1976 IN FILM

The year '1976 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1976

Births

Deaths

Events

★ March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' '' science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Rocky
# ''A Star Is Born
# ''King Kong''
# ''Silver Streak''
# ''All the President's Men''
# ''The Omen''
# ''The Bad News Bears''
# ''The Enforcer''
# ''In Search of Noah's Ark''
# ''Midway''
# ''To Fly!''
# ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again''
# ''Murder by Death''
# ''Marathon Man''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Rocky''' - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists
:Best Director: 'John G. Avildsen' - ''Rocky''
:Best Actor: 'Peter Finch' - ''Network'' (first actor to win posthumously)
:Best Actress: 'Faye Dunaway' - ''Network''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Jason Robards Jr' - ''All the President's Men''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Beatrice Straight' - ''Network''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Noirs et blancs en couleur''' (''Black and White in Color''), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Ivory Coast / France / W. Germany / Switzerland
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Rocky'''
:Best Actor: 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' - ''Stay Hungry''
:Best Actress: 'Faye Dunaway' - ''Network''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''A Star Is Born'''
:Best Actor: 'Kris Kristofferson' - ''A Star Is Born''
:Best Actress: 'Barbra Streisand' - ''A Star Is Born''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Sidney Lumet' - ''Network''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Face to Face''', Sweden
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''Taxi Driver''', directed by Martin Scorsese, United States
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson''', directed by Robert Altman, United States

Films released in 1976

★ ''1900'' by Bernardo Bertolucci

★ ''All the President's Men'', starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford

★ ''Any Day Now'' (aka Vandaag of morgen)

★ ''The Ascent'' Golden Bear winner

★ ''Assault on Precinct 13''

★ ''The Bad News Bears''

★ ''The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings''

★ ''Bound for Glory''

★ ''Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson'' Golden Bear winner

★ ''Bugsy Malone''

★ ''Caddie'' starring Helen Morse

★ ''Carrie'', starring Sissy Spacek

★ ''Cousin, cousine''

★ ''The Divine Nymph''

★ ''Don's Party'' - John Hardgreaves, Graham Kennedy, Veronica Lang, Ray Barrett and Clarie Biney, directed by Bruce Beresford, written by David Williamson

★ ''The Enforcer''

★ ''Face to Face''

★ ''Futureworld''

★ ''Hot Potato''

★ ''Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000''

★ ''The Judge and the Assassin''

★ ''King Kong'', starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges

★ ''The Last Hard Men'', a western starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn

★ ''Leadbelly''

★ ''Logan's Run''

★ ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'', directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring David Bowie

★ ''Marathon Man'', starring Dustin Hoffman and Sir Laurence Olivier

★ ''The Marquis of O''

★ ''A Matter of Time''

★ ''The Memory of Justice''

★ ''Midway''

★ ''Mikey and Nicky''

★ ''The Message''- ("Mohammad, Messenger of God")

★ ''Mother, Jugs & Speed''

★ ''Murder by Death''

★ ''Network''

★ ''Noirs et blancs en couleur'' (''Black and White in Color''), Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture

★ ''Obsession'' starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold

★ ''The Omen''

★ ''Oz'' or ''20th Century Oz'', a Rock 'N' Roll Road Movie, starring Bruce Spence, Joy Dunstan + Graham Matters

★ ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again''

★ ''Robin and Marian''

★ ''Rocky

★ ''Sebastiane''

★ ''Seven Beauties''

★ ''The Shaggy D.A.''

★ ''Silent Movie''

★ ''Silver Streak'' - Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor

★ ''The Slipper and the Rose''

★ ''A Star Is Born''

★ ''Stay Hungry''

★ ''Storm Boy''

★ ''Taxi Driver'', directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel and Jodie Foster

★ ''Tosun Pasa''

★ ''Up!'', directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Raven de la Croix

★ ''To Fly!

★ ''Voyage of the Damned''

★ ''Welcome to L.A.''

Births

★ January 3 - Jason Marsden, actor.

★ January 6 - Danny Pintauro, actor

★ February 11 - Brice Beckham, actor.

★ March 22 - Reese Witherspoon, actress.

★ April 15 - Susan Ward, actress.

★ August 9 - Audrey Tautou, French actress.

★ September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress.

★ October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, actress.

★ April 23 - Gabriel Damon, actor.

Deaths

★ January 12 - Agatha Christie, writer

★ January 23 - Paul Robeson, actor, singer

★ February 11 - Lee J Cobb, actor

★ February 11 - Alice Allyn, actress

★ February 11 - Charlie Naughton, actor

★ February 12 - Sal Mineo, actor

★ February 26 - Frieda Inescort, actress

★ March 14 - Busby Berkeley, director

★ March 17 - Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre and cinema director

★ June 5 - Violet Wilkey, actress

★ June 6 - Victor Varconi, actor

★ June 9 - Sybil Thorndike, actress

★ October 14 - Edith Evans, actress

★ November 15 - Jean Gabin, actor

★ November 28 - Rosalind Russell, actress