1963 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.
• November 7 - The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

North America

How the West Was Won

Cleopatra

The Longest Day

Lawrence of Arabia

Irma La Douce

Mutiny on the Bounty

The V.I.P.s

To Kill a Mockingbird

Son of Flubber

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Tom Jones - Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)
• Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
• Best Actress: Patricia Neal - Hud

Births

• January 14 - Steven Soderbergh, director
• October 6 - Elisabeth Shue,US actress
• December 15 - Helen Slater,US actress
• December 17 - Brad Pitt, actor

Deaths

• June 7 - Zazu Pitts, actress

Other Movies Released

• The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen
• Tom Jones
• Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
• From Russia with Love
• The Sword in the Stone
• Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor
• Blood Feast
• It Happened at the World's Fair
• Fun in Acapulco
• Zuo ye meng hun zhong
• Mépris, Le
• La Baie des anges
• 8 1/2
• Bye Bye Birdie
• The Nutty Professor
• The Mask
• An Actor's Revenge
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Golden Bear winner
• Il Diavolo Golden Bear winner
• ''Hands over the City Golden Lion winner
• The Leopard Palme d'Or winner
• America, America by Elia Kazan