1976 in film
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The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic gross |
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1. | Rocky | United Artists Pictures | $117,235,147[1] |
2. | To Fly! | National Air and Space Museum | $86,600,000[2] |
3. | A Star Is Born | Warner Bros. | $80,000,000[3] |
4. | All the President's Men | Warner Bros. | $70,600,000[4] |
5. | The Omen | 20th Century Fox Film Corporation | $60,922,980[5] |
6. | In Search of Noah's Ark | Sunn Classic Pictures | $55,700,000[6] |
7. | King Kong | Paramount Pictures | $52,614,445[7] |
8. | Silver Streak | 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation | $51,079,064[8] |
9. | The Enforcer | Warner Bros. | $46,236,000[9] |
10. | Midway | Universal Studios / Cinema International Corporation | $43,220,000[10] |
Events
- January - Paramount Pictures sets up a separate motion picture division and names David V. Picker as president.[11]
- March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
- April 1 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there as of 2013[update] all around the world.[12]
- April 9 - Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot, is released.
- August 11 - John Wayne appears in his final film, The Shootist.
- August 26 - Alan Ladd Jr. is promoted from head of worldwide production to president of 20th Century Fox's film division.
- November 15 - Michael Eisner is brought in as president and CEO of Paramount Pictures.
- November 21 - Rocky, the first in the film series opens. It becomes the highest-grossing film released in the year and goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- December 5 - Bound for Glory debuts and is the first motion picture in which inventor/operator Garrett Brown used his new Steadicam for filming moving scenes,[13] although its use had already been seen in Marathon Man and Rocky which were filmed later but released earlier.
Awards
- Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists
- Best Director: John G. Avildsen - Rocky
- Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously)
- Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
- Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards - All the President's Men
- Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - Network
- Best Foreign Language Film: Noirs et blancs en couleur (Black and White in Color), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Ivory Coast / France / W. Germany / Switzerland
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Rocky
- Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network
- Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: A Star Is Born
- Best Actor: Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born
- Best Actress: Barbra Streisand - A Star Is Born
- Other
- Best Director: Sidney Lumet - Network
- Best Foreign Language Film: Face to Face, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States
Notable films released in 1976
U.S.A. unless stated #
- 7-Man Army (Ba dao lou zi), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
- 1900, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland - (Italy/France)
A
- A Queda (The Fall) - (Brazil)
- All the President's Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
- The Anchorite (El anacoreta) - (Spain)
- Any Day Now (Vandaag of morgen) - (Netherlands)
- The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) - (U.S.S.R.) - Golden Bear winner
- Assault on Precinct 13, directed by John Carpenter, starring Austin Stoker
- The Astral Factor, starring Stefanie Powers
- At the Earth's Core, starring Peter Cushing and Doug McClure - (U.K.)
B
- Baby Blue Marine, starring Jan-Michael Vincent
- The Bad News Bears, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley
- Beach Guard in Winter (Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu) - (Yugoslavia)
- The Best Way to Walk (La meilleure façon de marcher) - (France)
- The Big Bus, starring Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
- Black and White in Color (La Victoire en chantant), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - (France) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film
- The Blank Generation, with Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones and Talking Heads
- Blue Puppy (Goluboy shchenok) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, starring Marjoe Gortner and Lynda Carter
- Bound for Glory, a biopic of Woody Guthrie directed by Hal Ashby, starring David Carradine
- Breaking Point, starring Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos
- The Bricklayers (Los albañiles) - (Mexico)
- Brother and Sister (Ani Imouto) - (Japan)
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, starring Paul Newman, Geraldine Chaplin, Burt Lancaster - Golden Bear winner
- Bugsy Malone, directed by Alan Parker, starring Scott Baio and Jodie Foster - (U.K.)
- Burnt Offerings, starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis
C
- Caddie, starring Helen Morse - (Australia)
- Canoa (Canoe) - (Mexico)
- Car Wash, starring Franklyn Ajaye and Richard Pryor
- The Career of a Chambermaid (Telefoni bianchi), directed by Dino Risi - (Italy)
- Caro Michele, directed by Mario Monicelli - (Italy)
- Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
- The Cassandra Crossing, starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Lee Strasberg, Martin Sheen, O. J. Simpson - (U.K.)
- A Child in the Crowd (Un enfant dans la foule) - (France)
- Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
- Chitchor (Heart Stealer) - (India)
- The Clown Murders
- Cop (Strømer) - (Denmark)
- Coup de Grâce (Der Fangschuß), directed by Volker Schlöndorff - (West Germany/France)
- A Cricket in the Ear (Shturets v uhoto), directed by Georgi K. Stoyanov, starring Pavel Popandov, Tatyana Lolova, Itzhak Fintzi - (Bulgaria)
D
- Deadly Hero, starring Don Murray and James Earl Jones
- The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari), starring Vittorio Gassman - (Italy/France/West Germany)
- The Devil's Playground, directed by Fred Schepisi - (Australia)
- Diary of the Dead, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Héctor Elizondo
- The Divine Nymph (Divina creatura), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Terence Stamp - (Italy)
- Dixie Dynamite, starring Warren Oates
- Dogs, starring David McCallum, George Wyner and Linda Gray
- Don's Party, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Ray Barrett, John Hargreaves and Pat Bishop - (Australia)
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos), starring Sônia Braga - (Brazil)
- Les douze travaux d'Asterix (The Twelve Trials of Asterix) - (France)
- Drum , starring Warren Oates and Yaphet Kotto
E-F
- The Eagle Has Landed, starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Eat My Dust, starring Ron Howard and Christopher Norris
- Embryo, directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Carrera
- The Enforcer, starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Tyne Daly
- Escape from the Dark, starring Alastair Sim - (U.K.)
- F comme Fairbanks (F Like Fairbanks), starring Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou - (France)
- Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson - (Sweden)
- Family Plot, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (his final film), starring Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, William Devane
- Farsighted for Two Diopters (Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo), directed by Petar B. Vasilev, starring Georgi Partsalev - (Bulgaria)
- Fellini's Casanova, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Donald Sutherland - (Italy)
- The Fifth Seal (Az ötödik pecsét), directed by Zoltán Fábri - (Hungary)
- The First Nudie Musical, directed by Bruce Kimmel, starring Cindy Williams, Stephen Nathan, Diana Canova
- The Food of the Gods, starring Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino
- Freaky Friday, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster
- From Noon till Three, starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland
- The Front, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy
- Fumō Chitai (Wasted Land) - (Japan)
- Futureworld, starring Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner
G-H
- Gable and Lombard, starring James Brolin and Jill Clayburgh
- Gator, starring Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed
- Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer) - (Israel)
- God Told Me To, starring Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis
- Griffin and Phoenix, starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh
- Grizzly, starring Christopher George
- The Gumball Rally, starring Michael Sarrazin
- Gus, starring Don Knotts and Ed Asner
- Harlan County, USA - a documentary film
- Harry and Walter Go to New York, starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Michael Caine
- Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)
- The House with Laughing Windows (La casa dalle finestre che ridono) - (Italy)
I-K
- Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Lino Ventura - (Italy)
- The Inheritance (L'eredità Ferramonti), starring Anthony Quinn and Dominique Sanda - (Italy)
- In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Korīda), directed by Nagisa Oshima - (Japan)
- L'innocente, directed by Luchino Visconti - (Italy)
- The Inugamis (Inugami-ke no ichizoku), directed by Kon Ichikawa - (Japan)
- I Will, I Will... for Now, directed by Norman Panama, starring Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Victoria Principal
- Jackson County Jail, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Yvette Mimieux
- J. D.'s Revenge, starring Glynn Turman and Louis Gossett Jr.
- Je t'aime moi non plus (I Love You...Me Neither), directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Jane Birkin and Joe Dallesandro - (France)
- Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) - (Switzerland/France)
- The Judge and the Assassin (Le Juge et l'assassin), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert - (France)
- Kabhie Kabhie (Sometimes), starring Shashi Kapoor - (India)
- Kalicharan - (India)
- The Killer Inside Me, starring Stacy Keach
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel
- King Kong, directed by John Guillermin, starring Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin
- King Kung Fu, directed by and starring Lance D. Hayes
- Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit), directed by Wim Wenders - (West Germany)
L
- The Last Hard Men, starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn
- The Last Supper (La Última Cena) - (Cuba)
- The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Ray Milland, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson
- Leadbelly, a biopic directed by Gordon Parks
- Lipstick, starring Margaux Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway, Chris Sarandon
- The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen
- Logan's Run, directed by Michael Anderson, starring Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter
M
- Mako: The Jaws of Death, directed by William Grefe, starring Richard Jaeckel
- The Man on the Roof (Mannen på taket), directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden)
- The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark - (U.K.)
- Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (Marečku, podejte mi pero!) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Marathon Man, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, William Devane
- Mark of Zorro
- The Marquise of O, directed by Éric Rohmer - (West Germany/France)
- Massacre at Central High, directed by Rene Daalder
- Master of the Flying Guillotine (a.k.a. One-Armed Boxer 2), starring Jimmy Wang - (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
- A Matter of Time, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Ingrid Bergman, Liza Minnelli, Charles Boyer, Isabella Rossellini - (U.S.A./Italy)
- Max Havelaar, directed by Fons Rademakers - (Netherlands)
- The Memory of Justice, a documentary film by Marcel Ophüls - (France/West Germany/U.K./U.S.A.)
- Midway, starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Toshiro Mifune, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook
- Mikey and Nicky, directed by Elaine May, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk
- The Missouri Breaks, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson
- Mohammad, Messenger of God, directed by Moustapha Akkad, starring Anthony Quinn - (Morocco/Libya)
- Mother, Jugs & Speed, directed by Peter Yates, starring Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel
- Mr. Klein, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau - (France)
- Murder by Death, starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, Truman Capote
- The Mysterious Monsters, starring Peter Graves and Peter Hurkos
N
- Network, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
- The Next Man, starring Sean Connery
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village, starring Shelley Winters, Lenny Baker, Ellen Greene
- Nickelodeon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, John Ritter, Stella Stevens
- Nightmare in Badham County, starring Deborah Raffin and Chuck Connors
- No Deposit, No Return, starring David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards
O-P-Q
- Obsession, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow
- Ode to Billy Joe, directed by Max Baer Jr., starring Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, James Best
- The Omen, directed by Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- One Summer Love, aka Dragonfly, directed by Gilbert Cates, starring Susan Sarandon and Beau Bridges
- The Outlaw Josey Wales, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Chief Dan George, Sam Bottoms, Sondra Locke, John Vernon
- Oz or 20th Century Oz, a Rock 'N' Roll Road Movie, starring Bruce Spence, Joy Dunstan - (Australia)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again, starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down - (U.K.)
R
- Raise Ravens (Cria Cuervos), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin - (Spain)
- The Rat Savior (Izbavitelj) - (Yugoslavia)
- Rich Man, Poor Man, television mini-series, starring Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss
- The Ritz, directed by Richard Lester, starring Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Jack Weston
- Robin and Marian, directed by Richard Lester, starring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Rocky, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young
- Rogue Male, starring Peter O'Toole - (U.K.)
S
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, starring Kris Kristofferson and Sarah Miles
- Salon Kitty, directed by Tinto Brass, starring Helmut Berger and Ingrid Thulin - (Italy/West Germany/France)
- The Scar (film), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Sebastiane, directed by Derek Jarman - (U.K.)
- Seclusion Near a Forest (Na samotě u lesa), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)
- The Sell Out, starring Richard Widmark
- Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze), starring Fernando Rey - (Italy)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Shadow of Angels (Schatten der Engel), starring Ingrid Caven and Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (Switzerland)
- The Shaggy D.A., starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette
- The Shootist, directed by Don Siegel, starring John Wayne (his final film), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Harry Morgan, James Stewart
- Shout at the Devil, starring Lee Marvin, Roger Moore - (U.K.)
- Silent Movie, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, with Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters
- Silver Streak, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Patrick McGoohan
- Sister Street Fighter – Fifth Level Fist (Onna hissatsu godan ken) - (Japan)
- Sky Riders, starring James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp
- The Slipper and the Rose, directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Gemma Craven and Richard Chamberlain - (U.K.)
- Small Change (L'Argent de poche), directed by François Truffaut - (France)
- The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (La Flûte à six schtroumpfs) - (Belgium)
- Snuff - (Argentina/U.S.A.)
- The Song Remains the Same, featuring Led Zeppelin - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Soy un delincuente (I Am a Criminal) - (Venezuela)
- Sparkle, starring Irene Cara
- A Star Is Born, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson
- Stay Hungry, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger
- St. Ives, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson
- Storm Boy, starring David Gulpilil - (Australia)
- Swashbuckler, starring Robert Shaw
- The Swiss Conspiracy, starring David Janssen and Elke Sommer
- Sybil, starring Joanne Woodward and Sally Field
T
- Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster
- The Tenant (Le Locataire), directed by and starring Roman Polanski, with Isabelle Adjani and Melvyn Douglas - (France)
- That's Entertainment, Part II, documentary featuring Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly
- Tatlong taong walang Diyos (Three Godless Years) - (Philippines)
- To Fly!, a documentary film
- To the Devil a Daughter, starring Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski - (U.K.)
- Todo modo, starring Gian Maria Volontè and Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy)
- Tosun Paşa - (Turkey)
- The Town That Dreaded Sundown, starring Ben Johnson and Dawn Wells
- Trackdown, starring James Mitchum
- Tracks, directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Dennis Hopper
- Treasure of Matecumbe, starring Joan Hackett, Robert Foxworth, Peter Ustinov
- The Twist, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Bruce Dern, Stéphane Audran, Charles Aznavour, Ann-Margret - (France)
- Two-Minute Warning, starring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, Walter Pidgeon, Beau Bridges
U-V
- Ugly, Dirty and Bad (Brutti, sporchi e cattivi), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
- Up!, directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Raven De La Croix
- Vigilante Force, starring Kris Kristofferson and Victoria Principal
- Voyage of the Damned, starring Faye Dunaway, Lee Grant, James Mason, Katharine Ross, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Oskar Werner - (U.K.)
W-Z
- W.C. Fields and Me, starring Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy
- Wan Pipel (One People) - (Suriname/Netherlands)
- Welcome to L.A., directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Sally Kellerman, Harvey Keitel
- The White Ship (Belyy parokhod) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Who Can Kill a Child? (¿Quién puede matar a un niño?) - (Spain)
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, starring Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Bruce Dern, Art Carney
1976 film releases
January–March
- February 1976
- 4 February
- 8 February
- 13 February
- 27 February
- March 1976
- 11 March
- 12 March
- 18 March
- 26 March
- Dumbo (re-release)
- Ride a Wild Pony
- Sky Riders
- 31 March
April–June
- April 1976
- 1 April
- 5 April
- 7 April
- 9 April
- 11 April
- 23 April
- May 1976
- 19 May
- 21 May
- 26 May
- June 1976
- 1 June
- 2 June
- 11 June
- 17 June
- 18 June
- 20 June
- 23 June
- 24 June
- 25 June
- 30 June
July–September
- July 1976
- Moving Violation
- 1 July
- 7 July
- 16 July
- 28 July
- 29 July
- 30 July
- 31 July
- August 1976
- 1 August
- 4 August
- 8 August
- 20 August
- 25 August
- 26 August
- September 1976
- High Velocity
- 9 September
- 15 September
- 17 September
- 22 September
October–December
- October 1976
- 8 October
- 18 October
- 22 October
- November 1976
- 3 November
- 5 November
- John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. (Los Angeles and New York City openings).
- 12 November
- 13 November
- 17 November
- 21 November
- 27 November
- Network nationwide 13 days after its previous (November 14) Los Angeles and New York City openings.
- December 1976
- 5 December
- 8 December
- 15 December
- 17 December
- 18 December
- 20 December
- 21 December
- 22 December
- The Enforcer
- Voyage of the Damned (New York City, with its Los Angeles opening on the following day, 23rd.
- 24 December
- 25 December
Births
- January 6
- Danny Pintauro, American actor.
- Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice actor.
- January 13 - Michael Peña, American actor.
- February 3 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress.
- February 11 - Brice Beckham, American actor.
- February 23
- Aaron Aziz, Singaporean actor.
- Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress.
- February 25 - Rashida Jones, American actress.
- March 16 - Paul Schneider, American actor.
- March 22 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress.
- March 23 - Michelle Monaghan, American actress.
- March 26 - Amy Smart, American actress.
- April 1
- David Oyelowo, British actor, producer, director.
- Troy Baker, American voice actor, voice actor.
- April 13 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor. (d.2003)
- April 15 - Susan Ward, American actress.
- April 20 - Joey Lawrence, American actor.
- April 23 - Gabriel Damon, American actor.
- April 26 - Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress.
- April 27 - Sally Hawkins, English actress.
- May 22 - Külli Teetamm, Estonian actress.
- May 25
- Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
- Ethan Suplee, American film and television actor.
- J. Michael Tatum, American voice actor.
- May 31 - Colin Farrell, Irish actor.
- July 15 - Diane Kruger, German actress.
- July 19
- Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor.
- Vinessa Shaw, American actress.
- July 31 - Mela Lee, American voice actress.
- August 2 - Sam Worthington, Australian actor.
- August 6 - Andero Ermel, Estonian actor.
- August 9 - Audrey Tautou, French actress.
- September 6 - Naomie Harris, British actress.
- September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress.
- September 20 - Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress.
- September 26 - Kersti Heinloo, Estonian actress.
- October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress.
- October 21 - Andrew Scott, Irish actor.
- October 23 - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor.
- October 31 - Piper Perabo, American actress.
- December 8 - Dominic Monaghan, English actor.
Notable deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 1 | Walter Janssen | 88 | Germany | Actor | |
12 | Agatha Christie | 85 | UK | Writer | ||
13 | Margaret Leighton | 53 | UK | Actress | ||
14 | Mahagama Sekara | 47 | Sri Lanka | Poet, Writer, Film Director, Artist, Translator | ||
18 | Sonia Dresdel | 66 | UK | Actress | ||
23 | Paul Robeson | 77 | USA | Actor, Singer | ||
29 | Michael Gwynn | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
February | 4 | Roger Livesey | 69 | UK | Actor | |
11 | Lee J. Cobb | 64 | USA | Actor | ||
11 | John Twist | 77 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
12 | Sal Mineo | 37 | USA | Actor | ||
13 | Lily Pons | 77 | France | Singer, Actress | ||
13 | John Lounsbery | 64 | USA | Animator | ||
15 | Maria Corda | 77 | Hungary | Actress | ||
16 | Campbell Singer | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Peter Madden | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Frieda Inescort | 75 | UK | Actress | ||
March | 3 | Doris Hill | 70 | USA | Actress | |
5 | Charles Lederer | 69 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Busby Berkeley | 80 | USA | Director, Choreographer | ||
17 | Luchino Visconti | 69 | Italy | Director, Writer | ||
20 | Michael Goodliffe | 61 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Richard Arlen | 76 | USA | Actor | ||
April | 2 | Ray Teal | 74 | USA | Actor | |
4 | George Pastell | 53 | Cyprus | Actor | ||
5 | Howard Hughes | 70 | USA | Director, Producer | ||
5 | Robert Lord | 75 | USA | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
11 | Liam Dunn | 59 | USA | Actor | ||
12 | Paul Ford | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | Léonide Moguy | 75 | Russia | Director, Writer | ||
25 | Carol Reed | 69 | UK | Director, Writer | ||
26 | Neil McCallum | 46 | Canada | Actor | ||
26 | Sid James | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Thelma Connell | 63 | UK | Film Editor | ||
May | 3 | David Bruce | 62 | USA | Actor | |
7 | Alan Baxter | 67 | USA | Actor | ||
27 | Hilde Hildebrand | 78 | Germany | Actress | ||
27 | Ruth McDevitt | 80 | USA | Actress | ||
June | 5 | Violet Wilkey | 73 | USA | Actress | |
6 | Victor Varconi | 85 | Hungary | Actor | ||
9 | Sybil Thorndike | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
10 | Adolph Zukor | 103 | USA | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
25 | Johnny Mercer | 66 | USA | Songwriter | ||
28 | Stanley Baker | 48 | UK | Actor | ||
July | 2 | Frances Howard | 73 | USA | Actress | |
7 | Norman Foster | 72 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
12 | James Wong Howe | 76 | China | Cinematographer | ||
17 | Rina Morelli | 67 | Italy | Actress | ||
28 | Lucie Mannheim | 77 | Germany | Actress | ||
August | 2 | Fritz Lang | 85 | Germany | Director, Writer | |
6 | William Mervyn | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Ray Corrigan | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
17 | William Redfield | 49 | USA | Actor | ||
17 | Murvyn Vye | 60 | USA | Actor | ||
18 | Luigi Serventi | 91 | Italy | Actor | ||
28 | Alastair Sim | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
September | 10 | Dalton Trumbo | 70 | USA | Screenwriter | |
30 | Paul Dehn | 63 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
October | 5 | Barbara Nichols | 47 | USA | Actress | |
14 | Edith Evans | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
November | 15 | Jean Gabin | 72 | France | Actor | |
22 | Rupert Davies | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Rosalind Russell | 69 | USA | Actress | ||
29 | Godfrey Cambridge | 43 | USA | Actor | ||
December | 3 | Mary Nash | 92 | USA | Actress | |
8 | Cathy Downs | 50 | USA | Actress | ||
12 | Jack Cassidy | 49 | USA | Actor | ||
20 | Walter Fitzgerald | 80 | UK | Actor |
Film debuts
- Albert Brooks - Taxi Driver
- Bruce Campbell - It's Murder!
- Stephen Collins - All the President's Men
- Lindsay Crouse - All the President's Men
- Richard Griffiths - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
- Mariel Hemingway - Lipstick
- Ernie Hudson - Leadbelly
- Amy Irving - Carrie
- Jessica Lange - King Kong
- Delroy Lindo - Find the Lady
- Lena Olin - Face to Face
- Jonathan Pryce - Voyage of the Damned
- John Ratzenberger - The Ritz
- Mercedes Ruehl - Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
- Theresa Russell - The Last Tycoon
- Brooke Shields - Alice, Sweet Alice
- Debra Winger - Slumber Party '57
- Chow Yun-fat - Tou tai ren
References
- ^ "Rocky, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ "To Fly!, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "A Star Is Born, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "All the President's Men, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "The Omen, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "In Search of Noah's Ark, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "King Kong, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ "Silver Streak, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "The Enforcer, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Midway, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 208.
- ^ rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Steadicam 30th anniversary press release". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30.
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