Film year 1978
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Woody Allen received an Oscar for best director and best original screenplay this year for his film Der Stadtneurotiker . | |
Events
- October 25: World premiere of Halloween - The Night of Horror (Director: John Carpenter ). This film is considered to be the pioneer of the slasher film subgenre .
- The first Sundance Film Festival takes place, under the name "Utah / US Film Festival" , held
- Charles Chaplin's coffin is stolen 3 months after his funeral.
- The US Supreme Court publishes a list of words that should not be said in films.
- After differences with the parent company Transamerica Corporation , the managers Arthur Krim , Robert Benjamin and Eric Pleskow left the film company United Artists and founded the Orion Pictures Corporation .
- January - The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice are presented:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold Pierre Brice , Silver Leif Garrett , Bronze Terence Hill
- Category - female film stars: gold Nastassja Kinski , silver Uschi Glas , bronze Romy Schneider
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. | war of stars | 8,021,000 |
2. | Two cannot be stopped | 4,900,000 |
3. | Grease | 5,300,000 |
4th | They called him mosquito | 4,450,000 |
5. | Saturday night only | 4,300,000 |
6th | The wild geese are coming | 3,900,000 |
7th | Convoy | 3,600,000 |
8th. | Close encounter of the third kind | 3,300,000 |
9. | Flat feet in Africa | 3,150,000 |
10. | The cross head | 3,100,000 |
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: At the turning point by Herbert Ross
- Best Musical / Comedy: The Goodbye by Herbert Ross
- Best Actor (Drama): Richard Burton in Equus
- Best Actress (Drama): Jane Fonda in Julia
- Best actor (musical / comedy): Richard Dreyfuss in Der Unterermieter
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Diane Keaton in Der Stadtneurotiker and Marsha Mason in Der Untertenieter
- Best Supporting Actor: Peter Firth in Equus - Blind Horses
- Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave in Julia
- Best director: Herbert Ross for Am Wendpunkt
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Red Skelton
Academy Awards
The Oscars will be held on April 3rd at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles .
- Best film: The Urban Neurotic by Charles H. Joffe
- Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss in The Subtenant
- Best Actress: Diane Keaton in Der Stadtneurotiker
- Best Director: Woody Allen for Der Stadtneurotiker
- Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards in Julia
- Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave in Julia
- Best camera: Vilmos Zsigmond for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Best Production Design: Jonathan Barry , Norman Reynolds , Leslie Dilley , Roger Christian for Star Wars - Star Wars
- Best Score: John Williams for Star Wars
- Best foreign language film: Madame Rosa by Moshé Mizrahi ( France )
- Honorary Oscar: Margaret Booth
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1978
The festival starts on May 16 and ends on May 30. The jury under President Alan J. Pakula awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi
- Best Actor: Jon Voight in Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman and Isabelle Huppert in Violette Nozière
- Best director: Nagisa Ōshima for In the Realm of Passion
Berlin International Film Festival 1978
The festival starts on February 22nd and ends on March 5th. The jury under President Patricia Highsmith awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : Las Truchas by José Luis García Sánchez
- Best Actor: Craig Russell in Freaked Out
- Best Actress: Gena Rowlands in Opening Night
- Best director: Georgi Djulgerov for The Advantage
German film award
- Best film: The Glass Cell by Hans W. Geißendörfer
- Best director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder for Despair - A Journey into the Light and Wim Wenders for The American Friend
- Best Actress: Tina Engel for The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
- Best Actor: Peter Kern for Flammende Herzen and Hitler, a film from Germany and Rio Reiser for Johnny West
César
- Best film: Providence by Alain Resnais
- Best Director: Alain Resnais for Providence
- Best Actor: Jean Rochefort for Der Haudegen
- Best leading actress: Simone Signoret for Madame Rosa
- Best Supporting Actor: Jacques Dufilho for Der Haudegen
- Best Supporting Actress: Marie Dubois for Giant Wages
- Best Foreign Film: A Special Day by Ettore Scola
British Academy Film Award
- Best Picture: The city € sufferers of Woody Allen
- Best director: Woody Allen for Der Stadtneurotiker
- Best Actor: Peter Finch for Network
- Best Actress: Diane Keaton for Der Stadtneurotiker
- Best Supporting Actor: Edward Fox for The Arnhem Bridge
- Best Supporting Actress: Geraldine Chaplin for Welcome to Los Angeles
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Those Going Through Hell by Michael Cimino
- Best director: Terrence Malick for In der Glut des Südens
- Best Actor: Jon Voight in Coming Home
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in Herbstsonate
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken in Going Through Hell
- Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton in Inner Life
- Best foreign film: Bread and Chocolate by Franco Brusati
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: In the Embers of the South by Terrence Malick
- Best director: Ingmar Bergman for Herbstsonate
- Best Actor: Laurence Olivier in The Boys from Brazil and Jon Voight in Coming Home
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in Herbstsonate
- Best Supporting Actor: Richard Farnsworth in A Farm in Montana
- Best Supporting Actress: Angela Lansbury in Death on the Nile
- Best foreign language film: Autumn Sonata by Ingmar Bergman
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Picture: Coming Home - return home of Hal Ashby
- Best director: Michael Cimino for Those Going Through Hell
- Best Actor: Jon Voight in Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Coming Home and A Farm in Montana
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Morley in Die Schlemmer Orgy
- Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton in Inner Life and Mona Washbourne in Stevie
- Best foreign language film: Madame Rosa by Moshé Mizrahi
- Life's work: Orson Welles
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Henry Fonda
- David di Donatello : In nome del papa re , A Man of Iron and Steel (Best Italian Film) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Best Foreign Film)
- German critic award : Josef Rödl
- Directors Guild of America Award : Woody Allen for Der Stadtneurotiker , David Butler (Lifetime Achievement)
- Evening Standard British Film Award : The Arnhem Bridge by Richard Attenborough
- Gilde-Filmpreis : Der Stadtneurotiker by Woody Allen (best foreign film) and Der Mädchenkrieg by Alf Brustellin and Bernhard Sinkel (best German film)
- Louis Delluc Prize : The Others' Money by Christian de Chalonge
- Nastro d'Argento : Padre Padrone - My father, my lord from Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and Julia from Fred Zinnemann
- National Society of Film Critics Award : The Urban Neurotic by Woody Allen
- People's Choice Award : Star Wars by George Lucas (Most Popular Film), John Wayne (Most Popular Actor), Barbra Streisand (Most Popular Actress)
- Polish Film Festival Gdynia : Pasja by Stanisław Różewicz and Without anesthesia by Andrzej Wajda
- German Film Critics' Prize : The Little Godard by Hellmuth Costard
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Alambrista by Robert M. Young
- Toronto International Film Festival : Girlfriends by Claudia Weill (Audience Award)
- Writers Guild of America Award: Am Wendpunkt (Best Original Screenplay, Drama), Der Stadtneurotiker (Best Original Screenplay, Comedy), Julia (Best Adapted Screenplay, Drama), Oh, Gott (Best Adapted Screenplay, Comedy)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Vidya Balan , Indian actress January 1st:
- January Jones , American actress January 5th:
- America Olivo , American actress January 5th:
- January 14th: Kuno Becker , Mexican actor
- January 14th: Sage Brocklebank , Canadian actor
- January 15: Eddie Cahill , American actor
- January 20: Omar Sy , French actor and comedian
- January 24: Kristen Schaal , American actress, writer, and comedian
- January 24th: Mark Hildreth , Canadian actor and musician
- January 26: Kelly Stables , American actress
February
- Rich Sommer , American actor February 2:
- Bárbara Mori , Uruguayan-Mexican actress February 2:
- Eliza Schneider , American actress and voice actress February 3:
- Ashton Kutcher , American actor and show presenter February 7:
- February 10: Suzanne Davis , American actress
- February 11: Lymari Nadal , Puerto Rican actress
- February 20: Lauren Ambrose , American actress
- February 20: Jay Hernández , American actor
- February 20: Julia Jentsch , German actress
- February 24: Nicole Lyn , Canadian actress
- February 28: Geoffrey Arend , American actor
March
- Jensen Ackles , American actor March 1:
- Sarah Jung , Austrian actress March 1st:
- Aarti Mann , American actress March 3:
- Magdalena Mielcarz , Polish actress March 3rd:
- Nick Zano , American actor and model March 8:
- March 16: Brooke Burns , American actress
- March 19: Virginia Williams , American actress
- March 21: Rani Mukerji , Indian actress
- March 23: Anastasia Griffith , British actress
- March 23: Nicholle Tom , American actress
- March 28: Bernd Faerber , German actor
- March 31: Daniel Mays , British actor
April to June
April
- Anamaria Marinca , Romanian actress April 1st:
- JJ Feild , British-American actor April 1:
- Jaime Ray Newman , American actress April 2:
- Matthew Goode , British actor April 3:
- Rachel Roberts , Canadian model and actress April 8:
- Verena Mundhenke , German actress, director and model April 9:
- April 11: Brett Claywell , American actor
- April 12: Riley Smith , American actor
- April 13: Gerti Drassl , South Tyrolean film and theater actress
- April 13: Kyle Howard , American actor
- April 16: Nikki Griffin , American actress
- April 19: James Franco , American actor
- April 21: Glen Berry , British actor
- April 22nd: Manu Intiraymi , American actor
- April 26: Stana Katić , Canadian actress
- April 26: Anna Mouglalis , French actress and model
- April 26: Tyler Labine , Canadian actor
- April 28: Nate Richert , American actor
- April 29th: Gernot Haas , Austrian actor
May
- James Badge Dale , American actor May 1:
- Bárbara Elorrieta , Spanish actress May 5th:
- Santiago Cabrera , Chilean actor May 5th:
- Matthew Davis , American actor May 8:
- Josie Maran , American model and actress May 8:
- Daniel Franzese , American actor May 9:
- May 10: Corri English , American actress
- May 10: Kenan Thompson , American actor and comedian
- May 11th: Laetitia Casta , French model and actress
- May 11: Warren Brown , British actor
- May 12: Malin Åkerman , Swedish-Canadian actress
- May 12: Jason Biggs , American actor
- May 15: Caroline Dhavernas , Canadian actress
- May 15: David Krumholtz , American actor
- May 16: Jim Sturgess , British actor
- May 17: Kat Foster , American actress
- May 21: Briana Banks , American porn actress
- May 22: Ginnifer Goodwin , American actress
- May 23: Jesse Heiman , American actor
- May 24: Bryan Greenberg , American actor
- May 26: Benji Gregory , American actor
June
- Dominic Cooper , British actor June 2nd:
- Nikki Cox , American actress June 2:
- Justin Long , American actor June 2:
- Judith Barsi , American child actress († 1988) June 6:
- Bill Hader , American actor June 7:
- Mini Andes , Swedish supermodel and actress June 7th:
- Maria Menounos , American actress June 8:
- Michaela Conlin , American actress June 9:
- June 10: DJ Qualls , American actor
- June 10: Shane West , American actor and musician
- June 11: Joshua Jackson , Canadian actor
- June 13: Hilde Dalik , Austrian actress
- June 13: Ethan Embry , American actor
- June 14: Diablo Cody , American screenwriter
- June 16: Daniel Brühl , German actor
- June 18: Emma Heming , British actress and model
- June 19: Mía Maestro , Argentine actress
- June 19: Zoë Saldaña , American actress
- June 20: Quinton Jackson , American mixed martial arts fighter and actor
- June 21: Luke Kirby , Canadian actor
- June 21: Erica Durance , Canadian actress
- June 23: Isabella Leong , Chinese actress and musician
- June 28: Camille Guaty , American actress
- June 29: Nicole Scherzinger , American dancer, actress and singer
July to September
July
- Owain Yeoman , British-Welsh actor July 2nd:
- Ian Anthony Dale , American actor July 3:
- Becki Newton , American actress July 4th:
- Eve Myles , Welsh actress July 8:
- Linda Park , American actress July 9:
- July 12: Topher Grace , American actor
- July 12: Michelle Rodríguez , American actress
- July 13: Tatiana Čecháková-Vilhelmová , Czech actress
- July 17: Katharine Towne , American actress
- July 20: Charlie Korsmo , American actor
- July 21: Justin Bartha , American actor
- July 21: Josh Hartnett , American actor
- July 22: AJ Cook , Canadian actress
- July 23: Sheila Mello , Brazilian dancer, actress and model
August
- Suzana Alves , Brazilian actress, singer and dancer August 3rd:
- Cirroc Lofton , American actor and rapper August 7:
- Daniela Denby-Ashe , British actress August 9:
- August 10: Leo Fitzpatrick , American actor
- August 17: Ebon Moss-Bachrach , American actor
- August 18: Andy Samberg , American actor and comedian
- August 19: Michelle Borth , American actress
- August 20: Noah Bean , American actor
- August 21: Marinko Madžgalj , Serbian actor and screenwriter († 2016)
- August 22nd: Malin Crépin , Swedish actress
- August 24: Beth Riesgraf , American actress
- August 26: Amanda Schull , American actress
- August 28: Kelly Overton , American actress, screenwriter, and producer
September
- Nick Wechsler , American actor September 3:
- Wes Bentley , American actor September 4th:
- Yu Nan , Chinese actress September 5:
- Laura Bertram , Canadian actress September 5:
- Devon Sawa , Canadian actor September 7:
- September 12: Sverrir Gudnason , Swedish actor
- September 12: Benjamin McKenzie , American actor
- September 13: Megan Henning , American actress
- September 16: Michael Mosley , American actor
- September 21: Paulo Costanzo , Canadian actor
- September 22: Daniella Alonso , American actress
- September 23: Keri Lynn Pratt , American actress
- September 25: Rossif Sutherland , Canadian actor
October to December
October
- Christian Coulson , British actor October 3rd:
- Shannyn Sossamon , American actress October 3:
- Mark Day , British film editor October 4th:
- Omar Benson Miller , American actor October 7:
- October 10: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe , American actress
- October 11: Trevor Donovan , American actor
- October 14: Usher Raymond , American R&B singer and actor
- October 17th: Erin Karpluk , Canadian actress
- October 21: Will Estes , American actor
- October 21: Michael McMillian , American actor
- October 25: Zachary Knighton , American actor
- October 27: David Walton , American actor
- October 28: Marta Etura , Spanish actress
- October 30: Matthew Morrison , American musical performer and actor
November
- Mary Kate Schellhardt , American actress November 1:
- Whit Hertford , American actor November 2:
- Taryn Manning , American actress November 6:
- Keir O'Donnell , American actor November 8:
- November 10: Eve , American rapper and actress
- November 12th: Ashley Williams , American actress
- November 12: Alexandra Maria Lara , German-Romanian actress
- November 14th: Delphine Chanéac , French actress
- November 17: Rachel McAdams , Canadian actress
- November 17: Tom Ellis , Welsh actor
- November 17th: Zoë Bell , New Zealand stunt woman and actress
- November 20: Nadine Velazquez , Puerto Rican-American actress and model
- November 22nd: Leo Gregory , British actor
- November 24th: Katherine Heigl , American actress
- November 27th: Unax Ugalde , Spanish actor
- November 28: Aimee Garcia , American actress
- November 29: Lauren German , American actress
- November 30th: Gael García Bernal , Mexican actor
December
- Karen Denise Aubert , American actress December 6:
- Shiri Appleby , American actress December 7th:
- Jeff Nichols , American screenwriter and director December 7th:
- Ian Somerhalder , American actor December 8:
- Jesse Metcalfe , American actor December 9:
- December 10th: Summer Phoenix , American actress
- December 16: Joe Absolom , British actor
- December 18: Katie Holmes , American actress
- December 20: Amanda Swisten , American actress
- December 23: Estella Warren , Canadian actress
- December 25: Jeremy Strong , American actor
- December 27: Lisa Jakub , Canadian actress
- December 29th: Ali Hillis , American actress
- December 30th: Tyrese Gibson , African-American R&B singer, rapper, actor, and model
deceased
January to March
January
- Alfred Braun , German actor, director and screenwriter (* 1888) January 3:
- January 11th: Michael Bates , British actor (* 1920)
- January 14th: Blossom Rock , American actress (* 1895)
- January 17th: Nino Giannini , Italian film and dubbing director (* 1894)
- January 18: Carl Betz , American actor (* 1921)
- January 21: William Girdler , American director, screenwriter and producer (born 1947)
- January 23: Jack Oakie , American actor (born 1903)
- January 24th: Friedrich Porges , Austrian-American film journalist and screenwriter (* 1890)
- January 25: Else Reval , German actress (* 1893)
- January 26: Leo Genn , British actor (born 1905)
- January 27: Oskar Homolka , Austrian actor (* 1898)
February
- Wendy Barrie , British actress (born 1912) February 2:
- February 15: Josef Pelz von Felinau , actor, screenplay and radio play author (* 1895)
- February 18: Maggie McNamara , American actress (* 1928)
- February 28: Philip Ahn , American actor (* 1905)
March
- March 13: John Cazale , American actor (born 1935)
- March 15: Valeska Gert , German actress (* 1892)
- March 17: Leigh Brackett , American writer and screenwriter (* 1915)
- March 25: Hanna Ralph , German actress (* 1888)
April to June
April
- Michael Wilson , American screenwriter (born 1914) April 9:
- April 13: Paul McGrath , American actor (born 1904)
- April 17: Ewald Balser , German actor (* 1898)
- April 22: Will Geer , American actor (* 1902)
- April 23: Franz Loskarn , German actor (* 1890)
- April 24: John Carroll , American actor (born 1906)
- April 28: Russell Metty , American cameraman (* 1906)
May
- A. Arnold Gillespie , American production designer and special effects expert (* 1899) May 3:
- Lu Synd , German actress (* 1886) May 5:
- Loyal Griggs , American cameraman (* 1906) May 6:
- May 29: Sy Bartlett , American screenwriter (born 1900)
June
- Leopold Rudolf , Austrian actor (* 1911) June 4th:
- June 20: Mark Robson , Canadian director (born 1913)
- June 23: Leonore Ehn , Austrian actress (* 1888)
- June 29: Bob Crane , American actor (born 1928)
July to September
July
- James Daly , American actor (born 1918) July 3:
- July 17: Thayer David , American actor (born 1927)
- July 31: Werner Finck , German actor and cabaret artist (* 1902)
August
- August 11: Heinz Lanker , German actor (* 1916)
- August 16: Jean Acker , American actress (* 1892)
- August 26: Charles Boyer , French actor (* 1899)
- August 28: Robert Shaw , British actor and writer (born 1927)
- August 29: Karl Hartl , Austrian director (* 1899)
- August 31: Lee Garmes , American cameraman (* 1898)
September
- Jürgen Feindt , German dancer and actor (* 1935) September 9:
- September 11th: OE Hasse , German actor (* 1903)
- September 21: Peter Vogel , German actor (* 1937)
- September 22: Lina Carstens , German actress (* 1892)
- September 30th: Edgar Bergen , American actor (* 1903)
October to December
October
- Karl Swenson , American actor (* 1908) October 8:
- Jacques Brel , Belgian singer and actor (* 1929) October 9:
- October 10: John Randolph Bray , American cartoon pioneer (* 1879)
- October 10: Kathryn McGuire , American actress (* 1903)
- October 16: Dan Dailey , American actor (born 1913)
- October 19: Gig Young , American actor (born 1913)
- October 20: Salka Viertel , Austrian-American actress and screenwriter (* 1889)
- October 23: HAL Craig , Irish screenwriter (born 1921)
- October 26: Irmin Roberts , American cameraman (* 1904)
- October 28: Geoffrey Unsworth , British cameraman (* 1914)
- October 30: Brian Hayles , British screenwriter (born 1930)
November
- Giuseppe Berto , Italian screenwriter (* 1914) November 2:
- November 10: Theo Lingen , German actor (* 1903)
- November 12th: Ernst Matray , Hungarian actor, director and choreographer (* 1891)
- November 16: Claude Dauphin , French actor (* 1903)
- November 28: André Morell , British actor (* 1909)
December
- Albrecht Schoenhals , German actor (* 1888) December 4:
- December 10: Fausto Tozzi , Italian actor (* 1921)
- December 10: Ed Wood , American director (born 1924)
- December 12th: Fay Compton , British actress (* 1894)
- December 15: Chill Wills , American actor (born 1903)
- December 22nd: Rochus Gliese , German set designer and director (* 1891)
- December 27: Egon von Jordan , Austrian actor (* 1902)
- December 28: Vera Altaiskaja , Russian actress (* 1919)
- December 29: Orville O. Dull , American director and producer (* 1888)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The most successful films in Germany 1978. In: InsideKino. November 19, 2006, accessed November 24, 2018 .