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Plot, Details & Awards

Darling

(1965)
124min.
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Plot & Details

Julie Christie won an Oscar for her portrayal of a bored, amoral fashion model in this cynical melodrama from director John Schlesinger. Following the break-up of a teenage marriage, Diana Scott (Christie) drifts into the world of modeling and acting, where she meets a television news reporter, Robert Gold (Dirk Bogarde), who leaves his family for her and introduces her to a more powerful and wealthy set. Soon Diana meets somebody more attractive: public relations mogul Miles Brand (Laurence Harvey). After briefly leaving and then drifting back into Robert's life, experiencing an orgy and even getting an abortion, Diana eventually leaves the swinging London scene behind and settles down to an unfulfilling if comfortable life as the wife of millionaire Italian widower Cesare (Jose-Luis deVillalonga). Shocking in its day, Darling (1965) won Oscars for its costumes and script from Frederic Raphael.
  • Genre(s): Comedy,Drama
  • Run Time: 124min.
  • DVD Release Date: 12/02/2003
  • Distributor(s): Pathé Films, Warner Brothers, Path? Films
  • Director(s): John Schlesinger
  • Starring: Julie Christie , Dirk Bogarde , Laurence Harvey , Roland Curram , José-Luis de Villalonga
  • Themes: Playing the Field,Ladder to the Top,Social Climbing
  • Tone: Biting,Irreverent,Witty,Ironic,Cynical,Stylish,Wry
  • Keywords: boredom,greed,love,modeling,prince,rags-to-riches,romance,self-destruction,stars [celebrities]
  • Language: English

Awards

Academy Awards

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1965 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture Joseph Janni Nominated
1965 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Costume Design Julie Harris Won
1965 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay Frederic Raphael Won
1965 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress Julie Christie Won
1965 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director John Schlesinger Nominated

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1965 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Art Direction of a Black and White British Film Ray Simm Won
1965 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Actress Julie Christie Won
1965 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Screenplay for a British Film Frederic Raphael Won
1965 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Film John Schlesinger Nominated
1965 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Actor Dirk Bogarde Won

Golden Globes

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1965 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Julie Christie Nominated
1965 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director John Schlesinger Nominated
1965 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Foreign Film - English Language Won
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