1967 in film

The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered one of the most ground-breaking years in American cinema, with "revolutionary" films highlighting the shift towards forward thinking European standards at the time, including: Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen, In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Jungle Book and You Only Live Twice.^[1]

Highest-grossing films

The top ten 1967 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1967
Rank	Title	Studio	Domestic rentals
1	The Graduate	United Artists/Embassy Pictures	$43,100,000^[2]
2	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Columbia Pictures	$25,500,000^[2]
3	Bonnie and Clyde	Warner Bros. Pictures	$22,000,000^[2]
4	The Dirty Dozen	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$20,100,000^[2]
5	Valley of the Dolls	20th Century Fox	$20,000,000^[2]
6	To Sir, with Love	Columbia Pictures	$19,100,000^[2]
7	You Only Live Twice	United Artists/Eon Productions	$18,000,000^[2]
8	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Universal Pictures	$14,700,000^[2]
9	The Jungle Book	Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution	$13,000,000^[2]
10	Camelot	Warner Bros. Pictures	$12,300,000^[2]

The highest-grossing 1967 films in countries outside North America.

Country	Title	Studio	Gross
India	Hamraaz	United Producers^[3]	$6,000,000^{[n 1]}
Soviet Union	Kidnapping, Caucasian Style	Mosfilm	$21,260,000^{[n 2]}

Events

The prototype for the IMAX large-format-film acquisition and screening system is exhibited at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The MPAA adopts a new logo, which is still used today.
July 8 - Vivien Leigh, best known for Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, dies from tuberculosis.
July 15 — Seven Arts Productions acquire substantially all the assets and business of Warner Bros. creating Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
August 13 — Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Gene Hackman, premieres. It broke many taboos of its time, such as the visual depiction of violence. It has been considered a landmark film in Hollywood filmmaking, with its groundbreaking and ingenious visual styles. The success of Bonnie and Clyde helped bring forth the New Hollywood era, a period of artistic and commercial renewal.
October 18 — Walt Disney's production of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book premieres. It was the last animated feature film to be personally supervised by Disney before his death the previous year. It was also one of the last Disney films to be personally approved by him, along with The Happiest Millionaire and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. The story's moral message of friendship, love, and trust have been embraced by critics and audiences worldwide. The Jungle Book is notable for its realistic character animation and voice casting. The film's soundtrack, which includes the Academy Award-nominated^{[clarification needed]} "The Bare Necessities", '"I Wan'na Be Like You", "Trust in Me", and "My Own Home", also contributed to the film's enormous success. It would be the most successful animated film to be made by Disney until The Rescuers, ten years later.
December 21 — The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman (in his acting film debut), Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross, premieres. It tells a story of an aimless young man, seduced and betrayed by an older woman, while falling in love with her daughter. The theme of an innocent and confused youth who is exploited, misdirected, seduced (literally and figuratively), and betrayed by a corrupt, decadent, and discredited older generation (that finds its stability in the film's keyword "plastics") was well understood by film audiences and captured the spirit of the times, in light of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and the increasing turbulence in American society in the mid-to-late 1960s. Like Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate broke many well-established taboos in American cinema, and represents a new era in groundbreaking achievements in filmmaking.

Awards

Category/Organization	25th Golden Globe Awards February 12, 1968		40th Academy Awards April 10, 1968
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	40th Academy Awards April 10, 1968
Best Film	In the Heat of the Night	The Graduate	In the Heat of the Night
Best Director	Mike Nichols The Graduate
Best Actor	Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night	Richard Harris Camelot	Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night
Best Actress	Edith Evans The Whisperers	Anne Bancroft The Graduate	Katharine Hepburn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Supporting Actor	Richard Attenborough Doctor Dolittle		George Kennedy Cool Hand Luke
Best Supporting Actress	Carol Channing Thoroughly Modern Millie		Estelle Parsons Bonnie and Clyde
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Stirling Silliphant In the Heat of the Night		Stirling Silliphant In the Heat of the Night
Best Screenplay, Original	Stirling Silliphant In the Heat of the Night		William Rose Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Original Score	Frederick Loewe Camelot		Alfred Newman and Ken Darby Camelot Elmer Bernstein Thoroughly Modern Millie
Best Original Song	"If Ever I Would Leave You" Camelot		"Talk to the Animals" Doctor Dolittle
Best Foreign Language Film	Live for Life		Closely Watched Trains

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Belle de jour, directed by Luis Buñuel, France / Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Le départ, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, Belgium

1967 film releases

US unless stated

Notable films released in 1967

U.S. unless stated

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novie priklucheniya Shurika) – (USSR)
King Kong Escapes (Kingu Kongu no gyakushû) – (Japan/U.S.)
The King's Pirate, starring Doug McClure and Jill St. John
Kinoautomat – (Czechoslovakia)
Kyu-chan no Dekkai Yume – (Japan)

Short film series

Births

January 1 - Richard Leaf, English actor
January 2
- Tia Carrere, American actress
- James Marshall, American actor
January 5 - Ross Mullan, Canadian-British actor and puppeteer
January 7 - Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (d. 2020)
January 10 - Trini Alvarado, American actress
January 11 - Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
January 12 - Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model, television host and actress
January 14
- Kerri Green, American actress, director and screenwriter
- Emily Watson, English actress
January 17 - Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor
January 20 - Stacey Dash, American actress
January 23 - Steve Box, English animator and director
January 24 - Phil LaMarr, American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer
January 26 - Bryan Callen, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster
February 3 - Paul Grant, British actor and stuntman (d. 2023)
February 5 - Chris Parnell, American actor, voice artist and comedian
February 6 - Michelle Thrush, Canadian actress and activist
February 10 - Laura Dern, American actress
February 13 – Carolyn Lawrence, American actress and voice actress
February 19 - Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
February 20
- David Herman, American actor
- Andrew Shue, American actor
- Kath Soucie, American voice actress
- Lili Taylor, American actress
March 1
- Rosyam Nor, Malaysian actor
- Steffan Rhodri, Welsh actor
March 4 - Sam Taylor-Johnson, born Samantha Taylor-Wood, English-born director
March 6 - Connie Britton, American actress, singer and producer
March 15 - Pierre Coffin, French voice actor, animator and film director, best known for voicing the Minions.
March 16 - Lauren Graham, American actress
March 27 - Talisa Soto, American actress
March 30 - Megumi Hayashibara, Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality
April 2 - Renée Estevez, American actress and screenwriter
April 6 – Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice, stage and television actress
April 17 - Kimberly Elise, American actress
April 18 - Maria Bello, American actress
April 22 - Sherri Shepherd, American actress, comedian, author and television personality
April 23 - Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
April 26 - Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress
April 29 - Master P, American rapper and actor
May 1
- Scott Coffey, American actor/director
- Tim McGraw, American country singer, songwriter and actor
May 4
- Ana Gasteyer, American actress, comedian and singer
- Akiko Yajima, Japanese voice actress
May 15 - Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
May 18 - Bob Stephenson, American actor
May 20 - Stephanie Niznik, American actress (d. 2019)
May 31 - Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
June 3 - Jason Jones, Canadian actor and comedian
June 5 - Ron Livingston, American actor
June 6
- Paul Giamatti, American actor
- Max Casella, American actor
June 15 - Fred Tatasciore, American voice actor
June 19
- Chris Larkin, English actor
- Mia Sara, American actress
June 20 - Nicole Kidman, Australian actress
June 28 - Gil Bellows, Canadian actor, screenwriter and director
June 29 - Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
July 1
- Pamela Anderson, American actress
- Ritchie Coster, English actor
July 9 - Indrek Taalmaa, Estonian actor
July 14 - Mary Woodvine, British actress
July 16 - Will Ferrell, American actor
July 18 - Vin Diesel, American actor
July 20
- Reed Diamond, American actor
- Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
July 22
- Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor and singer
- Irene Bedard, American actress
July 23 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (d. 2014)
July 25 - Matt LeBlanc, American actor
July 26 - Jason Statham, English actor
July 27 - Jill Messick, American producer (d. 2018)
July 31 - Rodney Harvey, American actor (d. 1998)
August 4 - Timothy Adams, American actor and model
August 7 - Edoardo Costa, Italian-born actor
August 10 - Sean Blakemore, American actor
August 13 - Quinn Cummings, American former child actress
August 19 - Lucy Briers, English actress
August 21 - Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
August 22
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor and director
- Ty Burrell, American actor
August 25 - Tom Hollander, English actor
September 7 - Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress
September 11 - Harry Connick, Jr., American actor and singer
September 12 – Louis C.K., American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and filmmaker
September 14
- Dan Cortese, American actor and director
- Patrick O'Neal, American former actor and reporter
September 20 - Kristen Johnston, American actress
September 25 - Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
September 28 - Mira Sorvino, American actress
October 2 - Lew Temple, American actor
October 3 - Tiara Jacquelina, Malaysian actress
October 4 - Liev Schreiber, American actor
October 5 - Guy Pearce, Australian actor
October 7 - Khan Bonfils, Korean-Danish actor (d. 2014)
October 11 - Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
October 15 - Götz Otto, German actor
October 28 - Julia Roberts, American actress
October 29
- Joely Fisher, American actress and singer
- Rufus Sewell, English thespian
November 2 - Akira Ishida, Japanese actor and voice actor
November 6 - Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress and model (d. 1989)
November 10 - Michael Jai White, American actor
November 11 - Frank John Hughes, American actor and screenwriter
November 13
- Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
- Jimmy Kimmel, American television host, actor, comedian, writer and producer
- Steve Zahn, American actor
November 16 - Lisa Bonet, American actress
November 17 - Dean Lorey, American actor, writer and producer
November 22 - Mark Ruffalo, American actor
November 23 - Robert Popper, British producer, writer and actor
November 25
- Gregg Turkington, Australian-born American entertainer, actor, musician and writer
- Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor and narrator
November 28 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (d. 2007)
December 1 - Stephen Blackehart, American character actor, author and producer
December 5 - Joseph Barbara, American actor
December 6 - Judd Apatow, American comedian, director, producer and screenwriter
December 8 - Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress, actress, singer and narrator
December 11
- Peter Kelamis, Australian-Canadian actor
- Mo'Nique, American actress
December 13 - Jamie Foxx, American actor
December 14 - Janne Mortil, Canadian-American actress
December 16 - Miranda Otto, Australian actress
December 18 - Robert Wahlberg, American actor
December 26 - Steve Le Marquand, Australian actor

Deaths

Film debuts

Notes

^ ₹4.5 crore;^[4] 7.5 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1967^[5]
^ 76.54 million Soviet tickets sold,^[6] at average ticket price of 25 kopecks,^[7] approximately 19.135 million Rbls; 0.9 Rbl per US dollar from 1961 to 1971^[8]

References

^ Harris, Mark (2009). Pictures at a revolution : five movies and the birth of the new Hollywood. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0143115038.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
^ Hamraaz at IMDb
^ . Box Office India. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service, Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950-2020" (PDF). fx.sauder.ubc.ca.
^ . KinoExpert.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
^ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls

External links

List of 1967 films at IMDb

[6] ₹4.5 crore;^[4] 7.5 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1967^[5]

[10] 76.54 million Soviet tickets sold,^[6] at average ticket price of 25 kopecks,^[7] approximately 19.135 million Rbls; 0.9 Rbl per US dollar from 1961 to 1971^[8]

[1] Harris, Mark (2009). Pictures at a revolution : five movies and the birth of the new Hollywood. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0143115038.

[Finler-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

[3] Hamraaz at IMDb

[boi67-4] . Box Office India. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.

[sauder-5] "Pacific Exchange Rate Service, Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950-2020" (PDF). fx.sauder.ubc.ca.

[7] . KinoExpert.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-02-18.

[moscow7-8] Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011

[9] Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls

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Highest-grossing films

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1967 film releases

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