The year 1957 in film involved some significant events, with "The Bridge on the River Kwai" topping the year's box office and winning the Academy Award for what?
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1957 in film The year 1957 in film involved some significant events, with "The Bridge on the River Kwai" topping the year's box office and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British-American epic war film directed by David Lean and starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, and Alec Guinness, and featuring Sessue Hayakawa. Based on the novel "Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai" (1952) by Pierre Boulle, the film is a work of fiction, but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 for its historical setting. The movie was filmed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The bridge in the film was near Kitulgala.
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1953 in film The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.
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1950s in film The decade of the 1950s in film involved many significant films.
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created for 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay. In 2002, the name of the award was changed from Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) to Writing (Original Screenplay).
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Affair in Reno Affair in Reno is a 1957 American comedy film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by John K. Butler. The film stars John Lund, Doris Singleton, John Archer, Angela Greene, Alan Hale, Jr. and Harry Bartell. The film was released on February 15, 1957, by Republic Pictures.
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58th Academy Awards The 58th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 1986, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories honoring films released in 1985. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Stanley Donen and directed by Marty Pasetta. Actors Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, and Robin Williams co-hosted the show. Fonda hosted the gala for the second time, having previously been a co-host of the 49th ceremony held in 1977. Meanwhile, this was Alda and Williams's first Oscars hosting stint. Eight days earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on March 16, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host MacDonald Carey.
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1957 Cannes Film Festival The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957. The Palme d'Or went to the "Friendly Persuasion" by William Wyler. The festival opened with "Around the World in 80 Days" by Michael Anderson.
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Spoilers of the Forest Spoilers of the Forest is a 1957 American drama film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Bruce Manning. The film stars Rod Cameron, Vera Ralston, Ray Collins, Hillary Brooke, Edgar Buchanan and Carl Benton Reid. The film was released on April 5, 1957, by Republic Pictures.
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Special Achievement Academy Award The Special Achievement Award was an Academy Award given for an achievement that makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category. The award may only be conferred for achievements in productions that also qualify as an eligible release for distinguished achievements and meet the Academy's eligibility year and deadlines requirements.
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1969 in film The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and "Midnight Cowboy", a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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30th Academy Awards The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957.
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Men in War Men in War is a 1957 war film about the Korean War directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray as the leaders of a small detachment of American soldiers cut off and desperately trying to rejoin their division. The events of the film take place on one day; 6 September 1950. The picture was based on a 1949 World War II novel of the Normandy campaign "Day Without End" by Van Van Praag that was retitled "Combat" in 1951.
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Hold That Hypnotist Hold That Hypnotist is a 1957 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. The film was released on March 10, 1957 by Allied Artists and is the forty-fourth film in the series.
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17th Golden Globe Awards The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.
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A Certain Smile (song) "A Certain Smile" is a popular song. It was written for the 1958 film of the same name, based on the novel, also titled "A Certain Smile", by Françoise Sagan. The song was nominated for the 1958 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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Academy Award for Best Story The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1956, when it was eliminated in favor of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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1957 in Germany Events in the year 1957 in Germany.
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Bop Girl Goes Calypso Bop Girl Goes Calypso is a 1957 American United Artists film directed by Howard W. Koch and starring Judy Tyler. It featured Calypso music, and music by the Bobby Troup Trio and bassist Jim Aton.
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American Film Institute Awards 2001 The American Film Institute (AFI) Awards 2001 honored the best in film and television of the year. The nominations were announced on December 17, 2001 and the ceremony was broadcast on January 5, 2002 on CBS. It did not do well in the ratings (getting only 5.5 million viewers), so it would not be held in this format again. The AFI would go back to just listing the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year, and not have any technical nor acting categories.
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1965 in film The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with "The Sound of Music" topping the U.S. box office.
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Serenade (1956 film) Serenade is a 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann and starring tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel (billed as Sarita Montiel), and Vincent Price. Based on the 1937 novel "Serenade" by James M. Cain, the film was a Warner Bros. release, Lanza's fifth film, and his first on-screen appearance in four years.