1963 with the cinema
Events
- In January, the French cinematographic producers decide a stop of the production and challenge the public authorities. The medium is in declared crisis. frequentation of the rooms in France east in constant fall; the cinema lost 100 million spectators in five years. The public changes its practices, television spreads - from 683.000 television sets sold in 1957, one passes to 3.212.000 in 1962. The government aid decreases also gradually, brought to disappear in 1967 in accordance with the the Treaty of Rome founding the European Common Market in 1957.
- September 2nd: Mostra of Venice, Louis Malle must answer of her adaptation of the Will-o'-the-wisp of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, collaborator under the occupation and notorious anti-semite. The Italian religious newspaper, the Osservatore Romano , deplores that the minister ds cultural Affairs, André Malraux, chose this film to represent France in the selection. The realistor declares that the Church “ would have better done to deal with the anti-semitism when it killed out of the million people”.
- September 25th: Brigitte Bardot starts a riot in London at the time of turning in outside of scenes of One charming idiot Edouard Molinaro. The film will be finally made in studio.
- October 10th: Exit in the United Kingdom of second film of James Bond, Good kisses of Russia , with Sean Connery.
- November 6th: Jean-Luc Godard turns celebrates it scene of opening of the Mépris in which Brigitte Bardot appears naked. This scene, not envisaged initially, is added to film under the constraint of the American distributers.
- the December 2nd, Gaumont-Topicalities addresses to the cinemas a telegram requesting the cut of demonstrations coeds in the Latin Quarter.
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Aouré , film of the native of Niger Mustapha Alassane.
- Borrom Sarret , film of Ousmane Sembène.
Principal exits into the room in France
- January 27th: James Bond 007 against Dr. No ( Dr. No ) of Terence Young
- February 13rd: Doulos of Jean-Pierre Melville
- March 1st: Lawrence of Arabia ( Lawrence off Arabia ) of David Lean
- August 23rd: the Great escape ( The Great Escape ) from John Sturges
- April 3rd: Melody in basement of Henri Verneuil
- May 17th: Which did it arrive at Baby Jane? ( What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ) of Robert Aldrich
- May 29th: Eight and half ( Otto E mezzo ) of Federico Fellini
- August 28th: funny customer , film of Jean-Pierre Mocky.
- September 6th: the Birds ( The Birds ) of Alfred Hitchcock
- September 12th: Irma soft the ( Irma Soft the ) of Billy Wilder
- September 25th: Filipino Good-bye of Jacques Rozier
- October 3rd: Muriel, or the time of a return of Alain Resnais
- October 4th: the Tavern of the Irishman ( Donovan' S Reef ) of John Ford
- October 15th: Will-o'-the-wisp of Louis Malle
- October 25th: Cléopâtre ( Cleopatra ), Péplum American of Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- November 27th: the Uncles flingueurs of Georges Lautner
- December 3rd: Bébert and the slow train of Yves Robert
- December 20th: the Contempt of Jean-Luc Godard
See also: : Category: Film left in 1963
Festivals
Cannes
- Palm of gold: the Cheetah of Luchino Visconti
- Price of International Criticism (FIPRESCI): the Price of a man ( This Sporting Life ) of Lindsay Anderson and Pretty May of Chris Marker
- Special price of the jury: Hara-kiri ( Seppuku ) of Masaki Kobayashi and One day a cat ( Az pridje kocour ) of Vojtech Jasny
- Price of female role: Marina Vlady for marital Bed ( Ape Regina ) of Marco Ferreri
- Price of male interpretation: Richard Harris for the Price of a man ( This Sporting Life )
- Palm of gold of the short film: has flower of skin of Alex Seiler and the Bean of Edmond Séchan
Other festivals
- September 7th: Mostra of Venice: The Lion of gold is allotted to Control on the city ( Mani sulla citta ) of Francesco Rosi; The Volpi cut of interpretation is decreed with Delphine Seyrig for Muriel, or the time of a return of Alain Resnais and with Albert Finney for Tom Jones of Tony Richardson; the Will-o'-the-wisp of Louis Malle and Entrée the life of Igor Talankine obtain ex æquo the special price of the jury.
- Festival of Berlin: The Bear of gold reward ex æquo the Devil ( It Diavolo ) of Gian Luigi Polidoro and cruel History of Bushido ( Bushido zankoku monogatari ) of Tadashi Imai.
Rewards
Oscars
- the Oscar of best film is allotted to Tom Jones of Tony Richardson which obtains also that of better realizer.
- Better actress: most wild Patricia Neal for among all ( Hud ) of Martin Ritt
- Better actor: Sidney Poitier for the Lily of the fields ( Lilies off the Field ) of Ralph Nelson
- Better foreign film: Eight and half of Federico Fellini
Other rewards
- Price Louis Delluc: Umbrellas of Cherbourg of Jacques Demy
- Price Jean-Vigo: To die in Madrid of Frederic Rossif and the Pier of Chris Marker
- Grand Prix of the French cinema Louis Light: a king without entertainment of François Leterrier.
Boxoffice
the Great escape ( The Great Escape ) from John Sturges- the United States:
Principal births
- January 14th: Steven Soderbergh, realizer
- March 27th: Quentin Tarantino, realizer
- April 6th: Pauline Lafont, actress
- April 22nd: Denis Podalydès, actor
- April 26th: Jet Li, actor
- May 8th: Michel Gondry, scenario writer and realizer
- June 9th: Johnny Depp, actor
- July 22nd: Olivier Gourmet, actor
- August 23rd: Park Chan-wook, realizer
- December 18th: Brad Pitt, actor
- December 27th: Gaspar Noé, realizer
Principal deaths
- October 11th: Jean Cocteau, writer, scenario writer and draftsman
- December 12th: Yasujiro Ozu, realizer
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Pál Fejós, Hungarian realizer, in New York (° 1898)
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