1973 IN FILM

The year '1973 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1973

Births

Deaths

Events

★ The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra.

★ Martial arts legend Bruce Lee dies before Enter the Dragon was released.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''The Exorcist''
# ''The Sting''
# ''American Graffiti''
# ''Papillon''
# ''The Way We Were''
# ''Magnum Force''
# ''Robin Hood''
# ''Last Tango in Paris''
# ''Paper Moon''
# ''Live and Let Die''
# ''The Devil in Miss Jones''
# ''Serpico''
# ''Jesus Christ Superstar''
# ''The World's Greatest Athlete''
# ''Brother of the Wind''
# ''Enter the Dragon''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''The Sting''' - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal
:Best Director : 'George Roy Hill' - ''The Sting''
:Best Actor: 'Jack Lemmon' - ''Save the Tiger''
:Best Actress: 'Glenda Jackson' - ''A Touch of Class''
:Best Supporting Actor : 'John Houseman' - ''The Paper Chase''
:Best Supporting Actress : 'Tatum O'Neal' - ''Paper Moon''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Day for Night''' (''La Nuit américaine''), directed by François Truffaut, France
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''The Exorcist'''
:Best Actor: 'Al Pacino' - ''Serpico''
:Best Actress: 'Marsha Mason' - ''Cinderella Liberty''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''American Graffiti'''
:Best Actor: 'George Segal' - ''A Touch of Class''
:Best Actress: 'Glenda Jackson' - ''A Touch of Class''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'William Friedkin' - ''The Exorcist''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''The Pedestrian''' (''Der Fußgänger''), W. Germany
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''The Hireling''', directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom
:'''Scarecrow''', directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Ashani Sanket''' (''Distant Thunder''), directed by Satyajit Ray, India

Films released in 1973

★ ''Alvin Purple''

★ ''Amarcord''

★ ''American Graffiti''

★ ''Ashani Sanket'' (''Distant Thunder''), Golden Bear winner

★ ''Badlands''

★ ''Bang the Drum Slowly''

★ ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes''

★ ''Blood of the Dragon''

★ ''The Boy Who Cried Werewolf''

★ ''Brother of the Wind''

★ ''Charley Varrick'', starring Walter Matthau

★ ''Charlotte's Web''

★ ''Cinderella Liberty''

★ ''Cries and Whispers''

★ ''Day for Night''

★ ''The Day of the Jackal''

★ ''The Devil in Miss Jones''

★ ''Dillinger'' starring Warren Oates

★ ''Don't Look Now'', directed by Nicolas Roeg

★ ''Electra Glide in Blue''

★ ''Emperor of the North Pole''

★ ''Enter the Dragon'', starring Bruce Lee

★ ''Executive Action''

★ ''The Exorcist''

★ ''Five on the Black Hand Side''

★ ''From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler''

★ ''Godspell''

★ ''Godzilla vs. Megalon''

★ ''The Hireling'', Palme d'Or winner

★ ''L' Invitation'' (aka ''The Invitation''), Academy Award for Best Foreign Film

★ ''Jesus Christ Superstar''

★ ''The Last American Hero''

★ ''The Last Detail''

★ ''The Laughing Policeman'', starring Walter Matthau -(film mentioned in article)

★ ''Live and Let Die''

★ ''Magnum Force''

★ ''Malizia (1973 film)''

★ ''Le Magnifique'

★ ''Mean Streets'', directed by Martin Scorsese

★ ''The Mother and the Whore''

★ ''Night Watch''

★ ''O Lucky Man!''

★ ''The Paper Chase'' -(film only mentioned in article)

★ ''Paper Moon''

★ ''Papillon'', starring Dustin Hoffman

★ ''Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid''

★ ''The Pedestrian'' (''Der Fußgänger''), Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film

★ ''El Retorno de Walpurgis''

★ ''Robin Hood'' (Walt Disney)

★ ''Save the Tiger''

★ ''Scarecrow'', Palme d'Or winner

★ ''Scenes from a Marriage'' by Ingmar Bergman

★ ''Serpico'', starring Al Pacino

★ ''Soylent Green''

★ ''The Sting'' starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw

★ ''A Touch of Class''

★ ''Walking Tall''

★ ''The Way We Were''

★ ''The Werewolf of Washington''

★ ''Westworld''

★ ''The Wicker Man''

★ ''The World's Greatest Athlete''

★ ''Tom Sawyer

Births

★ February 12 - Tara Strong, voice actor

★ September 4 - Jason David Frank (from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), actor

★ October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress

Deaths

★ January 26 - Edward G Robinson, actor

★ February 15 - Tim Holt, actor

★ February 22 - Katina Paxinou, actress

★ March 10 - Robert Siodmak, director

★ March 26 - Noel Coward, prolific English actor, playwright and composer of popular music

★ April 26 - Irene Ryan, actress

★ May 11 - Lex Barker, actor

★ June 23 - Fay Holden, actress

★ July 2 - Betty Grable, actress

★ July 7 - Veronica Lake, actress

★ July 11 - Robert Ryan, actor

★ July 12 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor

★ July 18 - Jack Hawkins, actor

★ July 20 - Bruce Lee, actor

★ August 16 - Vida Ann Borg, actress

★ September 13 - Betty Field, actress

★ September 21 - Diana Sands, actress

★ September 26 - Anna Magnani, actress

★ October 16 - Gene Krupa, musician, actor

★ October 25 - Cleo Moore, actress

★ November 23 - Sessue Hayakawa, actor

★ November 23 - Claire Dodd, actress

★ November 23 - Constance Talmadge, actress

★ November 25 - Laurence Harvey, actor

★ December 26 - William Haines, actor