(1961)
4.5
Michael Betzold
Critic Peter John Dyer called A Taste of Honey "tart and lively round the edges and bitter at the core." It's a well-acted 1961story of a working-class young British woman who has an affair with a black sailor and becomes pregnant. A homosexual friend proves more helpful than her loose-living mother. Controversial for its time, the powerful drama was adapted for the screen by writer Shelagh Delaney and director Tony Richardson from Shelagh's London and Broadway play. Rita Tushingham made her debut in the starring role. Its black comic tone and taboo subject matter were ahead of their time, and it presaged such later studies of biracial love as To Sir With Love and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Herb Alpert's instrumental version of the theme song was a huge international hit.
awards for A Taste of Honey on AllMovie
A Taste of Honey (1961)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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Won |
Best British Actress
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1961 |
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Won |
Best British Film
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1961 |
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Won |
Most Promising Newcomer
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1961 |
Cannes Film Festival
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Won |
Best Actor
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1962 |
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Won |
Best Actress
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1962 |
Directors Guild of America
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Nominated |
Best Director
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1962 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
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Nominated |
Best Foreign Film
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1962 |
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Won |
New Star of the Year - Female
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1962 |
National Board of Review
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Nominated |
Best Picture
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1962 |
