Born in 1962
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This site is for those of you like myself who were born in 1962.

We were born in the Chinese Year of the Tiger. We are classed as water tigers.

Violet Growing Snowflake

We grew up in a great time of change with all kinds of issues emerging in the world.

When we were born in 1962 many things that had always been fixed as far as roles & beliefs were concerned were still set. But by the time we were ten years old, so much was undergoing change:

Women pushing for equal rights & equal pay- the growth of feminism & Ms; martin Luther King and the civil rights movement actively pushing for equity of people regardless of race; major resistance to war in Vietnam, a growth of the peace movement and developing awareness that the third world should be given rights to determine their own destiny; visibility and first efforts of gays & lesbians towards acceptance; growth of environmental movement and back to the earth counterculture movement; a rejection of doing what you were told and acting according to what felt or seemed right- the growth of individual freedom and questioning of all aspects of the morals in our society.

 

We grew up in a period of increasing affluence and where we were exposed to other cultures. We have been fortunate to have opportunities to explore the world and many different ways that people live around the world. We can learn and experience different religions, languages, cultures and foods. We have been able to enjoy the growth of entertainment yet probably raised in a time when we still read and played outside & ate more natural foods.

 

Now with the internet, more of these opportunities have become available to us. We are still young enough to adapt to technology as it becomes so important in our lives yet we are old enough to have witnessed so many changes in the world and not take things for granted. Having lived in the world that has undergone so many changes we have the wisdom to realise that effective improvements to the world do not involve a complete abandonment of past traditions & doing the opposite. Rather we use our intelligence to figure out what from the past we should continue with and which parts need changing.

 

Significant events of our lifetime so far

1969 Walking on the Moon

1973 President Nixon resigns

1976 Viking I & II land on Mars

1977 Star Wars

1978 Saturday night fever

 

If you can think of other significant events during our life or what being born in 1962 means to you, drop me a line so your thoughts can be included.

Gold fish

1962 ACADEMY AWARDS

 

The 1962 Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California.

 

Best Picture:

Lawrence of Arabia, Sam Spiegel, producer (Columbia)

The Longest Day, Darryl F. Zanuck, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Meredith Willson's the Music Man, Morton Da Costa, producer (Warner Bros.)

Mutiny on the Bounty, Aaron Rosenberg, producer (MGM)

To Kill a Mockingbird, Alan J. Pakula, producer (Universal-International)

 

Best Actor:

Burt Lancaster, Birdman of Alcatraz

Jack Lemmon, Days of Wine and Roses

Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce—Italian Style

Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia

Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird

 

Best Actress:

Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker

Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey Into Night

Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth

Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth

Victor Buono, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Telly Savalas, Birdman of Alcatraz

Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia

Terence Stamp, Billy Budd

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird

Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker

Shirley Knight, Sweet Bird of Youth

Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate

Thelma Ritter, Birdman of Alcatraz

 

Best Director:

Pietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style

David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia

Robert Mulligan, To Kill a Mockingbird

Arthur Penn, The Miracle Worker

Frank Perry, David and Lisa

 

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:

Robert Bolt, Lawrence of Arabia

Horton Foote, To Kill a Mockingbird

William Gibson, The Miracle Worker

Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Eleanor Perry, David and Lisa

 

Best Story and Screenplay, Written Directly for the Screen:

Ingmar Bergman, Through a Glass Darkly

Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style

Charles Kaufman, story; Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt, screenplay, Freud

Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last Year at Marienbad

Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster, That Touch of Mink

 

Cinematography, Black-and-White:

Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz, The Longest Day

Burnett Guffey, Birdman of Alcatraz

Ernest Haller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Russell Harlan, To Kill a Mockingbird

Ted McCord, Two for the Seesaw

 

Best Cinematography, Color:

Russell Harlan, Hatari!

Harry Stradling, Sr., Gypsy

Robert L. Surtees, Mutiny on the Bounty

Paul C. Vogel, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Fred A. Young, Lawrence of Arabia

 

Best Art Direction, Black-and-White:

George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, Period of Adjustment.

Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead, art direction; Oliver Emert, set decoration, To Kill a Mockingbird

Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq and Vincent Korda, art direction; Gabriel Bechir, set decoration, The Longest Day

Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration, The Pigeon That Took Rome

Joseph Wright, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Days of Wine and Roses

 

Best Art Direction, Color:

John Box and John Stoll, art direction; Dario Simoni, set decoration, Lawrence of Arabia

George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy, art direction; George Milo, set decoration, That Touch of Mink

Paul Groesse, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Meredith Willson's The Music Man

Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Mutiny on the Bounty

 

Best Sound:

Shepperton Studio Sound Dept., John Cox, sound director, Lawrence of Arabia

Universal City Studio Sound Dept., Waldon O. Watson, sound director, That Touch of Mink

Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Robert O. Cook, sound director, Bon Voyage!

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept. and Glen Glenn Sound Dept., Joseph Kelly, sound director, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., George R. Groves, sound director, Meredith Willson's The Music Man

 

Best Song:

“Days of Wine and Roses,” Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics

“Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty” (Follow Me), Mutiny on the Bounty, Bronislau Kaper, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics

“Song From Two for the Seesaw” (Second Chance), Two for the Seesaw, André Previn, music; Dory Langdon, lyrics

“Tender Is the Night,” Tender Is the Night, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics

“Walk on the Wild Side,” Walk on the Wild Side, Elmer Bernstein, music; Mack David, lyrics

 

Best Musical Score, Substantially Original:

Elmer Bernstein, To Kill a Mockingbird

Jerry Goldsmith, Freud

Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia

Bronislau Kaper, Mutiny on the Bounty

Franz Waxman, Taras Bulba

 

Best Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment:

Leigh Harline, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Ray Heindorf, Meredith Willson's The Music Man

Michel Magne, Gigot

Frank Perkins, Gypsy

George Stoll, Billy Rose's Jumbo

 

Best Film Editing:

Samuel E. Beetley, The Longest Day

Anne Coates, Lawrence of Arabia

John McSweeney, Jr., Mutiny on the Bounty

Ferrris Webster, The Manchurian Candidate

William Ziegler, Meredith Willson's The Music Man

 

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White:

Don Feld, Days of Wine and Roses

Edith Head, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Norma Koch, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Ruth Morley, The Miracle Worker

Denny Vachlioti, Phaedra

 

Best Costume Design, Color:

Edith Head, My Geisha

Dorothy Jeakins, Meredith Willson's The Music Man

Orry-Kelly, Gypsy

Bill Thomas, Bon Voyage!

Mary Wills, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

 

Best Special Effects:

A. Arnold Gillespie, visual; Milo Lory, audible, Mutiny on the Bounty

Robert MacDonald, visual; Jacques Maumont, audible, The Longest Day

 

Best Short Subjects, Cartoon:

The Hole (Storyboard, Inc.; Brandon Films)

Icarus Montgolfier Wright (Format Films; United Artists)

Now Hear This (Looney Tune Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)

Self-Defense—For Cowards (Self-Help Series) (Rembrandt Films; Film Representations)

Symposium on Popular Songs (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)

Live Action Big City Blues (Martina and Charles Huguenot van der Linden, producers; Mayfair Pictures)

The Cadillac (Robert Clouse Production; United Producers Releasing)

The Cliff Dwellers (Formerly titled One Plus One) (Group II Film Production; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films)

Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary) (C.A.P.A.C. Productions; Atlantic Pictures Corp.)

Pan (Herman van der Horst Production; Mayfair Pictures)

 

Best Documentary Short Subject:

Dylan Thomas (TWW Ltd.; Janus Films)

The John Glenn Story (U.S. Navy; Warner Bros.)

The Road to the Wall (CBS Films, Inc.; U.S. Department of Defense)

Feature Alvorada (Brazil's Changing Face) (Hugo Niebeling, producer; MW Filmproduktion)

Black Fox (Image Productions, Inc.; Heritage Films, Inc.)

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

Electra, Greece

The Four Days of Naples, Italy

Keeper of Promises (The Given Word) Brazil

Sundays and Cybčle, France

Tlayucan, Mexico

 

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Steve Broidy

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