// Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Movies in the 1970s came in a wide variety, as the socially-conscious young directors that emerged in the late 60s grew in different directions, influenced by music, literature, and the nature of crime and war. ... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...

Events

• February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California
• March 1 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial
• March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
• September - George Lucas purchases Bulltail Ranch, on Lucas Valley Road, for the development of Skywalker Ranch.
• November 17 - The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming sequel.
• US Supreme Court lists words that should not be used in movies.
• First Sundance Film Festival

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24 May 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are comparable, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ... Nickname: City of Angels Motto: Official website: http://www. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Charlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in City Lights (1931) Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, KBE, (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was a British born actor, the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director. ... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978), was a writer of fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and - best known to the general public - Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Skywalker Ranch is the name of the well-disguised workplace of film director and producer George Lucas in secluded but open country near Nicasio, California. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... The Star Wars Holiday Special was a two-hour television special (including commercials) set in the Star Wars galaxy. ... For other uses, see CBS (disambiguation). ... Boba Fett (born 31. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ...

Top grossing films

North America

1. Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
2. Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. National Lampoon's Animal House, starring John Belushi
5. Jaws 2
6. Heaven Can Wait
7. The Goodbye Girl
8. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
9. Hooper
10. Foul Play
11. Revenge of the Pink Panther
12. Up in Smoke

Grease (1978) is the name of a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys musical, Grease. ... John Travolta (left) and Samuel L. Jackson (right) in Pulp Fiction. ... Olivia Newton-John, 1988 Olivia Newton-John (born September 26, 1948, Cambridge) is a British-born Australian singer and actress. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... John Travolta (left) and Samuel L. Jackson (right) in Pulp Fiction. ... This article is about the film; for the classification, see Close encounter. ... National Lampoons Animal House (often called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of Delta fraternity boys takes on the system at their college. ... It has been suggested that Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed by cast member) be merged into this article or section. ... Jaws 2 (1978) is the first sequel to Jaws. ... Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 comedy film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. ... The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 film which tells the story of an actor who sublets an apartment which already contains a widow and her daughter. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... Hooper was a 1978 movie that starred Sally Field. ... Foul Play is a 1978 comedy, thriller film starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. ... Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) is the sixth film in United Artists Pink Panther film series, and the last Panther film in which its star Peter Sellers appeared expressly for. ... Up in Smoke, directed by Lou Adler, was Cheech and Chongs first feature-length film, released in 1978 by Paramount. ...

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Deer Hunter - EMI Films/Cimino, Universal
• Best Director: Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter
• Best Actor: Jon Voight - Coming Home
• Best Actress: Jane Fonda - Coming Home
• Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter
• Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith - California Suite

Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... This article is about The Deer Hunter, the movie. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Michael Cimino (born February 3, 1939 in New York City, New York) is an American film director. ... This article is about The Deer Hunter, the movie. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Jon Voight (born Jonathan Voight on December 29, 1938 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor born to a Czech father and an English American mother. ... Coming Home is a 1978 film which tells the story of a handicapped Vietnam War veterans difficulty in re-entering civilian life after his return from the war. ... Janet Gaynor getting the first Best Actress Oscar from Douglas Fairbanks Sr. ... Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, producer, and political activist. ... Coming Home is a 1978 film which tells the story of a handicapped Vietnam War veterans difficulty in re-entering civilian life after his return from the war. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Christopher Walken in The Dogs of War (1981) Ronald Walken (born March 31, 1943), known professionally as Christopher Walken, is an Oscar winning American film, television, and theatre actor best known for playing menacing or psychologically damaged characters, but who has occasionally used that image for comedic effect. ... This article is about The Deer Hunter, the movie. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Dame Maggie Smith in Gosford Park Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (b. ... California Suite is a play by Neil Simon about five couples, all set in one hotel suite in California. ...

Births

• April 22 - Daniel Johns, singer/guitarist/songwriter
• June 1 - Danielle Harris, voice actress in The Wild Thornberrys
• August 9 - Audrey Tautou, French actress
• November 9 - Sisqó, singer/actor/songwriter
• December 18 - Katie Holmes, actress

April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... [[1]] Daniel Paul Johns (born April 22, 1979) is the vocalist, composer and guitarist in the rock band Silverchair. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Danielle Harris Danielle Harris (born June 1, 1977) is an actress who has been heard in The Wild Thornberrys and seen in movies such as City Slickers, The Last Boy Scout, Urban Legend and two in the Halloween series. ... A voice actor (or voice artist) is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, stop motion, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated shorts), and radio and television commercials. ... The Wild Thornberrys cast, left to right, Nigel, Marianne (with camera), Eliza (with glasses) and Darwin (the monkey) on a vine, Donnie (hanging down from the tree), and Debbie (sitting down) The Wild Thornberrys is an animated series produced at Klasky-Csupo for Nickelodeon, which follows the adventures of a... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Audrey Tautou (IPA: ) (born August 9, 1978) is a French actress, born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... Sisqo on the cover of his 1999 LP Unleash the Dragon. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Katie Holmes as Rachel in the film Batman Begins. ...

Deaths

• January 5 - Sally Eilers, actress
• January 29 - Tim McCoy, cowboy actor, soldier
• March 24 - Leigh Brackett, science fiction writer
• August 24 - Louis Prima, bandleader, voice actor ("King Louie of the Apes" in The Jungle Book)
• August 26 - Charles Boyer, actor
• August 28 - Robert Shaw, actor
• September 9 - Jack Warner, Hollywood studio founder
• September 30 - Edgar Bergen, actor
• October 16 - Dan Dailey, actor
• October 19 - Gig Young, actor

January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tim McCoy (born April 10, 1891 - died January 29, 1978 ) was an American actor. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978), was a writer of fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and - best known to the general public - Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... Louis Prima and Keely Smith singing for the radio in the 1950s Louis Prima (December 7, 1910- August 24, 1978) was an Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor, and trumpeter born in New Orleans. ... The Jungle Book is the nineteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Charles Boyer in Love Affair Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 – August 26, 1978) was a French actor. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... Robert Shaw may mean: Robert Shaw (footballer) Robert Shaw (actor) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Jack Warner Jack Warner (J.L. for short) (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Leonard Warner in London, Ontario, Canada, was the president and driving force behind the highly successful development of Warner Brothers Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... Edgar John Bergen (born February 16, 1903; died September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Daniel James Dailey Jr. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Actor Gig Young in City That Never Sleeps Gig Young (November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American film actor. ...

Other movies released

• Autumn Sonata
• Battlestar Galactica (Canada and most European countries only; released in U.S. theatres the following year)
• The Boys from Brazil
• Bread and Chocolate
• The Buddy Holly Story
• Bye Bye Monkey
• Comes a Horseman
• Damien: Omen II, starring William Holden
• Days of Heaven
• Death on the Nile
• The Deer Hunter
• Enter the Fat Dragon starring Sammo Hung
• Every Which Way But Loose
• F.I.S.T.
• Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
• Girlfriends, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner
• Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis
• Interiors
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers, remake of 1956 movie
• The Late Great Planet Earth
• The Lord of the Rings, animated film by Ralph Bakshi
• Max's Words Golden Bear winner
• Midnight Express
• Pretty Baby
• The Star Wars Holiday Special
• Superman, starring Marlon Brando and Christopher Reeve
• The Tree of Wooden Clogs Palme d'Or winner
• The Trout Golden Bear winner
• Two Solitudes
• An Unmarried Woman