A Man for All Seasons     Paul Scofield     Robert Shaw     The Sand Pebbles     Robert Wise     Steve McQueen     Mako     Richard Attenborough     Richard Crenna     Candice Bergen     The Good, the Bad and the Ugly     Sergio Leone     Clint Eastwood     Lee Van Cleef     Eli Wallach     Walter Matthau     Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf     Elizabeth Taylor     Sandy Dennis     The Russians Are Coming     The Russians Are Coming     Norman Jewison     Alan Arkin     Carl Reiner     Eva Marie Saint     Brian Keith     Jonathan Winters     Our Man Flint     James Coburn     Lee J. Cobb     Fahrenheit 451     Ray Bradbury     François Truffaut     Oskar Werner     Alfie     Michael Caine     Shelley Winters     Burt Bacharach     Dionne Warwick     Georgy Girl     Lynn Redgrave     James Mason     Alan Bates     The Seekers     The Appaloosa     Marlin Brando     John Saxon     The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini     Boris Karlof     Tommy Kirk     Nancy Sinatra     Bobby Fuller Four

1965 sixties

history
television
music
movies & celebrities
books & comedy
cars & races
sports
gadgets & toys

    ar
1960s Movies

  1960s1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s

New Movies 1966

The Russians are coming, Our Man Flint, The Sand Pebbles, Georgy Girl and The Good the Bad and the Ugly

 

Academy Awards 1966

man for all seasons

Picture:
"A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS", "Alfie", "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming", "The Sand Pebbles", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"


Actor:
PAUL SCOFIELD in "A Man for All Seasons", Alan Arkin in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming", Richard Burton in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Michael Caine in "Alfie", Steve McQueen in "The Sand Pebbles"

 

Supporting Actor:
WALTER MATTHAU in "The Fortune Cookie", Mako in "The Sand Pebbles", James Mason in "Georgy Girl", George Segal in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Robert Shaw in "A Man for All Seasons"


Actress:
ELIZABETH TAYLOR in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Anouk Aimee in "A Man and a Woman", Ida Kaminska in "The Shop on Main Street", Lynn Redgrave in "Georgy Girl", Vanessa Redgrave in "Morgan!"


virginia woolf


Supporting Actress:
SANDY DENNIS in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Wendy Hiller in "A Man for All Seasons", Jocelyn Lagarde in "Hawaii", Vivien Merchant in "Alfie", Geraldine Page in "You're a Big Boy Now"


Director:
FRED ZINNEMANN for "A Man for All Seasons", Michelangelo Antonioni for "Blow-up", Richard Brooks for "The Professionals", Claude Lelouch for "A Man and a Woman", Mike Nichols for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"



 

 

New Movies 1966

 

Agent for H.A.R.M.
Around the World Under the Sea
Batman
The Battle of Algiers, Golden Lion winner
The Bible: In The Beginning
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Blood Bath
Blowup
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Chappaqua
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
El Dorado
Andrei Rublev
The Family Way
Follow Me, Boys!
The Fortune Cookie
Frankie and Johnny
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Hawaii
Is Paris Burning?
It Happened Here
Judith
Johnny Reno
Lt. Robinson Crusoe, USN
Madame X
A Man and a Woman
"Manos" The Hands of Fate
Morgan!
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Persona
Return of the Seven
Ride in the Whirlwind
The Sandwich Man
Seconds (film)
The Shooting
The Singing Nun
Spinout
Three On A Couch, starring Jerry Lewis
Torn Curtain
Triple Cross
Trunk to Cairo
Way Way Out, starring Jerry Lewis
The Wild Angels
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (short subject)
The Wrong Box

 

More on each new movie of 1966 at Wikipedia

orange line

Good Movies 1966

 

sand pebbles 1966The Sand Pebbles - Produced and directed by Robert Wise and starring Steve McQueen, Mako, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen and Marayat Andriane. A clash of cultures with a bit of Vietnam War allegory. This important project to Robert Wise was put off by the studios until he agreed to do a "filler" movie in the meantime. The filler was The Sound of Music which went on to be one of the biggest box office hits of all time.

 

 

good bad and ugly 1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -
The third and final film in the "Dollars Trilogy" by director Sergio Leone. Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach who stole the show but was almost killed three times during the filming in Spain. Though released in Europe in 1966 it did not come to the United States until 1968. A tongue and cheek view of war (The American Civil War) it became a classic with Quentin Tarantino saying it was the best film ever made.


 

our man flint 1966

Our Man Flint - Directed by Daniel Mann starring James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb and Gila Golan. The first of many James Bond parodies with the Austin Powers movies giving it some due.

 


 

 

fahrenheit 451 1966Fahrenheit 451 - French director François Truffaut's only English language picture. Starring Julie Christie,
Oskar Werner
and Cyril Cusack. From the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury who says his book burning novel was not so much about censorship, but how television would come to displace reading.

 

 

 

 

alfie michael caine 1966Alfie - Directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin and
Vivien Merchant.
The story revolves around Playboy Alfie rethinks his lifestyle. Burt Bacharach wrote the title song Alfie after the movie was released in England. The American version included it in the ending credits (sung by Cher) which gave Bacharach an Oscar nomination. It was Dionne Warwick who made the song a hit.

 

 

georgy girl 1966Georgy Girl - Directed by Silvio Narizzano and starring Lynn Redgrave, James Mason, Alan Bates and Charlotte Rampling. A single working mother settles for an older man for the sake of the child. Nominated for various Academy Awards including the title song Georgy Girl by The Seekers.

 

marlin brando 1966

The Appaloosa
- Sometimes referred to as "Brando's Spaghetti Western" a better synopsis would be, "Que is mas Macho? Marlin Brando o John Saxon?" The film is most remembered for the arm wrestling scene with scorpions pinned to the table.

 

 

Top BoxOffice 1966

 

the russians are coming


The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming

Cold War comedy produced and directed by Norman Jewison. Starring Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith and Jonathan Winters. Golden Globe best picture of 1966.

 

 

Thunderball
Dr. Zhivago
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
That Darn Cat!
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

 

B Movies 1966

 

 

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini - Boris Karlof, Tommy Kirk, Nancy Sinatra and the Bobby Fuller Four romp through a beach party horror film.

 

 

The She Beast

Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster

year that was

About
        Contact


Bedddieboard.com



Coming soon...

1950s - 1980s - 1990s

1960 History
1960 Music
1960 Television
1960 Movies
1960 Books
1960 Gadgets
1960 Sports
1960 Cars

1961 History
1961 Music
1961 Television
1961 Movies
1961 Books
1961 Gadgets
1961 Sports
1961 Cars

1962 History
1962 Music
1962 Television
1962 Movies
1962 Books
1962 Gadgets
1962 Sports
1962 Cars

1963 History
1963 Music
1963 Television
1963 Movies
1963 Books
1963 Gadgets
1963 Sports
1963 Cars

1964 History
1964 Music
1964 Television
1964 Movies
1964 gadgets
1964 Books
1964 Sports
1964 Cars

1965 History
1965 Music
1965 Television
1965 Movies
1965 gadgets
1965 Books
1965 Sports
1965 Cars

1966 History
1966 Music
1966 Television
1966 Movies
1966 gadgets
1966 Books
1966 Sports
1966 Cars

1967 History
1967 Music
1967 Television
1967 Movies
1967 gadgets
1967 Books
1967 Sports
1967 Cars

1968 History
1968 Music
1968 Movies
1968 Television
1968 gadgets
1968 Books
1968 Sports
1968 Cars

1969 History
1969 Music
1969 Movies
1969 Television
1969 gadgets
1969 Books
1969 Sports
1969 Cars

 

1971 History
1971 Music
1971 Television
1971 Movies
1971 Books
1971 Sports
1971 Cars
1971 Gadgets

1973 History
1973 Music
1973 Television
1973 Movies
1973 Books
1973 Gadgets
1973 Sports
1973 Cars

1975 history

1975 books
1975 cars
1975 gadgets
1975 movies
1975 music
1975 sports
1975 tv

1977 history
1977 books
1977 cars
1977 gadgets
1977 movies
1977 music
1977 sports
1977 tv

1979 history
1979 books
1979 cars
1979 gadgets
1979 movies
1979 music
1979 sports
1979 tv


rackjite.com

Kick! Making Politics Fun

beddieboard.com

The Year that was

 


The Year That Was
A retro, nostalgic multimedia journey through the years
Sixites - Counterculture - 1960s
(c) Copyright 2006 - 2009