1979 in film
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[edit] Events
- March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
- April 13 - The Adventure of Sudsakorn, Thailand's first (and as of 2006 only) animated feature film is released.
- July - Production begins on The Blues Brothers.
- November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- December 7 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that would span 10 films over the next 23 years. It also would eventually lead to the creation of four spin-off television series based upon the franchise.
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- Rocky II, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Alien
- tie, The Amityville Horror and Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Moonraker starring Roger Moore
- The Muppet Movie
- California Suite
- The Deer Hunter
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia
- Best Director: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae
- Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas - Being There
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Breaking Away
- Best Actor: Peter Sellers - Being There
- Best Actress: Bette Midler - The Rose
- Other
- Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
- Best Foreign Language Film: La Cage aux Folles (France)
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
- The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- David, directed by Peter Lilienthal, West Germany
[edit] Films released in 1979
- 10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore
- 1941, starring Dan Aykroyd
- The Adventure of Sudsakorn, Thailand's first and only cel-animated feature film
- Agatha
- Alexandria... Why?
- Alien
- Alien Encounters, The
- All That Jazz, Palme d'Or winner
- The Amityville Horror
- Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Palme d'Or winner
- Being There, starring Peter Sellers
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
- The Black Hole
- The Black Stallion
- Breaking Away
- Bye Bye Brazil
- Caligula, directed by Tinto Brass, written by Gore Vidal, starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren and Peter O'Toole
- The China Syndrome
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboliby), by Francesco Rosi
- David, Golden Bear (award) winner
- Don Giovanni
- Dracula, starring Frank Langella as Dracula and Sir Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing. With Trevor Eve
- The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
- Escape from Alcatraz
- Gal Young 'Un
- The Great Santini
- HAIR
- Hardcore, starring George C. Scott
- Heartland, Golden Bear (award) winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- Hanover Street
- I as in Icarus
- The In-Laws
- The Jerk, starring Steve Martin
- Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both of whom won Oscars for their performances
- Love At First Bite, starring George Hamilton
- Mad Max, starring Mel Gibson
- The Main Event, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
- Manhattan
- The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Meatballs, starring Bill Murray
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Moonraker starring Roger Moore
- Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears - Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
- Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
- The Muppet Movie
- Norma Rae
- Nosferatu ("Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht")
- The Odd Angry Shot
- Quadrophenia
- Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
- Rocky II
- Roller Boogie
- The Rose
- Siberiade
- Soldier of Orange
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski
- The Third Generation
- Time After Time
- The Tin Drum, Palme d'Or winner
- Vengeance Is Mine
- The Warriors
- Wolfman
- Woyzeck
- Zulu Dawn
[edit] Births
- January 8 - Sarah Polley, actress
- January 12 - Isidra Vega, actress
- January 27 - Rosamund Pike, actress
- February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
- February 9 - Zhang Ziyi, actress and dancer
- April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa, actress
- April 12 - Claire Danes, actress
- April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress
- April 23 - Jaime King, actress
- May 9 - Rosario Dawson, actress
- May 25 - Monica Keena, actress
- October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
- October 8 - Kristanna Loken, actress
- December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress
[edit] Deaths
- February 12 - Jean Renoir, director
- March 1 - Dolores Costello, actress
- March 22 - Ben Lyon, actor, also credited as the person who "discovered" and renamed Marilyn Monroe
- May 29 - Mary Pickford, actress, movie studio founder
- June 11 - John Wayne, actor
- August 17, Vivian Vance, actress
- September 8 - Jean Seberg, actress
- September 12 - Jocelyne LaGarde, Tahitian actress
- December 11 - Adile Nasit, actress, director
