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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

Top grossing films

:North America # Grease
, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John # Saturday Night Fever
, starring John Travolta # Close Encounters of the Third Kind
# National Lampoon's Animal House
, starring John Belushi # Jaws 2
# Heaven Can Wait # The Goodbye Girl
# Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope # Hooper # Foul Play
# Revenge of the Pink Panther
# Up in Smoke

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

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

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