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Starring	Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Alex Scott
Director	John Schlesinger, Bryan Forbes
Genres	Drama

Darling

Julie Christie stars as the immensely charming Darling, a role that would garner her an Oscar as Best Actress. Although she's married, she falls hard for television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde), and their friendship blossoms into a full-blown affair that has each of them leaving their spouses in order to move in together. But Darling is far from done. Next she meets smooth Miles (Laurence Harvey), who knows all the right people in the film industry. But Miles is merely another stepping stone as Darling climbs in and out of bed on her way to the top, which is not quite what she expected. John Schlesinger's black-and-white film features a terrific cast and a wonderful score by John Dankworth. It captures 1960s London like few other movies, making a nice companion piece to BLOWUP. DARLING was written by Frederic Raphael, who would later go on to write EYES WIDE SHUT for Stanley Kubrick.

Starring	Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Alex Scott, Pauline Yates, Leslie Caron, Brock Peters, Tom Bell, Pat Phoenix, Cicely Courtneidge, Emlyn Williams
Director	John Schlesinger, Bryan Forbes
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 22 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1965 To Rent: DVD: 23 Jun 2003

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- No one need look further than Darling for a succinct guide to the reasons for the rapid decline of the British 'New... read more on Time Out
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  An under-rated classic: The L Shaped Room
  
  The L-shaped Room, by far the superior of the two films on this double act DVD is a smoothly acted, compellingly sensitive and intelligent film. With ... read more »
  
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  Julie Christie,Well I watched this years ago ,sorry not as good as I remember it's OK,and if you've not seen it before worth a watch.
  
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  chicks and bird
  
  Terrible non kitchen sink drama in which model female juggles model males. Beware, it's monochrome. It was life like I thankfully never knew it, I wish.
  
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  Story of an icon
  
  Few people incarnate the swinging 60s better than the beauteous Julie Christie, here in one of her iconic roles as a selfish model who burns through a series of... read more »
  
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Away From Her
- 08 Feb 2008
After 40 years of marriage, Fiona (Julie Christie) decides it is time to move on. This is no reflection on her husband, Grant (Gordon Pinsent), but an acknowledgment that her mind is already drifting out the door. As the Alzheimer's worsens she will require round-the-clock attention. Grant agrees in principle, but he's distraught when the nursing home bars him for the first 30 days, and then bereft to find that his wife has transferred her affections to another patient, Aubrey (Michael Murphy). Read more
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  Julie Christie stars as the immensely charming Darling, a role that would garner her an Oscar as Best Actress. Although she's married, she falls hard for television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde), and their friendship blossoms into a full-blown affair that has each of them leaving their spouses ...