Film year 1979
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The American actor John Wayne died on June 11, 1979 at the age of 72 after a long period of cancer . | |
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of November 21, 2018):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Louis' eerie encounter with the aliens | 5,600,000 |
2. | The crocodile and his hippo | 5,350,000 |
3. | James Bond 007 - Moonraker - Top Secret | 5,300,000 |
4th | Superman | 4,153,000 |
5. | The Tin Drum | 3,918,901 |
6th | Apocalypse Now | 3,366,675 |
7th | zombie | 3,150,000 |
8th. | The big one with his extraterrestrial little one | 3,100,000 |
9. | The greyhound | 3,000,000 |
10. | A cage full of fools | 2,650,000 |
Events
- May 3rd: World premiere of Die Blechtrommel (Direction: Volker Schlöndorff ). The work, created as an international co-production, is the first German film to be awarded an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
- May 25: World premiere of Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world (Director: Ridley Scott ). With Sigourney Weaver as Ripley , a woman made her breakthrough in the action genre for the first time .
- The brothers Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein found the film production company Miramax Films .
- George Harrison founds the film production company HandMade Films to take over the film production of The Life of Brian .
- The first Star Trek movie, Star Trek: The Movie , launches December 7th in the US
- January - The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1978 are presented:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold John Travolta , Silver Bud Spencer , Bronze Pierre Brice
- Category - female film stars: gold Nastassja Kinski , silver Olivia Pascal , bronze Karen Lynn Corney
- December - The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1979 are presented:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold John Travolta, Silver Bud Spencer, Bronze Roger Moore
- Category - female film stars: gold Olivia Pascal, silver Nastassja Kinski, bronze Elizabeth Taylor
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 27 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: Midnight Express by Alan Parker
- Best Musical / Comedy: Heaven Should Wait by Warren Beatty
- Best Actor (Drama): Jon Voight in Coming Home
- Best Actress (Drama): Jane Fonda in Coming Home
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Warren Beatty in Heaven Shall Wait
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Maggie Smith in California Suite and Ellen Burstyn in Same Time, Next Year
- Best Supporting Actor: John Hurt in Midnight Express
- Best Supporting Actress: Dyan Cannon in Heaven Should Wait
- Best Director: Michael Cimino for Those Going Through Hell
- Best music: Giorgio Moroder for Midnight Express
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Lucille Ball
Academy Awards
The Oscars will be held on April 9th at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles .
- Best Picture: Those Going Through Hell by Barry Spikings ; Michael Deeley ; Michael Cimino ; John Peverall
- Best Actor: Jon Voight in Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Coming Home
- Best Director: Michael Cimino for Those Going Through Hell
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken in Going Through Hell
- Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith in The Mad California Hotel
- Best camera: Néstor Almendros for In der Glut des Südens
- Best production design: Paul Sylbert ; Edwin O'Donovan ; George Gaines for Heaven Should Wait
- Best score: Giorgio Moroder for 12 noon - Midnight Express
- Best foreign language film: Wife to be given away by Bertrand Blier ( France )
- Honorary Oscar: Museum of Modern Art , Laurence Olivier , Walter Lantz , King Vidor
Complete list of award winners
International Cannes Film Festival 1979
The festival starts on May 10th and ends on May 24th. The jury under President Françoise Sagan awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff and the Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola, which was still unfinished at the time
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome
- Best Actress: Sally Field in Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband
- Best director: Terrence Malick for In der Glut des Südens
Berlin International Film Festival 1979
The festival starts on February 20th and ends on March 3rd. The jury under President Julie Christie awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : David by Peter Lilienthal
- Best Actor: Michele Placido in Ernesto
- Best actress: Hanna Schygulla in Maria Braun's marriage
- Best director: Astrid Henning-Jensen for winter children
German film award
- Best film: The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff
- Best director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder for the marriage of Maria Braun and Werner Schroeter for Neapolitan stories
- Best leading actress: Hanna Schygulla and Gisela Uhlen for The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Best Actor: Klaus Kinski for Nosferatu - Phantom of the Night and Walter Taub for David
César
- Best Film: The Others' Money by Christian de Chalonge
- Best director: Christian de Chalonge for The Money of Others
- Best Actor: Michel Serrault for A Cage Full of Fools
- Best Actress: Romy Schneider for A Simple Story
- Best Supporting Actor: Jacques Villeret for A Man Seeks a Woman
- Best supporting actress: Stéphane Audran for Violette Nozière
- Best Foreign Film: The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi
British Academy Film Award
- Best film: Julia by Fred Zinnemann
- Best Director: Alan Parker for 12 PM - Midnight Express
- Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss for The Subtenant
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda for Julia
- Best Supporting Actor: John Hurt for 12 PM - Midnight Express
- Best Supporting Actress: Geraldine Page for Inner Life
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: Kramer versus Kramer by Robert Benton
- Best director: Woody Allen for Manhattan
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actress: Sally Field in Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband
- Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas in Welcome Mr. Chance
- Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Best Foreign Film: The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: Manhattan by Woody Allen
- Best director: John Schlesinger for Yanks - Yesterday we were still strangers
- Best Actor: Peter Sellers in Welcome Mr. Chance
- Best Actress: Sally Field in Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband
- Best Supporting Actor: Paul Dooley in Four Crazy Types - We Can All, Nobody Can
- Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep in Kramer versus Kramer , Manhattan and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Best Foreign Language Film: A Cage Full of Fools by Édouard Molinaro
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best film: Kramer versus Kramer by Robert Benton
- Best director: Robert Benton for Kramer versus Kramer
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actress: Sally Field in Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband
- Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas in Welcome Mr. Chance and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep in Kramer versus Kramer , Manhattan and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Soldier of Orange by Paul Verhoeven
- Life's work: John Huston
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Alfred Hitchcock
- Bodil : Honeymoon by Bille August
- David di Donatello : Christ only came to Eboli , The Wooden Shoe Tree , Forget Venice (Best Italian Film) and Tree of Desires (Best Foreign Film)
- German Critics' Prize : Frank Beyer
- Directors Guild of America Award : Michael Cimino for Those Who Go Through Hell
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Michael Günther and Elisabeth Bergner for The Whitsun excursion
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Star Wars by George Lucas
- Gilde Film Prize : Coming Home - You are returning home from Hal Ashby (gold foreign film), The lace maker from Claude Goretta (silver foreign film), Die lefthand Frau von Peter Handke (gold German film), knife in the head by Reinhard Hauff (silver German film)
- Louis Delluc Prize : The King and the Bird by Paul Grimault
- Nastro d'Argento : The wooden shoe tree by Ermanno Olmi and Herbstsonate by Ingmar Bergman
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Wife to be given away by Bertrand Blier
- People's Choice Award : Grease by Randal Kleiser (most popular musical film), I believe a horse kicks me by John Landis (most popular film), Burt Reynolds (most popular leading actor), Olivia Newton-John (most popular leading actress), Jerry Reed ( Most Popular Supporting Actor), Stockard Channing (Most Popular Supporting Actress)
- German Film Critics' Prize : The End of the Rainbow by Uwe Friessner
- Toronto International Film Festival : Best Boy by Ira Wohl (Audience Award)
- World Film Festival : 1 + 1 = 3 by Heidi Genée (Grand Prix of the Americas)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Coming Home (Best Original Screenplay, Drama), Movie Movie (Best Original Screenplay, Comedy), 12:00 PM - Midnight Express (Best Adapted Screenplay, Drama), Heaven Shall Wait (Best Adapted Screenplay , Comedy), Neil Simon (life's work)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Sarah Polley , Canadian actress January 8:
- Joshua Harto , American actor January 9:
- Christopher Schärf , Austrian actor January 9:
- January 10: Maximilian Brückner , German actor
- January 18: David Lago , American actor
- January 25: Christine Lakin , American actress
- January 27: Rosamund Pike , British actress
- January 28: Angelique Cabral , American actress
- January 29: Andrew Keegan , American actor
- January 29th: Francesco D'Macho , Italian porn actor
February
- Ana Alexander , Serbian-American actress and model February 1:
- Rachelle Lefèvre , Canadian actress February 1:
- Angelika Niedetzky , Austrian actress February 2:
- Cerina Vincent , American actress February 7:
- Zhang Ziyi , Chinese actress February 9:
- February 11: Brandy Norwood , American actress and singer
- February 13: Mena Suvari , American actress
- February 14: Jocelyn Quivrin , French actor († 2009)
- February 19: Caroline Chikezie , British actress
- February 21: Jennifer Love Hewitt , American actress
- February 21: Tobias Müller , German voice actor
- February 27: Alba Rohrwacher , Italian actress
March
- Riki Lindhome , American actress March 5:
- Nick Zano , American actor March 8:
- March 10: Bianca Lawson , American actress
- March 14: Chris Klein , American actor
- March 15: Pollyanna McIntosh , British actress
- March 18: Danneel Harris , American actress
- March 19: Christoph Kornschober , Austrian actor
- March 20: Freema Agyeman , British actress
- March 24: Lake Bell , American actress
- March 25: Lee Pace , American actor
- March 26: Manuel Rubey , Austrian actor
- March 30: Jose Pablo Cantillo , American actor
April to June
April
- Lindy Booth , Canadian actress April 2:
- Heath Ledger , Australian actor († 2008) April 4:
- Natasha Lyonne , American actress April 4:
- Ben Silverstone , British actor April 9:
- April 12: Claire Danes , American actress
- April 12: Jennifer Morrison , American actress
- April 17th: Ken Duken , German actor
- April 18: Peter Hümmeler , German director
- April 19: Kate Hudson , American actress
- April 21: James McAvoy , British actor
- April 23: Jaime King , American actress
- April 25: Giuseppe Andrews , American actor
- April 26: Sara Downing , American actress
May
- Vincent Kartheiser , American actor May 5:
- Rosario Dawson , American actress May 9:
- May 12: Aaron Yoo , American actor
- May 14: Jamie Draven , British actor
- May 20: Jana Pallaske , German actress
- May 22: Maggie Q , American actress
- May 23: Stacey Cadman , British actress
- May 25: Corbin Allred , American actor
- May 26: Elisabeth Harnois , American actress
- May 28: Jesse Bradford , American actor
- May 28: Monica Keena , American actress
- May 30: Jenny Mollen , American actress
June
- Lynn Collins , American actress June 1:
- Morena Baccarin , Brazilian actress June 2nd:
- James Ransone , American actor June 2:
- Anna Torv , Australian actress June 7:
- June 21: Chris Pratt , American actor
- June 25th: Busy Philipps , American actress
- June 27th: Antonio Wannek , German actor
- June 28: Felicia Day , American actress
- June 30: Rick Gonzalez , American actor
July to September
July
- Elizabeth Hendrickson , American actress July 3:
- Ludivine Sagnier , French actress July 3rd:
- Patricia Aulitzky , Austrian actress July 7th:
- July 14th: Rose Byrne , Australian actress
- July 14th: Scott Porter , American actor
- July 15: Laura Benanti , American actress
- July 16: Jayma Mays , American actress
- July 17: Mike Vogel , American actor
- July 18: Zrinka Cvitešić , Croatian actress
- July 24th: Moritz Grenzebach , German producer
- July 26: Mageina Tovah , American actress
- July 26: Madeleine West , Australian actress
August
- Jason Momoa , American actor August 1:
- Susanne Bormann , German actress August 2nd:
- Evangeline Lilly , Canadian actress August 3:
- August 10: Joanna García , American actress
- August 14: Sandra McCoy , American actress
- August 23: Ben Braun , German actor
- August 23: Friederike Kempter , German actress
September
- Nikki Deloach , American actress September 9:
- September 11: Ariana Richards , American actress
- September 11th: Cameron Richardson , American actress
- September 15: Dave Annable , American actor
- September 15: Amy Davidson , American actress
- September 18: Alison Lohman , American actress
- September 26: Mark Famiglietti , American actor
- September 26: Susanne Wuest , Austrian actress
October to December
October
- Rachael Leigh Cook , American actress October 4th:
- Tang Wei , Chinese actress October 7th:
- Kristanna Loken , American actress October 8:
- Brandon Routh , American actor October 9:
- October 19: Marc Elliott , British actor
- October 20: Nargis Fakhri , American actress and model
- October 20: John Krasinski , American actor
- October 20: Katharina Schüttler , German actress
- October 25: Sarah Thompson , American actress
- October 29th: Max Tsui , German cameraman
- October 31: Lilian Klebow , German actress and singer
November
- Heike Warmuth , German actress November 5th:
- November 12: Coté de Pablo , Chilean-American actress
- November 14th: Mavie Hörbiger , German actress
- November 14: Olga Kurylenko , Ukrainian actress
- November 18: Nate Parker , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- November 23: Kelly Brook , British actress
- November 23: Jonathan Sadowski , American actor
- November 25: Jerry Ferrara , American actor
- November 30th: Stephen Campbell Moore , British actor
December
- Nick Stahl , American actor December 5:
- Jennifer Carpenter , American actress December 7th:
- December 11th: Rider Strong , American actor
- December 15: Alex Solowitz , American actor
- December 19: Kelly Adams , British actress
- December 21: Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine , American actress
- December 21: Tuva Novotny , Swedish actress
- December 23: Ina Paule Klink , German actress
- December 24th: Julia Stoepel , German actress and voice actress
- December 28th: Noomi Rapace , Swedish actress
- December 29th: Diego Luna , Mexican actor
- December 30th: Kirill Pletnyov , Russian actor
- December 31st: Elaine Cassidy , Irish actress
- December 31: Agnieszka Grochowska , Polish actress
deceased
January to March
January
- Stella Harf , German actress (* 1890) January 3:
- Vincent Korda , Hungarian-British production designer (* 1897) January 4th:
- Peter Voss , German actor (* 1891) January 9:
- January 16: Peter Butterworth , British actor (born 1919)
- January 16: Ted Cassidy , American actor (born 1932)
- January 18: Cyril J. Mockridge , British-American composer (* 1896)
- January 19: Paul Meurisse , French actor (* 1912)
- January 29: René Deltgen , Luxembourg actor (* 1909)
February
- February: Manfred Meurer , German actor and voice actor (* 1908)
- February 12: Jean Renoir , French director (* 1894)
- February 15: George Dunning , Canadian film director and animator (* 1920)
- February 17: William Gargan , American actor (born 1905)
- February 21: Leopold Hainisch , Austrian actor and director (* 1891)
- February 24: Hans Pössenbacher , German actor (* 1895)
- February 27: John F. Seitz , American cameraman (* 1892)
March
- Dolores Costello , American actress (* 1903) March 1:
- Edward H. Griffith , American director (* 1894) March 3:
- Charles Wagenheim , American actor (* 1896) March 6:
- March 20: Winton C. Hoch , American cameraman (* 1905)
- March 30th: Paul Zils , German documentary filmmaker (* 1915)
April to June
April
- Norman Tokar , American film director and actor (* 1919) April 6:
- April 10: Nino Rota , Italian composer (* 1911)
- April 12: Karl Anton , Czech director (* 1898)
- April 14: Rudolf Jugert , German director (* 1907)
- April 15: Harry Meyen , German actor and husband of Romy Schneider (* 1924)
- April 16: PJ Wolfson , American screenwriter, film producer and writer (* 1903)
May
- Georges Lampin , French film director, screenwriter and film producer (* 1901) May 8:
- Victor Saville , British director and producer (* 1895) May 8:
- May 11: Joan Chandler , American actress (* 1923)
- May 16: Robert Florey , French-American director (* 1900)
- May 24: Jan Arvan , American actor (* 1913)
- May 29: Mary Pickford , Canadian actress (* 1892)
June
- Ján Kadár , Czech director (* 1918) June 1:
- Hans Wolff , German screenwriter, actor and director (* 1911) June 1:
- Jim Hutton , American actor (born 1934) June 2:
- Larissa Schepitko , Soviet-Russian director and screenwriter (* 1938) June 2:
- Heinz Erhardt , German comedian (* 1909) June 5:
- Jack Haley , American actor (* 1898) June 6:
- Kazimierz Opaliński , Polish actor (* 1890) June 6:
- June 11: John Wayne , American actor (born 1907)
- June 12: Henry Berman , American film editor (born 1914)
- June 13: Darla Hood , American actress (* 1931)
- June 14th: Maria Englstorfer , Austrian actress (* 1903)
- June 15: Laurie Bird , American actress (* 1953)
- June 16: Nicholas Ray , American director (born 1911)
- June 19: Nick Grinde , American screenwriter (* 1893)
- June 22nd: Albert Venohr , German actor (* 1902)
July to September
July
- Louis Durey , French composer (* 1888) July 3:
- Michael Wilding , British actor (born 1912) July 8:
- July 13: Corinne Griffith , American actress (* 1896)
- July 18: Herbert Hennies , German actor and screenwriter (* 1900)
- July 23: Lizzi Holzschuh , Austrian actress (* 1908)
- July 25: Eric Pohlmann , Austro-British actor (* 1913)
- July 28: George Seaton , American director and screenwriter (* 1911)
- July 28: Frederick Stafford , Austrian actor (* 1928)
August
- Kurt Kasznar , Austrian-American actor (* 1913) August 6:
- August 10: Dick Foran , American actor (born 1910)
- August 17th: Vivian Vance , American actress (* 1909)
- August 21: Stuart Heisler , American director (* 1896)
- August 29th: Mary Marquet , French actress (* 1895)
- August 30th: Jean Seberg , American actress (* 1938)
September
- September 1: Doris Kenyon , American actress (* 1897)
- September 12: Jocelyne LaGarde , French Polynesian actress (* 1924)
- September 17th: Willis Goldbeck , American screenwriter (* 1898)
- September 23: Catherine Lacey , British actress (born 1904)
- September 24th: Carl Laemmle junior , American producer (* 1908)
- September 26: Arthur Hunnicutt , American actor (born 1910)
- September 27: Gracie Fields , British actress (* 1898)
- September 28: Catherine Hessling , French actress (* 1900)
October to December
October
- Dorothy Arzner , American director (* 1897) October 1:
- Bernie Gozier , American actor (* 1917) October 2:
- Tatjana Iwanow , German actress and singer (* 1925) October 6:
- Emmaline Henry , American actress (* 1928) October 8:
- October 12: Cäcilie Lvovsky , Austrian actress (* 1897)
- October 17th: John Stuart , Scottish actor (* 1898)
November
- November 11th: Dimitri Tiomkin , Russian composer (* 1894)
- November 15: Jed Harris , American producer and screenwriter (* 1900)
- November 21: Asja Lacis , Latvian actress and director (* 1891)
- November 22nd: George Froeschel , Austrian-American writer and screenwriter (* 1891)
- November 23: Merle Oberon , British actress (born 1911)
- November 26th: John Cromwell , American director (* 1887)
- November 26th: Marcel L'Herbier , French director, screenwriter and producer (* 1888)
- November 30th: Arno Assmann , German actor, director and artistic director (* 1908)
- November 30th: Zeppo Marx , American comedian (* 1901)
December
- Hans Vogt , German technology pioneer (* 1890) December 4:
- Lesley Selander , American director and cameraman (* 1900) December 5:
- Nikolai Grizenko , Soviet actor (* 1912) December 8:
- James Neilson , American director (born 1909) December 9:
- December 10: Ann Dvorak , American actress (* 1912)
- December 22nd: Darryl F. Zanuck , American producer (* 1902)
- December 23: Ernest B. Schoedsack , American director and cameraman (* 1893)
- December 25th: Joan Blondell , American actress (born 1906)
- December 29th: Leo Arnstam , Soviet director (* 1905)
- December 30th: Richard Rodgers , American composer (* 1902)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The most successful films in Germany 1979. In: InsideKino. November 21, 2004, accessed November 21, 2018 .