The Knack ...and How to Get It

The Knack …and How to Get It
The Knack …and How to Get It
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Richard Lester
Written by	Charles Wood
Produced by	Oscar Lewenstein
Starring	Rita Tushingham; Ray Brooks; Michael Crawford; Donal Donnelly
Cinematography	David Watkin
Edited by	Antony Gibbs
Music by	John Barry
Production; company	Woodfall Film Productions
Distributed by	United Artists Corporation
Release date	3 June 1965;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$364,000
Box office	$2.5 million (US)

The Knack …and How to Get It is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, and Donal Donnelly. The screenplay by Charles Wood is based on a play of the same name by Ann Jellicoe. The film is considered emblematic of the Swinging London cultural phenomenon. It was the first movie appearance of Jane Birkin and Charlotte Rampling.^[3]

The film premiered in-competition at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and won the Palme d'Or and the Technical Grand Prize. At the 19th British Academy Film Awards, the film was nominated in six categories, including BAFTA Award for Best Film and Outstanding British Film. Rita Tushingham was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and the film was nominated for Best English-Language Foreign Film.

^ ^a ^b Michael Deeley, Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies, Pegasus Books, 2009 p 31
^ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 245
^ "Jane Birkin remembered by Charlotte Rampling". The Guardian. 17 December 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 February 2024.