1976 in film
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Events
- March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights
Top grossing films
- North America
- ''Rocky
- ''To Fly!
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- All the President's Men, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford
- The Omen, starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick
- The Bad News Bears
- Silent Movie
- Midway
- Murder by Death
- Jaws (re-release)
- Blazing Saddles (re-release)
- Lucky Lady
- Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists
- Best Director: John G. Avildsen - Rocky
- Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously)
- Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
- Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards Jr - All The President's Men
- Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - Network
Births
- January 3 - Jason Marsden, actor.
- January 6 - Danny Pintauro, actor
- February 11 - Brice Beckham, actor.
- February 28 - Ja Rule, actor/rap singer/songwriter.
- March 22 - Reese Witherspoon, actress.
- April 15 - Susan Ward, actress.
- August 9 - Audrey Tautou, French actress.
- September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress.
- October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, actress.
Deaths
- January 12 - Agatha Christie, writer
- January 23 - Paul Robeson, actor, singer
- February 11 - Lee J Cobb, actor.
- February 11 - Alice Allyn, actress.
- February 11 - Charlie Naughton, actor.
- February 12 - Sal Mineo, actor
- February 26 - Frieda Inescort, actress
- March 14 - Busby Berkeley, director
- March 17 - Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre and cinema director.
- June 9 - Sybil Thorndike, actress
- August 27 - Mukesh, singer
- October 14 - Edith Evans, actress
- November 15 - Jean Gabin, actor
- November 28 - Rosalind Russell, actress
Other films released
- 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci
- All the President's Men
- Assault on Precinct 13
- A Star Is Born
- Black and White in Color Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture, Côte d'Ivoire
- Bound for Glory
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson Golden Bear winner
- Bugsy Malone
- Caddie starring Helen Morse
- Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek
- Cousin, cousine
- The Divine Nymph
- Don's Party - John Hardgreaves, Graham Kennedy, Veronica Lang, Ray Barrett and Clarie Biney, directed by Bruce Beresford, written by David Williamson
- The Enforcer
- Face to Face
- Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
- King Kong (1976 film), starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges
- Leadbelly
- Logan's Run
- Marathon Man
- The Marquis of O
- The Message- ("Mohammad, Messenger of God")
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Network
- Obsession starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold
- starring Bruce Spence, Joy Dunstan + Graham Matters
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- Rocky
- Sebastiane
- Seven Beauties
- Silver Streak - Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor
- The Slipper and the Rose
- To Fly!
- Voyage of the Damned
- Wilma - Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington
- Welcome To L.A.
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