| Room at the Top | |
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| Directed by | Jack Clayton |
| Screenplay by | Neil Paterson |
| Based on | Room at the Top by John Braine |
| Produced by | John Woolf James Woolf |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Freddie Francis |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
| Music by | Mario Nascimbene |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £280,000[1] or £231,387[2][3] |
| Box office | $2,400,000 (US)[4] |
Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler), directed by Jack Clayton (his feature-length debut), and produced by John and James Woolf. The film stars Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, and Hermione Baddeley.
The film was widely lauded, and it was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actress (Signoret) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Paterson). Its other nominations at the 32nd Academy Awards were for Best Picture, Best Director (Clayton), Best Actor (Harvey), and Best Supporting Actress (Baddeley).[5] Baddeley's performance, consisting of 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time, is the shortest ever to be nominated for an acting Oscar.[6]
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- ^ Sarah Street (2014) Film Finances and the British New Wave, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 34:1, 23-42 p26, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2014.879000
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359
- ^ "M-G-M CASHING IN ON OSCAR VICTORY: ' Ben-Hur' Gross Expected to Reach 7 Million by Week's End -- 'Spartacus' Booked". The New York Times. 7 April 1960. p. 44.
- ^ "Academy Awards Database: Room at the Top". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 8 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Screen Time Central: Shortest Performances". screentimecentral.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.