I'm assuming this to be the banner thread for the 1957 spots. I had the thought that the modern filmspots don't take place in a cultural vacuum; that literature, music, tv, sport, events is happening all around the films of that year. Here is a cull of different cultural happenings in books and music from 1957;
1957 Books
Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
Dandelion Wine- Ray Bradbury
Doctor Zhivago- Boris Pasternak
The Executioners- John D MacDonald (aka Cape Fear)
From Russia With Love- Ian Fleming
The Guns of Navarone- Alistair MacClaine
The Midwich Cuckoos- John Wyndham
On The Beach- Nevil Shute
On The Road- Jack Kerouac
Room AT The Top- John Braine
The Sandcastle- Iris Murdoch
The Scapegoat- Daphne du Maurier
Some Came Running- James Jones
The Town- William Faulkner
There are some iconic 60s movies that originated in 1957.
1957 Music
Lennon & McCartney meet at a church fete
The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool
Simon & Garfunkel form as "Tom & Jerry"
Jailhouse Rock- Elivis Presley
American Bandstand premieres
After School Session- Chuck Berry
Birth of the Cool- Miles Davis
The Chirping Crickets- Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Here's Little Richard
No Count Sarah- Sarah Vaughan
Patsy Cline
Please, Please, Please- James Brown
With His Hot & Blue Guitar- Johnny Cash