Darling (1965)

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 | Fashion | Journalist | Love | Italy

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 13 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: In a compartment on a train after their visit with the writer Southgate, Diana and Robert kiss. Both of Robert's hands touch her face in a close shot. When the angle changes to a shot from the corridor looking into the compartment, they are still embracing but Robert has a cigarette in his right hand which is resting on his knee.

Quotes:

Diana Scott: Imagine if...
Miles Brand: What?
Diana Scott: It took three.
Miles Brand: Took three?
Diana Scott: Sexes. To make a child.
Miles Brand: Very entertaining.
Diana Scott: Everything would be different, wouldn't it, quite different, with three sexes.
Miles Brand: Haven't we got enough problems with two?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

Perfectly personifies 1960's London

This movie could go in a time capsule, and you would know everything necessary about what it was like to live in London in the 1960's...maybe you'd want to add something about The Beatles also. This is also one of the rare times when someone actually won an Oscar and deserved it! No one but the great Julie Christie could have played this part; she is perfection. The black & white cinematography only adds to the mood of the piece. And what a title! It says it all.