Film year 1976
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Czech director Miloš Forman is the big winner of the 1976 Academy Awards . For One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , he receives the Oscar for directing. In addition, the film was named the best film of the year and received a total of five Academy Awards. | |
Events
- February 8 - World premiere of Taxi Driver (directed by Martin Scorsese ), one of the most important American films according to numerous critics.
- April 3 - The French César Film Prize is awarded for the first time. The first winner in the Best Film category is Robert Enrico with his film The Old Rifle .
- The Cairo International Film Festival takes place for the first time. It is the first film festival in the Middle East .
- Filming of Star Wars begins. George Lucas waived in favor of the rights Merchandising 500 000 USD of his salary.
- January - The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice are presented:
- Category - male movie stars: gold Terence Hill , silver Jan-Michael Vincent , bronze Louis de Funès
- Category - female film stars: Gold Ute Kittelberger , Silver Linda Blair , Bronze Christiane Gött
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. | Asterix conquers Rome | 5,600,000 |
2. | One flew over the cuckoo's nest | 6,427,000 |
3. | Breast or leg | 3,100,000 |
4th | King Kong | 3,000,000 |
5. | Bring the little English women | 2,500,000 |
6th | Hector, the knight without fear or rebuke | 1,800,000 |
7th | Mel Brooks' final craze: Silent Movie | 1,746,000 |
8th. | Battle for Midway | 1,550,000 |
9. | Family grave | 1,400,000 |
10. | Shame of the jungle | 1,331,000 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 24th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Miloš Forman
- Best Musical / Comedy: The Sunshine Boys by Herbert Ross
- Best Actor (Drama): Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actress (Drama): Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Ann-Margret in Tommy
- Best Supporting Actor: Richard Benjamin in The Sunshine Boys
- Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Vaccaro in Once is Not Enough
- Best director: Miloš Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best music: John Williams for Jaws
Academy Awards
The Oscars will be held on March 29 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
- Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Miloš Forman
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actress: Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best director: Miloš Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Supporting Actor: George Burns in The Sunshine Boys
- Best Supporting Actress: Lee Grant in Shampoo
- Best Cinematography: John Alcott for Barry Lyndon
- Best production design: Ken Adam for Barry Lyndon
- Best music: John Williams for Jaws
- Best Foreign Language Film: Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa
- Honorary Oscar: Mary Pickford
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1976
The festival starts on May 13th and ends on May 28th. The jury under President Tennessee Williams awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese
- Best Actor: José Luis Goméz in Life and Death of Pascual Duarte
- Best Actress: Dominique Sanda in The Legacy of Ferramonti and Mari Törõcsik in Ms. Dery, where are you going?
- Best director: Ettore Scola for the dirty, the ugly and the mean
Berlin International Film Festival 1976
The festival starts on June 25th and ends on July 6th. The jury under President Jerzy Kawalerowicz awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : Buffalo Bill and the Indians by Robert Altman
- Best Actor: Gerhard Olschewski in Lost Life
- Best actress: Jadwiga Barańska in Noce i dnie
- Best director: Mario Monicelli for Caro Michele
German film award
- Best Picture: There is peace in the land of Peter Lilienthal
- Best leading actress: Edith Clever for The Marquise von O. , Ulrike Luderer for Sternsteinhof and Angela Winkler for The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
- Best leading actor: Bruno Ganz for The Marquise von O. , Gerhard Olschewski for Lost Life and Karl Maria Schley for Mozart - Notes of a Youth
César
- Best Picture: The old gun by Robert Enrico
- Best director: Bertrand Tavernier for When the party begins ...
- Best Actor: Philippe Noiret for The Old Rifle
- Best leading actress: Romy Schneider for Nachtblende
- Best Supporting Actor: Jean Rochefort for When the Party Begins ...
- Best Supporting Actress: Marie-France Pisier for Cousin, Cousin
- Best Foreign Film: The Scent of Women by Dino Risi
British Academy Film Award
- Best film: Alice no longer lives here from Martin Scorsese
- Best directed by Stanley Kubrick for Barry Lyndon
- Best Actor: Al Pacino for Dog Days and The Godfather - Part II
- Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn for Alice doesn't live here anymore
- Best Supporting Actor: Fred Astaire for Flaming Inferno
- Best Supporting Actress: Diane Ladd for Alice doesn't live here anymore
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: The Untouchables by Alan J. Pakula
- Best Director: Alan J. Pakula for The Untouchables
- Best Actor: Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
- Best leading actress: Liv Ullmann in Face to Face
- Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards in The Untouchables
- Best Supporting Actress: Talia Shire in Rocky
National Board of Review
- Best Film: The Untouchables by Alan J. Pakula
- Best Director: Alan J. Pakula for The Untouchables
- Best Actor: David Carradine in This Land Is My Land
- Best leading actress: Liv Ullmann in Face to Face
- Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards in The Untouchables
- Best Supporting Actress: Talia Shire in Rocky
- Best foreign language film: The Marquise of O. by Éric Rohmer
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Film: Network by Sidney Lumet and Rocky by John G. Avildsen
- Best Director: Sidney Lumet for Network
- Best Actor: Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
- Best leading actress: Liv Ullmann in Face to Face
- Best Foreign Language Film: Face to Face by Ingmar Bergman
- Best offspring: Martin Scorsese and Jodie Foster for Taxi Driver
- Life's work: Allan Dwan
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : William Wyler
- David di Donatello : A Crazy Class Reunion , The Power and Its Prize (Best Italian Film) and Nashville (Best Foreign Film)
- Directors Guild of America Award : Miloš Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Murder on the Orient Express by Sidney Lumet
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Günter Lamprecht for The Baker's Bread
- Louis Delluc Prize : The Judge They Called Sheriff by Yves Boisset
- Nastro d'Argento : Profession: Reporter by Michelangelo Antonioni and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Miloš Forman
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Nashville by Robert Altman
- People's Choice Award : Jaws by Steven Spielberg (most popular film), John Wayne (most popular actor), Katharine Hepburn (most popular actress)
- Price of the German Film Critics : There is peace in the land of Peter Lilienthal
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : When the Gypsies Move ( The Gypsy Camp Moves to Heaven) by Emil Lotjanu (Golden Shell)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Hundstage (Best Original Screenplay-Drama), Shampoo (Best Original Screenplay-Comedy), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Best Adapted Screenplay-Drama), The Sunny Boys (Best Adapted Screenplay-Comedy), Michael Wilson (Lifetime Achievement )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Paz Vega , Spanish actress January 2nd:
- Nicholas Gonzalez , American actor January 3:
- August Diehl , German actor January 4th:
- January 13: Michael Peña , American actor
- January 13: Ross McCall , Scottish actor
- January 16: Eva Habermann , German actress and presenter
- January 18: Derek Richardson , American actor
- January 19: Marsha Thomason , British actress
- January 21: Lars Eidinger , German actor
February
- Isla Fisher , Australian actress February 3:
- Eihi Shiina , Japanese actress February 3:
- Daniel Wiemer , German actor and musician February 4th:
- Tony Jaa , Thai actor February 5th:
- Charlie Day , American actor and screenwriter February 9:
- February 10: Keeley Hawes , British actress
- February 11: Alexandra Neldel , German actress
- February 14th: Erica Leerhsen , American actress
- February 17: Kelly Carlson , American actress
- February 19: Maxime Chattam , French writer and actor
- February 22nd: Tamara Mello , American actress
- February 23: Kelly Macdonald , Scottish actress
- February 24th: Crista Flanagan , American actress
- February 25: Rashida Jones , American actress
- February 27: Rhea Harder-Vennewald , German actress
- February 28: Ali Larter , American actress
March
- Luke Mably , British film actor March 1:
- Neil Jackson , British actor and screenwriter March 5th:
- Freddie Prinze junior , American actor March 8:
- Nicole Kortlüke , German editor March 9:
- March 12th: Xaver Hutter , Austrian actor
- March 12th: Zhao Wei , Chinese actress and singer
- March 13: Danny Masterson , American actor
- March 14: Daniel Gillies , Canadian actor
- March 16: Paul Schneider , American actor
- March 17: Brittany Daniel , American actress
- March 19: Rachel Blanchard , Canadian actress
- March 19: David Dewaele , French actor († 2013)
- March 22nd: Jazsmin Lewis , American actress
- March 22: Reese Witherspoon , American actress
- March 23: Michelle Monaghan , American actress
- March 23: Keri Russell , American actress
- March 26: Amy Smart , American actress
- March 30th: Jessica Cauffiel , American actress
- March 30th: Anke Rähm , German actress
- March 31: Marcel Collé , German voice actor and dialogue director
April to June
April
- Thorsten Schorn , German moderator April 2:
- James Roday , American actor April 4:
- Jennipher Antoni , German actress April 6th:
- Candace Cameron , American actress April 6:
- Kevin Alejandro , American actor April 7:
- April 13: Glenn Howerton , American actor
- April 13: Jonathan Brandis , American actor († 2003)
- April 15: Susan Ward , American actress
- April 16: Lukas Haas , American actor
- April 16: Shu Qi , Taiwanese actress
- April 16: David Lyons , Australian actor
- April 17th: Anna Geislerová , Czech actress
- April 17: Monet Mazur , American actress
- April 17th: Maïwenn , French film actress, screenwriter and film director
- April 18: Rodrigo de la Serna , Argentine actor
- April 18: Tyrone Giordano , American actor
- April 18: Melissa Joan Hart , American actress
- April 18: Sean Maguire , British actor and singer
- April 20: Joey Lawrence , American actor
- April 23: Gabriel Damon , American actor
- April 27: Sally Hawkins , British actress
May
- Violante Placido , Italian actress and singer May 1st:
- Darius McCrary , American actor May 1:
- Sage Stallone , American actor and director († 2012) May 5:
- Carrie Henn , American child actress May 7:
- May 14: Benjamin Quabeck , German director
- May 14: Martine McCutcheon , British actress
- May 15: Claudia Brand , German actress
- May 21: Carlo Ljubek , German actor
- May 25: Erinn Hayes , American actress
- May 25: Cillian Murphy , Irish actor and screenwriter
- May 25: Ethan Suplee , American actor
- May 30: Omri Katz , American actor
- May 30th: Susu Padotzke , German actress
- May 31: Colin Farrell , Irish actor
June
- Pyotr Viktorovich Buslow , Russian director June 1:
- Eion Bailey , American actor June 8:
- June 10: Jeremy Saulnier , American director, cameraman and screenwriter
- June 16: Tom Lenk , American actor
- June 17th: Scott Adkins , British actor
- June 18: Alana de la Garza , American actress
- June 19: Ryan Hurst , American actor
- June 23: Emmanuelle Vaugier , Canadian actress
- June 24th: Sheetal Sheth , American actress
- June 29: Bret McKenzie , New Zealand actor and musician
July to September
July
- Andrea Barber , American actress July 3:
- Jamie Elman , Canadian-American actor July 5:
- Hamish Linklater , American actor July 7th:
- Bérénice Bejo , French actress July 7th:
- Fred Savage , American actor July 9:
- July 10: Adrian Grenier , American actor
- July 12th: Anna Friel , British actress
- July 14th: Kirsten Sheridan , Irish director and screenwriter
- July 15: Diane Kruger , German actress
- July 17: Dagmara Domińczyk , Polish-American actress
- July 18: Elsa Pataky , Spanish actress
- July 19: Vinessa Shaw , American actress
- July 19: Benedict Cumberbatch , British actor
- July 21: Jaime Murray , British actress
- July 24th: Laura Fraser , British actress
- July 25: Stéphane Rideau , French actor
- July 27: Seamus Dever , American actor
August
- Sam Worthington , Australian actor August 2nd:
- Melissa George , Australian actress August 6:
- Soleil Moon Frye , American actress and director August 6:
- Audrey Tautou , French actress August 9:
- Jessica Capshaw , American actress August 9:
- Rhona Mitra , British actress August 9:
- August 20: Kristen Miller , American actress
- August 22nd: James Dooley , American composer
- August 23: Scott Caan , American actor
- August 24: Alex O'Loughlin , Australian actor
- August 25: Alexander Skarsgård , Swedish actor and director
- August 26: Mike Colter , American actor
- August 27: Sarah Chalke , Canadian actress
- August 31: Lucas Gregorowicz , German-Polish actor
September
- Rebekah Johnson , American actress September 3:
- Ashley Jones , American actress September 3:
- Carice van Houten , Dutch actress September 5th:
- Naomie Harris , British actress September 6:
- Oliver Hudson , American actor September 7:
- Emma de Caunes , French actress September 9:
- September 11th: Steffen Lehmann , German
- September 15: Jonathan Liebesman , South African director
- September 19: Alison Sweeney , American actress
- September 20: Jon Bernthal , American actor
- September 20: Agata Buzek , Polish actress
- September 22nd: Sala Baker , New Zealand actor and stunt coordinator
- September 23: Kip Pardue , American actor
- September 25: Charlotte Ayanna , American actress
October to December
October
- Seann William Scott , American actor October 3:
- Alicia Silverstone , American actress October 4th:
- Nick Swardson , American actor October 9:
- Mia Aegerter , Swiss pop singer and actress October 9:
- October 11: Emily Deschanel , American actress
- October 14: Chang Chen , Taiwanese actor
- October 15: Jody Hill , American director and screenwriter
- October 16: Gil Kenan , American director
- October 19: Joy Bryant , American actress
- October 19: Desmond Harrington , American actor
- October 20: Dan Fogler , American actor, director and voice actor
- October 21: Andrew Scott , Irish actor
- October 23: Ryan Reynolds , Canadian actor
- October 31: Piper Perabo , American actress
November
- Logan Marshall-Green , American actor November 1:
- Justine Waddell , South African actress November 4th:
- Lluvia Rojo , Spanish actress November 6th:
- Wiley Wiggins , American actor November 6:
- November 10th: Tiziana Lodato , Italian actress
- November 12th: Anja Salomonowitz , Austrian director
- November 15th: Virginie Ledoyen , French actress
- November 15th: Claudia Llosa , Peruvian director and screenwriter
- November 16: Estíbaliz Gabilondo , Spanish actress
- November 17th: Beate Bille , Danish actress
- November 17: Brandon Call , American actor
- November 17th: Stefan Lampadius , German actor and filmmaker
- November 20: Laura Harris , Canadian actress
- November 27: Jaleel White , American actor
- November 28: Ryan Kwanten , Australian actor
- November 29: Anna Easteden , Finnish-American actress
- November 29: Anna Faris , American actress
December
- Dean O'Gorman , New Zealand actor December 1:
- Angela Wiederhut , German voice actress December 2nd:
- Amy Acker , American actress December 5th:
- Lindsay Price , American actress December 6th:
- Dominic Monaghan , British actor December 8th:
- December 10: Keith Robinson , American actor
- December 18: Koyuki , Japanese model and actress
- December 27: Aaron Stanford , American actor
- December 28: Joe Manganiello , American film actor
- December 29: Danny McBride , American screenwriter, producer, and actor
- December 29th: Clara Khoury , Israeli actress
Day unknown
- Hanno Olderdissen , German director
deceased
January to March
January
- Walter Janssen , German actor (* 1887) January 1:
- January 12th: Agatha Christie , British crime writer (* 1890)
- January 13: Margaret Leighton , British actress (born 1922)
- January 18: Friedrich Hollaender , German composer (* 1896)
- January 23: Paul Robeson , American singer and actor (* 1898)
- January 25: Johannes Meyer , German screenwriter and director (* 1888)
February
- Eduard Kubat , German producer and director (* 1891) February 2:
- Günther Stapenhorst , German producer (* 1883) February 2:
- February 11: Lee J. Cobb , American actor (born 1911)
- February 12: Sal Mineo , American actor (born 1939)
- February 15: María Corda , Hungarian silent film actress (* 1898)
- February 17th: Jean Servais , Belgian actor (* 1910)
- February 25: Paul May , Austrian director (* 1909)
- February 26: Frieda Inescort , British actress (* 1901)
March
- Charles Lederer , American screenwriter (* 1910) March 5:
- March 14: Busby Berkeley , American director (* 1895)
- March 17th: Luchino Visconti , Italian director (* 1906)
- March 19: Albert Dieudonné , French actor (* 1889)
- March 20: Paul Frank , Austrian screenwriter (* 1885)
- March 28: Richard Arlen , American actor (* 1900)
April to June
April
- Howard Hughes , American film producer and director (* 1905) April 5:
- April 12: Miriam Cooper , American silent film actress (* 1891)
- April 26: Sidney James , South African-British actor (* 1913)
- April 27: Carlos Villarias , American actor (* 1892)
May
- May 10: Viktoria von Ballasko , Austrian actress (* 1909)
- May 18: Hans Androschin , Austrian cameraman (* 1892)
- May 27: Hilde Hildebrand , German actress (* 1897)
June
- Victor Varconi , American actor (* 1891) June 6:
- Sybil Thorndike , British actress (* 1882) June 9th:
- June 10: Adolph Zukor , American film producer (* 1873)
- June 28: Stanley Baker , British actor (born 1927)
July to September
July
- July 12: James Wong Howe , American cameraman (* 1899)
- July 13: Carl Dreher , American sound engineer (* 1896)
- July 19: Gene Roth , American actor (born 1903)
- July 28: Lucie Mannheim , German actress (* 1899)
- July 28: Charlotte Susa , German actress (* 1898)
August
- Fritz Lang , Austrian director (* 1890) August 2nd:
- Lu Säuberlich , German actress (* 1911) August 5th:
- Winston Hibler , American screenwriter, film producer and director as well as actor and voiceover (* 1910) August 8:
- August 10: Ray Corrigan , American actor (born 1902)
- August 13: Viktor Tourjansky , Ukrainian director (* 1891)
- August 17: Murvyn Vye , American actor (born 1913)
- August 19: Alastair Sim , British actor (born 1900)
- August 22nd: Anton Profes , Austrian hit and film composer (* 1896)
- August 28: Anissa Jones , American actress (* 1958)
September
- September 10: Dalton Trumbo , American screenwriter (* 1905)
- September 30th: Paul Dehn , British screenwriter and producer (* 1912)
October to December
October
- Barbara Nichols , American actress (* 1929) October 5:
- October 14: Edith Evans , British actress (* 1888)
- October 18: Giorgos Tzavellas , Greek director, actor and author (* 1916)
November
- Massimo Dallamano , Italian director (* 1917) November 4:
- November 15: Jean Gabin , French actor (* 1904)
- November 22nd: Rupert Davies , British actor (born 1916)
- November 23: André Malraux , French screenwriter and director (* 1901)
- November 28: Rosalind Russell , American actress (* 1907)
- November 30th: Fritz Rasp , German actor (* 1891)
December
- Jane Marken , French actress (* 1895) December 1:
- December 12: Jack Cassidy , American actor (born 1927)
- December 16: Ilse Fürstenberg , German actress (* 1907)
- December 17: Vladimir Gaidarov , Russian actor (* 1893)
- December 19: Kurt Lieck , German actor and radio play speaker (* 1899)
- December 19: Jack Trevor , British actor (* 1893)
- December 29: Karl Meixner , Austrian actor (* 1903)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The most successful films in Germany 1976. In: InsideKino. November 19, 2006, accessed November 24, 2018 .