3 months ago 04th Jul 11:36
The sixties were a time of great change as Hollywood was in decline as more movies were being shot on location or at other studios, in particular Pinewood in London.
1963 was the worst year for US film production as they produced just 121 releases, the lowest in fifty years. Plus the number of foreign releases in America soared as 361 overseas pictures made it into US cinemas.
French director Jean-Luc Godard was leading the way as the French New Wave was gaining momentum during the early part of the decade with releases such as Breathless and Jules et Jim.
But despite this pressure from international cinema and the growth of television Hollywood still produced some of the biggest movies. Musicals were one of the most popular genres as The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady were massive box office and Oscar successes.
In 1964 Julie Andrews won Best Actress for her role as the friendly nanny and My Fair Lady Won Best Picture, a year later The Sound of Music scooped Best Picture.
Cinema became more risque as movies such as Easy Rider focused on the drugs culture of the time as well as becoming more sexually explicit when Barbarella was released which showed Jane Fonda undress in zero gravity.
Directors came to prominence in the period as Stanley Kubrick broke the mould with his release 2001: A Space Odyssey and Roman Polanski adapted Ira Levin's novel Rosemary's Baby, both movies have gone on to be cult classics.
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