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Events

January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars.
March - Production begins on Star Wars
March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
July - In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.
Jaws
becomes the first movie to ever gross US$100 million in North America, setting the standard for future blockbusters.

Top grossing films

# Jaws
, starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss # The Towering Inferno # Benji
# Young Frankenstein
# The Godfather Part II
# Shampoo
- Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn # Funny Lady
# Murder on the Orient Express
# The Return of the Pink Panther
# Tommy

Academy Awards

Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Fantasy Films, United Artists
Best Director: Miloš Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actor
: Jack Nicholson
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress
: Louise Fletcher
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Supporting Actor
: George Burns
- The Sunshine Boys
Best Supporting Actress
: Lee Grant
- Shampoo (film)

Births

January 3 - Danica McKellar
, actress
February 22 - Drew Barrymore
, actress.
June 4 - Angelina Jolie
, US actress
August 7 - Charlize Theron
, South African actress
October 5 - Kate Winslet
, actress
November 19 - Sushmita Sen
, actress

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