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The year 1960 in film involved some significant events..
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
Swiss Family Robinson* |
Disney |
$20,178,000 |
| 2. |
Psycho* |
Paramount/Universal |
$11,200,000 |
| 3. |
Spartacus |
Universal |
$11,100,000 |
| 4. |
Exodus |
United Artists |
$8,332,000 |
| 5. |
The Alamo |
United Artists |
$7,919,000 |
| 6. |
BUtterfield 8 |
MGM |
$7,552,000 |
| 7. |
The World of Suzie Wong |
Paramount |
$7,500,000 |
| 8. |
The Apartment |
United Artists |
$6,680,000 |
| 9. |
Ocean's 11 |
Warner Brothers |
$5,650,000 |
| 10. |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
MGM |
$5,369,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1960.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists
- Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Apartment
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
- Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8
- Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov - Spartacus
- Best Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones - Elmer Gantry
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan), directed by Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Spartacus
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
- Best Actress: Greer Garson - Sunrise at Campobello
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture (tie): The Apartment
- Best Picture (tie): Song Without End
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - The Apartment
- Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment
- Other
- Best Director: Jack Cardiff - Sons and Lovers
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- La dolce vita, directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Le passage du Rhin (The Crossing of the Rhine), directed by André Cayatte, Italy / France / W.Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- El lazarillo de tormes, directed by César Fernández Ardavin, Spain / Italy
Films released in 1960
Short Film Series
Births
- January 3 - Joan Chen, actress
- January 12 - Oliver Platt, actor
- January 13 - Kevin Anderson, actor
- February 28 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress
- May 24 - Kristin Scott-Thomas, actress
- May 31 - Chris Elliott, actor
- August 16 - Timothy Hutton, actor
- August 17 - Sean Penn, actor
- September 9 - Hugh Grant, actor
- October 10 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- November 5 - Tilda Swinton, British actress
- November 11 - Stanley Tucci, actor and film director.
- December 3 - Daryl Hannah, actress
- December 3 - Julianne Moore, actress
Deaths
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