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… 1962 . This list of years in film indexes the individual year The table of years in film is a tabular display of all years in Film, for overview and quick navigation to any year The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr 1963 . The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr 1964 . The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr 1965 . The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U 1966 . The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on 1967 . The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film 1968 …
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The year 1972 in film involved some significant events. The year 1972 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below This list of years in film indexes the individual year Events 1870s - French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud improved on the Zoetrope idea by placing mirrors at the center of the Events 1880 - American George Eastman begins to commercially manufacture dry plates for Photography. Events 1891 - Designed around the work of Muybridge Marey and Eastman Thomas Edison 's employee William K Events William Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889 Events WK Laurie Dickson supervises the construction of the first movie studio called the " Black Maria " in West Orange New Jersey which produces Events The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made including a vertical transport and wider film Events Thomas Edison builds "America's First Movie Studio" the Black Maria Blacksmith Scene is made Events January 7 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a Patent for motion picture film. Events March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known Events 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the Events May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York Birt Acres invents the first amateur format Birtac, by splitting 35 mm The year 1899 in film involved some significant events Events T Events Several full-length films were produced during the first decade of the 1900s The year 1900 in film involved some significant events Events Reulos Goudeau & Co The year 1901 in film involved some significant events Events Edwin S The year 1902 in film involved some significant events Events March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly The year 1903 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio" the Black The year 1904 in film involved some significant events Events As shown in the film Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move The year 1905 in film involved some significant events Events Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine The year 1906 in film involved some significant events Events 26 December - The world's first feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang The year 1907 in film involved some significant events Events January 19 - Variety publishes its first film review The year 1908 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling The year 1909 in film involved some significant events Events Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema Events Several full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1910s The year 1910 in film involved some significant events Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot The year 1911 in film involved some significant events Events October 27: David Horsley 's Nestor Motion The year 1912 in film involved some significant events Events Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D The year 1913 in film involved some significant events Events The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film is made The year 1914 in film involved some significant events Events The 3300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. The year 1915 in film involved some significant events Events June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA was formed by The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1920s The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film Don Juan. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1930s Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Events Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety As a result of Television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the 1960s The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support World cinema In cinema all over the world the seventies brought about vigor in adventurous cool and realistic complex narratives with rich cinematography and elaborate scores The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Events Thousands of full-length Films were produced during the 1990s The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Events Thousands of full-length Films have been produced during the first decade of the 21st Century The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, 2009 in film has numerous films in production to be released in 2009 as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming
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Top grossing films (U. S. )
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
The Godfather |
Paramount |
$86,691,000 |
| 2. |
The Poseidon Adventure |
20th Century Fox |
$42,000,000 |
| 3. |
What's Up, Doc? |
Warner Brothers |
$28,000,000 |
| 4. |
Deliverance |
Warner Brothers |
$22,600,000 |
| 5. |
Jeremiah Johnson |
Warner Brothers |
$21,900,000 |
| 6. |
Cabaret |
Allied Artists |
$20,250,000 |
| 7. |
The Getaway |
Cinema Film |
$18,000,000 |
| 8. |
Lady Sings the Blues |
Paramount |
$9,665,000 |
| 9. |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know. . . |
United Artists |
$8,828,000 |
| 10. |
Sounder |
20th Century Fox |
$8,726,000 |
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1972.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: The Godfather - Albert S. The 45th Academy Awards were presented March 27 1973 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed 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!
- Ben
- Blacula
- Butterflies Are Free
- Boxcar Bertha, directed by Martin Scorsese
- Cabaret
- The Candidate
- The Canterbury Tales, by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Golden Bear winner
- Cheongchun gyosa
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
- The Cowboys
- Cries and Whispers
- 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 Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse ( June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American Musical theater Choreographer and Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is a legendary American actress and singer Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is a Tony - Golden Globe - BAFTA - & Academy Award -winning American stage Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Eileen Heckart ( March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an Academy Award - and Tony Award -winning American Butterflies Are Free is a play by Leonard Gershe. Loosely based on the life of attorney Harold Krents, the plot revolves around a Manhattan The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ( Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist Film written and directed by Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico The 30th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1972 films were held on 28 January 1973 This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture — Drama, since its institution in 1951 The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 Liv Johanne Ullmann (born December 16 1938 in Tokyo Japan is a Norwegian actress and was the beloved muse of Swedish Academy Award winning director Ingmar Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Cabaret is a 1972 American Musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Avanti! is a 1972 comedy directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, since its institution in 1943 Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony Nybyggarna ( The New Land) is a 1972 Swedish film written by Bengt Forslund and directed by Jan Troell. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Working Class Goes to Heaven ( La classe operaia va in paradiso) is a 1971 film directed by Elio Petri. Elio Petri ( January 29, 1929 - November 10, 1982) was a political Italian Filmmaker. The Mattei Affair ( Il Caso Mattei) is a 1972 film directed by Francesco Rosi. Francesco Rosi (born November 15, 1922 in Naples) is an Italian Film director. The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading Film festivals and most reputable media events held in Berlin The Canterbury Tales ( I racconti di Canterbury) is a 1972 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and based on the medieval narrative Pier Paolo Pasolini ( March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian Poet, Intellectual, Film director 1776 is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie is a 1972 Australian film starring Barry Crocker, telling the story of an Australian ' Yobbo ' on his travels Aguirre the Wrath of God (Aguirre der Zorn Gottes is an independent 1972 German Film written and directed by Werner Herzog Avanti! is a 1972 comedy directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews Ben is a 1972 Film about a young boy (played by Lee H Montgomery) and his pet Rat, Ben Blacula is a 1972 Blaxploitation Horror film produced for American International Pictures. Butterflies Are Free is a play by Leonard Gershe. Loosely based on the life of attorney Harold Krents, the plot revolves around a Manhattan Boxcar Bertha ( 1972) one of acclaimed director Martin Scorsese 's earliest films is an extremely loose adaptation of Sister of the Road Cabaret is a 1972 American Musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. The Canterbury Tales ( I racconti di Canterbury) is a 1972 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and based on the medieval narrative Pier Paolo Pasolini ( March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian Poet, Intellectual, Film director The Young Teacher ( 청춘교사 - Cheongchun gyosa) is a 1972 South Korean family Drama film which is recognized Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ( 1972) directed by J Lee Thompson, is the fourth film of the Planet of the Apes series The Cowboys is a 1972 western motion picture starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, Cries and Whispers ( Viskningar och rop) is a 1973 Swedish film about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed torn between fearing Deep Throat is an American Pornographic film released in the summer of 1972, written and directed by Gerard Damiano (listed in the Deliverance is a 1972 Warner Bros motion picture drama directed by John Boorman. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ( Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist Film written and directed by Dr Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo, also known as Dr Jekyll and the Wolfman and Dr Endless Night is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on October 30 Un flic ( English: A Cop, also known as Dirty Money) is a 1972 French Film, the last directed by Alain Delon (born 8 November 1935) is a César Award -winning French Actor. Catherine Deneuve (French katʁin dəˈnœv born October 22 1943 is a two-time Cesar Award -winning BAFTA Award -nominated and Academy Award -nominated The Final Comedown is a 1972 Drama film written produced and directed by Oscar Williams and starring Billy Dee Williams and Frenzy is a 1972 thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the Penultimate feature film of his extensive career Fritz the Cat is a 1972 Animated film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi as his feature film debut
- 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 Caroline Lamb
- Lady Sings the Blues
- The Last House on the Left, Controversial film about the rape of two teenage girls. La Furia del Hombre Lobo, also known as The Fury of the Wolfman and The Wolfman Never Sleeps, is a 1972 Spanish horror film that The Getaway is a 1972 crime and Action film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty ( Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter; also known as The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick) is a 1972 The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed Godzilla vs Gigan, released in Japan as and also known as Godzilla on Monster Island when first released to U The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 Romantic comedy film directed by Elaine May, written by Neil Simon, and starring Charles Grodin Images is a 1972 English language Psychological thriller directed by Robert Altman. Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 western film. It was directed by Sydney Pollack, and starred Robert Redford as the title character Lady Caroline Lamb is a 1972 film based on the life of the notorious Lady Caroline Lamb, lover of Lord Byron and wife of Prime Minister[[William The Last House on the Left is a 1972 Horror film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S
- Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
- Man of La Mancha
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- 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
- The Other
- 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, Soviet version, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Sounder, starring Cicely Tyson
- Street Mobster
- Super Fly
- The Other Side of the Underneath
- 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 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
- April 17 - Jennifer Garner, actress
- May 28 - Chiara Mastroianni, actress
- June 12- Robin Tunney, actress
- August 12- Rebecca Gayheart,actress
- August 15- Ben Affleck, actor
- September 8 - Giovanni Frezza, actor
- September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
- October 17- Eminem (also known as Marshall Mathers), rapper and actor
- November 1 - Jenny McCarthy,actress
- November 7 - Jeremy and Jason London, actors
- December 7 - Jennifer Syme, entertainment industry employee (d. Last Tango in Paris ( Ultimo Tango a Parigi) is a 1973 film directed by Italian Bernardo Bertolucci which tells the story of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 Western film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film version of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, with Mary Queen of Scots ( 1972) is a Universal Pictures biographical Feature film based on the life of Queen Mary I of Scotland. The Mattei Affair ( Il Caso Mattei) is a 1972 film directed by Francesco Rosi. My Name Is Shanghai Joe is a 1972 Spaghetti western about a Chinese immigrant recently arrived in America who fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel Napoleon and Samantha is a 1972 family/adventure/ Drama directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Stewart Raffill. Nybyggarna ( The New Land) is a 1972 Swedish film written by Bengt Forslund and directed by Jan Troell. There is also a novel by Meyer Levin by the same title "Nybyggarna" redirects here The Other is a 1972 chiller directed by Robert Mulligan, adapted for film by Tom Tryon Pete 'n' Tillie was a film released in 1972. It starred Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett in the title roles Walter John Matthau ( October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American award-winning Actor best known for his role Prime Cut is a 1972 American film produced by Joe Wizan and directed by Michael Ritchie, with a screenplay written by Robert Lee Marvin ( February 19, 1924 &ndash August 29, 1987) was an American Film actor Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award -winning American actor and author Shaft's Big Score, released in 1972, is the second film in the Trilogy in which actor Richard Roundtree starred as the private-eye John Skyjacked is a 1972 Disaster film starring Charlton Heston, James Brolin, and Yvette Mimieux. Slaughterhouse-Five is an award-winning 1972 Film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut 's novel of the same name. Sleuth is the 1972 film adaptation of the Tony Award -winning play of the same title by British playwright Anthony Shaffer. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr, CBE (born 14 March 1933 better known by his screen name Michael Caine, is an Oscar - and BAFTA Snoopy Come Home is a 1972 musical Animated film, produced by Cinema Center Films and Lee Mendelson Films for National Solaris (Солярис) is a Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский (April 4 1932 - December 29 1986 was a Soviet Film director, writer and opera director Sounder is a 1972 film starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, and Cicely Tyson (born December 19 1933) is an American Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated actress Street Mobster is a 1972 Yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Bunta Sugawara and Noboru Ando. Super Fly is a 1972 Blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks Jr Treasure Island is a 1972 film starring Orson Welles based on the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me ( French: Une belle fille comme moi, aka A Gorgeous Bird Like Me) is a 1972 François Roland Truffaut ( February 6 1932 – October 21 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking What's Up Doc? is a Screwball comedy from 1972, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal Young Winston is a 1972 British film based on the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Catherine McCormack (born 1 January 1972 is an Olivier Award -nominated English actress, known for her stage acting as well as her big screen performances Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Amanda Peet (born January 11 1972 is an American film and television actress. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Kobe Tai (born January 15, 1972) is a live-action erotica actress of Taiwanese and Japanese heritage Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Judith Godrèche (born March 23, 1972) is a French Actress and Author, born in Paris. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago Chile) is a Spanish Film Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Jennifer Garner Affleck This would involve changing both her last and middle names Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Chiara-Charlotte Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972) is an Italian - French actress. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American Film, stage and Television actress. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971) is an American Television and Film Actress. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt; August 15 1972 is an American Film Screenwriter, director, actor and older brother of Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz For the 18th century Italian engraver see Giovanni Girolamo Frezza. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy (born November 1 1972 is an American model, Comedian, actress, Author and Activist Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Jeremy Michael London (born November 7, 1972) is an American Actor. Jason Paul London ( November 7, 1972) is an American Film and Television Actor best known for his role as Randall "Pink" Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Jennifer Maria Syme ( December 7, 1972 – April 2, 2001) was an American actress and Production assistant 2001)
- December 29 - Jude Law, actor
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- 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. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Jude Law (born 29 December 1972 is an English Actor. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987 and had his first TV role in 1989 New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Maurice Auguste Chevalier ( September 12, 1888 &ndash January 1, 1972) was a French Actor, Singer, and This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Wesley Ruggles ( June 11, 1889 &ndash January 8, 1972) was an American Film director. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Rochelle Hudson ( March 6, 1914 (some sources indicate 1916 - January 17, 1972) was an American Film Actress Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Jessie Royce Landis ( November 25, 1896 - February 2, 1972) was an American actress. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Walter Lang ( August 10, 1896 — February 7, 1972) was an American Film director. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Marilyn Maxwell ( August 3, 1921 &ndash March 20, 1972) born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, was a platinum blonde curvaceous movie Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Isabel Jewell ( July 19, 1907 - April 5, 1972) was an American Film actress. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Brian Donlevy ( February 9 1901 &ndash April 5 1972) was an American Actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s to Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Gia Scala ( March 3, 1934 &ndash April 30, 1972) was an English American actress of Italian-Irish descent Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Bruce Cabot ( April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American Film Actor. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Nigel Green ( October 15, 1924 - May 15, 1972) was a British Character actor. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Dame Margaret Rutherford DBE ( May 11, 1892 &ndash May 22, 1972) was an Academy Award -winning English Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Andre Brandon De Wilde ( April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an Academy Award -nominated American Actor born into Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Joi Lansing (born Joyce Rae Brown) ( April 6, 1929 -- August 7, 1972) was a film and television actress Movie Actress Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Ellen Miriam Hopkins ( October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an Oscar -nominated American actress Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Leo Gratten Carroll ( October 25 1886 &ndash October 16 1972) was an English actor best known for his roles in several Hitchcock 1892)
- October 24 - Claire Windsor, actress (b. Events The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made including a vertical transport and wider film Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Claire Windsor ( April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972) was a notable film Actress of the early silent screen era 1897)
- November 16 - Vera Karalli, actress
- November 23 - Marie Wilson, actress
- December 9 - Louella Parsons, Hollywood columnist
- December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor
Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Vera Alexeyevna Karalli ( Вера Алексеевна Каралли) ( July 27, 1889 - November 16, 1972) was a notable Russian Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Katherine Elisabeth Wilson (August 19 1916&ndashNovember 23 1972 better known by her stage name Marie Wilson, was an Academy Award -nominated American Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Louella Parsons ( August 6, 1881 &ndash December 9, 1972) was an American Gossip columnist. A columnist is a Journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
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