1964, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: ‘Dr. Strangelove’
(Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George, UK / USA, 1964)

Nominees:

• ‘Becket’ (Peter Glenville, Jean Anouilh, Lucienne Hill, Edward Anhalt, UK / USA, 1964)
• ‘The Pumpkin Eater’ (Jack Clayton, Penelope Mortimer, Harold Pinter, UK, 1964)
• ‘The Train’ (John Frankenheimer, Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, Rose Valland, France/ Italy / USA, 1964)

Best British Actor
Winner: Richard Attenborough

• As Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale in ‘Guns at Batasi’
• As Billy Savage in ‘Séance on a Wet Afternoon’

Nominees:

• Peter O'Toole as Henry II in ‘Becket’
• Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Doctor Strangelove in ‘Dr. Strangelove’
• Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in ‘The Pink Panther’
• Tom Courtenay as Private Arthur Hamp in ‘King and Country’

Best British Actress
Winner: Audrey Hepburn as Regina Lampert in ‘Charade’

Nominees:

• Deborah Kerr as Miss Madrigal in ‘The Chalk Garden’
• Edith Evans as Mrs. St. Maugham in ‘The Chalk Garden’
• Rita Tushingham as Kate Brady in ‘Girl with Green Eyes’

Best Foreign Actor
Winner: Marcello Mastroianni as Carmine Sbaratti/Renzo/Augusto Rusconti in ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’

Nominees:

• Cary Grant as Peter Joshua in ‘Charade’
• Sidney Poitier as Homer Smith in ‘Lilies of the Field’
• Sterling Hayden as Brigadier General Jack Ripper in ‘Dr. Strangelove’

Best Foreign Actress
Winner: Anne Bancroft as Jo Armitage in ‘The Pumpkin Eater’

Nominees:

• Ava Gardner as Maxine Faulk in ‘The Night of the Iguana’
• Kim Stanley as Myra Savage in ‘Séance on a Wet Afternoon’
• Shirley MacLaine as Irma la Douce in ‘Irma la Douce’
• Shirley MacLaine as Louisa May Foster in ‘What a Way to Go!’

Best Screenplay
Winner: Harold Pinter: ‘The Pumpkin Eater’

Nominees:

• Edward Anhalt: ‘Becket’
• Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern: ‘Dr. Strangelove’
• Bryan Forbes: ‘Séance on a Wet Afternoon’

Best Cinematography, Black and White
Winner: Oswald Morris: ‘The Pumpkin Eater’

Nominees:

• Douglas Slocombe: ‘Guns at Batasi’
• Denys Coop: ‘King and Country’
• Gerry Turpin: ‘Séance on a Wet Afternoon’

Best Cinematography, Colour
Winner: Geoffrey Unsworth: ‘Becket’

Nominees:

• Freddie Young: ‘The 7th Dawn’
• Arthur Ibbetson: ‘The Chalk Garden’
• Nicolas Roeg: ‘Nothing but the Best’
• Jack Hildyard: ‘The Yellow Rolls-Royce’

1977, Film: “Una giornata particolare”

The Italian film "Una gionata particolare" ("A Special Day") premieres on the Cannes film Festival on 17 May 1977. The Italian release followes on 12 August 1977. Directed by Ettore Scola the film stars Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and John Vernon. The film is an Italian-Canadian co-production, it figures on the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.

The film is set in Rome in 1938, it follows a woman and her neighbor who stay home the day Adolf Hitler visits Benito Mussolini. A film about war, family, tolerance, women's condition, fanaticism, homosexuality, a story about humanity set in a inhumane fascist background.

Sophia Loren as Antonietta

Synopsis

On 8 May 8 1938 Hitler visits Mussolini in Rome. Antonietta (Sophia Loren) stays home doing domestic tasks while her fascist husband Emanuele and her six children take of to follow the parade. The whole building is empty only Gabriele (Marcello Mastroianni), a neighbor across the complex stays at home. Gabriele is a radio broadcaster who has been dismissed and is about to be deported to Sardinia because of his anti-fascist opinion and his homosexuality...

Marcello Mastroianni as Gabriele

Main Cast

• Sophia Loren as Antonietta
• Marcello Mastroianni as Gabriele
• John Vernon as Emanuele
• Françoise Berd as Caretaker
• Patrizia Basso as Romana
• Tiziano De Persio as Arnaldo
• Maurizio Di Paolantonio as Fabio
• Antonio Garibaldi as Littorio
• Vittorio Guerrieri as Umberto
• Alessandra Mussolini as Maria Luisa
• Nicole Magny as Officer's Daughter

Marcello Mastroianni as Gabriele and Sophia Loren as Antonietta

Striking is the cameo of the then 14-year-old Alessandra Mussolini, the granddaughter of the fascist leader and a niece of lead actress Sophia Loren. The son of Benito Mussolini is in fact married to a sister of Sophia Loren. Alessandra plays the role of daughter Maria Luisa.

John Vernon as Emanuele and Alessandra Mussolini as Maria Luisa

Awards

• National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Film (USA, 1977)
• Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film: Italy (USA, 1978)
• César for Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): Ettore Scola (France, 1978)
• David di Donatello Award for Best Director (Migliore Regia): Ettore Scola (Italy, 1978)
• David di Donatello Award for Best Actress (Migliore Attrice): Sophia Loren (Italy, 1978)
• Golden Globe for Best Film (Miglior Film): Ettore Scola (Italy, 1978)
• Golden Globe for Best Actor (Migliore Attore): Marcello Mastroianni (Italy, 1978)
• Golden Globe for Best Actress (Migliore Attrice): Sophia Loren (Italy, 1978)
• Silver Ribbon (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists) for Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista): Sophia Loren (Italy, 1978)
• Silver Ribbon (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists) for Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura): Maurizio Costanzo, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola (Italy, 1978)
• Silver Ribbon (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists) for Best Musical Score (Migliore Musica): Armando Trovajoli (Italy, 1978)

English Trailer

1960, Film: "La Dolce Vita"

The Italian comedy-drama "La Dolce Vita" (English: "The Sweet Life") premièred on February 5, 1960. The black-and-white film, written and directed by Federico Fellini, tells the story of a journalist's week in Rome, and his search for happiness and love. The storyline of the film can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue.

Synopsis
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.


Anouk Aimée and Marcello Mastroianni

The seven principal episodes in the film:

1. Evening with Maddalena (Anouk Aimée) / Dawn with his overdosed fiancée Emma (Yvonne Furneaux)
2. Day and evening with the American actress Sylvia (Anita Ekberg), ending in the Trevi fountain at dawn
3. Reunion with his intellectual friend Steiner (Alain Cuny); the story is divided into three sequences spread over the entire film: a) the encounter, b) Steiner's party, and c) Steiner's tragedy
4. Day with his photographer friend Paparazzo (Walter Santesso) and Emma to the outskirts of Rome to cover the story of a sighting of the Madonna by two children
5. Meeting with his father (Annibale Ninchi)
6. The aristocrat's party/Steiner's tragedy
7. The "orgy" at the beach house

Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg

Main Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini
• Anita Ekberg as Sylvia
• Anouk Aimée as Maddalena
• Yvonne Furneaux as Emma
• Magali Noël as Fanny
• Alain Cuny as Steiner
• Nadia Gray as Nadia
• Annibale Ninchi as Marcello's father
• Walter Santesso as Paparazzo
• Valeria Ciangottini as Paola

Marcello Mastroianni and Yvonne Furneaux

Awards

• Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or for Federico Fellini (1960)
• David di Donatello Awards, David for Best Director (Migliore Regista): Federico Fellini (1960)
• National Board of Review, USA, NBR Award for Top Foreign Film (1961)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards, NYFCC Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1961)
• Academy Awards, USA, Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Piero Gherardi (1962)

Trailer

1973, Film: “La Grande Bouffe”

The French-Italian film “La Grande Bouffe” premièred on 17 May 1973 at the Cannes Film Festival. The film directed by Marco Ferreri, stars Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. The film was highly controversial on release, it criticised the consumer society and caused a scandal at the Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

Four successful middle-aged men the pilot Marcello, television executive Michel, chef Ugo, and the judge Philippe, go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. After the first night, Marcello insists that women should join them. Three prostitutes make it through a day or two; Andrea, a local school teacher, stays to the end...

Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi and Marcello Mastrioianni

Main Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello
• Philippe Noiret as Philippe
• Michel Piccoli as Michel
• Ugo Tognazzi as Ugo
• Andréa Ferréol as Andréa
• Monique Chaumette as Madeleine
• Florence Giorgetti as Anne
• Solange Blondeau as Danielle
• Michèle Alexandre as Nicole
• Cordelia Piccoli as Barbara

Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi and Andréa Ferréol

Awards

• Cannes Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize for Marco Ferreri (1973)

Michel Piccoli

Trailer