The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top grossing films (U.S.)

source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1972.shtml

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Godfather - Albert S. Ruddy, Paramount

Best Director : Bob Fosse - Cabaret

Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather (declined)

Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret

Best Supporting Actor ; Joel Grey - Cabaret

Best Supporting Actress : Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free

Best Foreign Language Film: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie), directed by Luis Buñuel, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Godfather

Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather

Best Actress: Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Cabaret

Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Avanti!

Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret

Other

Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather

Best Foreign Language Film (tie): The Emigrants (Utvandrarna), Sweden

Best Foreign Language Film (tie): The New Land (Nybyggarna), Sweden

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), directed by Elio Petri, Italy

The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France

Films released in 1972

• 1776
• The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
• Aguirre, the Wrath of God
• Avanti!
• Ben
• Blacula
• Butterflies Are Free
• Boxcar Bertha, directed by Martin Scorsese
• Cabaret
• The Candidate
• The Canterbury Tales, by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Golden Bear winner
• Cheongchun gyosa
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• The Cowboys
• Cries and Whispers
• Deep Throat
• Deliverance
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
• Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo
• Endless Night -(film mentioned in article)
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
• Un flic (A Cop), starring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve
• The Final Comedown
• Frenzy
• Fritz the Cat ? first animated movie to receive an X rating.
• The Fury of the Wolfman
• The Getaway
• The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty
• The Godfather
• Godzilla vs. Gigan
• The Heartbreak Kid
• The Hot Rock
• Images
• Jeremiah Johnson
• Lady Caroline Lamb
• Lady Sings the Blues
• The Last House on the Left, Controversial film about the rape of two teenage girls.
• Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
• Man of La Mancha
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• The Mattei Affair, Palme d'Or winner
• My Name Is Shanghai Joe
• Napoleon and Samantha
• The New Land (Nybyggarna), Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film
• The Other
• Pete 'n' Tillie, starring Walter Matthau
• Play It Again, Sam
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Prime Cut, starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman
• Shaft's Big Score
• Skyjacked
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• Sleuth, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine
• Snoopy Come Home
• Solaris, Soviet version, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Sounder, starring Cicely Tyson
• Street Mobster
• Super Fly
• The Other Side of the Underneath
• Treasure Island, starring Orson Welles
• Une belle fille comme moi, directed by François Truffaut
• The Valachi Papers
• What's Up, Doc?
• Young Winston

Births

• January 1- Catherine McCormack, actress
• January 11- Amanda Peet, actress
• January 15- Kobe Tai (also known as Carla Scott), adult and mainstream actress
• March 23 - Judith Godrèche, actress
• March 31 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer
• April 17 - Jennifer Garner, actress
• May 28 - Chiara Mastroianni, actress
• June 12- Robin Tunney, actress
• August 12- Rebecca Gayheart,actress
• August 15- Ben Affleck, actor
• September 8 - Giovanni Frezza, actor
• September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
• October 17- Eminem (also known as Marshall Mathers), rapper and actor
• November 1 - Jenny McCarthy,actress
• November 7 - Jeremy and Jason London, actors
• December 7 - Jennifer Syme, entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)
• December 29 - Jude Law, actor

Deaths

• January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French actor/singer
• January 8 - Wesley Ruggles, movie director, producer
• January 17 - Rochelle Hudson, actress
• February 2 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress
• February 7 - Walter Lang, director
• March 20 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress
• April 5 - Isabel Jewell, actress
• April 5 - Brian Donlevy, actor
• April 25 - George Sanders, British actor (b. 1906)
• April 30 - Gia Scala, actress
• May 3 - Bruce Cabot, actor
• May 15 - Nigel Green, actor
• May 21 - Margaret Rutherford, actress
• July 6 - Brandon De Wilde, actor
• August 7 - Joi Lansing, actress
• October 9 - Miriam Hopkins, actress
• October 16 - Leo G. Carroll, actor (b. 1892)
• October 24 - Claire Windsor, actress (b. 1897)
• November 16 - Vera Karalli, actress
• November 23 - Marie Wilson, actress
• December 9 - Louella Parsons, Hollywood columnist
• December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor

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