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Events

Cannes Film Festival
opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes.
Last year for the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980.

Top-grossing films

:North America # The Love Bug
# Funny Girl
# Bullitt
# Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman # Romeo and Juliet by director Franco Zeffirelli # True Grit
, starring John Wayne, Robert Duvall, and Dennis Hopper # Midnight Cowboy
, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman # tie: Oliver!
and Goodbye, Columbus
# Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
# Easy Rider
# I Am Curious (Yellow)
# Where Eagles Dare
# The Lion in Winter

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy
- Hellman-Schlesinger, United Artists
Best Director: John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy
Best Actor
: John Wayne
- True Grit
Best Actress
: Maggie Smith
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Supporting Actor
: Gig Young
, They Shoot Horses Don't They
Best Supporting Actress
: Goldie Hawn
, Cactus Flower

Births

February 11 - Jennifer Aniston
, American actress.
April 25 - Renée Zellweger
, actress
July 24 - Jennifer Lopez
, actress, singer
August 18 - Edward Norton
, actor
December 21 - Julie Delpy
, actress

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