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| … 1964 . 1965 . 1966 . 1967 . 1968 . 1969 . 1970 … 1971 1972 1973 -1974- 1975 1976 1977 … 1978 . 1979 . 1980 . 1981 . 1982 . 1983 . 1984 … In home video: 1971 1972 1973 -1974- 1975 1976 1977 In television: 1971 1972 1973 -1974- 1975 1976 1977 |
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| 1870s |
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| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
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| 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 |
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| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
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| 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 |
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| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
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The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.
Contents |
Events
- February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA
- May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
- 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 | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Towering Inferno | 20th Century Fox / Warner Brothers | $48,838,000 |
| 2. | Blazing Saddles | Warner Brothers | $47,800,000 |
| 3. | Young Frankenstein | 20th Century Fox | $38,823,000 |
| 4. | Earthquake | Universal | $35,850,000 |
| 5. | The Trial of Billy Jack | Tay-Lau/Warner Brothers | $31,100,000 |
| 6. | The Godfather Part II | Paramount | $30,673,000 |
| 7. | Airport 1975 | Universal | $25,306,000 |
| 8. | The Longest Yard | Paramount | $23,017,000 |
| 9. | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Sunn | $21,895,000 |
| 10. | Murder on the Orient Express | Paramount | $19,124,000 |
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1974.shtml
Awards
- Best Picture: The Godfather, Part II - Coppola Company, Paramount
- Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather, Part II
- Best Actor: Art Carney - Harry and Tonto
- Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro - The Godfather, Part II
- Best Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Murder on the Orient Express
- Best Foreign Language Film: Amarcord, directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Chinatown
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - Chinatown
- Best Actress: Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: The Longest Yard
- Best Actor: Art Carney - Harry and Tonto
- Best Actress: Raquel Welch - The Three Musketeers
- Other
- Best Director: Roman Polanski - Chinatown
- Best Foreign Language Film: Scenes from a Marriage, Sweden
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
- Abby
- Aina
- Airport 1975
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese
- All Creatures Great and Small
- Alvin Rides Again (aka Alvin Purple Rides Again)
- Animals Are Beautiful People
- Flesh for Frankenstein (aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Golden Bear winner
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Made for TV)
- Barry Mckenzie Holds His Own
- The Bears and I
- The Beast Must Die
- Benji
- Black Christmas
- Blazing Saddles
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
- Caged Heat, directorial debut of Jonathan Demme
- California Split
- Carry On Dick
- The Cars That Ate Paris
- Chinatown
- Claudine
- The Clockmaker
- The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola, Palme d'Or winner
- Dark Star, directed by John Carpenter
- Day for Night
- Death Wish
- Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
- Dreams and Nightmares - (Abe Osheroff)
- Earthquake
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (aka Every Man For Himself and God Against All)
- F for Fake (originally Vérités et Mensonges)
- The Front Page
- Ginger in the Morning
- The Godfather Part II
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
- Gone in 60 Seconds
- Great Expectations
- The Great Gatsby
- Harry and Tonto
- Herbie Rides Again
- The Island at the Top of the World
- Jock Petersen
- The Klansman
- Lacombe Lucien
- Lenny
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (redirects to Grizzly Adams - character)
- The Longest Yard
- The Lords of Flatbush
- Lovin' Molly
- Mame
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- McQ
- Murder on the Orient Express
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
- Parade
- Return of The Street Fighter
- Sister Street Fighter
- Sister Street Fighter Hanging by a Thread
- Son of Dracula
- The Street Fighter
- The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
- The Sugarland Express
- Superdad
- Sweet Movie
- Symptoms
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, starring Walter Matthau
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- That's Entertainment!
- Thieves Like Us
- The Three Musketeers
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway and Fred Astaire
- The Trial of Billy Jack
- UFO: Target Earth
- Vampyres
- A Woman Under the Influence
- Way of the Dragon (U.S. release)
- Where the Lilies Bloom
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (short subject)
- Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, and Madeline Kahn
- Zardoz, starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling
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
- August 15 - Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
- August 23 - Ray Park, British 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
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
- 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
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