Film year 1974
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Other events
Film year 1974 | |
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Jack Lemmon received the second Oscar of his career for his performance in Save the Tiger . | |
Events
- Earthquake is the first film to be produced using the Sensurround process (multi-channel magnetone process for reproducing particularly low tones) in cinemas.
- Technicolor discontinues its famous dye transfer process .
- Robert Redford manages to make it into the American top ten with 3 films, the last time Bing Crosby succeeded in doing this in 1949 .
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 |
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1. | The highlight | 6,525,000 |
2. | Robin Hood | 6,048,000 |
3. | The exorcist | 5,291,000 |
4th | James Bond 007 - The Man with the Golden Gun | 4,500,000 |
5. | Two like bad luck and brimstone | 4,200,000 |
6th | Emanuela | 4,000,000 |
7th | A man sees red | 3,600,000 |
8th. | They called him Flatfoot (Buddy only catches big fish) | 2,634,000 |
9. | Chinatown | 2,300,000 |
10. | The pubic louse | 1,750,000 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 28th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: The Exorcist by William Friedkin
- Best Musical / Comedy: American Graffiti by George Lucas
- Best Actor (Drama): Al Pacino in Serpico
- Best Actress (Drama): Marsha Mason in Zapfenstreich
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): George Segal in Man, You're Great!
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Glenda Jackson in Man Are You Class!
- Best Supporting Actor: John Houseman in Trials
- Best Supporting Actress: Linda Blair in The Exorcist
- Best Director: William Friedkin for The Exorcist
- Best music: Neil Diamond for The Seagull Jonathan
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Bette Davis
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards will be held on April 2nd at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
- Best Picture: The highlight of George Roy Hill
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon in Save the Tiger
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson in Man Are You Great!
- Best Director: George Roy Hill for The Clou
- Best Supporting Actor: John Houseman in Trials
- Best Supporting Actress: Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon
- Best camera: Sven Nykvist for screams and whispers
- Best costumes: Edith Head for Der Clou
- Best song and best music: Marvin Hamlisch for Just like we were
- Best Foreign Language Film: The American Night by François Truffaut
- Honorary Oscar: Henri Langlois and Groucho Marx
Complete list of award winners
International Cannes Film Festival 1974
The festival starts on May 9th and ends on May 24th. The jury under President René Clair awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : The Dialogue by Francis Ford Coppola
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in The Last Command
- Best Actress: Marie-José Nat in The Violins of the Ball
Berlin International Film Festival 1974
The festival starts on June 21st and ends on July 2nd. The jury awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Ted Kotcheff
- Jury Special Prize: L'Horloger de Saint-Paul by Bertrand Tavernier
German film award
- Best film: The Pedestrian by Maximilian Schell
- Best director: Roland Klick for supermarket
- Best leading actress: Brigitte Mira for fear eats the soul
- Best Actor: Walter Kohut for Supermarket and Gustav Rudolf Sellner for Der Fußgänger
Society of Film and Television Arts Awards
- Best film: The American Night by François Truffaut
- Best director: François Truffaut for American Night
- Best Actor: Walter Matthau for Peter and Tillie and The Great Coup
- Best Actress: Stéphane Audran for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Before Nightfall
- Best Supporting Actor: Arthur Lowe for The Successful
- Best Supporting Actress: Valentina Cortese for The American Night
Étoile de Cristal
- Best Film: Liberation from the Marriage of Yannick Bellon
- Best Actor: Philippe Noiret in The Watchmaker of St. Paul
- Best Actress: Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier in Celine and Julie go boating
- Best foreign film: Akira Kurosawa for his complete works
- Best Foreign Actor: Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Clou
- Best foreign actress: Olimpia Carlisi in Le milieu du monde
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: Amarcord by Federico Fellini
- Best director: Federico Fellini for Amarcord
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in Chinatown and The Last Command
- Best leading actress: Liv Ullmann in scenes from a marriage
- Best Supporting Actor: Charles Boyer in Stavisky
- Best Supporting Actress: Valerie Perrine in Lenny
National Board of Review
- Best Film: The Dialogue by Francis Ford Coppola
- Best director: Francis Ford Coppola for Der Dialog
- Best Actor: Gene Hackman in Dialogue
- Best Actress: Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under Influence
- Best supporting actor: Holger Löwenadler in Lacombe, Lucien
- Best Supporting Actress: Valerie Perrine in Lenny
- Best foreign language film: Amarcord by Federico Fellini
BRAVO Otto readers' choice
- Category - male movie stars: gold Jan-Michael Vincent , silver Roger Moore , bronze Terence Hill
- Category - Female Movie Stars: Gold Uschi Glas , Silver Jane Seymour , Bronze Ali MacGraw
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : James Cagney
- David di Donatello : Amarcord , Bread and Chocolate (Best Italian Film) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Best Foreign Film)
- German Critics' Prize : Ottokar Runze
- Directors Guild of America Award : George Roy Hill for The Clou , Charles Chaplin (Lifetime Achievement)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Mario Adorf and Edgar Reitz for a trip to Vienna
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Ryan's Daughter of David Lean
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival : Romance for Lovers by Andrei Konchalowski
- Louis Delluc Prize : The slap of Claude Pinoteau
- Nastro d'Argento : Amarcord by Federico Fellini and Screams and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman
- National Society of Film Critics Award : The American Night by François Truffaut
- German Film Critics' Prize : Tschetan, the Indian boy by Hark Bohm
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Badlands - Shattered Dreams by Terrence Malick (Golden Shell)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Save the Tiger (Best Original Screenplay-Drama) Man, you are great! (Best Original Screenplay-Comedy), Serpico (Best Adapted Screenplay-Drama), Paper Moon (Best Adapted Screenplay-Comedy), Paddy Chayefsky (Lifetime Achievement)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Flora Montgomery , Irish actress January 4th:
- Sonja Richter , Danish actress January 4th:
- Lee Sang-il , Japanese director January 6:
- Swetlana Metkina , Russian actress January 7th:
- Pia Baresch , Austrian actress January 9th:
- Farhan Akhtar , Indian director January 9:
- January 10: Hrithik Roshan , Indian actor
- January 12th: Nina Proll , Austrian actress
- January 18: Maulik Pancholy , American actor
- January 21: Vincent Laresca , American actor
- January 23: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen , American actress
- January 24th: Ed Helms , American actor
- January 28: Ty Olsson , Canadian actor
- January 30th: Christian Bale , British actor
- January 30th: Maren Eggert , German actress
- January 31: Andrew Lockington , Canadian composer
- January 31: Anna Silk , Canadian actress
February
- Oz Perkins , American actor February 2:
- Seth Green , American actor February 8:
- Susan May Pratt , American actress February 8:
- Amber Valletta , American actress February 9:
- February 10: Elizabeth Banks , American actress
- February 12: Lisa Brenner , American actress
- February 16: Mahershala Ali , American actor and Oscar winner
- February 17: Jerry O'Connell , American actor
- February 18: Mari Morrow , American actress
- February 24: Bonnie Somerville , American actress
- February 25: Laurie Fortier , American actress
March
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar , American actor March 1:
- Eva Mendes , American actress March 5:
- Jill Ritchie , American actress March 5:
- Jenna Fischer , American actress March 7th:
- Darryl Stephens , American actor March 7:
- Christiane Paul , German actress March 8:
- March 14: Grace Park , Canadian actress
- March 16: Johan Widerberg , Swedish actor
- March 17: Marisa Coughlan , American actress
- March 18: Jaschka Lämmert , Austrian theater and film actress
- March 20: Paula Garcés , American actress
- March 21: Laura Allen , American actress
- March 24th: Alyson Hannigan , American actress
- March 25: Xenia Rappoport , Russian actress
April to June
April
- China Chow , British actress April 1:
- Sofia Ledarp , Swedish actress April 8:
- April 11: Tricia Helfer , Canadian actress
- April 11th: Natacha Régnier , Belgian actress
- April 12th: Marley Shelton , American actress
- April 14th: Laura Tonke , German actress
- April 15: Danny Pino , American actor
- April 16: Valarie Rae Miller , American actress
- April 24: Derek Luke , American actor
- April 23: Barry Watson , American actor
- April 25: Ursula Strauss , Austrian actress
- April 28th: Penélope Cruz , Spanish actress
- April 29: Barbora Bobuľová , Slovak actress
May
- Breckin Meyer , American actor May 7:
- May 10: Séverine Caneele , French actress
- May 11: Benoît Magimel , French actor
- May 13: Brian Geraghty , American actor
- May 15: Jay Rodan , South African actor
- May 17: Sendhil Ramamurthy , American actor
- May 21: Fairuza Balk , American actress
- May 22: Allison Joy Langer , American actress
- May 24: Dash Mihok , American actor
- May 28: Romain Duris , French actor
June
- Danny Strong , American actor June 6:
- Benjamin Heisenberg , German director June 9:
- June 12: Jason Mewes , American actor
- June 19: Bumper Robinson , American actor
- June 22nd: Donald Faison , American actor
- June 22: Alicia Goranson , American actress
- June 25: Karisma Kapoor , Indian actress
- June 27: Christian Kane , American actor
July to September
July
- Moon So-ri , South Korean actress July 2:
- Robert Thalheim , German director July 2nd:
- July 10: Chiwetel Ejiofor , British actor
- July 12: Hayley DuMond , American actress
- July 16: Chris Pontius , American actor
- July 21: Maggie Siff , American actress
- July 22nd: Franka Potente , German actress
- July 23: Kathryn Hahn , American actress
- July 23: Stephanie March , American actress
- July 25: Jay R. Ferguson , American actor
- July 29: Josh Radnor , American actor
- July 30th: Hilary Swank , American actress
- July 31: Emilia Fox , British actress
August
- Kohl Sudduth , American actor August 8:
- Miriam Lahnstein , German actress August 9:
- August 11: Chris Messina , American actor
- August 14: Christopher Gorham , American actor
- August 19: Caroline Vasicek , Austrian actress
- August 20: Amy Adams , American actress
- August 22nd: Jenna Leigh Green , American actress
- August 23: Ray Park , British actor
- August 24: Jennifer Lien , American actress
- August 24: Daniel Zawadzki , Polish actor and voice actor
- August 25: Eric Millegan , American actor
- August 28: Adrián Biniez , Argentine director and screenwriter
September
- Burn Gorman , British musician and actor September 1st:
- Clare Kramer , American actress September 3:
- Nona Gaye , American actress September 4th:
- Justin Whalin , American actor September 6:
- September 10: Sarah Danielle Madison , American actress
- September 10: Ryan Phillippe , American actor
- September 17th: Raphaël Fejtö , French actor and director
- September 17: Stacy Kamano , American actress
- September 18: Travis Schuldt , American actor
- September 19: Jimmy Fallon , American actor
- September 28: Geoff Zanelli , American composer
- September 29: Alexis Cruz , American actor
October to December
October
- Michelle Krusiec , American actress October 2:
- Jeremy Sisto , American actor October 6:
- October 11: Mehmet Emin Toprak , Turkish actor
- October 17: Matthew Macfadyen , British actor
- October 24: Joakim Nätterqvist , Swedish actor
- October 26: Rosemarie DeWitt , American actress
- October 28: Jake Kasdan , American director
- October 28: Joaquin Phoenix , American actor
- October 30th: Marie Bierstedt , German actress
November
- Karin Anna Cheung , American actress and singer November 2:
- Zoe McLellan , American actress November 6:
- Simone Heher , Austrian actress November 7th:
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno , Italian actress November 9th:
- November 11: Leonardo DiCaprio , American actor
- November 12th: Lourdes Benedicto , American actress
- November 12th: Tamala Jones , American actress
- November 14: David Moscow , American actor
- November 16: Brooke Elliott , American actress and singer
- November 17: Leslie Bibb , American actress
- November 18: Chloë Sevigny , American actress
- November 25: Kenneth Mitchell , Canadian actor
- November 27: Jennifer O'Dell , American actress
December
- Ryan Kavanaugh , American producer December 4th:
- December 16: Frida Hallgren , Swedish actress
- December 17: Sarah Paulson , American actress
- December 17: Giovanni Ribisi , American actor
- December 17th: Marissa Ribisi , American actress
- December 19: Jasmila Žbanić , Bosnian director
- December 22nd: Heather Donahue , American actress
- December 26: Joshua John Miller , American actor
- December 29: Mekhi Phifer , American actor
- December 29: Ryan Shore , Canadian composer
deceased
January to March
January
- Ralph J. Block , American producer, screenwriter and union president (* 1889) January 2:
- Tex Ritter , American actor (* 1905) January 2:
- Gino Cervi , Italian actor (* 1901) January 3:
- January 15: Charles Rosher , British cameraman (* 1885)
- January 31: Samuel Goldwyn , American film producer (* 1879)
February
- Fern Andra , American silent film actress (* 1894) February 8:
- February 11: Anna Q. Nilsson , Swedish actress (* 1888)
- February 23: Harry Ruby , American composer and screenwriter (* 1895)
- February 25: Lothar Mendes , German director (* 1894)
- February 28: Russell Harlan , American cameraman (* 1903)
March
- Barbara Ruick , American actress (* 1930) March 3:
- March 15: Paul Grupp , German cameraman (* 1904)
- March 17: Carroll Nye , American actor (born 1901)
- March 28: Françoise Rosay , French actress (* 1891)
April to June
April
- April 10: Patricia Collinge , Irish actress (* 1892)
- April 18: Betty Compson , American actress (* 1897)
- April 18: Marcel Pagnol , French writer and director (* 1895)
- April 24: Bud Abbott , American actor (* 1895)
- April 30th: Agnes Moorehead , American actress (* 1900)
May
- Gerhard Lamprecht , German director (* 1897) May 4:
- John Wengraf , Austrian actor (* 1897) May 4:
- May 10: Hal Mohr , American cameraman (* 1894)
- May 18: Karl Hellmer , Austrian actor (* 1896)
- May 20: Leontine Sagan , Austrian film and stage director (* 1889)
- May 25: Donald Crisp , British actor (* 1882)
June
- Ernst Nebhut , German writer, librettist and screenwriter (* 1898) June 4:
- José Jaspe , Spanish actor (* 1906) June 5:
July to September
July
- Leon Shamroy , American cameraman (* 1901) July 7:
- July 19: Joe Flynn , American actor (born 1924)
- July 29: Erich Kästner , German writer (* 1899)
August
- August 10: Ivor Dean , British actor (born 1917)
- August 20: Ilona Massey , American actress (* 1912)
September
- Bella Waldritter , German soprano and actress (* 1886) September 3:
- Marcel Achard , French screenwriter (* 1899) September 4th:
- Olga Baclanova , Russian actress (* 1896) September 6:
- Otto Kruger , American actor September 6:
- September 18: Edna Best , British actress (* 1900)
- September 21: Horst Beck , German actor (* 1913)
- September 21: Walter Brennan , American actor (* 1894)
- September 28: Arnold Fanck , German director (* 1889)
October to December
October
- October 13: Ed Sullivan , American entertainer, presenter and producer (born 1901)
- October 27: Paul Frankeur , French actor (* 1905)
November
- Helene Thimig , Austrian actress (* 1889) November 7th:
- November 13: Vittorio De Sica , Italian actor and director (* 1901)
- November 14: John Mack Brown , American actor (born 1904)
- November 15: Aud Egede-Nissen , Norwegian actress (* 1893)
- November 17th: Ursula Herking , German actress (* 1912)
December
- Hans Leibelt , German actor (* 1885) December 3:
- Pietro Germi , Italian director (* 1914) December 5:
- December 15: Anatole Litvak , Russian-American director (* 1902)
- December 17th: Paul Mederow , German actor (* 1887)
- December 21: Richard Long , American actor (born 1927)
- December 26: Farid el Atrache , Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and actor (* 1915)
- December 26th: Jack Benny , American comedian (* 1894)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The most successful films in Germany 1974. In: InsideKino. November 19, 2006, accessed November 14, 2018 .