1970 in film
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It," (which is written and produced by Paul McCartney), is also released on Apple Records.
- March 17 - The controversial film The Boys in the Band, directed by William Friedkin and based on Mart Crowley's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters.
- The IMAX motion picture projection system premieres at the Fuji Pavilion, at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.
- In Culver City, California, MGM begins selling off its studio back lot property and movie props.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
Love Story |
Paramount |
$48,700,000 |
| 2. |
Airport |
Universal |
$45,220,000 |
| 3. |
M*A*S*H |
20th Century Fox |
$36,720,000 |
| 4. |
Patton |
20th Century Fox |
$28,100,000 |
| 5. |
The Aristocats* |
Disney |
$26,462,000 |
| 6. |
Woodstock |
Warner Brothers |
$16,400,000 |
| 7. |
Little Big Man |
Cinema Center |
$14,500,000 |
| 8. |
Ryan's Daughter |
MGM |
$14,661,000 |
| 9. |
Tora! Tora! Tora! |
20th Century Fox |
$14,530,000 |
| 10. |
Catch-22 |
Paramount |
$12,250,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1970.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Patton - 20th Century-Fox
- Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner - Patton
- Best Actor: George C. Scott - Patton (declined)
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson - Women in Love
- Best Supporting Actor: John Mills - Ryan's Daughter
- Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes - Airport
- Best Foreign Language Film: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto), directed by Elio Petri, Italy
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Love Story
- Best Actor: George C. Scott - Patton
- Best Actress: Ali MacGraw - Love Story
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: M*A*S*H
- Best Actor: Albert Finney - Scrooge
- Best Actress: Carrie Snodgress - Diary of a Mad Housewife
- Other
- Best Director: Arthur Hiller, Love Story
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- M*A*S*H, directed by Robert Altman, United States
Films released in 1970
Births
- February 24 - Jonathan Ward, actor
- April 29 - Uma Thurman, actress
- May 9 - Helen Hill, animator
- May 22 - Naomi Campbell, model, actress
- May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, actor
- June 26 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
- August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, film director, writer, producer, actor (Indian)
- August 15 - Maddie Corman, actress
- August 23 - Jay Mohr, actor, comedian
- August 23 - River Phoenix, actor (d.1993)
- September 29 - Emily Lloyd, English actress.
- October 8 - Matt Damon, actor
Deaths
- January 23 - Nell Shipman, actress, writer, producer
- February 24 - Conrad Nagel, American actor
- March 23 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director
- April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell, actress
- April 25 - Anita Louise, actress
- April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque performer, actress, author
- April 28 - Ed Begley, American actor
- April 30 - Inger Stevens, actress
- May 14 - Billie Burke, American actress
- July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau, actress
- July 14 - Preston Foster, actor
- July 22 - Fritz Kortner, German director
- August 1 - Frances Farmer, American actress
- September 18 - Jimi Hendrix, Guitarist
- September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, actor
- October 4 - Janis Joplin, singer
- October 10 - Grethe Weiser, actress
- October 17 - Vola Vale, actress
- December 23 - Charles Ruggles, actor
- December 30 - Lenore Ulric, actress
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