1977 in film
Overview of the events of 1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.
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 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]
Events
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 Academy Award for Best Picture . Peter Finch , Faye Dunaway , and Beatrice Straight all win Oscars for their performances in Network 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 .
May 25 – Star Wars 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 [ 12]
November 16 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
December 5 – The Solar System , produced and directed by Thomas G. Smith for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films , is released.[ 13] Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a company producing visual effects for films such as the Star Wars Indiana Jones
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Father and Master Paolo and Vittorio Taviani , ItalyGolden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The Ascent Voskhozhdeniye ), directed by Larisa Shepitko , USSR
1977 films
Births
January 1 - Jerry Yan , Taiwanese actor, model and singer
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 5 – Virginie Efira , Belgian-French actress
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 25 - Julian Bailey , Canadian actor
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 6 – Audrey Fleurot , French actress
July 8 – Milo Ventimiglia , American actor
July 10
July 12 - Steve Howey , American actor
July 13
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 23 - Shane McRae , American actor
July 24
July 26
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 10 - Ali Suliman , Palestinian-Israeli actor
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 18 - Miranda Raison , British-French 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
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
December 30 – Lucy Punch , English actress
December 31 - Psy , South Korean singer
Deaths
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
Film debuts
References
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