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62-415: Georgy Girl is a 1966 British black-and-white romantic comedy film directed by Silvio Narizzano and starring Lynn Redgrave , Alan Bates , Charlotte Rampling , James Mason , and Rachel Kempson (Redgrave's mother). It was written by Margaret Forster and Peter Nichols based on the 1965 novel Georgy Girl by Forster. The film tells the story of a virginal young woman in 1960s Swinging London , who

124-476: A "happily ever after". The conclusion of a romantic comedy is meant to affirm the primary importance of the love relationship in the protagonists' lives, even if they physically separate in the end (e.g., Shakespeare in Love , Roman Holiday ). Most of the time the ending gives the audience a sense that if it is true love, it will always prevail, no matter what the two characters have to overcome. Comedies, rooted in

186-452: A Look at Me Now) ". According to representatives of both Collins' record company and Columbia Pictures, this was because the producers of the telecast were not familiar with his work. Ann Reinking performed the song instead, with Collins sitting in the audience. At the 80th Academy Awards , " That's How You Know " from the film Enchanted was performed by Kristin Chenoweth , rather than

248-461: A crush. When Meredith discovers that she is pregnant by Jos, they decide to get married, even though she tells him that she has previously aborted two of his children and only wants to marry because she is "bored". After the wedding, Jos moves in with Meredith and Georgy, becomes disillusioned with Meredith, and finds himself attracted to Georgy. Meanwhile, although she uses Leamington's interest in her to convince him to buy several expensive items for

310-462: A father's responsibilities and abandons Georgy and his baby. Now that Georgy is the sole caregiver of a child to whom she has no blood ties, Social Services wishes to remove Sara from her care. Leamington has been following the developments in Georgy's life. When he mentions modifying his contract to accommodate the recent changes, Georgy, seeing an opportunity to keep Sara, gets him to propose marriage. As

372-450: A good love match. The characters often split or seek time apart in order to sort out their emotions or deal with external obstacles to being together, which they eventually overcome. While the two protagonists are separated, one or both of them usually realizes that they love the other person. Then, one character makes some extravagant effort (sometimes called a grand gesture ) to find the other character and declare their love. However, this

434-446: A pushover of a part, and never misses a trick to get that extra yock, whether it's her first passionate encounter with Alan Bates or her fielding of Mason's amorous overtures. She's consistently on target, and hits the bullseye all along the line. Mason adeptly displays that wealth is an important factor in getting one's girl. Bates makes a breezy lover and husband, though the scene in which he pursues his quarry through London, stripping on

496-799: A sense of awkwardness between the two potential partners by depicting an initial clash of personalities or beliefs, an embarrassing situation, or by introducing a comical misunderstanding or mistaken identity situation. Sometimes, the term is used without a hyphen (a "meet cute"), or as a verb ("to meet cute"). Roger Ebert describes the "concept of a Meet Cute" as "when boy meets girl in a cute way." As an example, he cites "The Meet Cute in Lost and Found [which] has Jackson and Segal running their cars into each other in Switzerland. Once recovered, they Meet Cute again when they run into each other while on skis. Eventually, they fall in love." In many romantic comedies,

558-726: A song as long as the film version was recorded before then. Until the Academy Awards for 1945 (awarded in 1946) any number of songs could be nominated for the award. For the 1945 awards, 14 songs were nominated. From 1946 to 2011, each member of the Music Branch of the Academy was asked to vote using a points system of 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5 or 6 points. Only those songs that received an average score of 8.25 or more were eligible for nomination. If no song qualified, there would be no nominees. And if only one song achieved that score, it and

620-436: A young woman, his feelings for her have become more than fatherly. On his 49th birthday, Leamington offers her a legal contract, proposing to supply her with the luxuries of life in return for becoming his mistress. Georgy sidesteps his proposal. Her flatmate is the beautiful Meredith, who is a violinist in an orchestra. While she is out on dates with other men, Georgy entertains her boyfriend Jos Jones, on whom she has developed

682-434: Is faced with a dilemma when she is pursued by her father's older employer and the young lover of her promiscuous, pregnant flatmate. Grossing $ 16.8 million, Georgy Girl was a box-office success, and it also spawned a hit theme song . Georgina "Georgy" Parkin is a 22-year-old Londoner who has musical talent, is well-educated, and has an engaging, unpretentious character. She has an inventive imagination and loves children. At

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744-473: Is not always the case; sometimes, there is a coincidental encounter where the two characters meet again. Alternatively, one character plans a romantic gesture to show that they still care. Then, with some comic friction, they declare their love for each other, and the film ends on a happy note . Even though it is implied that they live happily ever after, it does not always state what that happy ending will be. The couple does not necessarily get married for it to be

806-583: Is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during

868-464: The 18th Academy Awards in 1946, in which performers included Frank Sinatra , Kathryn Grayson , Dinah Shore , and Dick Haymes . In the early years, the songs were usually not performed by the original artists, as in the film. For example, in 1965, Robert Goulet performed all the nominated songs at the ceremony. (In the case of " The Look Of Love ", sung by Dusty Springfield in Casino Royale ,

930-409: The 85th Academy Awards , only three of the five nominees were performed, with the eventual winner, the theme from Skyfall , being the only song performed separately on its own (by Adele ) as opposed to being part of a musical montage sequence. The 88th Academy Awards also had three of the five nominees performed. Anohni , performer and writer of "Manta Ray", one of the two nominated songs cut from

992-434: The 1995 film Dangerous Minds , are also ineligible. This rule means that when a film is adapted from a previously produced stage musical , none of the existing songs from the musical are eligible. As a result, many recent film adaptations of musicals have included original songs which could be nominated, such as " You Must Love Me " in the 1996 film Evita (won award), and " Listen ", " Love You I Do ", " Patience " in

1054-461: The 2006 film Dreamgirls , and "Suddenly" in the 2012 film Les Misérables . There was a debate whether Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova , who were awarded the Oscar in 2008 for " Falling Slowly ", were in fact eligible. "Falling Slowly" had been released on two other albums – The Swell Season , Hansard and Irglova's duo project, and The Cost , by Hansard's band The Frames . The Swell Season

1116-525: The Stars" the only nominee of the four not to be performed live. Rapper Eminem 's song " Lose Yourself ", which won the award in 2003 , was the only nominated song not performed at the ceremony that year. Eminem later gave a surprise performance of the song at the Oscars in 2020 . He received a standing ovation following his performance. In 2021, performances of the nominees for Best Original Song were shown during

1178-681: The United States and $ 6 million in other countries. By the end of 1967, it had earned $ 7,330,000 in North America in rentals accruing to the distributors . Bosley Crowther wrote in the New York Times : " Georgy Girl is a striking example of what could only be achieved with a uniquely right performer in the crucial rule. ... The screenplay is generously spangled with truly wonderful throwaway lines, delicious plot surprises and lovely quirks of character." Variety wrote: "Miss Redgrave has

1240-467: The Year , starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy ) post-WWII, and the sex comedy made popular by Rock Hudson and Doris Day in the 1950s–1960s. Over the years, romantic comedies have slowly been becoming more popular to both men and women. They have begun to spread out of their conventional and traditional structure into other territory, and to explore more complex topics. These films still follow

1302-546: The acting that stabilises the story into something memorable from a boringly self-conscious era." The film was the basis for an unsuccessful 1970 Broadway musical titled Georgy . In 1992, it was dramatised in 6 parts for BBC Radio 4 by Joe Dunlop. In 2013, it was adapted for BBC Radio 4 by Rhiannon Tise. Romantic comedy film The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet , part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately, realize their love for one another and reunite. Sometimes

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1364-471: The baby, and Ellen dies suddenly, Georgy does not sign Leamington's contract. In the midst of an argument with Meredith over her cavalier attitude to her pregnancy, Jos kisses Georgy and tells her that he loves her. Georgy flees the apartment, and Jos follows her into the streets of London, shouting his love for her. The two return to the flat, where they have sex, after which Peggy, a neighbor, tells Jos that Meredith has gone into labour, and he and Georgy go to

1426-556: The body, and the thrill of the chase," and other genres of expression such as songs and folk tales. In the 20th century, as Hollywood grew, the romantic comedy in America mirrored other aspects of society in its rapid changes, developing many sub-genres through the decades. We can see this through the screwball comedy in response to the censorship of the Hays Code in the 1920s–1930s, the career woman comedy (such as George Stevens' Woman of

1488-525: The ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards , the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers , and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced. As of 2019 , the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for

1550-501: The ceremony's pre-show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight. The live performances returned for the next year's ceremony . The award has only been given to songs in languages other than English four times: in 1960 for " Never on Sunday " (Greek title "Ta Pediá tou Pireá") from Never on Sunday , in 2004 for the Spanish song " Al otro lado del río " from The Motorcycle Diaries , in 2008 for

1612-447: The ceremony, boycotted the ceremony for this reason. It was originally announced that the 91st Academy Awards would only feature two live performances due to time constraints: " Shallow " from A Star is Born and " All the Stars " from Black Panther . However, this decision was reversed days later. It was announced soon after that Kendrick Lamar and SZA would no longer perform due to "logistics and timing" issues, making "All

1674-536: The ceremony, with John Legend performing the song in his place, backed by the Soweto Gospel Choir . The 84th Academy Awards did not feature performances from either nominated song (" Man or Muppet " from The Muppets or "Real in Rio" from Rio ). No reason for this was given by Oscar producers. This was only the third time that Best Original Song nominees were not performed (the others were in 1989 and 2010). At

1736-454: The complex social rules of high society, particularly related to navigating the marriage-market, an inherent feature of the plot in many of these plays, such as William Wycherley 's The Country Wife . While the melodramas of the Romantic period had little to do with comedy, they were hybrids incorporating elements of domestic and sentimental tragedies, pantomime "with an emphasis on gesture, on

1798-460: The fact that these films are still romantic comedies. One of the conventions of romantic comedy films is the entertainment factor in a contrived encounter of two potential romantic partners in unusual or comic circumstances, which film critics such as Roger Ebert or the Associated Press's Christy Lemire have called a " meet-cute " situation. During a "meet-cute", scriptwriters often create

1860-450: The fertility rites and satyr plays of ancient Greece , have often incorporated sexual or social elements. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms defines romantic comedy as "a general term for comedies that deal mainly with the follies and misunderstandings of young lovers, in a light‐hearted and happily concluded manner which usually avoids serious satire". This reference states that the "best‐known examples are Shakespeare's comedies of

1922-560: The film Lady Be Good , with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , won. Kern was upset that his song won because it had been published and recorded before it was used in the film. Kern was upset because he thought that " Blues in the Night " by Harold Arlen (Music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) should have won. Kern's song was actually written in 1940, after the Germans occupied Paris at

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1984-419: The film have much continuity. It proceeds in triangular jerks from scene to scene, linked tenuously and loudly by continuous snatches of music to keep the action going. The potentially excellent cast and the promising comedienne talent of Lynn Redgrave can do little in the face of such opposition from both script and direction." The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film four stars out of five, writing: "At

2046-440: The film's star, Amy Adams . However, Adams performed " Happy Working Song ", which was nominated from the same film. In 2009, Peter Gabriel , who was originally scheduled to perform his nominated song " Down to Earth " during the live broadcast, declined to perform after learning that he would be allowed to sing only 65 seconds of the song during the ceremony's Best Original Song nominee performance medley. Gabriel still attended

2108-720: The gender role that society has imposed upon them, as seen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall , in which the male protagonist is especially in touch with his emotions. It can also be seen in Made of Honor , in which the female bridesmaids are shown in a negative and somewhat masculine light in order to advance the likability of the male lead. Other remakes of romantic comedies involve similar elements, but they explore more adult themes such as marriage, responsibility, or even disability. Two films by Judd Apatow , This Is 40 and Knocked Up , deal with these issues. This Is 40 chronicles

2170-610: The heroic adventures of medieval Romance . Those adventures traditionally focused on a knight's feats on behalf of a lady, so the modern themes of love were quickly woven into them, as in Chrétien de Troyes 's Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart . The contemporary romantic comedy genre was shaped by 18th-century Restoration comedy and 19th-century romantic melodrama . Restoration comedies were typically comedies of manners that relied on knowledge of

2232-456: The hospital. Although Georgy feels guilty, she continues her affair with Jos while Meredith is in the hospital. Meredith has no interest in her daughter, Sara, and has tired of Jos, so she announces that she plans to put the child up for adoption. When Georgy sees Sara, she is smitten. Georgy and Jos bring Sara back to the flat. It quickly becomes clear that Georgy cares more for the baby than for Jos, and their relationship ends when Jos tires of

2294-476: The late 1590s, A Midsummer Night's Dream , Twelfth Night , and As You Like It being the most purely romantic, while Much Ado About Nothing approaches the comedy of manners and The Merchant of Venice is closer to tragicomedy ." It was not until the development of the literary tradition of romantic love in the western European medieval period, though, that "romance" came to refer to "romantic love" situations. They were previously referred to as

2356-429: The mid-life crisis of a couple entering their 40s, and Knocked Up addresses unintended pregnancy and the ensuing assuming of responsibility. Silver Linings Playbook deals with mental illness and the courage to start a new relationship. All of these go against the stereotype of what romantic comedy has become as a genre. Yet, the genre of romantic comedy is simply a structure, and all of these elements do not negate

2418-530: The mood. A censorship milestone." The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote of the film: "Another swinging London story filled with people running through London late at night, dancing madly in the rain, and visiting deserted children's playgrounds to ride on the roundabouts. In style a poor imitation of various 'new wave' exercises, it has a slick line in repartee which amuses at first until its shallowness becomes apparent. The continual jokes about Georgy's size, for example, tend to pall after numerous repetitions. Nor does

2480-438: The motion picture. It must be clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the motion picture or as the first music cue in the end credits." The original requirement was only that the nominated song appear in a motion picture during the previous year. This rule was changed after the 1941 Academy Awards, when "The Last Time I Saw Paris", from

2542-476: The newlyweds are chauffeured away from the church on their wedding day, Georgy ignores Leamington, devoting all of her attention to Sara. Several of the film's scenes were filmed in north London, in Belsize Park and Little Venice , notably outside a canalside house on Maida Avenue . The title song , written by Tom Springfield and Jim Dale , was recorded by Australian band The Seekers . A single release of

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2604-454: The nominated songs from Dreamgirls , while " Falling Slowly " from Once defeated all three of Enchanted ' s nominations. After these two consecutive defeats, a new rule was instated in June 2008 that a film could have no more than two songs nominated. While up to five songs from a single film can be submitted, studios sometimes submit only one, for fear that having two nominated might split

2666-574: The number received by the Academy there would be five, three or no nominations each year. Since then, there have always been five nominees, except in 2013 when one was disqualified. The first film to receive multiple nominations was Fame in 1980. Only four films have featured three nominated songs: Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King , Dreamgirls , and Enchanted . Dreamgirls and Enchanted lost on every nomination: An Inconvenient Truth original song " I Need to Wake Up " defeated all three of

2728-524: The other zombies and even starts to cure them. With the zombie cure, the two main characters can now be together since they do not have a barrier between them anymore. Another strange set of circumstances is in Zack and Miri Make a Porno where the two protagonists are building a relationship while trying to make a pornographic film together. Both these films take the typical story arc and then add strange circumstances to add originality. Other romantic comedies flip

2790-495: The positive reaction to the performance by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 on the 1968 telecast led to their version being released as a single and eventually becoming the bigger hit.) In 1970, this was reversed and only the people who had performed the piece in the film were permitted to perform the song on the live telecast, even if a hit version was performed by another act. However, since Oscar nominees for 1970, 1971 and 1972 had all been major hit records by other artists, in 1973

2852-399: The potential couple comprises polar opposites, two people of different temperaments, situations, social statuses, or all three ( It Happened One Night ), who would not meet or talk under normal circumstances, and the meet cute's contrived situation provides the opportunity for these two people to meet. Academy Award for Best Original Song The Academy Award for Best Original Song

2914-515: The respective films. That same year, the song " Al otro lado del río " (On The Other Side Of The River), which was featured in the film The Motorcycle Diaries , won the award, becoming the first song in Spanish and the second in a non-English language to receive such an honor (the first winner was the title tune to Never on Sunday , which was sung in Greek in the film by its star, Melina Mercouri ). It

2976-425: The rule was amended again, and it became standard to first offer either the original artist or artists who performed the song in the film a chance to perform it at the ceremony, followed by the artist or artists who had the hit record with it. When neither of those is able to do so (or in rare cases where the telecast producers decide to go with someone else), the Academy chooses more well-known entertainers to perform

3038-416: The same time, she believes herself to be plain and overweight, dresses haphazardly, and is incredibly naïve on the subjects of love and flirtation, having never had a boyfriend. Her parents are live-in employees of businessman James Leamington, who is in a loveless, childless marriage with the sickly Ellen. Leamington watched Georgy grow up and treated her as if he were her second father, but as she has become

3100-539: The song (with different lyrics) topped the singles chart in Australia, and was a top 10 hit in both the UK (#3) and the U.S. (#2 for two weeks). It was the 56th biggest British hit of 1967, and the 57th biggest American hit of 1967. The song became a gold record , and it was nominated for the 1966 Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song . The film was successful at the box office. By 1967, it had earned an estimated $ 7 million in

3162-507: The song at the ceremony. For example, Robin Williams performed " Blame Canada " from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut at the 72nd Academy Awards instead of the film's voice actors, Trey Parker and Mary Kay Bergman (Bergman died a few months before the show). Beyoncé Knowles sang three nominated songs (one of which was a duet with Josh Groban ) during the 77th Academy Awards even though she had not performed those songs in any of

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3224-434: The song receiving the next highest score would be the two nominees. This system usually resulted in five nominations each year, except for 2010 when four were nominated, 1988, 2005, and 2008, when only three were nominated; and 2011 when only two were nominated. Following the two song competition in 2011, the rules were changed once more. The number of nominations is now contingent upon the number of submissions. Depending on

3286-461: The song's eligibility". The same issue arose two years earlier with " In the Deep " from Crash , which appeared on Bird York 's 2003 album The Velvet Hour after being written for Crash , but before the film was released. The current Academy rule says an eligible song "must be recorded for use in the motion picture prior to any other usage", so recordings released prior to the film will not disqualify

3348-469: The standard conventions of the romantic comedy genre. In films like 500 Days of Summer , the two main interests do not end up together, leaving the protagonist somewhat distraught. Other films, like Adam, have the two main interests end up separated but still content and pursuing other goals and love interests. Some romantic comedies use reversal of gender roles to add comedic effect. These films contain characters who possess qualities that diverge from

3410-472: The start of World War II. It was recorded by Kate Smith and peaked at No. 8 on the bestseller list before it was used in the film. Kern got the Academy to change the rule so that only songs that are "original and written specifically for the motion picture" are eligible to win. Songs that rely on sampled or reworked material along with cover versions, remixes and parodies, such as " Gangsta's Paradise " (which samples " Pastime Paradise " by Stevie Wonder ) in

3472-411: The time a sexual showstopper, this can now be seen as an unconscious parody of Swinging Sixties chic. It is saved from mere shock novelty by Lynn Redgrave's performance as the dowdy girl pursued by older employer James Mason, who finds her own identity looking after the illegitimate baby of flatmate Charlotte Rampling. Former TV director Silvio Narizzano piles on the tricks of cinematic trendiness, but it's

3534-426: The two leads meet and become involved initially, then must confront challenges to their union. Sometimes they are hesitant to become romantically involved because they believe they do not like each other. This could be because one of the characters already has a partner or because of social pressures. However, the screenwriters leave clues that suggest that the characters are attracted to each other and that they would be

3596-462: The typical plot of "a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story" but with more complexity. Some romantic comedies have adopted special circumstances for the main characters, as in Warm Bodies where the protagonist is a zombie who falls in love with a human girl after eating her boyfriend. The effect of their love towards each other is that it starts spreading to

3658-430: The vote . By the time " We Don't Talk About Bruno " became the breakout hit from Encanto , the producers had for the 94th Academy Awards submitted " Dos Oruguitas ", which was nominated but did not win. Nominated songs are usually performed live at the televised Academy Awards ceremonies. Although pre-televised ceremonies were broadcast on the radio, the tradition of performing the nominated songs did not begin until

3720-439: The way, is rather way out, Charlotte Rampling is fine as the attractive, bitchy flat mate, Bill Owen and Rachel Kempson [ sic ] add effective contributions as the parents. A lively score, brisk editing and excellent lensing, contribute to a well-made commercial picture." British film critic Leslie Halliwell said: "Frantic black farce which seemed determined to shock, but has a few good scenes once you get attuned to

3782-655: Was released in August 2006, and The Cost in February 2007, before the release of Once . It was also used in the movie Beauty in Trouble and released on its soundtrack in September 2006. However, the AMPAS music committee determined that, in the course of the film's protracted production, the composers had "played the song in some venues that were deemed inconsequential enough to not change

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3844-468: Was written by Uruguayan composer Jorge Drexler , but the producers would not let Drexler perform the song during the show for fear of losing ratings. Instead, the song was performed by Carlos Santana and Antonio Banderas . Drexler's acceptance speech for the award consisted of him singing a few lines a cappella and closed by simply saying "thank you". In 1985, Phil Collins was passed over to perform his nominated composition " Against All Odds (Take

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