Editing Room at the Top (1959 film) (section)

==Reception==
The film was critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=British 'Room' Rousing $19,500 Sets London Pix Pace|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=4 February 1959|page=13|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety213-1959-02#page/n12/mode/1up|access-date=4 July 2019|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Reviewing the movie for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[A.H. Weiler|Abraham Weiler]] praised Braine's novel, which he compared favourably to [[John Osborne]]'s ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'', and noted the depth of Harvey's, Signoret's, and Sears's portrayals, concluding that the movie "may be basically cheerless and somber, but it has a strikingly effective view."<ref name="Weiler">{{cite news|last=Weiler|first=A.H.|title= Screen: 'Room at Top'|date=March 31, 1959|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/03/31/archives/screen-room-at-top.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref>

''Room at the Top'' marked the beginning of Jack Clayton's career as an important director. It was the third most popular film at the British box office in 1959 (after ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' and ''[[Inn of the Sixth Happiness]]''),<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 January 1960 |title=Year of Profitable British Films |work=The Times |page=13}}</ref> grossing $700,000.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=20 April 1960|page=47|title=Gag-Films Rule British Trade|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety218-1960-04#page/n200/mode/1up|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

''Room at the Top'' is seen as the first of the [[British New Wave]] of [[Kitchen sink realism|kitchen-sink-realism]] film dramas.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Andrew|title=The film that changed British Cinema|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jun/21/room-at-the-top-film|access-date=22 November 2016|work=The Guardian|date=21 June 2009}}</ref> It was followed by a sequel in 1965 titled ''[[Life at the Top (film)|Life at the Top]]''.

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[32nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture]]
| [[John and James Woolf|John Woolf]] and [[John and James Woolf|James Woolf]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960 |title=The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-21 |work=oscars.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094204/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/32nd-winners.html |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Jack Clayton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Laurence Harvey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Simone Signoret]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Hermione Baddeley]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Neil Paterson (writer)|Neil Paterson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[12th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |year=1959 |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1959 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1959/film |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192458/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1959/film |archive-date=2014-01-02 |access-date=16 September 2016 |website=[[BAFTA]] |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1959}}}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Best British Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best British Actor]]
| Laurence Harvey
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Donald Wolfit]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best British Actress]]
| Hermione Baddeley
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
| Simone Signoret
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Film]]
| [[Mary Peach]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1959 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Palme d'Or]]
| Jack Clayton
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Festival de Cannes: Room at the Top |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3430/year/1959.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119090240/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3430/year/1959.html |archive-date=2012-01-19 |access-date=15 February 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Simone Signoret
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[17th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Simone Signoret
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/room-top |title=Room at the Top – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=5 July 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1960}}}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| Samuel Goldwyn Award
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Jussi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Actress
| rowspan="2"| Simone Signoret
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Laurel Awards]]
| Top Female Dramatic Performance
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1959|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Five Foreign Language Films|Top Foreign Films]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1959/ |title=1959 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Simone Signoret
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1959 |title=1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Jack Clayton
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Laurence Harvey
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Simone Signoret
| {{nom}}
|}