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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.

Top grossing films

:North America # The Sting
# The Exorcist
# Papillon # Magnum Force
# Herbie Rides Again
# Blazing Saddles
, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman # The Trial of Billy Jack # The Great Gatsby # Serpico
# Death Wish

Academy 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

Births

January 5 - Daisy Bates
, actress
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
November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio
, actor

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