1972 IN FILM

The year '1972 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1972

Births

Deaths

Events

Top grossing films

# ''The Godfather''
# ''The Poseidon Adventure''
# ''What's Up, Doc?''
# ''Deliverance''
# ''Jeremiah Johnson
# ''Cabaret''
# ''Deep Throat''
# ''The Getaway''
# ''Lady Sings the Blues
# ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)''
# ''Sounder''
# ''The Valachi Papers''
# ''The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean''
# ''The Cowboys''
# ''Pete 'n' Tillie''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''The Godfather''' - Albert S. Ruddy, Paramount
:Best Director : 'Bob Fosse' - ''Cabaret''
:Best Actor: 'Marlon Brando' - ''The Godfather'' (declined)
:Best Actress: 'Liza Minnelli' - ''Cabaret''
:Best Supporting Actor ; 'Joel Grey' - ''Cabaret''
:Best Supporting Actress : 'Eileen Heckart' - ''Butterflies Are Free''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie''' (''Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie''), directed by Luis Buñuel, France
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''The Godfather'''
:Best Actor: 'Marlon Brando' - ''The Godfather''
:Best Actress: 'Liv Ullmann' - ''The Emigrants''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''Cabaret'''
:Best Actor: 'Jack Lemmon' - ''Avanti!''
:Best Actress: 'Liza Minnelli' - ''Cabaret''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Francis Ford Coppola' - ''The Godfather''
:Best Foreign Language Film (tie): '''The Emigrants''' (''Utvandrarna''), Sweden
:Best Foreign Language Film (tie): '''The New Land''' (''Nybyggarna''), Sweden
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''The Working Class Goes to Heaven''' (''La classe operaia va in paradiso''), directed by Elio Petri, Italy
:'''The Mattei Affair''' (''Il Caso Mattei''), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''The Canterbury Tales''' (''I Racconti di Canterbury''), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France

Films released in 1972

★ ''1776''

★ ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie''

★ ''Aguirre, the Wrath of God''

★ ''Avanti!''

★ ''Blacula''

★ ''Butterflies Are Free''

★ ''Boxcar Bertha'', directed by Martin Scorsese

★ ''Cabaret''

★ ''The Candidate''

★ ''The Canterbury Tales'', by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Golden Bear winner

★ ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes''

★ ''The Cowboys''

★ ''Deep Throat''

★ ''Deliverance''

★ ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie''

★ ''Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo''

★ ''Endless Night'' -(film mentioned in article)

★ ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)

★ ''Un flic'' (''A Cop''), starring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve

★ ''The Final Comedown''

★ ''Frenzy''

★ ''Fritz the Cat'' — first animated movie to receive an X rating.

★ ''The Fury of the Wolfman''

★ ''The Getaway''

★ ''The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty''

★ ''The Godfather''

★ ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''

★ ''The Heartbreak Kid''

★ ''The Hot Rock''

★ ''Images''

★ ''Jeremiah Johnson''

★ ''Lady Sings the Blues''

★ ''The Last House on the Left'', Controversial film about the rape of two teenage girls.

★ ''Last Tango in Paris'' (''Ultimo tango a Parigi'')

★ ''The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean''

★ ''Man of La Mancha''

★ ''The Mattei Affair'', Palme d'Or winner

★ ''My Name Is Shanghai Joe''

★ ''Napoleon and Samantha''

★ ''The New Land'' (Nybyggarna), Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film

★ ''Pete 'n' Tillie'', starring Walter Matthau

★ ''Play It Again, Sam

★ ''The Poseidon Adventure''

★ ''Prime Cut'', starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman

★ ''Shaft's Big Score''

★ ''Skyjacked''

★ ''Slaughterhouse-Five''

★ ''Sleuth'', with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine

★ ''Snoopy Come Home''

★ ''Solaris'', Russian version, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

★ ''Sounder,'' starring Cicely Tyson

★ ''Superfly''

★ ''Treasure Island'', starring Orson Welles

★ ''Une belle fille comme moi'', directed by François Truffaut

★ ''The Valachi Papers''

★ ''What's Up, Doc?''

★ ''Young Winston''

Births

★ January 1- Catherine McCormack, actress

★ January 2- Taye Diggs, actor

★ January 11- Amanda Peet, actress

★ January 15- Kobe Tai (also known as Carla Scott), adult and mainstream actress

★ March 23 - Judith Godrèche, actress

★ March 31 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer

★ May 28 - Chiara Mastroianni, actress

★ June 12- Robin Tunney, actress

★ August 12- Rebecca Gayheart,actress

★ August 15- Ben Affleck,Actor

★ September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress

★ October 17- Eminem (also known as Marshall Mathers), rap star and actor

★ November 1 - Jenny McCarthy,actress

★ November 7 - Jeremy and Jason London, actors

★ December 7 - Jennifer Syme, entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)

★ December 29 - Jude Law

Deaths

★ January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French actor/singer

★ January 8 - Wesley Ruggles, movie director, producer

★ January 17 - Rochelle Hudson, actress

★ February 2 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress

★ February 7 - Walter Lang, director

★ March 20 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress

★ April 5 - Isabel Jewell, actress

★ April 5 - Brian Donlevy, actor

★ April 30 - Gia Scala, actress

★ May 3 - Bruce Cabot, actor

★ May 15 - Nigel Green, actor

★ May 21 - Margaret Rutherford, actress

★ July 6 - Brandon De Wilde, actor

★ August 7 - Joi Lansing, actress

★ October 9 - Miriam Hopkins, actress

★ October 16 - Leo G. Carroll, actor (b. 1892)

★ October 24 - Claire Windsor, actress (b. 1897)

★ November 16 - Vera Karalli, actress

★ November 23 - Marie Wilson, actress

★ December 9 - Louella Parsons, Hollywood columnist

★ December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor