1977 in film
EventsIn the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network.Rocky picks up an Academy Award for Best Picture and All The President's Men wins Jason Robards the Supporting Actor and an Art Direction for George Jenkins and George Gaines. May 25 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope opens in theaters and becomes the highest grossing movie to date. The average price of a movie ticket in the United States is about $2.25 [1].
Top grossing films
:North America Star Wars (now known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) Rocky Smokey and the Bandit A Star is Born King Kong The Deep Silver Streak The Enforcer Close Encounters of the Third Kind, starring Richard Dreyfuss In Search of Noah's Ark
Best Picture: Annie Hall - Rollins-Joffe, United ArtistsBest Director: Woody Allen - Annie HallBest Actor: Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl Best Actress: Diane Keaton - Annie HallBest Supporting Actor: Jason Robards Jr - JuliaBest Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave - Julia
BirthsJanuary 13 - Orlando Bloom, actor July 1 - Liv Tyler, actress
DeathsJanuary 14 - Peter Finch, actor January 19 - Yvonne Printemps, French singer, actressJanuary 29 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian March 25 - Nunnally Johnson, directorApril 21 - Gummo Marx, actor/agentMay 10 - Joan Crawford, actress June 2 - Stephen Boyd, actorJune 3 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian directorJune 19 - Geraldine Brooks, actressAugust 3 - Alfred Lunt, actorAugust 16 - Elvis Presley, singer, actorAugust 19 - Groucho Marx, comedian August 29 - Jean Hagen, actressOctober 14 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor November 9 - Gertrude Astor, actressNovember 30 - Olga Petrova silent film and stage actressDecember 4 - Leila Hyams, actressDecember 25 - Charlie Chaplin, star of silent film December 26 - Howard Hawks, directorDecember 28 - Charlotte Greenwood, actress
Other movies releasedAbba - The MovieAnnie HallEraserheadFinal Chapter, Walking Tall, starring Bo SvensonMacArthur, starring Gregory PeckThe Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohPete's DragonLooking For Mr. Goodbar, starring Diane KeatonA Bridge Too Far The Rescuers The Spy Who Loved Me Oh, God, starring George BurnsThe Goodbye GirlFun with Dick and Jane1900 by Bernardo BertolucciPadre Padrone Palme d'Or winnerThe Ascent Golden Bear winnerThat Obscure Object of DesireMadame Rosa Academy Award for Best Foreign FilmThe Turning PointA Special DayThe Late ShowDot And The Kangaroo(a)Storm Boy (a)Picture Show Man(a)
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