Darling (1965)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

John Schlesinger

Writers:

Frederic Raphael (screenplay)
Frederic Raphael (idea) ...

Release Date:

3 August 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A powerful and bold motion picture...made by adults...with adults...for adults!

Plot:

A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.

Plot Keywords:

Model | London | Journalist | Fashion | Love

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Laurence Harvey	...	Miles Brand
Dirk Bogarde	...	Robert Gold
Julie Christie	...	Diana Scott
José Luis de Villalonga	...	Prince Cesare della Romita (as Jose Luis De Villalonga)
Roland Curram	...	Malcolm
Basil Henson	...	Alec Prosser-Jones
Helen Lindsay	...	Felicity Prosser-Jones
Carlo Palmucci	...	Curzio della Romita
Dante Posani	...	Gino
Umberto Raho	...	Palucci
Marika Rivera	...	Woman
Alex Scott	...	Sean Martin
Ernest Walder	...	Kurt
Brian Wilde	...	Willett
Pauline Yates	...	Estelle Gold

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

40-41 Wimpole Street, Marylebone, London, England, UK

Company:

Joseph Janni Production

Trivia:

Sam Costa and Fanny Cradock's roles were deleted from the final print.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Robert and Diana are throwing things into the river, the tide is fully out. They see the derelict house, go and investigate and then discuss it outside again, when the tide is fully in.

Quotes:

Robert Gold: Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (2005)

Fell in love with this movie

I just watched this movie for the first time and I loved it. It won three academy awards for best actress, costume design, and screenplay. The performance by Julie Christie is Oscar worthy and the writing has such wit and subtlety to it you really become engaged with the actors and their lives. During each scene I was hanging on every word. I wish they made more films like this today. The story of a career driven woman trying to have a relationship at the same time while the sexual revolution of the 1960's is finally hitting England. This film also had a strong statement how women in this changing time try to maintain their identity as a woman while they are working in a man's world. Again, you don't see many films about the woman's point of view. The women in today's films are just pretty to look at and don't speak until their spoken to. The female revolution in film still hasn't happened but after watching this film it makes me want to start one myself.