Friday, February 7, 2014

1964 CinSpec Awards


Winners indicated (*). I still need to see films like Kwaidan, A Fistful of Dollars, Diary of a Chambermaid, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, King & Country, Guns at Batasi, Zulu, Gertrud, Charulata, One Potato, Two Potato, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Sex and the Single Girl, The Thin Red Line, Seven Days in May, The Train, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Nothing But a Man, Dead Ringer, Kiss Me, Stupid, Gate of Flesh, The Best Man, Woman in the Dunes, I Am Cuba, and The Gospel According to St. Matthew.

Dr. Strangelove

BEST PICTURE:
Dr. Strangelove*
Mary Poppins
The Night of the Iguana
Onibaba
Seance on a Wet Afternoon

BEST DIRECTOR:
Michelangelo Antonioni, Red Desert
John Huston, The Night of the Iguana
Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove*
Kaneto Shindô, Onibaba
Robert Stevenson, Mary Poppins

The Night of the Iguana

BEST ACTOR:
Richard Attenborough, Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Richard Burton, The Night of the Iguana*
Peter O'Toole, Becket
Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek
Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove

BEST ACTRESS:
Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins*
Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater
Nobuko Otowa, Onibaba
Kim Stanley, Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Monica Vitti, Red Desert

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
James Coburn, The Americanization of Emily
Henry Fonda, Fail-Safe*
Sterling Hayden, Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott, Dr. Strangelove
Peter Ustinov, Topkapi

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Honor Blackman, Goldfinger
Ava Gardner, The Night of the Iguana*
Joyce Grenfell, The Americanization of Emily
Grayson Hall, The Night of the Iguana
Lila Kedrova, Zorba the Greek

Mary Poppins

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Becket
Dr. Strangelove*
Mary Poppins
The Night of the Iguana
Seance on a Wet Afternoon

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Father Goose
A Hard Day's Night
Onibaba*
Red Desert
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Red Desert

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Dr. Strangelove
The Masque of the Red Death*
Onibaba
Red Desert
Seance on a Wet Afternoon

BEST FILM EDITING:
Band of Outsiders
Dr. Strangelove*
Goldfinger
Mary Poppins
Onibaba

The Masque of the Red Death

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Marnie
Mary Poppins*
Onibaba
The Pink Panther
Seance on a Wet Afternoon

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Chim Chim Cher-ee", Mary Poppins
"Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)", Mary Poppins
"Goldfinger", Goldfinger
"A Hard Day's Night", A Hard Day's Night*
"Shadows of Paris", A Shot in the Dark

Additional Categories

My Fair Lady

BEST ART DIRECTION:
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Mary Poppins
The Masque of the Red Death
My Fair Lady*
Onibaba

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Becket
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Mary Poppins
The Masque of the Red Death
My Fair Lady*

Onibaba

BEST MAKEUP:
The Masque of the Red Death
Onibaba
7 Faces of Dr. Lao*

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Dr. Strangelove
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger*
Mary Poppins
Onibaba

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Goldfinger
Mary Poppins*
7 Faces of Dr. Lao

8 comments:

  1. I wish so badly that you had seen Onibaba!!! Such a brilliant movie and probably my pick for best of the year.

    BUT your Burton and Gardner wins are LOVE (my wins as well!!!)

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    1. Ok, I just managed to squeeze Onibaba in. :) (Didn't realize it was so short.) It's my runner-up! Quick question: Do you consider Jitsuko Yoshimura supporting? I'm leaning towards putting her there.

      Feel free to give me a heads-up anytime on upcoming years that you haven't posted your ballots for yet. ;)

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  2. For me it's Strangelove, Fistful, and Iguana that are the real standouts. I REALLY like each of those pictures. I'm not as smitten with Kubrick as many are but Strangelove is fabulous and Sellers shows his genius.

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    1. My top 3 are Strangelove, Onibaba and Iguana, so our favorites are very similar. Oh, Sellers was brilliant!

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  3. I saw Dr. Strangelove years ago in a film class in college, love it but I really need to watch it again as there's so much I didn't understand on first viewing. I really need to watch a Richard Burton film at some point too, ahah.

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    1. Oh, you really must watch a Burton film. He was a fantastic actor!

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  4. Even though I love all these films and performances, with the exception of Dr. Strangelove which I like and admire but have never found as special as others, this was one of the easiest years to pick a winner in each category. I noticed that you placed Umbrellas in '65 but it competed in the '64 awards so I've followed suit.

    Picture:
    Becket
    Dr. Strangelove
    A Hard Day's Night
    Mary Poppins
    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg-Winner
    All these are terrific but Umbrellas is such a unique experience with its story told though song and color tone that it stands out as the singular film making achievement of this year.

    Director:
    Jacques Demy-The Umbrellas of Cherbourg-Winner
    Peter Grenville-Becket
    Arthur Hiller-The Americanization of Emily
    John Huston-The Night of the Iguana
    Stanley Kubrick-Dr. Strangelove
    I usually don't enjoy musicals which are fully sung but Demy manages to make Umbrellas comletely captivating and in French to boot.

    Actor:
    Richard Burton-The Night of the Iguana-Winner
    Rex Harrison-My Fair Lady
    Peter O'Toole-Becket
    Peter Sellers-Dr. Strangelove
    Rod Steiger-The Pawnbroker
    Sellers is amazing in his multiple roles, Steiger heartbreaking in The Pawnbroker, Harrison inimitable in My Fair Lady and O'Toole a commanding King Henry but this was Burton's prize in a walk. Really a combination award not only for his brilliance in Iguana but his equally impressive work in Becket the same year.

    Actress:
    Anne Bancroft-The Pumpkin Eater-Winner
    Catherine Deneuve-The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
    Deborah Kerr-The Chalk Garden
    Geraldine Page-Dear Heart
    Kim Stanley-Seance on a Wet Afternoon
    Again all fantastic work and I have a special place in my heart for Gerry Page's performance in Dear Heart but Anne's complex work in Pumpkin Eater is perhaps my favorite of any she ever did.

    Supporting Actor:
    Stanley Holloway-My Fair Lady
    John Mills-The Chalk Garden
    Slim Pickens-Dr. Strangelove
    George C. Scott-Dr. Strangelove
    Peter Ustinov-Topkapi-Winner
    This was the only category I had to ponder over a clear choice. My favorite supporting male performance of the year was given by Keenan Wynn in Strangelove but that was hardly more than one scene and that seems unfair to the other performers. I adore Ustinov in most everything and here he was especially fine so I'll go with the academy's pick.

    Supporting Actress:
    Olivia de Havilland-Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte
    Ava Gardner-Night of the Iguana-Winner
    Glynis Johns-Mary Poppins
    Hayley Mills-The Chalk Garden
    Susan Oliver-Your Cheatin' Heart
    The wonderfully talented and underrated Susan Oliver didn't have much of a film career but she's by far the best thing in Cheatin' Heart acting rings around co-star George Hamilton. Hayley plays all the notes of her troubled character well in Chalk Garden, Olivia's viperish Miriam hiding behind a sweet mask is silkily effective and I'll never understand with all the love thrown Mary Poppins way how Glynis Johns's gloriously addled and oblivious Mrs. Banks failed to yield her a nomination. I see we agree though that the clear winner is Ava Gardner, she's ferocious, powerful and wonderfully alive. This is the piece of work any doubters that she could act need to see.

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    1. I need to rewatch The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but I suspect it would make my top 5 of '65 now. I have it there since it received 4 Oscar nominations that year, despite the fact that it was also nominated in '64.

      There are a few of your acting nominees I haven't seen, but I love your winners, especially the wins for The Night of the Iguana. Also, Ustinov (my runner-up) is an absolute delight in Topkapi, so I'm all for him winning.

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