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The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Major events 2 Top grossing films (U.S.) 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1979 5 # 6 A 7 B 8 C 9 D 10 E 11 F 12 G 13 H 14 I 15 J 16 K 17 L 18 M 19 N 20 O 21 P 22 Q 23 R 24 S 25 T 26 U 27 V 28 W 29 Y 30 Z 30.1 Births 30.2 Deaths 30.3 Debuts 30.4 References

[edit] Major events

• March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
• May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.
• June 11 - John Wayne dies.
• June 22 - The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature length motion pictures, is released.
• September 19 - Don Bluth and a group of fellow animators resign from The Walt Disney Company's animation department to set up a rival studio, Don Bluth Productions.
• November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• December 7 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that lead to 11 films over the next 30 years. It also lead to the creation of four spin-off television series based upon Gene Roddenberry's creation.

[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Actors	Gross
1.	Kramer vs. Kramer	Columbia	Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep	$106,260,000[1]
2.	Rocky II	United Artists	Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire	$85,182,160[2]
3.	Apocalypse Now	United Artists	Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper and Harrison Ford	$83,471,511[3]
4.	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Paramount	William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols	$82,258,456[4]
5.	Alien	Fox	Sigourney Weaver	$80,931,801[5]
6.	10	Warner Bros./Orion	Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews and Bo Derek	$74,865,517[6]
7.	The Jerk	Universal	Steve Martin	$73,691,419[7]
8.	Moonraker	United Artists	Roger Moore and Lois Chiles	$70,308,099[8]
9.	The Muppet Movie	ITC/Henson Associates	Jim Henson	$65,200,000[9]
10.	The China Syndrome	Columbia	Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon	$51,718,367[10]

[edit] Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia

Best Director: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae

Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas - Being There

Best Foreign Language Film: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Breaking Away

Best Actor: Peter Sellers - Being There

Best Actress: Bette Midler - The Rose

Other

Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

Best Foreign Language Film: La Cage aux Folles (France)

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States

The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

David, directed by Peter Lilienthal, West Germany

[edit] Films released in 1979

[edit] #

• 10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews and Bo Derek
• 1941, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi

[edit] A

• A Little Romance, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane and Sally Kellerman
• A Perfect Couple
• L'adolescente
• The Adventure of Sudsakorn, Thailand's first and only cel-animated feature film
• Agatha, directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffman
• Ah! Nomugi Toge
• Alexandria... Why?
• Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton and Yaphet Kotto
• The Alien Encounters
• All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange - Palme d'Or winner
• All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine
• Americathon
• The Amityville Horror, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger
• …And Justice for All, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Al Pacino, John Forsythe and Christine Lahti
• Anti-Clock
• Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Laurence Fishburne - Palme d'Or winner
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
• Arabian Adventure
• Ashanti, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Michael Caine and Peter Ustinov

[edit] B

• Banjo the Woodpile Cat
• Being There, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Peter Sellers, Melvyn Douglas and Shirley MacLaine
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, directed by Irwin Allen, starring Michael Caine, Telly Savalas and Sally Field
• Birth of The Beatles
• The Black Hole, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins and Ernest Borgnine
• The Black Stallion, starring Mickey Rooney
• Breaking Away, directed by Peter Yates, starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley and Barbara Barrie
• Les bronzes font du ski, directed by Patrice Leconte
• The Brood, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Buffet froid
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
• Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
• Bye Bye Brazil

[edit] C

• Caligula, directed by Tinto Brass, written by Gore Vidal, starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren and Peter O'Toole
• Carry On Emmannuelle, directed by Gerald Thomas, starring Kenneth Williams, Suzanne Danielle, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor
• The Cat and the Canary
• The Champ, starring Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway and Ricky Schroder
• The China Syndrome, directed by James Bridges, starring Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas
• C.H.O.M.P.S., directed by Don Chaffey, starring Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Chuck McCann and Red Buttons
• Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboliby), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Gian Maria Volonté
• The Concorde ... Airport '79, starring Alain Delon, Susan Blakely and Robert Wagner
• Cuba, directed by Richard Lester, starring Sean Connery, Brooke Adams and Chris Sarandon

[edit] D

• David - Golden Bear winner
• Derek and Clive Get the Horn, starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
• Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy and Kiri Te Kanawa
• Dracula, directed by John Badham, starring Frank Langella as Dracula and Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing. With Trevor Eve

[edit] E

• Eagle's Wing
• The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
• Escape from Alcatraz, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan and Fred Ward

[edit] F

• The Fifth Musketeer, starring Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress and Beau Bridges
• The First Great Train Robbery, starring Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland
• A Force of One, starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer O'Neill

[edit] G

• Gal Young 'Un
• The Great Santini, starring Robert Duvall

[edit] H

• Hair , directed by Milos Forman, starring John Savage, Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo
• Hanover Street, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer
• Hardcore, starring George C. Scott
• Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce - Golden Bear winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
• Hot Stuff, directed by and starring Dom DeLuise with Suzanne Pleshette
• H.O.T.S.
• The Human Factor, starring Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud and Derek Jacobi

[edit] I

• I as in Icarus
• In Search of Historic Jesus - (documentary)
• The In-Laws, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Alan Arkin and Peter Falk

[edit] J

• The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters
• Jesus, directed by Peter Sykes and John Krisch, starring Brian Deacon
• Just You and Me, Kid

[edit] K

• The Kids Are Alright
• Killerfair directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring James Coburn
• Kramer vs. Kramer, directed by Robert Benton, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both of whom won Oscars for their performances, Justin Henry and Jane Alexander

[edit] L

• The Late Great Planet Earth - (film only mentioned in article)
• Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton
• Love on the Run, directed by François Truffaut
• Lovers and Liars
• Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro, Japanese Anime film

[edit] M

• Mad Max, directed by George Miller, starring Mel Gibson
• Magnificent Butcher (Lin shi rong), starring Sammo Hung
• The Main Event, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
• Manhattan, directed by Woody Allen, starring Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy and Mariel Hemingway
• The Marriage of Maria Braun, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla
• Meatballs, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray
• Meetings with Remarkable Men, Gurdjieff biography directed by Peter Brook
• Monty Python's Life of Brian, directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin
• Moonraker, starring Roger Moore as James Bond
• More American Graffiti
• Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears - Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
• Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
• The Muppet Movie, made by Jim Henson, with Charles Durning and Dom DeLuise
• Murder by Decree, a Sherlock Holmes mystery starring Christopher Plummer and James Mason
• My Brilliant Career, directed by Gillian Armstrong

[edit] N

• Norma Rae, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field and Beau Bridges
• The North Avenue Irregulars
• Nosferatu ("Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht"), directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani and Bruno Ganz

[edit] O

• The Odd Angry Shot
• The Onion Field
• Over the Edge, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Matt Dillon

[edit] P

• Phantasm
• Players
• The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick and Lionel Jeffries
• The Prize Fighter
• Prophecy

[edit] Q

• Quadrophenia, directed by Franc Roddam, starring Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash and Ray Winstone with music by The Who

[edit] R

• Real Life
• Return of the Secaucus Seven, directed by John Sayles
• Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
• Rocky II, Starring Sylvester Stallone
• Roller Boogie
• The Rose, directed by Mark Rydell, starring Bette Midler, Alan Bates and Frederic Forrest

[edit] S

• Saint Jack
• Scum, starring Ray Winstone
• She's 19 and Ready
• Siberiade, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
• Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
• Soldier of Orange, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbe (International release)
• Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture, directed by Robert Wise, starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
• Starting Over, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen
• Stay As You Are, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Nastassja Kinski (American release)

[edit] T

• Take Down
• The Tempest, directed by Derek Jarman, starring Toyah Wilcox
• Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski
• The Third Generation, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Tim
• Time After Time, starring Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen
• The Tin Drum, directed by Volker Schlondorff, starring David Bennent - Palme d'Or winner

[edit] U

• Ultraman
• Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle

[edit] V

• Vengeance Is Mine, directed by Shohei Imamura, starring Ken Ogata

[edit] W

• The Wanderers
• The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill, starring Michael Beck and James Remar
• When a Stranger Calls
• Winter Kills
• Wolfman
• Woyzeck, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes

[edit] Y

• Yanks, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave

[edit] Z

• Zulu Dawn, starring Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster and Simon Ward

[edit] Births

• January 8 - Sarah Polley, actress
• January 12 - Isidra Vega, actress
• January 27 - Rosamund Pike, actress
• February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
• February 9 - Zhang Ziyi, actress and dancer
• February 21 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress and singer
• April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa, actress
• April 4 - Heath Ledger, actor (d. 2008)
• April 4 - Natasha Lyonne, actress
• April 12 - Claire Danes, actress
• April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress
• April 23 - Jaime King, actress
• May 9 - Rosario Dawson, actress
• May 25 - Monica Keena, actress
• June 27 - Benjamin Speed, film composer
• August 31 - Yuvan Shankar Raja, film composer
• October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
• October 8 - Kristanna Loken, actress
• December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress

[edit] Deaths

• January 16 - Peter Butterworth, actor
• February 12 - Jean Renoir, director
• March 1 - Dolores Costello, actress
• March 22 - Ben Lyon, actor, also credited as the man who supposedly "discovered" and renamed Marilyn Monroe
• May 26 - George Brent, actor
• May 29 - Mary Pickford, American actress
• June 11 - John Wayne, American actor
• July 8 - Michael Wilding, English actor
• August 17 - Vivian Vance, American actress
• September 8 - Jean Seberg, actress
• September 12 - Jocelyne LaGarde, Tahitian-born actress
• November 23 - Merle Oberon, actress
• November 30 - Zeppo Marx, American comic actor
• December 11 - Adile Nasit, actress & director
• December 13 - Jon Hall, actor
• December 25 - Joan Blondell, actress

[edit] Debuts

• Danny Glover
• Mickey Rourke
• Ray Winstone

[edit] References