Directed by:
John SchlesingerScreenplay:
Frederic RaphaelCinematography:
Kenneth HigginsComposer:
John DankworthCast:
Julie Christie, Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde, José Luis de Vilallonga, Roland Curram, Jean Claudio, Zakes Mokae, Silvia Dionisio, Vernon Dobtcheff (more)VOD (1)
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Darling is the story - based on fact - of a goodtime-girl of the era. She's a freelance female who moves from bed to bed on the presumption that fidelity means having only one man in it at a time, and opportunistically bends her ambitions to take advantage of whatever (or whoever) the moment offers her. There are three men in her life, each of whom willingly or involuntarily helps her on her way to the top: Dirk Bogarde plays a TV interviewer, an honest man striving to tell illusion from reality; Laurence Harvey, an advertising executive, totally cynical about manipulating society's values; and Roland Curram, a gay magazine photographer battening parasitically on glossy society. There is also a 'fourth man' - the one whom Darling marries, only to find herself a prisoner of the smart world she has conquered. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1966 - Julie Christie (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1966 - Frederic Raphael (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1966 - Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- 1966 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1966 - John Schlesinger (Best Achievement in Directing)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1966 - Dirk Bogarde (Best British Actor)
- 1966 - Julie Christie (Best British Actress)
- 1966 - Frederic Raphael (Best British Screenplay)
- 1966 - Best British Art Direction - Black and White
- 1966 - Kenneth Higgins (Best British Cinematography - Black and White)
- 1966 - John Schlesinger (Outstanding British Film)
Golden Globes
- 1966 - Best English-Language Foreign Motion Picture
- 1966 - John Schlesinger (Best Director)
- 1966 - Julie Christie (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1965 - Best Film
- 1965 - John Schlesinger (Best Director)
- 1965 - Julie Christie (Best Actress)