1971 In Film

The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

EVENTS

February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York 's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour

The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place 's "Cinesphere" in Toronto .

April 23 - The film '' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song '' becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.

TOP GROSSING FILMS

:North America
#'' Fiddler On The Roof '', starring Topol
#'' Billy Jack ''
#'' The French Connection '', starring Gene Hackman
#'' Summer Of '42 ''
#'' Diamonds Are Forever '', with Sean Connery
#'' Dirty Harry ''
#'' A Clockwork Orange ''
#'' Carnal Knowledge ''
#'' Bedknobs And Broomsticks ''
#'' Willard ''
#'' The Hospital ''
#'' Klute ''
#'' The Andromeda Strain ''
#'' Big Jake ''

AWARDS

Academy Awards :

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Golden Globe Awards :

:Drama:
: Best Picture : ''The French Connection''
: Best Actor : Gene Hackman - ''The French Connection''
: Best Actress : Jane Fonda - ''Klute''

:Musical or comedy:

' -

:Other
: Best Director : William Friedkin - ''The French Connection''

Palme D'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
:'' The Go-Between '', directed by Joseph Losey , United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
:''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

FILMS RELEASED IN 1971

'' And Now For Something Completely Different ''

'' The Andromeda Strain ''

'' Bedknobs And Broomsticks ''

'' Big Jake ''

'' Billy Jack ''

'' The Boy Friend ''

'' Brian's Song ''

'' Carnal Knowledge ''

'' A Clockwork Orange ''

'' Death In Venice '' (''Morte a Venezia'')

'' The Devils ''

'' Diamonds Are Forever ''

'' Dirty Harry ''

'' The Emigrants ''

'' Escape From The Planet Of The Apes ''

'' The French Connection ''

'' Fiddler On The Roof ''

'' The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis '' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini'')

'' The Go-Between '' Palme d'Or winner

'' Godzilla Vs. Hedorah ''

'' Guddi ''

'' Harold And Maude ''

'' The Hired Hand ''

'' The Hospital ''

'' I, Monster ''

'' Just Avant La Nuit '' (aka ''Just Before Nightfall'')

'' Klute '', starring Jane Fonda

'' Kotch '', starring Walter Matthau

'' The Last Picture Show ''

'' Love ''

'' Macbeth ''

'' McCabe & Mrs. Miller ''

'' Melody ''

'' Mon Oncle Antoine '', considered by critics the Greatest Canadian Film Of All Time

'' A New Leaf '', starring Elaine May and Walter Matthau

'' Nicholas And Alexandra ''

'' Plaza Suite '', starring Walter Matthau

'' A Safe Place ''

'' Shaft ''

'' She Killed In Ecstasy ''

'' Something Big ''

'' Straw Dogs ''

'' Summer Of '42 ''

'' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song ''

'' They Call Me Trinity '', Spaghetti Western with Terence Hill

'' The Touch Of Satan ''

'' Trafic ''

'' Twitch Of The Death Nerve ''

'' Two-Lane Blacktop ''

'' Vanishing Point ''

'' Wake In Fright ''

'' Walkabout '', directed by Nicolas Roeg

'' Werewolves On Wheels ''

'' Willard ''

'' Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ''

'' The Working Class Goes To Heaven '', Palme d'Or winner

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BIRTHS

February 17 - Denise Richards , actress

March 31 - Ewan McGregor

April 18 - David Tennant

May 14 - Sofia Coppola

August 31 - Chris Tucker , actor

October 29 - Winona Ryder , American actress.

November 25 - Christina Applegate

December 26 - Jared Leto , American actor and musician

DEATHS

January 5 - Douglas Shearer , pioneer motion-picture sound engineer

January 15 - John Dall , actor

February 26 - Fernandel , actor

March 8 – Harold Lloyd , silent screen comedian

March 15 - Bebe Daniels , actress

May 1 - Glenda Farrell , actress

May 27 - Chips Rafferty , Australia n actor

May 28 - Audie Murphy , World War II Hero became Film Actor after the war

July 3 - Jim Morrison , songwriter, poet, musician

July 6 - Louis Armstrong , musician, actor

July 23 - Van Heflin , actor

August 15 - Paul Lukas , actor

September 7 - Spring Byington , actress

September 10 - Pier Angeli , actress

September 11 - Bella Darvi , actress

October 11 - Chester Conklin , actor

October 26 - Vincent Coleman , actor

November 17 - Gladys Cooper , actress

December 13 - Dita Parlo , actress

December 18 - Diana Lynn , actress

December 28 - Max Steiner , film composer

December 30 - Dorothy Comingore , actress best known as Susan Kane in '' Citizen Kane ''

December 31 - Pete Duel 31, actor ( Suicide )

December 31 - Marin Sais , actress

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