1973 in film
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contents |
[edit] Events
- The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra.
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- The Exorcist
- The Sting
- American Graffiti
- Papillon
- The Way We Were
- Magnum Force
- Robin Hood
- Last Tango in Paris
- Paper Moon
- Live and Let Die
- The Devil in Miss Jones
- Serpico
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- The World's Greatest Athlete
- Brother of the Wind
- Enter the Dragon
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: The Sting - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal
- Best Director : George Roy Hill - The Sting
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
- Best Supporting Actor : John Houseman - The Paper Chase
- Best Supporting Actress : Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon
- Best Foreign Language Film: Day for Night (La Nuit américaine), directed by François Truffaut, France
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Exorcist
- Best Actor: Al Pacino - Serpico
- Best Actress: Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty
- Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: American Graffiti
- Best Actor: George Segal - A Touch of Class
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
- Other
- Best Director: William Friedkin - The Exorcist
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), W. Germany
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom
- Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray, India
[edit] Films released in 1973
- Alvin Purple
- Amarcord
- American Graffiti
- Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), Golden Bear winner
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
- Brother of the Wind
- Charley Varrick, starring Walter Matthau
- Charlotte's Web
- Cinderella Liberty
- Cries and Whispers
- Day for Night
- The Day of the Jackal
- The Devil in Miss Jones
- Dillinger starring Warren Oates
- Don't Look Now, directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Electra Glide in Blue
- Emperor of the North Pole
- Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee
- Executive Action
- The Exorcist
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- Godspell
- Godzilla vs. Megalon
- The Hireling, Palme d'Or winner
- L' Invitation (aka The Invitation), Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- The Last Detail
- The Laughing Policeman, starring Walter Matthau -(film mentioned in article)
- Live and Let Die
- Magnum Force
- Malicious
- Mean Streets, directed by Martin Scorsese
- Night Watch
- The Paper Chase -(film only mentioned in article)
- Paper Moon
- Papillon, starring Dustin Hoffman
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
- The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film
- El Retorno de Walpurgis
- Robin Hood (Walt Disney)
- Save the Tiger
- Scarecrow, Palme d'Or winner
- Scenes from a Marriage by Ingmar Bergman
- Serpico, starring Al Pacino
- Soylent Green
- The Sting starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw
- A Touch of Class
- Walking Tall
- The Way We Were
- The Werewolf of Washington
- The Wicker Man
- The World's Greatest Athlete
[edit] Births
- February 12 - Tara Strong, voice actor
- September 4 - Jason David Frank (from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), actor
- October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress
[edit] Deaths
- January 26 - Edward G Robinson, actor
- February 15 - Tim Holt, actor
- February 22 - Katina Paxinou, actress
- March 10 - Robert Siodmak, director
- April 26 - Irene Ryan, actress
- May 11 - Lex Barker, actor
- June 23 - Fay Holden, actress
- July 2 - Betty Grable, actress
- July 7 - Veronica Lake, actress
- July 11 - Robert Ryan, actor
- July 12 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor
- July 18 - Jack Hawkins, actor
- July 20 - Bruce Lee, actor
- August 16 - Vida Ann Borg, actress
- September 13 - Betty Field, actress
- September 21 - Diana Sands, actress
- September 26 - Anna Magnani, actress
- October 16 - Gene Krupa, musician, actor
- October 25 - Cleo Moore, actress
- November 23 - Sessue Hayakawa, actor
- November 23 - Claire Dodd, actress
- November 23 - Constance Talmadge, actress
- November 25 - Laurence Harvey, actor
- December 26 - William Haines, actor
