1974 in film

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The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1974
Rank	Title	Distributor	Production company	Domestic gross
1.	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros. Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors	Crossbow Productions	$119,500,000^[1]
2.	The Towering Inferno	20th Century-Fox Film Corporation / Warner Bros. Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors	Irwin Allen Productions / United Film	$116,000,000^[2]
3.	The Trial of Billy Jack	Warner Bros. Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors	Taylor-Laughlin	$89,000,000^[3]
4.	Young Frankenstein	20th Century-Fox Film Corporation	Gruskoff/Venture Films / Crossbow Productions / Jouer Limited	$86,273,333^[4]
5.	Earthquake	Universal Studios / Cinema International Corporation	The Filmakers Group	$79,666,653^[5]
6.	The Godfather Part II	Paramount Pictures / Cinema International Corporation	The Coppola Company	$47,542,841^[6]
7.	Airport 1975	Universal Studios / Cinema International Corporation	William Frye-Jennings Lang Productions	$47,285,152^[7]
8.	The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams	Schick Sunn Classic Pictures	Sun International	$45,411,063^[8]
9.	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures / Cinema International Corporation	Albert S. Ruddy Productions	$43,008,075^[9]
10.	Benji	Mulberry Square Releasing	Joe Camp Productions	$39,552,000^[10]

Events

February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.
June 20 - Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim.
August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J. Geils Band, marries actress Faye Dunaway.
November 1 - Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare from the studio, most significantly with its film release That's Entertainment!, a retrospective documentary that acknowledges and celebrates the importance and legacy of its prestigious film musicals (e.g. The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Meet Me in St. Louis, Gigi, An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, etc.) for the studio.
October, November, and December, 1974 - Three "disaster films" are released in three consecutive months: Airport 1975, Earthquake, and The Towering Inferno respectively. All were box office successes.
Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A., although the film was not released until 1986.

Awards

Category/Organization	32nd Golden Globe Awards January 25, 1975		28th BAFTA Awards February 18, 1975	47th Academy Awards April 8, 1975
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	28th BAFTA Awards February 18, 1975	47th Academy Awards April 8, 1975
Best Film	Chinatown	The Longest Yard	Lacombe, Lucien	The Godfather Part II
Best Director	Roman Polanski Chinatown		Roman Polanski Chinatown	Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather: Part II
Best Actor	Jack Nicholson Chinatown	Art Carney Harry and Tonto	Jack Nicholson The Last Detail / Chinatown	Art Carney Harry and Tonto
Best Actress	Gena Rowlands A Woman Under the Influence	Raquel Welch The Three Musketeers	Joanne Woodward Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams	Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Best Supporting Actor	Fred Astaire The Towering Inferno		John Gielgud Murder on the Orient Express	Robert De Niro The Godfather: Part II
Best Supporting Actress	Karen Black The Great Gatsby		Ingrid Bergman Murder on the Orient Express	Ingrid Bergman Murder on the Orient Express
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Chinatown Robert Towne		Chinatown / The Last Detail Robert Towne	The Godfather: Part II Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Best Screenplay, Original	Chinatown Robert Towne		Chinatown / The Last Detail Robert Towne	Chinatown Robert Towne
Best Score	The Little Prince Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe		Murder on the Orient Express Richard Rodney Bennett	The Godfather: Part II Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, Canada

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Births

January 5 - Daisy Bates, actress
January 30 - Christian Bale, English actor
February 8 - Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress
March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, actress
April 28 - Penélope Cruz, actress
May 21 - Fairuza Balk, actress
June 25 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
July 8 - Tami Erin, American actress
July 30 - Hilary Swank, actress
August 7 - Michael Shannon, actor
August 15 - Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
August 20 - Amy Adams, American actress
August 23 - Ray Park, English actor
September 10 - Ryan Phillippe, American actor
September 19 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model
October 17 - Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor
November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
November 16 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress
December 7 - Habieb Naseer, Bollywood director
December 17 - Giovanni Ribisi, American actor

Deaths

Film debuts

References

[1] "Box Office Information for Blazing Saddles". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 28, 2011.

[2] "Box Office Information for The Towering Inferno". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

[3] "Box Office Information for The Trial of Billy Jack". The Numbers. Retrieved May 16, 2014.

[4] "Box Office Information for Young Frankenstein". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 28, 2011.

[5] "Box Office Information for Earthquake". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 28, 2011.

[6] "Box Office Information for The Godfather Part II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.

[7] "Box Office Information for Airport 1975". The Numbers. Retrieved December 28, 2011.

[8] "Box Office Information for The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams". The Numbers. Retrieved July 7, 2012.

[9] "Box Office Information for The Longest Yard". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 28, 2011.

[10] "Box Office Information for Benji". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 28, 2011.

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