Darling (1965)

Taglines: Shame, shame, everybody knows your name!

Darling movie storyline. Twenty-something Italian Princess della Romita, better known to her British fans as Sussex born Diana Scott (Julie Christie), is giving an interview to a reporter in which she describes her life. She is straightforward about the facts. She worked as a London-based model, her most famous job being as the Honeyglow girl, and had a moderately successful stint as an actress in small roles in movies and in commercials.

She married her first husband Tony Bridges (T.R. Bowen) when they were both quite young, but she left him when she fell into an unplanned relationship with television journalist Robert Gold (Sir Dirk Bogarde), who was at the time married with a family. Although she and Robert never married, they lived together for some time. She and Robert split after she fell into an unplanned relationship with advertising executive Miles Brand (Laurence Harvey), who was the one who discovered her as the Honeyglow girl.

She met her current husband, Prince Cesare della Romita (José Luis de Vilallonga) while she was working and vacationing in Italy. But behind these facts, she is less than forthright about her emotions in each of these moves, and the motivations for them. If she was forthright, she would expose herself as the vain and self-centered person she is, who was most understood by Miles, but who Robert began to understand, albeit too late.

Darling is a 1965 British drama romance film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, José Luis de Vilallonga, Roland Curram, Basil Henson, Helen Lindsay, Carlo Palmucci, Dante Posani, Umberto Raho and Marika Rivera. The film was released on August 4, 1965 in New York City and on September 16, 1965 in Unuted Kingdom.

Darling was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Christie won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Diana Scott. The film also won the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Costume Design.

The film was a commercial success, grossing $12 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of only £400,000. It earned $4 million in theatrical rentals. According to Richard Gregson, the film only earned £250,000 in Britain, but Nat Cohen sold the U.S. rights to Joe E. Levine for $900,000 and made a profit – and the movie was a big hit in the U.S.

Directed by: John Schlesinger
Starring: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, José Luis de Vilallonga, Roland Curram, Basil Henson, Helen Lindsay, Carlo Palmucci, Dante Posani, Umberto Raho, Marika Rivera
Screenplay by: Frederic Raphael
Production Design by:
Cinematography by: Kenneth Higgins
Film Editing by: James Clark
Costume Design by: Julie Harris
Set Decoration by: David Ffolkes
Art Direction by: Ray Simm
Music by: John Dankworth
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Anglo-Amalgamated (UK), Embassy Pictures (US)
Release Date: August 4, 1965 (New York City), September 16, 1965 (Unuted Kingdom)