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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

Top grossing films

:North America # One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
# All the President's Men
, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford # The Omen
, starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick # The Bad News Bears
# Silent Movie
# Midway
# Murder by Death
# Jaws
(re-release) # Blazing Saddles
(re-release) # Lucky Lady # Taxi Driver
, starring Robert DeNiro, Palme d'Or winner # The Outlaw Josey Wales

Academy 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

Births

January 3 - Jason Marsden
, actor.
January 6 - Danny Pintauro
, actor
February 11 - Brice Beckham
, actor.
February 28 - Ja Rule
, actor/rap singer/songwriter.
April 15 - Susan Ward
,actress
September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth
, actress.
October 4 - Alicia Silverstone
, actress.

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 9 - Sybil Thorndike
, actress
August 27 - Mukesh
, singer
October 14 - Edith Evans
, actress
November 15 - Jean Gabin
, actor
November 28 - Rosalind Russell
, actress

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