Overview of the events of 1977 in film
Overview of the events of 1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ] The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1977 Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross 1 Star Wars 20th Century Fox $221,280,994[1] [2] 2 Smokey and the Bandit Universal $126,737,428[3] 3 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Columbia $116,395,460[4] 4 Saturday Night Fever Paramount $94,213,184[5] 5 The Goodbye Girl MGM / Warner Bros. $83,700,000[6] 6 A Bridge Too Far United Artists $50,750,000[7] 7 The Deep Columbia $47,346,365[8] 8 The Spy Who Loved Me United Artists $46,838,673[9] 9 Oh, God! Warner Bros. $41,687,243[10] 10 Annie Hall United Artists $38,251,425[11]
February 23 – During a press conference at Sardi 's in Manhattan , it is officially announced that Christopher Reeve will be playing the role of Superman . March 28 – At the 49th Academy Awards , Rocky picks up the Academy Award for Best Picture . Peter Finch , Faye Dunaway , and Beatrice Straight all win Oscars for their performances in Network for Best Actor , Best Actress , and Best Supporting Actress , while Jason Robards wins for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in All the President's Men . He will win again the following year, becoming the only person to win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards. May 25 – Star Wars opens in theatres and becomes the highest-grossing film of the year. The film revolutionises the use of special effects in film and television production. It also embraces the notion of omitting any sort of opening credits sequence. Lucas, told by the Directors Guild of America that he must have an opening credits sequence, instead distributes the film independently, sans the opening credits. The film's release is often considered one of the most important events in film history. June 22 – Walt Disney Productions releases The Rescuers , which brings back an interest in animation that had been lost to both filmgoers and critics throughout the beginning of the 1970s.[12] November 16 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens to widespread critical acclaim and massive box office success, becoming one of the top-grossing films to date and cementing Steven Spielberg's status as one of the most talented and profitable film directors of all time. December 5 – The Solar System , produced and directed by Thomas G. Smith for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films , is released.[13] It led to the producer hiring Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a company producing visual effects for films such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films. 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 1977 films [ edit ] By country/region [ edit ] By genre/medium [ edit ] January 6 – Genevieve O'Reilly , Irish actress January 7 – Dustin Diamond , American actor (d. 2021 ) January 8 – Amber Benson , American actress January 11 – Devin Ratray , American actor, producer and writer January 12 – Piolo Pascual , Filipino actor[14] January 13 – Orlando Bloom , English actor[15] January 14 – Ruco Chan , Hong Kong actor January 15 – Ronald Zehrfeld , German actor January 17 – Leigh Whannell , Australian screenwriter, actor, producer and director January 19 January 28 January 29 – Justin Hartley , American actor January 31 February 6 - Josh Stewart , American actor February 9 – A. J. Buckley , Irish-Canadian actor February 16 – Paul Brittain , American actor and comedian February 17 – Isaac Kappy , American actor and musician (d. 2019) February 18 February 21 – Cyrine Abdelnour , Lebanese actress, and model February 24 February 26 – James Wan , Australian director, producer and screenwriter February 27 – Ji Sung , South Korean actor March 2 – Heather McComb , American actress March 8 – James Van Der Beek , American actor March 9 – Lydia Mackay , American voice actress March 15 – Brian Tee , Japanese-born American actor March 19 March 22 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos , Venezuelan film director and screenwriter[16] March 23 March 24 March 25 – Édgar Ramírez , Venezuelan actor March 28 – Annie Wersching , American actress (d. 2023) April 2 – Michael Fassbender , Irish-German actor April 3 – Alice Lowe , English actress, writer and comedian April 8 – Ana de la Reguera , Mexican actress April 10 – Stephanie Sheh , American voice actress April 14 April 16 – Tameka Empson , English actress April 19 – Bryan Spears , American film and television producer[17] April 20 – Robert Wilfort , English actor April 23 April 24 – Eric Balfour , American actor and singer April 25 – Marguerite Moreau , American actress April 26 May 2 – Jenna von Oÿ , American actress May 3 – Jeffrey Garcia , American actor and stand-up comedian May 10 – Todd Lowe , American actor May 12 May 13 – Samantha Morton , English actress May 14 – Jacky Ido , Burkinabé-born French actor May 15 – Ben Whitehead , English actor, voice artist and read-in artist May 16 May 18 – Evan Helmuth , American actor (d. 2017) May 19 – Kelly Sheridan , Canadian voice actress May 20 – Matt Czuchry , American actor May 23 May 27 – Anna Maxwell Martin , British actress May 31 – Eric Christian Olsen , American actor June 1 – Danielle Harris , American actress June 2 – Zachary Quinto , American actor June 5 – Liza Weil , American actress June 14 – Sullivan Stapleton , Australian actor June 22 June 23 - Sian Heder , American filmmaker June 25 – Josh Braaten , American actor June 30 – Christopher Sommers , Irish actor July 1 – Liv Tyler , American actress July 4 – Vesela Kazakova , Bulgarian actress July 8 – Milo Ventimiglia , American actor July 10 July 12 - Steve Howey , American actor July 13 – Kari Wahlgren , American voice actress July 14 - Tim Downie , English actor and writer July 15 - Lana Parrilla , American actress July 18 - Kelly Reilly , English actress July 22 - Joaquim Dos Santos , Portuguese-American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer and writer July 24 July 26 – Tony Sampson , Canadian oiler, former actor and voice artist July 27 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers , Irish actor July 30 – Jaime Pressly , American actress August 2 August 3 – Tómas Lemarquis , French-Icelandic actor August 8 – Lindsay Sloane , American actress August 10 – Yeşim Büber , Turkish actress August 13 - Damian O'Hare , Irish actor August 18 – Mizuo Peck , American actress August 23 – Kobna Holdbrook-Smith , Ghanaian-British actor August 26 - Patrick Kennedy , English actor and director August 30 September 3 - Chen Shu , Chinese actress and singer September 8 – Nate Corddry , American actor and comedian September 11 – Ludacris , American actor and rapper September 15 – Tom Hardy , English actor September 19 – Kyle Cease , American actor and comedian September 25 September 27 – Michael C. Maronna , American actor September 29 - Sasha Rionda , Mexican actress October 3 – Hassan Johnson , American actor, model and producer October 5 – Luke Roberts , English actor October 7 – Brandon Quinn , American actor October 8 – Jamie Marchi , American voice actress October 11 – Matthew Bomer , American actor October 16 – Tamara Podemski , Canadian actress October 17 - Alimi Ballard , American actor October 18 – Peter Sohn , American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist and director October 19 – Jason Reitman , Canadian-American actor and filmmaker October 20 – Sam Witwer , American actor and musician October 26 – Jon Heder , American actor October 29 November 2 – Randy Harrison , American actor November 3 – Greg Plitt , American fitness model and actor (d. 2015) November 4 – Tom Vaughan-Lawlor , Irish actor November 10 – Brittany Murphy , American actress (d. 2009) November 11 – Scoot McNairy , American actor November 14 – Brian Dietzen , American actor November 15 – Sean Murray , American actor November 16 – Maggie Gyllenhaal , American actress November 19 – Reid Scott , American actor November 21 – Michael Sorvino , American actor and producer November 23 – Lateef Crowder dos Santos , Brazilian-American actor and stuntman November 24 – Colin Hanks , American actor, director and producer December 1 – Nate Torrence , American comedic actor December 5 – Armando Riesco , Puerto Rican actor December 6 - Jefferson Hall , English actor December 8 December 10 – Emmanuelle Chriqui , Canadian actress December 15 – Geoff Stults , American actor December 17 - Katheryn Winnick , Canadian actress December 21 December 24 - Michael Raymond-James , American actor December 28 – Michael Spears , Indigenous American actor December 30 – Lucy Punch , English actress Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 3 Tom Gries 54 US Director 5 Onslow Stevens 74 US Actor 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 26 Margaret Hayes 60 US Actress 31 Daniel Mainwaring 74 US Screenwriter February 3 Pauline Starke 76 US Actress 17 Edward G. Boyle 78 Canada Production Designer 18 Andy Devine 71 US Actor 22 Edith Barrett 70 US Actress 27 Allison Hayes 46 US Actress 28 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 71 US Actor March 8 Henry Hull 86 US Actor 25 Nunnally Johnson 79 US Screenwriter, Director 27 Diana Hyland 41 US Actress April 17 Marjorie Gateson 86 US Actress 19 Marion Gering 75 Russia Director 21 Gummo Marx 83 US Actor, Agent 28 Ricardo Cortez 76 US Actor May 10 Joan Crawford 71 US Actress 15 Herbert Wilcox 87 UK Director, Producer 21 Dorothy Christy 70 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 19 Geraldine Brooks 51 US Actress 20 Abner Biberman 68 US Director, Actor July 2 William H. Ziegler 67 US Film Editor 22 Erik Chitty 70 UK Actor August 3 Alfred Lunt 84 US Actor 14 George Oppenheimer 77 US Screenwriter 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 22 Alex Segal 62 US Director 29 Jean Hagen 54 US Actress 31 H. C. Potter 72 US Director September 2 Stephen Dunne 59 US Actor 8 Zero Mostel 62 US Actor October 3 Tay Garnett 83 US Director 5 Fred F. Finklehoffe 67 US Screenwriter 14 Bing Crosby 74 US Actor, Singer 31 Joan Tetzel 56 US Actress November 4 Betty Balfour 74 UK Actress 9 Gertrude Astor 90 US Actress 15 William C. McGann 84 US Director 18 Victor Francen 89 Belgium Actor 25 Richard Carlson 65 US Actor 30 Olga Petrova 93 UK Actress, Screenwriter 30 Terence Rattigan 66 UK Screenwriter December 4 Leila Hyams 72 US Actress 18 Cyril Ritchard 79 Australia Actor 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
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