Film year 1971

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Film year 1971
George C. Scott received a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for his portrayal of General George S. Patton in Patton - Rebel in Uniform .

Events

April 18th - The film publishing house of the authors is founded in Munich. Co-partners of the film distributor, which is supposed to promote German auteur films , include: Hark Bohm , Hans W. Geissendörfer , Peter Lilienthal and Wim Wenders .
June 25 - World premiere of Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks . This film is considered to be the most successful work from the heyday of the blaxploitation genre.
October 3 - With The Last Performance (Director: Peter Bogdanovich ) a central work of New Hollywood comes to the cinemas.
December 19 - World premiere of Uhrwerk Orange . This Stanley Kubrick's film had a major impact on pop culture in the years that followed .
The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1971:
- Category - male film star: gold Pierre Brice , silver Hansi Kraus , bronze Peter Fonda
- Category - female film star: Gold Uschi Glas , silver Romy Schneider , bronze Gila von Weitershausen
The most successful West German film productions and co-productions in 1971:
- The new schoolgirl report. Part 2: What keeps parents sleeping (approx. 4 million viewers)
- And Jimmy went to the rainbow (about 4 million viewers)
- Housewives Report (approx.3.5 million viewers)
- The captain (approx. 3 million viewers)
- Very young seductresses (approx. 2.5 million viewers)
- Love is just a word (approx. 2.4 million viewers)
- Husbands report
- Love market in Denmark
- The new hot report: What men don't think is possible
- Rudi, behave!
- Schoolgirl Report. Part 3: What parents don't even suspect
- Aunt Trude from Buxtehude
- The great aunts strike
- Our Willi is the best
- Holidays in love in Tyrol
- Who laughs last, laughs best

Top 10 most successful films

In Germany

The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of November 24, 2018):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	Aristocats	11,294,000
2.	The right and left hands of the devil	6,028,000
3.	James Bond 007 - Diamond Fever	5,500,000
4th	Love story	4,500,000
5.	The new schoolgirl report. Part 2: What keeps parents from sleeping	4,000,000
6th	And Jimmy went to the rainbow	4,000,000
7th	Asterix the Gaul	3,641,501
8th.	Housewives Report	3,500,000
9.	The captain	3,000,000
10.	Very young seductresses	2,500,000

Film awards

Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards will take place on February 5th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Best drama: Love Story by Arthur Hiller
Best Musical / Comedy: MASH by Robert Altman
Best Actor (Drama): George C. Scott in Patton - Rebel in Uniform
Best Actress (Drama): Ali MacGraw in Love Story
Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Albert Finney in Scrooge
Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Carrie Snodgress in Diary of a Mad Housewife
Best Supporting Actor: John Mills in Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton in Airport and Karen Black in Five Easy Pieces
Best Director: Arthur Hiller for Love Story
Best music: Francis Lai for Love Story
Cecil B. DeMille Award : Frank Sinatra

Academy Awards

The Oscars will be held on April 15th at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.

Best film: Patton - Rebel in Uniform by Franklin J. Schaffner
Best Actor: George C. Scott in Patton - Rebel in Uniform
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson in Loving Women
Best director: Franklin J. Schaffner for Patton - Rebel in Uniform
Best Supporting Actor: John Mills in Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes in Airport
Best music: Francis Lai for Love Story
Best foreign language film: Investigations against a citizen of Elio Petri who is above suspicion
Honorary Oscar: Lillian Gish and Orson Welles
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award : Ingmar Bergman

Complete list of award winners

Cannes International Film Festival 1971

The festival starts on May 12th and ends on May 27th. The jury under President Michèle Morgan selects the following winners:

Golden Palm : The Mediator by Joseph Losey
Best Actor: Riccardo Cucciolla in Sacco and Vanzetti
Best Actress: Kitty Winn in The Panic in Needle Park

Berlin International Film Festival 1971

The festival starts on June 25th and ends on July 6th. The jury awards the following prizes:

Golden Bear : The Garden of the Finzi Contini by Vittorio De Sica
Best Actor: Jean Gabin in The Cat
Best Actress: Simone Signoret in The Cat and Shirley MacLaine in Desperate Characters
Special Jury Prize: Decameron by Pier Paolo Pasolini

German film award

Best film: First Love by Maximilian Schell
Best director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder for Why is Mr. R. running amok? and Volker Schlöndorff for The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Best leading actress: Karin Jacobsen for Das Freudenhaus and Hanna Schygulla for Mathias Kneissl and Whity
Best Actor: Michael König for Lenz

Society of Film and Television Arts Awards

Best Film: Two Bandits by George Roy Hill
Best Director: George Roy Hill for Two Bandits
Best Actor: Robert Redford for Two Bandits , Bloody Trail and Shot Run
Best Actress: Katharine Ross for Two Bandits and Bloody Trail
Best Supporting Actor: Colin Welland for Kes
Best Supporting Actress: Susannah York for Only Horses Are Given the Gunshot

Étoile de Cristal

Best film: No World for Animals by François Bel and Gérard Vienne
Best Actor: Charles Denner in Voyou - The crook
Best Actress: Marie-José Nat in Elise or Real Life
Best Foreign Film: Little Big Man by Arthur Penn
Best Foreign Actor: Donald Sutherland in MASH
Best Foreign Actress: Jane Fonda in Only Horses Are Given the Gunshot

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Best Picture: A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick for A Clockwork Orange
Best Actor: Gene Hackman in French Connection - Brooklyn Focal Point
Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Klute
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson in The Final Performance
Best Supporting Actress: Ellen Burstyn in The Final Performance

National Board of Review

Best film: Macbeth by Roman Polański
Best Director: Ken Russell for Boyfriend and The Devils
Best Actor: Gene Hackman in French Connection - Brooklyn Focal Point
Best Actress: Irene Papas in Troy
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson in The Final Performance
Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman in The Final Performance
Best Foreign Language Film: The Wild Child of François Truffaut

Laurel Award

Best film: Patton - Rebel in Uniform by Franklin J. Schaffner
Best Actor in Drama: George C. Scott in Patton - Rebel in Uniform
Best Dramatic Actress: Carrie Snodgrass in Diary of a Mad Housewife
Best Comedian: Elliott Gould in MASH
Best Comedian Actress: Sally Kellerman in MASH
Best in action: John Wayne in Chisum
Best foreign film: Investigations against a citizen of Elio Petri who is above suspicion

Further film prizes and awards

David di Donatello : The Big Mistake , The Garden of the Finzi Contini , Waterloo (Best Italian Film) and Ryan's Daughter (Best Foreign Film)
German Critics' Prize : Johannes Schaaf
Directors Guild of America Award : Franklin J. Schaffner for Patton - Rebel in Uniform
Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Sabine Sinjen for We - Two
Louis Delluc Prize : Rendezvous in Bray by André Delvaux
Nastro d'Argento : Investigations against a citizen above suspicion by Elio Petri and The confession of Costa-Gavras
National Society of Film Critics Award : MASH by Robert Altman
Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Claire's knee by Éric Rohmer (Golden Shell)
Writers Guild of America Award : Patton - Rebel in Uniform (Best Original Screenplay-Drama), Never Again New York (Best Original Screenplay-Comedy), No Song for My Father (Best Adapted Screenplay-Drama), MASH (Best Adapted Screenplay comedy)

Birthdays

January to March

Jeremy Renner (born January 7th)

Simon Schwarz (born January 10th)

Rachel Weisz (born March 7th)

Natascha McElhone (born March 23)

Ewan McGregor (born March 31)

January

0January 7th: Jeremy Renner , American actor
0January 8: Géraldine Pailhas , French actress
January 10: Simon Schwarz , Austrian actor
January 14th: Jennifer Dundas , American actress
January 14th: Susann Uplegger , German actress
January 15: Regina King , American actress
January 17th: Youki Kudoh , Japanese actress
January 17th: Sylvie Testud , French actress
January 19: Rachel Luttrell , Canadian actress
January 19: Roland Silbernagl , Austrian actor
January 19: Shawn Wayans , American actor
January 23: Stanislas Merhar , French actor
January 24th: Kenya Moore , American actress
January 25: China Kantner , American actress
January 25: Ana Ortiz , American actress
January 29th: Pavel Liška , Czech actor

February

0February 1: Michael C. Hall , American actor
0February 3: Elisa Donovan , American actress
0February 3: Vincent Elbaz , French actor
0February 4: Rob Corddry , American actor
0February 6: Brian Stepanek , American actor
February 10: Kathryne Dora Brown , American actress
February 11: Damian Lewis , British actor
February 15: Renée O'Connor , American actress
February 17: Denise Richards , American actress
February 25: Sean Astin , American actor
February 28: Maxine Bahns , American actress
February 28: Tasha Smith , American actress

March

0March 2nd: Stefano Accorsi , Italian actor
0March 2: Amber Smith , American actress
0March 7: Peter Sarsgaard , American actor
0March 7th: Matthew Vaughn , British director
0March 7th: Rachel Weisz , British actress
March 10: Jon Hamm , American actor
March 11: Johnny Knoxville , American actor
March 13: Annabeth Gish , American actress
March 13: Jens Münchow , German actor
March 16: Alan Tudyk , American actor
March 19: Dalton James , American actor
March 22nd: Guillermo Díaz , American actor
March 22nd: Iben Hjejle , Danish actress
March 23: Natascha McElhone , British actress
March 27: Nathan Fillion , Canadian actor
March 31: Klaus Härö , Finnish director
March 31: Ewan McGregor , British actor

April to June

Shannen Doherty (born April 12)

Nicholas Ofczarek (born May 30)

Mark Wahlberg (born June 5)

April

0April 4th: Lukas Miko , Austrian actor
0April 5: Krista Allen , American actress
0April 7th: Guillaume Depardieu , French actor († 2008)
0April 7: Jennifer Schwalbach Smith , American actress
0April 8: Craig Mazin , American screenwriter and director
April 10: Tanja Geke , German actress and voice actress
April 12: Nicholas Brendon , American actor
April 12th: Shannen Doherty , American actress
April 12th: Tomas Villum Jensen , Danish actor and director
April 18: David Tennant , British actor
April 21: Eric Mabius , American actor
April 24th: Stefania Rocca , Italian actress

May

0May 1st: Amira Casar , British-French actress
0May 7: Ivan Sergei , American actor
May 10: Leslie Stefanson , American actress
May 12: Jamie Luner , American actress
May 14: Sofia Coppola , American director
May 15: Sam Trammell , American actor
May 18: Meike Schlueter , German actress
May 19: Ross Katz , American producer
May 23: Laurel Holloman , American actress
May 25: Justin Henry , American actor
May 26: Shannon Kenny , Australian actress
May 27: Paul Bettany , British actor
May 28: Isabelle Carré , French actress
May 30th: Nicholas Ofczarek , Austrian actor

June

0June 1st: Pasquale Aleardi , Swiss actor
0June 2: Anthony Montgomery , American actor
0June 4th: James Callis , British actor
0June 4th: Noah Wyle , American actor
0June 5th: Susan Lynch , British actress
0June 5: Mark Wahlberg , American actor
0June 8: Mark Feuerstein , American actor
June 13: David Mendenhall , American child actor and voice actor
June 15: Jake Busey , American actor
June 18: Lisa Barbuscia , American actress
June 19: Jürgen Trimborn , German film scholar and biographer († 2012)
June 20: Josh Lucas , American actor
June 22nd: Mary Lynn Rajskub , American actress
June 25: Jason Lewis , American actor
June 28: Benito Martinez , American actor
June 30th: Monica Potter , American actress
June 30th: Bastiaan Ragas , Dutch singer and actor

July to September

Corey Feldman (born July 16)

Charlotte Gainsbourg (born July 21)

Moritz Bleibtreu (born August 13)

Carla Gugino (born August 29)

Sanaa Lathan (born September 19)

Jenna Elfman (born September 30)

July

0July 1st: Buket Alakuş , Turkish-German director
0July 1: Steven W. Bailey , American actor
0July 1: Julianne Nicholson , American actress
0July 2nd: Thilo Gosejohann , German director
0July 2nd: Corinna Lampadius , German TV presenter
0July 7: Christian Camargo , American actor
0July 8: Wendy Benson , American actress
0July 8: Amanda Peterson , American actress († 2015)
0July 9: Scott Grimes , American actor
0July 9: Norbert Heitker , German director
July 11: Leisha Hailey , American actress
July 12: Loni Love , American actress
July 13: Tyrin Turner , American actor
July 14th: Florian Eichinger , German director, screenwriter and producer
July 16: Bibiana Beglau , German actress
July 16: Corey Feldman , American actor
July 16: Tanja Lanäus , German actress
July 18: Sarah McLeod , New Zealand actress
July 20: Sandra Oh , Canadian actress
July 21: Charlotte Gainsbourg , French actress
July 24th: Patty Jenkins , American director
July 25th: Max Schmiedl , Austrian musician and actor
July 25: Miriam Shor , American actress
July 29: Monica Calhoun , American actress
July 30: Christine Taylor , American actress

August

0August 7: Sydney Penny , American actress
0August 7: Rachel York , American actress
August 10: Tim Seyfi , German actor
August 10: Justin Theroux , American actor
August 12: Rebecca Gayheart , American actress
August 13: Moritz Bleibtreu , German actor
August 13: Heike Makatsch , German actress
August 13: Vladimir Vdovichenkov , Russian actor
August 14: Raoul Bova , Italian actor
August 20: Jonathan Ke Quan , Vietnamese-American actor
August 22nd: Richard Armitage , British actor
August 22: Rick Yune , American actor
August 29: Carla Gugino , American actress
August 31: Chris Tucker , American actor

September

0September 3: Trevor St. John , American actor
0September 4th: Ione Skye , British actress
0September 8: David Arquette , American actor
0September 8: Martin Freeman , British actor
0September 9: Henry Thomas , American actor
September 13: Jana Kozewa , German actor and voice actress
September 14th: Kimberly Williams , American actress
September 15: Josh Charles , American actor
September 16: Amy Poehler , American actress
September 18: Jada Pinkett Smith , American actress
September 19: Sanaa Lathan , American actress
September 19: Oliver Ziegenbalg , German screenwriter
September 21: Alfonso Ribeiro , American actor
September 21: Luke Wilson , American actor
September 25: Dorothea Schenck , German actress
September 27: Amanda Detmer , American actress
September 27: Elke Kratzer , German producer and director
September 27th: Nermina Kukic , German actress
September 29: Mackenzie Crook , British actor
September 29: Theodore Shapiro , American composer
September 29: Rick Warden , British actor
September 30th: Jenna Elfman , American actress

October to December

Snoop Dogg (born October 20)

Dannii Minogue (born October 20)

Christina Applegate (born November 25)

Jared Leto (born December 26)

October

0October 2nd: Sven Lorig , German presenter
0October 3: Paul Poet , Austrian director
0October 7th: Ramona Schukraft , German actress
October 10: Tiffany Mynx , American porn actress
October 11: MC Lyte , American rapper and actress
October 11: Mark Wakeling , British actor
October 13: Sacha Baron Cohen , British actor
October 13th: Sebastian Fitzek , German screenwriter and producer
October 13: Kira Reed , American actress, TV presenter and sex symbol
October 13: Luis Tosar , Spanish actor
October 14th: Marc Schölermann , German director, screenwriter and producer
October 16: Maria Isabella Kirkitadse , German actress
October 17: Andy Whitfield , Australian actor († 2011)
October 20: Snoop Dogg , American rapper and actor
October 20: Dannii Minogue , Australian singer and actress
October 24: Caprice Bourret , American model, presenter and actress
October 24: Dervla Kirwan , Irish actress
October 25: Leslie Grossman , American actress
October 25: Stefan Puntigam , Austrian actor
October 25: Craig Robinson , American actor
October 26: Steven Ma , Chinese actor
October 27: Channon Roe , American actor
October 29: Winona Ryder , American actress

November

0November 3rd: Dylan Moran , Irish actor
0November 5: Corin Nemec , American actor
0November 8th: Markus Schleinzer , Austrian actor
November 10: Walton Goggins , American actor
November 11: David DeLuise , American actor
November 13: Noah Hathaway , American actor
November 14th: Marco Leonardi , Italian actor
November 23: Frank Giering , German actor († 2010)
November 24th: Lola Glaudini , American actress
November 25: Christina Applegate , American actress
November 29: Gena Lee Nolin , American actress
November 30th: Jessalyn Gilsig , Canadian actress

December

0December 1st: Emily Mortimer , British actress
0December 3: Ola Rapace , Swedish actor
0December 3: Keegan Connor Tracy , Canadian actress
0December 5th: Kali Rocha , American actress
0December 6: Craig Brewer , American director
December 11th: Harry Knowles , American film critic
December 14th: Swantje Henke , German actress
December 17th: Claire Forlani , British actress
December 18: Claudia Gerini , Italian actress
December 19: Amy Locane , American actress
December 23: Corey Haim , Canadian actor
December 23: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson , British actress († 2017)
December 25th: Patrick Baladi , British actor
December 26: Jared Leto , American actor
December 26th: Alexandra Rapaport , Swedish actress
December 30th: CS Lee , South Korean actor and director

Day unknown

Ivan Engler , Swiss director
Edward Kitsis , American screenwriter and television producer
Régis Sauder , French documentary filmmaker