1975 in film
EventsJanuary 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars. March - Production begins on Star Wars March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London July - In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic. Jaws becomes the first movie to ever gross US$100 million in North America, setting the standard for future blockbusters.
Top grossing films Jaws, starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss The Towering Inferno Benji Young Frankenstein The Godfather, Part II Shampoo - Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn Funny Lady Murder on the Orient Express Return of the Pink Panther Tommy
Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Fantasy Films, United ArtistsBest Director: Miloš Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestBest Actor: Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestBest Actress: Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Supporting Actor: George Burns - The Sunshine BoysBest Supporting Actress: Lee Grant - Shampoo (film)
BirthsJanuary 3 - Danica McKellar, actress February 22 - Drew Barrymore, actress. June 4 - Angelina Jolie, US actress August 7 - Charlize Theron, South African actressOctober 5 - Kate Winslet, actressNovember 19 - Sushmita Sen, actress
DeathsJanuary 9 - Pierre Fresnay, French actorJanuary 24 - Larry Fine, actor, original member of The Three StoogesJanuary 27 - Bill Walsh, Movie producer and writerMarch 7 - Ben Blue, actorMarch 14 - Susan Hayward, actressApril 3 - Mary Ure, actressApril 10 - Marjorie Main, actress, made several Ma & Pa Kettle filmsApril 13 - Larry Parks, actorApril 15 - Richard Conte, actorMay 4 - Moe Howard, actor, original member of The Three StoogesJune 4 - Evelyn Brent, actressOctober 31 - Joseph Calleia, actorNovember 2 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, film director November 5 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer, and silent film actress, portrayed by Esther WilliamsDecember 24 - Bernard Herrmann, film composer
Other movies released French Connection II - Gene Hackman Part 2 Walking Tall - Bo Svenson The Ghoul - Peter Cushing, John Hurt and Alexandra Bastedo The Sunshine Boys The Rocky Horror Picture Show One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Jack Nicholson The Adventures of the Wilderness Family Rollerball Lucky Lady Rooster Cogburn, starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn Hard Times Three Days of the Condor Every Man For Himself and God Against All/The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser The Story of Adele H Barry Lyndon The Adoption, Golden Bear winner Chronicle of the Burning Years, Palme d'Or winner Dog Day Afternoon Nashville Dersu Uzala The Hindenburg The Day of the Locust Heart of the West Cooley High
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