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1964: World Premieres
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The Movies of 1964: World Premieres
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Top Ten List

1. Woman in the Dunes Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara. With Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida, Koji Mitsui A
2. The Gospel According to St. Matthew Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Enrique Irazoqui A
3. Mary Poppins Dir. Robert Stevenson. With Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson A
4. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying... Dir. Stanley Kubrick A
5. Dog Star Man Dir. Stan Brakhage. Experimental meditation on birth, nature, and human struggle A–
6. Scorpio Rising Dir. Kenneth Anger. With Bruce Byron, Johnny Sapienza, Frank Carifi A–
7. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Dir. Jacques Demy. With Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo B+
8. Band of Outsiders Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. With Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur, Anna Karina B+


Remainder of Films Screened

Becket Dir. Peter Glenville. With Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Donald Wolfit, David Weston B
The Best Man Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. With Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Lee Tracy B
Marriage Italian Style Dir. Vittorio De Sica. With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni B
The Pumpkin Eater Dir. Jack Clayton. With Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason B
Séance on a Wet Afternoon Dir. Bryan Forbes. With Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough B
Seven Days in May Dir. John Frankenheimer. With Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March B

Lilith Dir. Robert Rossen. With Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter B–
Topkapi Dir. Jules Dassin. With Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov B–
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Dir. Charles Walters. With Debbie Reynolds, Herve Presnell B–

My Fair Lady Dir. George Cukor. With Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White C+
The Naked Kiss Dir. Samuel Fuller. With Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante C+

The Night of the Iguana Dir. John Huston. With Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner C

The Chalk Garden Dir. Ronald Neame. With Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans C–
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Dir. Robert Aldrich. With Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland C–
Zorba the Greek Dir. Michael Cacoyannis. With Alan Bates, Anthony Quinn, Irène Papas C–