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:

First full length feature of John Woodvine.

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: [during a fight with Robert] We're NOT married. At least, not to each other.

Movie Connections:

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

Julie Christie is anything but Darling in this fun and bitchy film....

Hip, sophisticated comedy/drama about the lives and loves of a morally-challenged, beautiful young model and actress. By the end of the film, she has achieved the success she has sought, but at the price of dignity and true happiness. Julie Christie is simply enchanting in the title role. One of the first films to be made after the lifting of the archaic Production Code, the film matter-of-factly portrays adultery, abortion and homosexuality almost as if it were making up for lost time. Crisp, bitchy, veddy British dialogue and sparkling direction by Schlesinger (may be better than MIDNIGHT COWBOY, IMHO).