1967 IN FILM

The year '1967 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1967

Short Film Series

Births

Deaths

Events

★ December 26 - The Beatles ''Magical Mystery Tour'' airs on British television.

★ The prototype for the IMAX multi-screen system is exhibited at Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''The Dirty Dozen''
# ''You Only Live Twice''
# ''Casino Royale''
# ''A Man for All Seasons''
# ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
# ''Barefoot in the Park''
# ''Georgy Girl''
# ''To Sir, with Love''
# ''The Jungle Book''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''In the Heat of the Night''' - Mirisch, United Artists
:Achievement in Direction: 'Mike Nichols' - ''The Graduate''
:Best Actor: 'Rod Steiger' - ''In the Heat of the Night''
:Best Actress: 'Katharine Hepburn' - ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'George Kennedy' - ''Cool Hand Luke''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Estelle Parsons' - ''Bonnie and Clyde''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Closely Watched Trains''' (''Ostře sledované vlaky''), directed by Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''In the Heat of the Night'''
:Best Actor: ''Rod Steiger' - ''In the Heat of the Night''
:Best Actress: 'Edith Evans' - ''The Whisperers''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''The Graduate'''
:Best Actor: 'Richard Harris' - ''Camelot''
:Best Actress: 'Anne Bancroft' - ''The Graduate''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Mike Nichols' - ''The Graduate''
:Best English Language Foreign Film: '''The Fox''', United Kingdom
:Best Foreign Film: '''Live for Life''' (''Vivre pour vivre''), France
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''Blowup''', directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''Belle de jour''', directed by Louis Buñuel, France / Italy
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Le départ''', directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, Belgium

Films released in 1967

★ ''A Countess from Hong Kong

★ ''The Ambushers''

★ ''The Andromeda Nebula''

★ ''Barefoot in the Park''

★ ''Bedazzled''

★ ''Belle de jour''

★ ''The Big Mouth'', starring Jerry Lewis

★ ''Bonnie and Clyde''

★ ''The Born Losers''

★ ''Camelot''

★ ''Casino Royale''

★ ''Cervantes''

★ ''Clambake''

★ ''Cool Hand Luke''

★ ''Le Depart''

★ ''The Dirty Dozen''

★ ''Doctor Dolittle''

★ ''Double Trouble''

★ ''Easy Come, Easy Go''

★ ''Far from the Madding Crowd''

★ ''The Fastest Guitar Alive''

★ ''The Flim-Flam Man''

★ ''Follow That Camel'' a.k.a ''Carry On...Follow That Camel'' or ''Carry On In The Legion''

★ ''Good Times''

★ ''Grand slam''

★ ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner''

★ ''The Graduate'', premiered in Los Angeles on December 8

★ ''The Happiest Millionaire''

★ ''Hombre''

★ ''The Honey Pot''

★ ''I Am Curious (Yellow)''

★ ''In Like Flint''

★ ''In the Heat of the Night''

★ ''The Jungle Book''

★ ''Komissar'' aka The Commissar

★ ''One Million Years B.C.''

★ ''Playtime''

★ ''Point Blank''

★ ''The President's Analyst''

★ ''Quatermass and the Pit''

★ ''Reflections in a Golden Eye''

★ ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre''

★ ''Le Samouraï'' (''The Samurai''), starring Alain Delon

★ ''Son of Godzilla''

★ ''Stimulantia''

★ ''The Stranger'' (''Lo Straniero'')

★ ''This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse''

★ ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''

★ ''The Tiger Makes Out'', starring Eli Wallach

★ ''Tobruk''

★ ''To Sir, with Love''

★ ''Valley of the Dolls''

★ ''Wait Until Dark''

★ ''The War Wagon''

★ ''The Whisperers''

★ ''Who's That Knocking at My Door'', directed by Martin Scorsese

★ ''You Only Live Twice''

Short Film Series

★ ''Looney Tunes'' (1930-1969)

★ ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931-1969)

★ ''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953-1968)

Births

★ January 2 - Tia Carrere, American actress

★ January 14 - Emily Watson, English actress

★ February 9 - Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor

★ February 10 - Laura Dern, American actress

★ March 16 - Lauren Graham, American actress

★ April 2 - Ajay Devgan, Indian actor

★ May 1 - Scott Coffey, American actor/director

★ May 31 - Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress

★ June 20 - Nicole Kidman, Australian actress

★ July 1 - Pamela Anderson, American actress

★ July 16 - Will Ferrell, American actor

★ October 4 - Liev Schreiber, American actor

★ October 5 - Guy Pearce, Australian actor

★ October 28 - Julia Roberts, American actress

★ September 11 - Harry Connick, Jr.

★ November 28 - Anna Nicole Smith, model and actress ( d. 2007)

Deaths

★ January 21 - Ann Sheridan (b. 1915), American actress

★ February 16 - Martine Carol (b. 1922), French actress

★ June 10 - Spencer Tracy (b. 1900), American actor.

★ June 29 - Jayne Mansfield (b. 1933), American actress.

★ July 7 - Vivien Leigh (b. 1913), British actress.

★ July 21 - David Weisbart (b. 1915), film editor & producer