Film year 1976

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Film year 1976
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
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

Paz Vega (born January 2)

Ali Larter (born February 28)

Reese Witherspoon (born March 22nd)

Amy Smart (born March 26)

Sally Hawkins (born April 27)

Cillian Murphy (born May 25)

Colin Farrell (born May 31)

Bérénice Bejo (born July 7th)

Diane Kruger (born July 15)

Jaime Murray (born July 21)

Sam Worthington (born August 2)

Audrey Tautou (born August 9)

January

0January 2nd: Paz Vega , Spanish actress
0January 3: Nicholas Gonzalez , American actor
0January 4th: August Diehl , German actor
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

0February 3: Isla Fisher , Australian actress
0February 3: Eihi Shiina , Japanese actress
0February 4th: Daniel Wiemer , German actor and musician
0February 5th: Tony Jaa , Thai actor
0February 9: Charlie Day , American actor and screenwriter
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

0March 1: Luke Mably , British film actor
0March 5th: Neil Jackson , British actor and screenwriter
0March 8: Freddie Prinze junior , American actor
0March 9: Nicole Kortlüke , German editor
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

0April 2: Thorsten Schorn , German moderator
0April 4: James Roday , American actor
0April 6th: Jennipher Antoni , German actress
0April 6: Candace Cameron , American actress
0April 7: Kevin Alejandro , American actor
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

0May 1st: Violante Placido , Italian actress and singer
0May 1: Darius McCrary , American actor
0May 5: Sage Stallone , American actor and director († 2012)
0May 7: Carrie Henn , American child actress
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

0June 1: Pyotr Viktorovich Buslow , Russian director
0June 8: Eion Bailey , American actor
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

0July 3: Andrea Barber , American actress
0July 5: Jamie Elman , Canadian-American actor
0July 7th: Hamish Linklater , American actor
0July 7th: Bérénice Bejo , French actress
0July 9: Fred Savage , American actor
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

0August 2nd: Sam Worthington , Australian actor
0August 6: Melissa George , Australian actress
0August 6: Soleil Moon Frye , American actress and director
0August 9: Audrey Tautou , French actress
0August 9: Jessica Capshaw , American actress
0August 9: Rhona Mitra , British actress
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

0September 3: Rebekah Johnson , American actress
0September 3: Ashley Jones , American actress
0September 5th: Carice van Houten , Dutch actress
0September 6: Naomie Harris , British actress
0September 7: Oliver Hudson , American actor
0September 9: Emma de Caunes , French actress
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

Alicia Silverstone (born October 4th)

Ryan Reynolds (born October 23)

Anna Faris (born November 29)

October

0October 3: Seann William Scott , American actor
0October 4th: Alicia Silverstone , American actress
0October 9: Nick Swardson , American actor
0October 9: Mia Aegerter , Swiss pop singer and actress
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

0November 1: Logan Marshall-Green , American actor
0November 4th: Justine Waddell , South African actress
0November 6th: Lluvia Rojo , Spanish actress
0November 6: Wiley Wiggins , American actor
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

0December 1: Dean O'Gorman , New Zealand actor

0December 2nd: Angela Wiederhut , German voice actress
0December 5th: Amy Acker , American actress
0December 6th: Lindsay Price , American actress
0December 8th: Dominic Monaghan , British actor
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