leslie Phillips as Freddie Fox
Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon and James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford
Main cast
  • James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford
  • Leslie Phillips as Freddie Fox
  • Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon
  • Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Staggers
  • Julie Christie as Claire Chingford
  • Eric Barker as Wentworth
  • Oliver Johnston as Bulmer
  • Allan Cuthbertson as Bodley
Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon and Allan Cuthbertson as Bodley
Julie Christie as Claire Chingford with "The Fast Lady"

"The Fast Lady" Trailer

Sunday, 21 September 2014

1966, Film: “Fahrenheit 451”

The British film “Fahrenheit 451” is released 16 September 1966. The science fiction drama is directed by French cineast François Truffaut, starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie in a dual role, and Cyril Cusack. The script is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury. This was Truffaut's first color film and the only English-language film he ever directed. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 1966 Venice Film Festival.

Synopsis
In the near future, Guy Montag (Oskar Werner) is a firefighter who lives in a lonely, isolated society where books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. The duty of the firefighters is to burn all books on sight that have been reported by informants. All people are drugged into obedience by reality television broadcasts on wall-length screens...
Oskar Werner as Guy Montag and Julie Christie as Linda Montag
Oskar Werner as Guy Montag and Julie Christie as Clarisse McClellan
Trivia
  • The title of the movie and the book comes from the auto-ignition temperature at which paper catches fire, according to a fireman to whom Ray Bradbury posed the question.
  • Paul Newman, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Aznavour, Peter O'Toole, and Terence Stamp were at some stage considered for the role of Montag.
Oskar Werner as Guy Montag and Julie Christie as Clarisse McClellan
Cyril Cusack as The Captain and Oskar Werner as Guy Montag
Anton Diffring as Fabian
Director François Truffaut at the set of Fahrenheit 451
Main Cast
  • Julie Christie as Clarisse McClellan/Linda Montag
  • Oskar Werner as Guy Montag
  • Cyril Cusack as The Captain
  • Anton Diffring as Fabian/Headmistress
  • Jeremy Spenser as Man with the Apple
  • Bee Duffell as Book Woman
  • Alex Scott as Book Person: 'The Life of Henry Brulard'

Fahrenheit 451 Trailer