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The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1979
5 Births
6 Deaths
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[edit] Events
March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
April 13 - The Adventure of Sudsakorn, Thailand's first (and as of 2006 only) animated feature film is released.
July - Production begins on The Blues Brothers.
September 19 - Don Bluth and a group of fellow animators resign from The Walt Disney Company's animation department to set up a rival studio, Don Bluth Productions.
November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
December 7 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that would span 10 films over the next 23 years. It also would eventually lead to the creation of four spin-off television series based upon the franchise.
[edit] Top grossing films
North America
Kramer vs. Kramer
Rocky II, starring Sylvester Stallone
Alien
tie, The Amityville Horror and
tie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Moonraker starring Roger Moore
The Muppet Movie
California Suite
The Deer Hunter
[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia
Best Director: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas - Being There
Best Foreign Language Film: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Breaking Away
Best Actor: Peter Sellers - Being There
Best Actress: Bette Midler - The Rose
Other
Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
Best Foreign Language Film: La Cage aux Folles (France)
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
David, directed by Peter Lilienthal, West Germany
[edit] Films released in 1979
10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore
1941, starring Dan Aykroyd
The Adventure of Sudsakorn, Thailand's first and only cel-animated feature film
Agatha
Alexandria... Why?
Alien
Alien Encounters, The
All That Jazz, Palme d'Or winner
The Amityville Horror
Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Palme d'Or winner
Being There, starring Peter Sellers
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
The Black Hole
The Black Stallion
Breaking Away
The Brood, directed by David Cronenberg
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Bye Bye Brazil
Caligula, directed by Tinto Brass, written by Gore Vidal, starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren and Peter O'Toole
The Champ (1979 film)
The China Syndrome
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboliby), by Francesco Rosi
The Concorde: Airport '79
David, Golden Bear (award) winner
Don Giovanni
Dracula, starring Frank Langella as Dracula and Sir Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing. With Trevor Eve
The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
Escape from Alcatraz
Gal Young 'Un
The Great Santini
HAIR
Hardcore, starring George C. Scott
Heartland, Golden Bear (award) winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
Hanover Street
I as in Icarus
The In-Laws
The Jerk, starring Steve Martin
Just You and Me, Kid
Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both of whom won Oscars for their performances
Love At First Bite, starring George Hamilton
Mad Max, starring Mel Gibson
The Main Event, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
Manhattan
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Meatballs, starring Bill Murray
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Moonraker starring Roger Moore
Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears - Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
The Muppet Movie
Norma Rae
Nosferatu ("Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht")
The Odd Angry Shot
Quadrophenia
Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
Rocky II
Roller Boogie
The Rose
Siberiade
Soldier of Orange
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski
The Third Generation
Time After Time
The Tin Drum, Palme d'Or winner
Vengeance Is Mine
The Warriors
Wolfman
Woyzeck
Zulu Dawn
[edit] Births
January 8 - Sarah Polley, actress
January 12 - Isidra Vega, actress
January 27 - Rosamund Pike, actress
February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
February 9 - Zhang Ziyi, actress and dancer
April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa, actress
April 12 - Claire Danes, actress
April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress
April 23 - Jaime King, actress
May 9 - Rosario Dawson, actress
May 25 - Monica Keena, actress
October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
October 8 - Kristanna Loken, actress
December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress
[edit] Deaths
February 12 - Jean Renoir, director
March 1 - Dolores Costello, actress
March 22 - Ben Lyon, actor, also credited as the person who "discovered" and renamed Marilyn Monroe
May 29 - Mary Pickford, actress, movie studio founder
June 11 - John Wayne, actor
August 17, Vivian Vance, actress
September 8 - Jean Seberg, actress
September 12 - Jocelyne LaGarde, Tahitian actress
November 23 - Merle Oberon, American actress
December 11 - Adile Nasit, actress, director
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