Room at the Top

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Room at the Top is a landmark 1959 British drama film that helped launch the British New Wave movement with its gritty portrayal of class ambition and social realism.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Award for Best British Film NERFINISHED
BAFTA Award for Best Film NERFINISHED
basedOn Room at the Top (novel) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor John Braine NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Freddie Francis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Jack Clayton NERFINISHED
distributor Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
editedBy Ralph Kemplen NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Halifax, West Yorkshire NERFINISHED
genre drama
social realism
mainCharacter Joe Lampton NERFINISHED
movement British New Wave NERFINISHED
musicBy Mario Nascimbene NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
notableFor gritty portrayal of class ambition
landmark of British New Wave movement
originalLanguage English
partOf British New Wave cinema NERFINISHED
producer James Woolf NERFINISHED
John Woolf NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1959
runtime 117 minutes
screenwriter Neil Paterson NERFINISHED
setInCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
setInPeriod post-World War II era
starred Allan Cuthbertson NERFINISHED
Ambrosine Phillpotts NERFINISHED
Donald Houston NERFINISHED
Donald Wolfit NERFINISHED
Heather Sears NERFINISHED
Hermione Baddeley NERFINISHED
Laurence Harvey NERFINISHED
Simone Signoret NERFINISHED
theme adultery
class ambition
class conflict
social mobility

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Simone Signoret notableWork Room at the Top
John Braine notableWork Room at the Top
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this entity surface form: Room at the Top (1959 film)
Jack Clayton notableWork Room at the Top
this entity surface form: Room at the Top (1959 film)
Jack Clayton directed Room at the Top
this entity surface form: Room at the Top (1959 film)
Jack Clayton basedOn Room at the Top
this entity surface form: Room at the Top by John Braine
Angry Young Men notableWork Room at the Top