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| … 1962 . 1963 . 1964 . 1965 . 1966 . 1967 . 1968 … 1969 1970 1971 -1972- 1973 1974 1975 … 1976 . 1977 . 1978 . 1979 . 1980 . 1981 . 1982 … In home video: 1969 1970 1971 -1972- 1973 1974 1975 In television: 1969 1970 1971 -1972- 1973 1974 1975 |
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| 1870s |
| 1880s |
| 1890s |
| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 |
The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.
Contents |
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Godfather | Paramount | $86,691,000 |
| 2. | The Poseidon Adventure | 20th Century Fox | $42,000,000 |
| 3. | What's Up, Doc? | Warner Brothers | $28,000,000 |
| 4. | Deliverance | Warner Brothers | $22,600,000 |
| 5. | Jeremiah Johnson | Warner Brothers | $21,900,000 |
| 6. | Cabaret | Allied Artists | $20,250,000 |
| 7. | The Getaway | Cinema Film | $18,000,000 |
| 8. | Lady Sings the Blues | Paramount | $9,665,000 |
| 9. | Everything You Always Wanted to Know... | United Artists | $8,828,000 |
| 10. | Sounder | 20th Century Fox | $8,726,000 |
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1972.shtml
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
- 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
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
- Carry On Abroad
- Carry On Matron
- Cheongchun gyosa
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
- The Cowboys
- Cries and Whispers
- 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 Caroline Lamb
- 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
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- 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
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't
- The Other
- Pete 'n' Tillie, starring Walter Matthau
- Play It Again, Sam
- Pocket Money
- 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
- Street Mobster
- Super Fly
- The Other Side of the Underneath
- Treasure Island, starring Orson Welles
- Une belle fille comme moi, directed by François Truffaut
- The Valachi Papers
- What's Up, Doc?
- Young Winston
Births
- January 1- Catherine McCormack, actress
- 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
- April 17 - Jennifer Garner, actress
- May 28 - Chiara Mastroianni, actress
- June 12- Robin Tunney, actress
- August 12- Rebecca Gayheart,actress
- August 15- Ben Affleck, actor
- September 8 - Giovanni Frezza, actor
- September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
- October 17- Eminem (also known as Marshall Mathers), rapper 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, actor
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 25 - George Sanders, British actor (b. 1906)
- 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. 1886)
- 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
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