1974 IN FILM

The year '1974 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1974

Births

Deaths

Events

★ February 7 - ''Blazing Saddles'' is released in USA

★ May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become ''.

★ August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band marries actress Faye Dunaway

★ November 1 - Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process.

★ Robert Redford has three films in the Top Ten at the North American box office, the first actor to do so since Bing Crosby in 1946.

★ Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, USA, although the film was not released until 1986

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''The Towering Inferno''
# ''Blazing Saddles''
# ''Young Frankenstein''
# ''Earthquake''
# ''The Trial of Billy Jack''
# ''The Godfather Part II''
# ''Airport 1975''
# ''The Longest Yard''
# ''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams''
# ''Murder on the Orient Express''
# ''Herbie Rides Again''
# ''Benji'' (see Benji)
# ''Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry''
# ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre''
# ''The Great Gatsby''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''The Godfather, Part II''' - Coppola Company, Paramount
:Best Director: 'Francis Ford Coppola' - ''The Godfather, Part II''
:Best Actor: 'Art Carney' - ''Harry and Tonto''
:Best Actress: 'Ellen Burstyn' - ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Robert De Niro' - ''The Godfather, Part II''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Ingrid Bergman' - ''Murder on the Orient Express''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Amarcord''', directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Chinatown'''
:Best Actor: 'Jack Nicholson' - ''Chinatown''
:Best Actress: 'Gena Rowlands' - ''A Woman Under the Influence''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''The Longest Yard'''
:Best Actor: 'Art Carney' - ''Harry and Tonto''
:Best Actress: 'Raquel Welch' - ''The Three Musketeers''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Roman Polanski' - ''Chinatown''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Scenes from a Marriage''', Sweden
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''The Conversation''', directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz''', directed by Ted Kotcheff, Canada

Films released in 1974

★ ''Aina''

★ ''Airport 1975''

★ ''

★ ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'', directed by Martin Scorsese

★ ''All Creatures Great and Small''

★ ''Alvin Rides Again'' (aka ''Alvin Purple Rides Again'')

★ ''Animals Are Beautiful People''

★ ''Flesh for Frankenstein'' (aka ''Andy Warhol's Frankenstein'')

★ ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'', Golden Bear winner

★ ''Barry Mckenzie Holds His Own''

★ ''The Beast Must Die''

★ ''Benji''

★ ''Black Christmas (1974 film)''

★ ''Blazing Saddles''

★ ''Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia''

★ ''Caged Heat'', directorial debut of Jonathan Demme

★ ''The Cars That Ate Paris''

★ ''Chinatown''

★ ''The Clockmaker''

★ ''The Conversation'' by Francis Ford Coppola, Palme d'Or winner

★ ''Dark Star'' directed by John Carpenter, starring Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich and Dan O'Bannon

★ ''Death Wish''

★ ''Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry''

★ ''Dreams and Nightmares'' - (Abe Osheroff)

★ ''Earthquake''

★ ''The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser'' (aka ''Every Man For Himself and God Against All'')

★ ''F for Fake'' (originally ''Vérités et Mensonges'')

★ ''The Four Musketeers''

★ ''The Front Page''

★ ''The Godfather Part II''

★ ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla''

★ ''Great Expectations''

★ ''The Great Gatsby''

★ ''Harry and Tonto''

★ ''Herbie Rides Again''

★ ''Jock Petersen''

★ ''The Klansman''

★ ''Lacombe Lucien''

★ ''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams'' (redirects to Grizzly Adams - character)

★ ''The Longest Yard''

★ ''The Lords of Flatbush''

★ ''Lovin' Molly''

★ ''Mame

★ ''The Man with the Golden Gun''

★ ''McQ''

★ ''Murder on the Orient Express''

★ ''Parade''

★ ''Son of Dracula''

★ ''The Sugarland Express''

★ ''Sweet Movie''

★ ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'', starring Walter Matthau

★ ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre''

★ ''That's Entertainment!''

★ ''Thieves Like Us''

★ ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot''

★ ''The Towering Inferno'', starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, and Fred Astaire

★ ''The Trial of Billy Jack''

★ ''

★ ''Vampyres''

★ ''A Woman Under the Influence''

★ ''Where the Lilies Bloom''

★ ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!'' (short subject)

★ ''Young Frankenstein'', directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, and Madeline Kahn

★ ''Zardoz'', starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling

Births

★ January 5 - Daisy Bates, actress

★ January 30 - Christian Bale, English actor

★ March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, actress

★ April 28 - Penélope Cruz, actress

★ May 21 - Fairuza Balk, actress

★ June 25 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress

★ August 15 - Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress

★ August 23 - Ray Park, British actor

★ September 19 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model

★ November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, actor

★ November 16 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress

Deaths

★ January 31 - Samuel Goldwyn, film producer

★ February 7 - Arline Judge, actress

★ February 11 - Anna Q. Nilsson, actress

★ February 23 - Florence Rice, actress

★ February 28 - Carole Lesley, actress

★ March 5 - Billy De Wolfe, actress

★ March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor

★ March 19 - Edward Platt, actor

★ April 2 – Douglass Dumbrille, actor

★ April 10 - Patricia Collinge, actress

★ April 24 - Bud Abbott, actor, best known as straight man to Lou Costello

★ April 30 - Agnes Moorehead, actress

★ May 25 - Donald Crisp, actor

★ August 20 - Ilona Massey, actress

★ September 6 - Olga Baclanova, actress

★ September 18 - Edna Best, actress

★ September 21 - Walter Brennan, actor

★ September 21 - Jacqueline Susann, former actress, author of ''Valley of the Dolls''

★ October 13 - Ed Sullivan, television host, actor

★ November 13 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director

★ November 14 - Johnny Mack Brown, actor

★ December 15 - Anatole Litvak, director

★ December 21 - Richard Long, actor

★ December 26 - Jack Benny, actor