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The History of British Cinema: 1965 |
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Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, which traces a young Belgian girl’s descent into madness in her South Kensington flat, is released. Catherine Deneuve stars with support from John Fraser and Patrick Wymark. The film features the first orgasm heard in a mainstream British film. [ADD] |
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Catherine Deneuve marries the British fashion photographer David Bailey. [ADD] |
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This year’s Royal Command Performance film, Lord Jim, goes on general release. Richard Brooks writes and directs, while Peter O’Toole stars as the hero in this adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel. [ADD] |
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Charlie Chaplin calls a press conference to announce that he intends to make a new film, A Countess from Hong Kong, with Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren. [ADD] |
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The War Game, Peter Watkin’s chilling depiction of the effects of a nuclear strike on Britain goes on general release in cinemas after the BBC ban it from being broadcast. [ADD] |
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– The Nottingham Odeon, the country’s first ‘twin’ cinema, opens for business. [ADD] |
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– Local authorities pass Russ Meyer’s Fanny Hill and sexploitation film Seventeen, both of which are rejected by the BBFC. [ADD] |
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| – Jennie Lee, the first cabinet minister with responsibility for the arts, provides funds to establish a network of non-profit ‘regional film theatres’ to be developed by the British Film Institute in partnership with local authorities. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key British Films of 1965 |
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Darling (John Schlesinger) [ADD] |
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Help! (Richard Lester) [ADD] |
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The Hill (Sidney Lumet) [ADD] |
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The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie) [ADD] |
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It Happened Here (Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo) [ADD] |
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King Rat (Bryan Forbes) [ADD] |
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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Martin Ritt) [ADD] |
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Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (Ken Annakin) [ADD] |
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Thunderball (Terence Young) [ADD] |
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