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{{Infobox film
| name = Georgy Girl
| image = Georgy girl.jpg
| caption = Promotional film poster
| director = [[Silvio Narizzano]]
| producer = Robert A. Goldston [[Otto Plaschkes]] George Pitcher {{small|(assoc. producer)}}
| writer = [[Margaret Forster]] [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]
| based_on = {{Based on|''Georgy Girl''|Margaret Forster}}
| starring = [[James Mason]] [[Alan Bates]] [[Lynn Redgrave]] [[Charlotte Rampling]]
| music = [[Tom Springfield]] [[Alexander Faris]]
| cinematography = [[Kenneth Higgins]]
| editing = [[John Bloom (film editor)|John Bloom]]
| color_process = [[Black and white]]
| studio = Everglades Productions
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1966|10|17|USA|1966|10|21|UK}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = $400,000<ref name="IMDB">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060453/business Box Office Information for ''Georgy Girl.''] [[IMDb]]. Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref>
| gross = $16.8 million<ref>{{Cite web |agency= the-numbers.com |url= http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1966/0GRGG.php |publisher= The Numbers |title= Georgy Girl, Box Office Information |access-date= 16 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
'''''Georgy Girl''''' is a 1966 British [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]], starring [[Lynn Redgrave]] in the titular role, with [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Alan Bates]], and [[James Mason]]. Directed by [[Silvio Narizzano]], the film was based on the 1965 novel by [[Margaret Forster]].

The plot follows the story of a virginal young woman in 1960s [[Swinging London]] who is faced with a dilemma when she is pursued by her father's older employer and the young lover of her promiscuous, pregnant flatmate.

==Plot==
The opening credits show the title character walking through the streets of London and being tempted into a hairdressers where she has her hair set in a far more contemporary style. She immediately changes her mind, and runs through the streets until she reaches a public lavatory. Once there, she submerges her hair in a sink-full of water, happy to return to her previously unkempt hairstyle.

Georgina ("Georgy") Parkin ([[Lynn Redgrave]]) is a 22-year-old Londoner who has considerable musical talent, is well-educated, and has an engaging, unpretentious character. At the same time, she believes herself to be plain and slightly overweight, she dresses haphazardly, and she is incredibly naïve on the subjects of love and flirtation. She has never had a boyfriend. She has an inventive imagination and loves children.

Her parents are live-in employees of successful businessman James Leamington ([[James Mason]]), who runs a children's home. Leamington is 49 and has a loveless, childless marriage with Ellen ([[Rachel Kempson]]). He watched Georgy grew up and treated her as if he were her second father. He provided for her private education at a Swiss finishing school and for a studio in his home, where she teaches dance to children. Leamington thinks Georgy "owes him" for all he has done.

As Georgy has become a young woman, his feelings for her have become more than fatherly: James offers Georgy a legal contract, proposing to supply her with the luxuries of life in return for her becoming his mistress. Georgy sidesteps his proposal by never giving him a direct response; Leamington's business-like language and manner (and awkward inability to express any affection for her) leave her cold.

Georgy's flatmate is the beautiful Meredith ([[Charlotte Rampling]]), who is a violinist in an orchestra, but is otherwise a shallow woman who lives for her own pleasures. She treats the meekly compliant Georgy like an unpaid servant. Georgy has a crush on Meredith's boyfriend Jos Jones ([[Alan Bates]]) and is happy to accommodate Meredith in order to spend time with Jos. She cooks for him and they play Scrabble together.

When Meredith discovers that she is pregnant by Jos, they get married. She tells him bluntly that she has aborted two of his children, but she wants to marry because she is "bored." Jos moves in with the two young women. He becomes disillusioned with Meredith and begins to find himself attracted to Georgy, who convinces Leamington to buy several expensive items for the baby's care.

While in the midst of an argument with Meredith over her cavalier attitude to her pregnancy, Jos suddenly kisses Georgy and tells her that he loves her. Georgy flees the apartment onto the streets of London, where Jos follows her, screaming over and over again that he loves her as he pursues her.

The two return to the flat, where they have sex, after which there is a knock at the door by Peggy, a friend of Meredith, who tells Jos that Meredith has gone to the hospital to give birth. Jos and Georgy go to the hospital, where Georgy tries to comfort Meredith while she is in labour. Jos and Georgy's secret love affair continues.

Meredith gives birth to a daughter they name Sara. Because she has no interest in the baby and has tired of Jos, she announces that she plans to put the child up for adoption and divorce him.

Georgy and Jos set up home together in the flat, caring for baby Sara and living as a common-law married couple. It becomes clear that Georgy cares more for the baby than for having an adult relationship with Jos. Their relationship ends when Jos tires of a father's responsibilities; he abandons her and his baby. Now that Georgy is the sole caregiver of a baby to whom she has no blood ties, Social Services wishes to remove baby Sara from her care.

In the recent past, Mr Leamington's wife suddenly died. Leamington, who was unable to express his true feelings for Georgy while his wife was alive, now finds himself free to express his love for her, so he proposes marriage. Georgy accepts because this will allow her to keep Sara. The two marry despite the difference in their backgrounds and ages. They officially adopt Sara, making Georgy a mother. As the newlyweds are chauffeured away from their wedding, Georgy ignores her new husband, devoting all her attention to baby Sara.

==Cast==
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* [[Lynn Redgrave]] as Georgina "Georgy" Parkin
* [[James Mason]] as James Leamington
* [[Alan Bates]] as Jos Jones
* [[Charlotte Rampling]] as Meredith
* [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]] as Ted Parkin
* [[Clare Kelly]] as Doris Parkin
* [[Rachel Kempson]] (Lynn Redgrave's mother) as Ellen Leamington
* [[Denise Coffey]] as Peg
* [[Peggy Thorpe-Bates]] as Hospital Sister
* [[Dandy Nichols]] as Hospital Nurse
* [[Dorothy Alison]] as Health Visitor
* [[Terence Soall]] as Salesman
* [[Ian Dunn (actor)|Ian Dunn]] as Baby Sara
{{div col end}}

==Production==

===Locations===
Several scenes were filmed in north London, in [[Belsize Park]] and [[Little Venice, London|Little Venice]], notably outside a canalside house on Maida Avenue.

===Title song===
The title song "[[Georgy Girl (song)|Georgy Girl]]", written by [[Tom Springfield]] and [[Jim Dale]], was recorded by Australian band [[The Seekers]]. A single release of the song (with somewhat different lyrics) topped the singles chart in Australia, and was a top 10 hit in both the UK and the U.S. (#2 for two weeks). It was the 56th biggest British hit of 1967,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1967.shtml|title=Top 100 1967 - UK Music Charts|website=www.uk-charts.top-source.info}}</ref> and the 57th biggest American hit of 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1967.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1967/Top 100 Songs of 1967|website=www.musicoutfitters.com}}</ref> It became a [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]] and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song from a Motion Picture category.

==Reception==
The film was successful at the box office. By 1967, it had earned an estimated $7 million in the United States and $6 million in other countries.<ref name="walker">Alexander Walker ''Hollywood, England'', Stein and Day, 1974 p.310</ref> By the end of 1967, it had earned $7,330,000 in rentals in North America according to [[Gross rental|rentals accruing to the distributors]].<ref>"Big Rental Films of 1967", ''Variety'', 3 January 1968 p 25</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[39th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscar">{{cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1391999675580|title=Georgy Girl|access-date=2014-02-10|work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140210165203/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1391999675580|archive-date=10 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Lynn Redgrave]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[James Mason]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]]
| [[Kenneth Higgins]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]]
| "[[Georgy Girl (song)|Georgy Girl]]" Music by [[Tom Springfield]]; Lyrics by [[Jim Dale]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[16th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Silvio Narizzano]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| OCIC Award
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[20th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Best British Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best British Actress]]
| Lynn Redgrave
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction – Black-and-White]]
| Tony Woollard
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]]
| Kenneth Higgins
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[19th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Silvio Narizzano
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[24th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film|Best English-Language Foreign Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[Alan Bates]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Lynn Redgrave
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song – Motion Picture]]
| "Georgy Girl" Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Most Promising Newcomer – Male]]
| Alan Bates
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|Most Promising Newcomer – Female]]
| rowspan="2"| Lynn Redgrave
| {{nom}}
|-
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| Best Actress
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Vanessa Redgrave]] for ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]''.}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top Drama
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Song
| "Georgy Girl" Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1966|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|6th Place}}
|-
| [[1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Lynn Redgrave
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Elizabeth Taylor]] for ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''.}}
|}

==Adaptation==
In 1970, the film was the basis for an unsuccessful Broadway musical titled ''[[Georgy (musical)|Georgy]]''.

It was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2013 by Rhiannon Tise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039c5d1 |title=Georgy Girl Episode 1 of 5 |access-date=29 August 2013}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0060453|Georgy Girl}}
* {{tcmdb title|27902|Georgy Girl}}
* {{Allmovie title|19467|Georgy Girl}}

[[Category:1966 films]]
[[Category:1960s romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:British romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Columbia Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:Films based on romance novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Silvio Narizzano]]
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe winning performance]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:1966 drama films]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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