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| … 1966 . 1967 . 1968 . 1969 . 1970 . 1971 . 1972 … 1973 1974 1975 -1976- 1977 1978 1979 … 1980 . 1981 . 1982 . 1983 . 1984 . 1985 . 1986 … In home video: 1973 1974 1975 -1976- 1977 1978 1979 In television: 1973 1974 1975 -1976- 1977 1978 1979 |
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| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
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| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
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| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
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The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.
Contents |
Events
- March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
- April 1 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting its run continuing to this day[update] all around the world.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rocky | United Artists | $117,235,147 |
| 2. | A Star is Born | Warner Brothers | $80,000,000 |
| 3. | All the President's Men | Warner Brothers | $70,600,000 |
| 4. | The Omen | 20th Century Fox | $60,922,980 |
| 5. | King Kong | Paramount | $52,614,445 |
| 6. | Silver Streak | 20th Century Fox | $51,079,064 |
| 7. | The Enforcer | Warner Brothers | $46,236,000 |
| 8. | The Bad News Bears | Paramount | $32,211,330 |
| 9. | In Search of Noah's Ark | Sunn | $23,770,000 |
| 10. | Midway | Universal | $21,610,000 |
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1976.shtml
Awards
- Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists
- Best Director: John G. Avildsen - Rocky
- Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously)
- Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
- Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards Jr - All the President's Men
- Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - Network
- Best Foreign Language Film: Noirs et blancs en couleur (Black and White in Color), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Ivory Coast / France / W. Germany / Switzerland
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Rocky
- Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network
- Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: A Star Is Born
- Best Actor: Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born
- Best Actress: Barbra Streisand - A Star Is Born
- Other
- Best Director: Sidney Lumet - Network
- Best Foreign Language Film: Face to Face, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States
Films released in 1976
- 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci
- All the President's Men, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford
- Any Day Now (aka Vandaag of morgen)
- The Ascent Golden Bear winner
- Assault on Precinct 13
- The Bad News Bears
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
- The Blank Generation
- Bound for Glory
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson Golden Bear winner
- Bugsy Malone
- Caddie starring Helen Morse
- Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek
- Carry On England
- Car Wash
- Casanova
- Cousin, cousine
- Deadly Hero, starring Don Murray
- Diary of the Dead
- The Divine Nymph
- Don's Party - John Hardgreaves, Graham Kennedy, Veronica Lang, Ray Barrett and Clarie Biney, directed by Bruce Beresford, written by David Williamson
- Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde
- Eat My Dust
- The Enforcer
- Face to Face
- Family Plot
- Freaky Friday
- The Front
- Futureworld
- God Told Me To
- Gus
- Harlan County USA
- Hot Potato
- In Search of Noah's Ark
- J.D.'s Revenge
- Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
- The Judge and the Assassin
- King Kong, starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges
- The Last Hard Men, a western starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn
- The Last Tycoon
- Leadbelly
- The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
- Logan's Run
- The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring David Bowie
- Marathon Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Sir Laurence Olivier
- The Marquis of O
- A Matter of Time
- The Memory of Justice
- Midway
- Mikey and Nicky
- The Missouri Breaks
- Mother, Jugs & Speed
- Murder by Death
- Network
- Nickelodeon
- Noirs et blancs en couleur (Black and White in Color), Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture
- Obsession starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold
- The Omen
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- Oz or 20th Century Oz, a Rock 'N' Roll Road Movie, starring Bruce Spence, Joy Dunstan + Graham Matters
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- The Ritz
- Robin and Marian
- Rocky
- Rosy Dreams
- Sebastiane
- Seven Beauties
- The Shaggy D.A.
- The Shootist
- Silent Movie
- Silver Streak starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor
- Sister Street Fighter Fifth Level Fist
- The Slipper and the Rose
- The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
- A Star Is Born
- Stay Hungry
- Storm Boy
- Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel and Jodie Foster
- To the Devil a Daughter
- Tosun Pasa
- Treasure of Matecumbe
- Up!, directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Raven de la Croix
- To Fly!
- Vigilante Force
- Voyage of the Damned
- Welcome to L.A.
Births
- January 6 - Danny Pintauro, actor
- February 11 - Brice Beckham, actor.
- March 22 - Reese Witherspoon, actress.
- April 13 - Jonathan Brandis, actor.
- April 15 - Susan Ward, actress.
- August 9 - Audrey Tautou, French actress.
- September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress.
- October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, actress.
- April 23 - Gabriel Damon, actor.
Deaths
- January 12 - Agatha Christie, writer
- January 23 - Paul Robeson, actor, singer
- February 11 - Lee J Cobb, actor
- February 11 - Alice Allyn, actress
- February 11 - Charlie Naughton, actor
- February 12 - Sal Mineo, actor
- February 26 - Frieda Inescort, actress
- March 14 - Busby Berkeley, director
- March 17 - Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre and cinema director
- June 5 - Violet Wilkey, actress
- June 6 - Victor Varconi, actor
- June 9 - Sybil Thorndike, actress
- October 14 - Edith Evans, actress
- November 15 - Jean Gabin, actor
- November 28 - Rosalind Russell, actress
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