1974 in film

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The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.

Events

• February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, USA, although the film was not released until 1986.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Actors	Gross
1.	The Towering Inferno	20th Century Fox / Warner Bros.	Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire	$48,838,000
2.	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeleine Kahn	$47,800,000
3.	Young Frankenstein	20th Century Fox	Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Kenneth Mars, Teri Garr	$38,823,000
4.	Earthquake	Universal	Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Richard Roundtree, Victoria Principal	$35,850,000
5.	Chinatown	Paramount	Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston	$31,100,000
6.	The Godfather Part II	Paramount	Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale	$30,673,000
7.	Murder on the Orient Express	Paramount	Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman	$27,634,716
8.	Airport 1975	Universal	Charlton Heston, Karen Black, Gloria Swanson, Myrna Loy	$25,306,000
9.	The Great Gatsby	Paramount	Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black	$23,017,000
10.	Death Wish	Paramount	Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange	$22,000,000[1]

Awards

Category/Organization	32nd Golden Globe Awards January 25, 1975		29th BAFTA Awards February 18, 1976	47th Academy Awards April 8, 1975
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Chinatown	The Longest Yard	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	The Godfather, Part II
Best Director	Roman Polanski Chinatown		Stanley Kubrick Barry Lyndon	Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather, Part II
Best Actor	Jack Nicholson Chinatown	Art Carney Harry and Tonto	Al Pacino The Godfather, Part II	Art Carney Harry and Tonto
Best Actress	Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Raquel Welch The Three Musketeers	Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Best Supporting Actor	Fred Astaire The Towering Inferno		Fred Astaire The Towering Inferno	Robert De Niro The Godfather, Part II
Best Supporting Actress	Karen Black The Great Gatsby		Diane Ladd Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Ingrid Bergman Murder on the Orient Express
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Chinatown Robert Towne		Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Robert Getchell	The Godfather, Part II Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Best Screenplay, Original			Chinatown Robert Towne
Best Score	The Little Prince Alan Jay Lerner		Murder on the Orient Express Richard Rodney Bennett	The Godfather, Part II Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota

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

U.S. unless stated

• The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army - (Japan/Thailand)
• 99 and 44/100% Dead, starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors

A

• Abby
• Aina - (Pakistan)
• Airport 1975, starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Helen Reddy, Myrna Loy, Gloria Swanson
• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson
• Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten), directed by Wim Wenders - (West Germany)
• Alvin Rides Again (aka Alvin Purple Rides Again) - (Australia)
• Animals Are Beautiful People - (South Africa)
• Angkur (The Seedling) - (India)
• Flesh for Frankenstein (aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Richard Dreyfuss - Golden Bear winner - (Canada)
• Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - (Italy)
• At Home Among Strangers - (U.S.S.R.)
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (made for TV), starring Cicely Tyson

B

• Barry Mckenzie Holds His Own - (Australia)
• The Bears and I
• The Beast Must Die - (U.K.)
• Benji
• Big Bad Mama, starring Angie Dickinson
• Black Belt Jones
• Black Christmas (aka Silent Night, Evil Night), starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea - (Canada)
• The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine - (U.K.)
• Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young, Robert Webber

C

• Caged Heat, directorial debut of Jonathan Demme
• California Split, directed by Robert Altman, starring George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss
• Callan, starring Edward Woodward - (U.K.)
• Carry On Dick - (U.K.)
• The Cars That Ate Paris, directorial debut of Peter Weir - (Australia)
• Celine and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau), directed by Jacques Rivette - (France)
• Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway - Golden Globe Awards for best picture, director and actor
• Claudine, starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones
• The Clockmaker (L' Horloger de Saint-Paul), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort - (France)
• The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale - Palme d'Or winner
• Conversation Piece (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster - (Italy)
• The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

D

• Dark Star, directed by John Carpenter
• Death Wish, directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson
• The Deluge (Potop) - (Poland)
• Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, starring Peter Fonda and Susan George
• Daisy Miller - directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cybill Shepherd
• Down and Dirty Duck

E

• Earthquake, directed by Mark Robson, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Richard Roundtree, Geneviève Bujold
• Effi Briest, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)
• Emmanuelle, starring Sylvia Kristel - (France)
• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (aka Every Man For Himself and God Against All), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)

F

• F for Fake (originally Vérités et Mensonges), directed by and starring Orson Welles - (France/West Germany/Iran)
• For Pete's Sake, starring Barbra Streisand
• The Four Musketeers (aka The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge) - (U.K.)
• Freebie and the Bean, starring James Caan and Alan Arkin
• The Front Page, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett

G

• The Gambler, directed by Karel Reisz, starring James Caan
• Ginger in the Morning
• The Godfather Part II, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Lee Strasberg
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla - (Japan)
• Going Places (Les Valseuses), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau - (France)
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, starring John Phillip Law and Tom Baker with special effects by Ray Harryhausen - (U.K.)
• Gone in 60 Seconds
• Great Expectations, starring Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason - (U.S./U.K.)
• The Great Gatsby, directed by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern

H

• Harry and Tonto, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Art Carney, Herbert Berghof, Larry Hagman, Ellen Burstyn
• Herbie Rides Again
• Heroes Two, directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
• The Homeless - (Japan)
• Hotel Angel - (Thailand)

I

• The Island at the Top of the World
• It's Alive

J

• Jock Petersen - (Australia)
• Journey Back to Oz
• Juggernaut, starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins - (U.K.)

K

• The Klansman, directed by Terence Young, starring Lee Marvin and Richard Burton

L

• La Gueule ouverte, directed by Maurice Pialat - (France)
• Lacombe Lucien, directed by Louis Malle, starring Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clement - (France)
• Lenny, a biopic of Lenny Bruce, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
• The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
• The Longest Yard (aka The Mean Machine), directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter
• The Lords of Flatbush, starring Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler
• Lovin' Molly, starring Blythe Danner, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges

M

• Macon County Line
• Mahler, a biopic of Gustav Mahler directed by Ken Russell - (U.K.)
• Mame, directed by Gene Saks, starring Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston
• The Man with the Golden Gun, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Roger Moore as James Bond, with Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland - (U.K.)
• McQ, directed by John Sturges, starring John Wayne, Al Lettieri, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur
• The Missiles of October, made for TV, directed by Anthony Page, Starring William Devane, Martin Sheen, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva, James Hong.
• Mr. Majestyk, starring Charles Bronson and Al Lettieri
• Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Ingrid Bergman - (U.K.)

N

• The Night Porter (Il Portiere di notte), directed by Liliana Cavani, starring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling - (Italy)
• The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

O

• The Odessa File, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell - (U.K./West Germnany)
• One or the Other of Us, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow - (West Germany)

P

• Parade, directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France/Sweden)
• The Parallax View, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss
• A Peasant on a Bicycle - (Bulgaria)
• The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté), directed by Luis Buñuel - (France)
• Phantom of the Paradise, directed by Brian De Palma
• Phase IV, directed by Saul Bass, starring Michael Murphy and Nigel Davenport
• La prima Angélica, directed by Carlos Saura - (Spain)

Q

• QB VII, mini-series for TV, starring Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Leslie Caron

R

• Report to the Commissioner, starring Michael Moriarty and Yaphet Kotto
• Return of The Street Fighter - (Japan)

S

• Sandakan No.8 - (Japan)
• Sister Street Fighter - (Japan)
• Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread - (Japan)
• Son of Dracula, starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr - (U.K.)
• Stardust, directed by Michael Apted, starring David Essex - (U.K.)
• Stavisky..., directed by Alain Renais, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo - (France/Italy)
• Still Life - (Iran)
• Stone, a cult Australian film
• The Street Fighter, starring Sonny Chiba - (Japan)
• The Street Fighter's Last Revenge - (Japan)
• The Sugarland Express, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson
• Superdad, starring Bob Crane
• Sweet Movie - (Canada/France/West Germany)
• Swept Away (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto) - (Italy)
• Symptoms - (U.K.)

T

• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam
• The Tamarind Seed - (U.K./U.S.)
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Marilyn Burns
• That Female Scent (Profumo di donna), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman - (Italy)
• That's Entertainment!
• Thieves Like Us, directed by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges
• The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire
• The Trial of Billy Jack

V

• UFO: Target Earth

V

• Vampyres - (U.K.)

W

• Way of the Dragon (U.S. release), directed by and starring Bruce Lee with Nora Miao and Chuck Norris - (Hong Kong)
• We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto amati), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Stefania Sandrelli and Vittorio Gassman - (Italy)
• Where the Lilies Bloom
• The White Dawn
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (animated short)
• A Woman Under the Influence, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands (Golden Globe Award) and Peter Falk

Y

• Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle

Z

• Zardoz, starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling - (U.K.)

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
• July 8 - Tami Erin, American actress
• July 30 - Hillary Swank, actress
• August 7 - Michael Shannon, actor
• August 15 - Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
• August 20 - Amy Adams, American actress
• August 23 - Ray Park, English actor
• September 10 - Ryan Philippe, American actor
• September 19 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model
• October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor
• November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
• November 16 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress
• December 7 - Habieb Naseer, Bollywood director

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, actor
• 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
• June 28 - Frank Sutton, 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

Film debuts

• Armand Assante
• Daniel Auteuil
• Chevy Chase
• Richard Gere
• Jeff Goldblum
• John Rhys-Davies

References

1. ^ "Death Wish (1974)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deathwish.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-09.