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"American Cinema of The 1960s: Themes & Variations"  [2008] Edited by Barry Keith Grant Rutgers Univ Press pb [2/2008] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [2/2008] for $70.00 |
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"Making Waves: New Cinemas of The 1960s" [2007] by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith Continuum International Publng 9x6 pb [12/2007] for $16.46 Continuum International Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2007] for $66.70 |
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"Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Four Profiles" [2007] by Tom Lisanti Interviewees include Edy Williams {"Beyond The Valley of The Dolls"}, Victoria Vetri {"When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth"}, and Inga Neilsen {"In Like Flint"} McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [9/2007] for $39.95 |
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"The Sixties: Photographs by Robert Altman" [2007]
Santa Monica Press 12x9¼ hardcover [9/2007] for $26.37 |
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"The 1960s: American Popular Culture Through History" [2003] by Edward J. Rielly Greenwood Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/2003] for $55.00 |
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"Movies of The 60s" [2003] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 10x8 pb [5/2003] for $26.39 |
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"The Sixties, 1960-1969" [2000] by Paul Monaco (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 8) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [6/2003] for $20.08 Scribner's 10¼x7¼ hardcover [12/2000] for $99.00 |
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"Film Posters of The 60s: The Essential Movies of The Decade" [1998] Edited by Tony Nourmand & Graham Marsh Overlook 12½x10¼ hardcover [1/98] out of print/used Overlook 11¾x9¾ pb [6/99] out of print/used |
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"Hollywood's Best: The '60s" [1997]
artists include The Animals, Ray Charles, Petula Clark, Connie Francis, The Stan Getz Quartet, Astrud Gilberto, Herbie Hancock, Herman's Hermits, Debbie Reynolds, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, Mel Torme, The M.G.M. Studio Chorus & Orchestra, and the orchestras of Riz Ortolani & Nelson Riddle Rhino Records/W.E.A. music CD [10/97] 16 tracks - out of prodn/used |
1961
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"West Side Story" [United Artists 1961]
Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn & Rita Moreno; won 10 Oscars including Best Picture full credits from IMDb | theme music [4min : 26sec] |
1962
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"Lawrence of Arabia" [Columbia 1962]
completely fulfills the term 'epic film' listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) full credits from IMDb |
"To Kill A Mockingbird" [Universal Dec 1962]
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As described by his tomboy daughter, an idealistic lawyer in 1932 Alabama agrees to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman, revealing the depths of local bigotry & racism.
Directed by Robert Mulligan; script by Horton Foote, based on the novel; starring Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Brock Peters, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, James Anderson, William Windom, Alice Ghostley & Kim Stanley; won Oscars for Best Actor (Peck), Best Script Adaptation & Best Set Decoration, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (MB), Best B&W Cinematography & Best Music Score; listed on the National Film Registry (1995), won WGA Award for Best Drama Script Universal legacy Series widescreen b&w DVD [9/2005] 2 disks for $18.49 Universal b&w DVD [4/98] out of prodn/many used Universal widescreen b&w VHS [2/98] out of prodn/many used Universal b&w VHS [3/92] out of prodn/many used Varese Sarabande Elmer Bernstein soundtrack CD [7/97] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" open-book poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" brown poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"To Kill A Mockingbird" novel [1960 bestseller] by Harper Lee
won 1961 Pulitzer Prize; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) Grand Central Publng mass pb [10/88] for $6.99 Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [7/2005] for $10.36 Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [5/2006] for $10.85 Heinemann 8x5¾ hardcover [11/99] for $13.57 HarperCollins slipcover edition [10/2006] for $23.10 HarperCollins 8½x5½ hardcover [9/95] out of print/many used Caedmon UNABR audio CD read by Sissy Spacek [8/2006] for $32.97 |
1963
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"Tom Jones" [United Artists 1963]
full credits from IMDb |
1964
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"My Fair Lady" [Warner Bros. 1964]
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"Zorba the Greek" [Fox 1964]
full credits from IMDb |
theme music [3min : 44sec]
1965
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"The Sound of Music" [20th Century Fox 1965]
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Ten-minute animated short along classic love story lines – boy meets girl, boy loses girl to another, boy expands his capabilities and wins her – except that the 'people' in question are a dot and a very straight line and a squiggle. Directed by Chuck Jones & Maurice Noble; narration by Robert Morley; nominated for Best Short Film at Cannes, won Oscar for Best Animated Short; full credits from IMDb; available as part of the |
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"Warner Brothers Academy Awards Animation Collections" [2008]
3-disk set of 15 Oscar-winners & 26 Oscar-nominated cartoons Warner Brothers Home Ent. color DVD [2/2008] 3 disks for $37.99 or on the 1-disk version with the 15 winners only [2008] Warner Brothers Home Ent. DVD [2/2008] for $16.99 |
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"The Dot and The Line: A Romance In Lower Mathematics" [1963] by Norton Juster SeaStar 6.6x5½ hardcover [12/2000] for $7.95 Random House pb [1/91] out of print/used |
1966
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"A Man for All Seasons" [Columbia 1966]
full credits from IMDb |
1967
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"In The Heat of The Night" [United Artists 1967]
full credits from IMDb |
1968
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"Oliver!" [Columbia 1968]
full credits from IMDb |
1969
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"Midnight Cowboy" [United Artists 1969]
played for a year at Westwood Bruin Theater in Los Angeles, CA; the only X-rated film to receive the Best Picture Oscar; also won Oscars for Best Director & Best Script/- Adaptation; also Oscar noms for Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman & Jon Voight), Best Supporting Actress (Sylvia Miles) & Best Editing; won D.G.A., W.G.A. & 6 BAFTA awards full credits from IMDb 11"x17" movie poster available at AllPosters.com |
"Z" [Algeria-France Dec 1969]
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A liberal politician is murdered during a peace demonstration, and right wing leaders try to cover up their involvement and also try to hide the murder itself. A chronicle of the overthrow of the democratic government of Greece, told as a combination of thriller & murder mystery.
Directed by Costa-Gavras; script by Jorge Semprún, based on the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos; music by Mikis Theodorakis; starring Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer & Pierre Dux; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Editing, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation
Fox Lorber widescreen color DVD [7/2002] for $18.99 Fox Lorber widescreen color VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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novel by Vassilis Vassilikos [1967] Thunder's Mouth Press 8½x5½ pb [5/91] out of print/used Ballantine pb [9/69] out of print/used |
1970
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"Patton" [20th Century Fox 1970]
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; starring George C. Scott & Karl Malden full credits from IMDb |
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