Editing Lee Marvin (section)

===''Cat Ballou'' and stardom===
Marvin finally became a star for his [[dual role]] in the offbeat comedic Western ''[[Cat Ballou]]'' (1965) starring [[Jane Fonda]]. This was a surprise hit, and Marvin won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. He also won the [[Silver Bear for Best Actor]] at the [[15th Berlin International Film Festival]] in 1965.<ref name="berlinale 1965">[http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistr_ger_1965/03_Preistraeger_1965.html "Berlinale 1965: Prize Winners".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319033406/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistr_ger_1965/03_Preistraeger_1965.html |date=March 19, 2015 }} ''Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin''. Retrieved: October 11, 2013.</ref>

Playing alongside [[Vivien Leigh]] and [[Simone Signoret]], Marvin won the 1966 [[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|National Board of Review]] Award for male actors for his role in ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]'' (1965) directed by Kramer.{{refn|The film proved to be Leigh's last film and her anguished portrayal of a desperate older woman was punctuated by her real-life "battle with demons".<ref>Bean 2013, p. 155.</ref> Leigh's performance was tinged by paranoia and resulted in outbursts that marred her relationship with other actors, although both Simone Signoret and Marvin were sympathetic and understanding.<ref>David 1995, p. 46.</ref> In one unusual instance, she hit Marvin so hard with a spiked shoe, it marked his face.<ref>Walker 1987, p. 281.</ref>|group=N}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Lee Marvin: Who Needs a Million?|author=Hopper, Hedda|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 11, 1965|page=A7}}</ref>

====''The Professionals''====
Marvin next performed in the highly regarded Western ''[[The Professionals (1966 film)|The Professionals]]'' (1966), in which he played the leader of a small band of skilled mercenaries ([[Burt Lancaster]], [[Robert Ryan]], and [[Woody Strode]]) rescuing a kidnap victim ([[Claudia Cardinale]]) shortly after the [[Mexican Revolution]].{{sfn|Epstein|2013|p=161}}{{sfn|Lentz|2000|p=109}} He had second billing to Lancaster but his part was almost as large.

====''The Dirty Dozen''====
He followed that film with the hugely successful World War II epic ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' (1967) in which top-billed Marvin again portrayed an intrepid commander of a colorful group (played by [[John Cassavetes]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Telly Savalas]], [[Jim Brown]], and [[Donald Sutherland]]) performing an almost impossible mission. [[Robert Aldrich]] directed.{{sfn|Lentz|2000|p=110}} In an interview, Marvin stated his time in the Marine Corps helped shape that role "by playing an officer how I felt it should have been seen, from the bias of an enlisted man's viewpoint".<ref>"Famous Marines", profile of Lee Marvin</ref>

====''Point Blank''====
In the wake of these films and after having received his Oscar, Marvin was a huge star, given enormous control over his next film ''[[Point Blank (1967 film)|Point Blank]]''. In ''Point Blank'', an influential film from director [[John Boorman]], he portrayed a hard-nosed criminal bent on revenge. Marvin, who had selected Boorman for the director's slot, had a central role in the film's development, plot, and staging.<ref name="los">{{cite news |author1=Bob Baker |author2=Patt Morrison |date=August 30, 1987 |title=Lee Marvin, Menacing Gunman of Films, Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-30-me-4919-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |page=1 |edition=Home}}</ref>

====''Hell in the Pacific'' and ''Sergeant Ryker''====
In 1968, Marvin also appeared in another Boorman film, the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful World War II character study ''[[Hell in the Pacific]]'', also starring famed Japanese actor [[Toshiro Mifune]]. Boorman recounted his work with Lee Marvin on these two films and Marvin's influence on his career in the 1998 documentary ''[[Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman]]''. ''The Case Against Paul Ryker'' with [[Bradford Dillman]], which Marvin shot for TV's ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' and had been telecast in 1963, was released theatrically as ''[[Sergeant Ryker]]'' in 1968 after the runaway success of ''The Dirty Dozen''.<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm Mean. Tough as Nails. All Those Words|author=Roger Ebert|work=The New York Times|date=December 15, 1968|page=D25}}</ref>

====''Paint Your Wagon''====
Marvin was originally cast as Pike Bishop (later played by [[William Holden]]) in ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' (1969), but fell out with director [[Sam Peckinpah]] and pulled out to star in the Western musical ''[[Paint Your Wagon (film)|Paint Your Wagon]]'' (1969), in which he was top-billed over a singing [[Clint Eastwood]]. Despite his limited singing ability, he had a hit with the song "[[Wand'rin' Star]]". By this time, he was getting paid $1 million per film, $200,000 less than top star [[Paul Newman]] was making at the time, yet he was ambivalent about the movie business, even with its financial rewards:<ref name="esquire">[[Roger Ebert|Ebert, Roger]]. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19701010/PEOPLE/41115001/1023 "An interview with Lee Marvin."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216130356/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19701010%2FPEOPLE%2F41115001%2F1023 |date=February 16, 2013 }} ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' for ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', October 1970.</ref>

<blockquote>You spend the first forty years of your life trying to get in this business, and the next forty years trying to get out. And then when you're making the bread, who needs it?</blockquote>