1977 in film

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The year 1977 in film involved some significant events, the biggest and most important of which was the release of Star Wars.

Highest-grossing films (US)

The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1977
Rank Title Studio Domestic gross
1. Star Wars Lucasfilm / 20th Century Fox $307,263,857[1]
2. Smokey and the Bandit Universal Pictures $126,737,428[2]
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind Columbia Pictures $116,395,460[3]
4. The Goodbye Girl Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Warner Bros. / Rastar $102,000,000[4]
5. Saturday Night Fever Paramount Pictures $94,213,184[5]
6. Oh, God! Warner Bros. $51,061,196[6]
7. A Bridge Too Far United Artists $50,750,000[7]
8. The Deep Columbia Pictures $47,346,365[8]
9. The Spy Who Loved Me United Artists $46,838,673[9]
10. Annie Hall United Artists $38,251,425[10]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Annie Hall - Rollins-Joffe, United Artists
Best Director: Woody Allen - Annie Hall
Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
Best Actress: Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards - Julia
Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave - Julia
Best Foreign Language Film: Madame Rosa (La Vie devant soi), directed by Moshé Mizrahi, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: The Turning Point
Best Actor: Richard Burton - Equus
Best Actress: Jane Fonda - Julia
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: The Goodbye Girl
Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
Best Actress (tie): Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
Best Actress (tie): Marsha Mason - The Goodbye Girl
Other
Best Director: Herbert Ross - The Turning Point
Best Foreign Language Film: A Special Day, Italy

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Father and Master (Padre padrone), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye), directed by Larisa Shepitko, USSR

Notable films released in 1977

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1977 film releases

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Births

Notable deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 6 Niall MacGinnis 63 Ireland Actor
12 Henri-Georges Clouzot 69 France Director, Screenwriter
14 Peter Finch 60 UK Actor
18 Yvonne Printemps 82 France Actress, Singer
February 17 Edward G. Boyle 78 Canada Production Designer
18 Andy Devine 71 US Actor
27 Allison Hayes 46 US Actress
28 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 71 US Actor
March 25 Nunnally Johnson 79 US Screenwriter, Director
April 21 Gummo Marx 83 US Actor, Agent
28 Ricardo Cortez 76 US Actor
May 10 Joan Crawford 71 US Actress
31 William Castle 63 US Producer, Director
June 2 Stephen Boyd 45 Ireland Actor
3 Roberto Rossellini 71 Italy Director, Screenwriter
5 Luis César Amadori 75 Italy/Argentina Director, Screenwriter
13 Matthew Garber 21 UK Actor
14 Alan Reed 69 US Actor
14 Robert Middleton 66 US Actor
19 Geraldine Brooks 51 US Actress
July 2 William H. Ziegler 67 US Film Editor
22 Erik Chitty 70 UK Actor
August 3 Alfred Lunt 84 US Actor
16 Elvis Presley 42 US Actor, Singer
17 Delmer Daves 73 US Screenwriter, Director
19 Groucho Marx 86 US Actor, Screenwriter
19 Peter Dyneley 56 UK Actor
21 Danny Lockin 34 US Actor
22 Sebastian Cabot 59 UK Actor
29 Jean Hagen 54 US Actress
September 2 Stephen Dunne 59 US Actor
8 Zero Mostel 62 US Actor
October 3 Tay Garnett 83 US Director
14 Bing Crosby 74 US Actor, Singer
31 Joan Tetzel 56 US Actress
November 9 Gertrude Astor 90 US Actress
25 Richard Carlson 65 US Actor
30 Olga Petrova 93 UK Actress, Screenwriter
December 4 Leila Hyams 72 US Actress
19 Jacques Tourneur 73 France Director
25 Charlie Chaplin 88 UK Actor, Director, Screenwriter
26 Howard Hawks 81 US Director
28 Charlotte Greenwood 87 US Actress

Film debuts

References

  1. ↑ "Star Wars, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Smokey and the Bandit, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ Box Office Information for The Goodbye Girl. Worldwide Box Office. September 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Saturday Night Fever, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Box Office Information for Oh, God!". The Numbers. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ "The Deep, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Deep, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  9. ↑ "The Spy Who Loved Me, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Annie Hall, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  11. ↑ http://www.cataroo.com/DBrescu.html
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