<P> "Freakbeat" is a term sometimes given to certain British Invasion acts closely associated with the mod scene during the Swinging London period, particularly harder - driving British blues bands of the era that often remained obscure to US listeners, and who are sometimes seen as counterparts to the garage rock bands in America . Certain acts, such as the Pretty Things and the Creation, had a certain degree of chart success in the UK and are often considered exemplars of the form . The emergence of a relatively homogeneous worldwide "rock" music style marking the end of the "invasion" occurred in 1967 . </P> <P> Outside music, other aspects of British arts became popular in the US during this period and led US media to proclaim the United Kingdom as the center of music and fashion . </P> <P> The Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night marked the group's entrance into film . Mary Poppins, released on August 27, 1964, and starring English actress Julie Andrews as the titular character, became the most Oscar - winning and Oscar - nominated Disney film in history, and My Fair Lady, released on December 25, 1964, starring British actress Audrey Hepburn as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, won eight Academy Awards . </P> <P> Besides the Bond series which commenced with Sean Connery as James Bond in 1962, films with a British sensibility such as the "Angry Young Men" genre, What's New Pussycat? and Alfie styled London Theatre . A new wave of British actors such as Peter O'Toole and Michael Caine intrigued US audiences . Four of the decade's Academy Award winners for best picture were British productions, with the epic Lawrence of Arabia, starring O'Toole as British army officer T.E. Lawrence, winning seven Oscars in 1963 . </P>

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