1975 in film
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Events
- January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become . At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars.
- March - Production begins on
- March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
- July - In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, , George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.
- Jaws becomes the first movie to ever gross US$100 million in North America, setting the standard for future blockbusters.
- Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Fantasy Films, United Artists
- Best Director: Miloš Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actress: Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Supporting Actor: George Burns - The Sunshine Boys
- Best Supporting Actress: Lee Grant - Shampoo (film)
Births
- January 3 - Danica McKellar, actress
- February 22 - Drew Barrymore, actress.
- June 4 - Angelina Jolie, US actress
- June 25 - Linda Cardellini, actress
- August 7 - Charlize Theron, South African actress
- October 5 - Kate Winslet, actress
- November 19 - Sushmita Sen, actress
Deaths
- January 9 - Pierre Fresnay, French actor
- January 24 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian, original member of The Three Stooges
- January 27 - Bill Walsh, Movie producer and writer
- March 7 - Ben Blue, actor
- March 14 - Susan Hayward, actress
- April 3 - Mary Ure, actress
- April 10 - Marjorie Main, actress, made several Ma & Pa Kettle films
- April 13 - Larry Parks, actor
- April 15 - Richard Conte, actor
- May 4 - Moe Howard, actor, original member of The Three Stooges
- June 4 - Evelyn Brent, actress
- October 31 - Joseph Calleia, actor
- November 2 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, film director
- November 5 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer, and silent film actress, portrayed by Esther Williams
- December 24 - Bernard Herrmann, film composer
Other movies released
- Aaron Loves Angela
- The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- All Creatures Great and Small
- Attilas '74
- The Apple Dumpling Gang
- At Long Last Love
- Barry Lyndon
- Cria!
- Dark Star (film)
- The Day of the Locust
- Death Race 2000
- Dersu Uzala (1975 film)
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Escape to Witch Mountain
- Every Man For Himself and God Against All
- Farewell, My Lovely
- Flame (film)
- The Fortune
- The Four Musketeers
- French Connection II
- Great Expectations
- The Great Waldo Pepper
- Hearts of the West
- Hester Street
- Hustle
- The Invitation
- Just Before Nightfall
- Listzomania
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
- Love and Death
- Mahogany (1975 film)
- The Man Who Would Be King
- Milestones
- The Mirror (1975 film)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Moonrunners
- Nashville
- Number Two]
- One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
- ''Overlord film
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue
- Race with the Devil
- Rancho Deluxe
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Rollerball
- The Romantic Englishwoman
- Royal Flash
- Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
- Smile
- The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
- The Story of Adele H.
- The Sunshine Boys
- Switchblade Sisters
- ''Terror of Mechagodzilla
- Three Days of the Condor
- The Wind and the Lion
- The Yakuza
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