Monday, August 31, 2015

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1977 in film

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of years in film(table)
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events, the biggest and most important of which was the release of Star Wars

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]

The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1977
RankTitleStudioDomestic gross
1.Star WarsLucasfilm / 20th Century Fox$307,263,857[1]
2.Smokey and the BanditUniversal Pictures$126,737,428[2]
3.Close Encounters of the Third KindColumbia Pictures$116,395,460[3]
4.The Goodbye GirlMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Warner Bros. / Rastar$102,000,000[4]
5.Saturday Night FeverParamount Pictures$94,213,184[5]
6.Oh, God!Warner Bros.$51,061,196[6]
7.A Bridge Too FarUnited Artists$50,750,000[7]
8.The DeepColumbia Pictures$47,346,365[8]
9.The Spy Who Loved MeUnited Artists$46,838,673[9]
10.Annie HallUnited Artists$38,251,425[10]

Events[edit]

Awards[edit]

Best PictureAnnie Hall - Rollins-Joffe, United Artists
Best DirectorWoody Allen - Annie Hall
Best ActorRichard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
Best ActressDiane Keaton - Annie Hall
Best Supporting ActorJason Robards - Julia
Best Supporting ActressVanessa Redgrave - Julia
Best Foreign Language FilmMadame Rosa (La Vie devant soi), directed by Moshé Mizrahi, France
Drama:
Best PictureThe Turning Point
Best ActorRichard Burton - Equus
Best ActressJane Fonda - Julia
Musical or comedy:
Best PictureThe Goodbye Girl
Best ActorRichard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
Best Actress (tie): Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
Best Actress (tie): Marsha Mason - The Goodbye Girl
Other
Best DirectorHerbert Ross - The Turning Point
Best Foreign Language FilmA Special Day, Italy
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Father and Master (Padre padrone), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye), directed by Larisa Shepitko, USSR

Notable films released in 1977[edit]

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Births[edit]

Notable deaths[edit]

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January6Niall MacGinnis63IrelandActor
12Henri-Georges Clouzot69FranceDirector, Screenwriter
14Peter Finch60UKActor
18Yvonne Printemps82FranceActress, Singer
February17Edward G. Boyle78CanadaProduction Designer
18Andy Devine71USAActor
27Allison Hayes46USAActress
28Eddie "Rochester" Anderson71USAActor
March25Nunnally Johnson79USAScreenwriter, Director
April21Gummo Marx83USAActor, Agent
28Ricardo Cortez76USAActor
May10Joan Crawford71USAActress
31William Castle63USAProducer, Director
June2Stephen Boyd45IrelandActor
3Roberto Rossellini71ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
5Luis César Amadori75Italy/ArgentinaDirector, Screenwriter
13Matthew Garber21UKActor
14Alan Reed69USAActor
14Robert Middleton66USAActor
19Geraldine Brooks51USAActress
July2William H. Ziegler67USAFilm Editor
22Erik Chitty70UKActor
August3Alfred Lunt84USAActor
16Elvis Presley42USAActor, Singer
17Delmer Daves73USAScreenwriter, Director
19Groucho Marx86USAActor, Screenwriter
19Peter Dyneley56UKActor
21Danny Lockin34USAActor
22Sebastian Cabot59UKActor
29Jean Hagen54USAActress
September2Stephen Dunne59USAActor
8Zero Mostel62USAActor
October3Tay Garnett83USADirector
14Bing Crosby74USAActor, Singer
31Joan Tetzel56USAActress
November9Gertrude Astor90USAActress
25Richard Carlson65USAActor
30Olga Petrova93UKActress, Screenwriter
December4Leila Hyams72USAActress
19Jacques Tourneur73FranceDirector
25Charlie Chaplin88UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
26Howard Hawks81USADirector
28Charlotte Greenwood87USAActress

Film debuts[edit]

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