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1 Top-grossing films  



1.1  North America  





1.2  Outside North America  







2 Events  





3 Awards  





4 1966 film releases  



4.1  JanuaryMarch  





4.2  AprilJune  





4.3  JulySeptember  





4.4  OctoberDecember  







5 Notable films released in 1966  



5.1  #  





5.2  A





5.3  B





5.4  C





5.5  D





5.6  E





5.7  F





5.8  G





5.9  H





5.10  I





5.11  J





5.12  K





5.13  L





5.14  M





5.15  N





5.16  O





5.17  P





5.18  Q





5.19  R





5.20  S





5.21  T





5.22  U





5.23  V





5.24  W





5.25  Y





5.26  Z







6 Short film series  





7 Births  





8 Deaths  





9 Film debuts  





10 Notes  





11 References  





12 External links  














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List of years in film
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • In television
    1963
    1964
    1965
    1966
    1967
    1968
    1969
    In radio
    1963
    1964
    1965
    1966
    1967
    1968
    1969
    In music
    1963
    1964
    1965
    1966
    1967
    1968
    1969
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Science
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    The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. A Man for All Seasons won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

    Top-grossing films

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    North America

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    The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

    Highest-grossing films of 1966
    Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
    1 Hawaii United Artists $15,600,000[1]
    2 The Bible: In the Beginning... 20th Century Fox $15,000,000[1]
    3 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros. $14,500,000[1]
    4 The Sand Pebbles 20th Century Fox $13,500,000[1]
    5 A Man for All Seasons Columbia $12,800,000[1]
    6 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming United Artists $9,800,000[1]
    7 Grand Prix MGM $9,300,000[1]
    8 The Professionals Columbia $8,800,000[1]
    9 Alfie Paramount $8,500,000[2]
    10 Georgy Girl Columbia $7,600,000[2]

    Outside North America

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    The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America.

    Country Title Studio Gross
    India Phool Aur Patthar Ralhan Productions $11,790,000[n 1]
    Soviet Union War and Peace Mosfilm $64,000,000[n 2]

    Events

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    Awards

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    Academy Awards:

    Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons – Highland, Columbia
    Best Director: Fred ZinnemannA Man for All Seasons
    Best Actor: Paul ScofieldA Man for All Seasons
    Best Actress: Elizabeth TaylorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Best Supporting Actor: Walter MatthauThe Fortune Cookie
    Best Supporting Actress: Sandy DennisWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Best Foreign Language Film: A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme), directed by Claude Lelouch, France


    BAFTA Film Awards:

    Best Film from any Source: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Best British film: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    Golden Globe Awards:

    Drama:
    Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons
    Best Actor: Paul ScofieldA Man for All Seasons
    Best Actress: Anouk AiméeA Man and a Woman
    Comedy or Musical:
    Best Picture: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
    Best Actor: Alan ArkinThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
    Best Actress: Lynn RedgraveGeorgy Girl
    Other
    Best Supporting Actor: Richard AttenboroughThe Sand Pebbles
    Best Supporting Actress: Jocelyne LaGardeHawaii
    Best Director: Fred ZinnemannA Man for All Seasons

    Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

    A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme), directed by Claude Lelouch, France
    Signore & Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians), directed by Pietro Germi, Italy

    Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Location: Italy

    Silver Ribbon

    Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

    The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, Algeria / Italy

    Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

    Cul-de-sac, directed by Roman Polanski, United Kingdom

    1966 film releases

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    United States unless stated

    January–March

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    April–June

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    July–September

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    October–December

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    Notable films released in 1966

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    United States unless stated

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    Births

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    Film debuts

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    Notes

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    1. ^ 7.5 crore;[3] 6.3591 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1966[4]
  • ^ 58 million Rbls,[5] 0.9 Rbl per US dollar from 1961 to 1971[6]
  • References

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    1. ^ a b c d e f g h Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  • ^ a b Top 20 Films of 1966 by Domestic Revenue
  • ^ "Box Office 1966". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  • ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2017-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • ^ Kudryavtsev, Sergei (2008). 3500 avtorskuiu knigu kinoretsenzii. Pechatny Dvor. p. 185. ISBN 978-5990131835.
  • ^ "Archive of Bank of Russia". Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  • ^ "Robert Rossen Is Dead at 57; Maker of Films for 30 Years; Writer-Director-Producer Won International Fame for Trenchant Realism". The New York Times. February 19, 1966. p. 27. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  • ^ Howes, Durward (1938). America's Young Men. Richard Blank Publishing Company. p. 292. Archived from the original on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  • ^ "Cyril Hume dies; wrote for films; did 'Great Gatsby' script in 1949--also a novelist". New York Times. March 28, 1966. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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