1972 in film

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The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1972
5 Births
6 Deaths
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[edit] Events

[edit] Top grossing films
The Godfather
The Poseidon Adventure
What's Up, Doc?
Deliverance
Jeremiah Johnson
Cabaret
Deep Throat
The Getaway
Lady Sings the Blues
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Sounder
The Valachi Papers
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Cowboys
Pete 'n' Tillie

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: The Godfather - Albert S. 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

[edit] 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
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The Cowboys
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 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 Sings the Blues
The Last House on the Left, Controversial film about the rape of two teenage girls.
Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Man of La Mancha
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
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
Superfly
Treasure Island, starring Orson Welles
Une belle fille comme moi, directed by François Truffaut
The Valachi Papers
What's Up, Doc?
Young Winston

[edit] Births
January 1- Catherine McCormack, actress
January 2- Taye Diggs, actor
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
May 28 - Chiara Mastroianni, actress
June 12- Robin Tunney, actress
August 12- Rebecca Gayheart,actress
August 15- Ben Affleck,Actor
September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
October 17- Eminem (also known as Marshall Mathers), rap star and actor
November 1 - Jenny McCarthy,actress
November 7 - Jeremy and Jason London, actors
December 7 - Jennifer Syme, entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)
December 29 - Jude Law

[edit] Deaths
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. 1892)
October 24 - Claire Windsor, actress (b. 1897)
November 16 - Vera Karalli, actress
November 23 - Marie Wilson, actress
December 9 - Louella Parsons, Hollywood columnist
December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor