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1974 in film
Overview of the events of 1974 in film
The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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| Rank | Title | Distributor(s) | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Towering Inferno | 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. | $50,000,000[1] |
| 2 | Blazing Saddles | Warner Bros. | $45,200,000[1] |
| 3 | Young Frankenstein | 20th Century Fox | $38,800,000[1] |
| 4 | Earthquake | Universal | $36,300,000[1] |
| 5 | The Trial of Billy Jack | Warner Bros. | $31,100,000[2] |
| 6 | The Godfather Part II | Paramount | $30,700,000[1] |
| 7 | Airport 1975 | Universal Pictures | $25,800,000[1] |
| 8 | The Longest Yard | Paramount | $23,000,000[1] |
| 9 | Death Wish | Paramount | $22,000,000[3] |
| 10 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Sunn Classic | $21,895,000[4] |
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- February 7 – Blazing Saddles is released in the United States.
- May 28 - Joseph E. Levine, the founder of Embassy Pictures, resigns as president.
- June 20 – Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim.
- November 1 – Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process.
- November 8 – Frank Yablans announces his resignation as president of Paramount Pictures with effect from January 5, 1975 following Barry Diller earlier becoming chairman and chief executive office.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare, including That's Entertainment!, a retrospective documentary celebrating its prestigious musicals (e.g. The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Meet Me in St. Louis, Gigi, An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
- October–December – Three "disaster films" are released in three consecutive months: Airport 1975, Earthquake, and The Towering Inferno respectively. All were box office successes.
- Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A., although the film was not released until 1986.
More information Category/Organization, 32nd Golden Globe Awards January 25, 1975 ...
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Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, Canada
By country/region
- List of American films of 1974
- List of Argentine films of 1974
- List of Australian films of 1974
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1974
- List of British films of 1974
- List of Canadian films of 1974
- List of French films of 1974
- List of Hong Kong films of 1974
- List of Indian films of 1974
- List of Japanese films of 1974
- List of Mexican films of 1974
- List of Pakistani films of 1974
- List of South Korean films of 1974
- List of Soviet films of 1974
- List of Spanish films of 1974
By genre/medium
- January 1 – Jennifer Podemski, Canadian actress
- January 5 – Daisy Bates, English actress
- January 10
- Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, musician, comedian, singer, director and writer
- Mehdi Nebbou, French actor
- Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
- January 14 - Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
- January 16 - Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Vietnamese–American actor
- January 18 - Maulik Pancholy, American actor
- January 19 - Natassia Malthe, Norwegian actress and model
- January 21 - Vincent Laresca, American actor
- January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and comedian
- January 28 - Ty Olsson, Canadian actor
- January 30
- Christian Bale, English actor[5]
- Olivia Colman, English actress[5]
- February 4 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
- February 8
- Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer and director
- Susan May Pratt, American actress
- February 9
- Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress
- Amber Valletta, American model and actress
- February 10
- Elizabeth Banks, American actress, director, writer and producer
- María Botto, Argentine-Spanish actress
- February 11 - Isaiah Mustafa, American actor
- February 12 - Lisa Brenner, American actress
- February 15
- Miranda July (née Grossinger), American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writer
- Gina Lynn, American former pornographic actress
- February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper
- February 17
- David Lipper, Canadian actor
- Jerry O'Connell, American actor
- February 18 – Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress, director and activist
- February 25 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress (d. 1993)
- March 5
- Kevin Connolly, American actor and director
- Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer and television presenter
- Eva Mendes, American actress
- March 7
- Jenna Fischer, American actress
- Tobias Menzies, English actor
- March 8
- Cesar Velasco Broca, Spanish actor and cult filmmaker
- Danny Corkill, American former child actor
- March 15 - Renoly Santiago, Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer
- March 21 - Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor, comedian and voice actor
- March 23 - Randall Park, American actor, comedian and writer
- March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
- March 25 - Laz Alonso, American actor
- March 31
- Adrian Holmes, Canadian actor
- Victoria Smurfit, Irish actress
- April 2 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder and actor (d. 2006)
- April 10 - Omar Metwally, American actor
- April 11 - David Banner, American rapper and actor
- April 12 - Marley Shelton, American actress
- April 15
- Fay Masterson, English actress
- Danny Pino, American actor
- April 18 - Edgar Wright, English filmmaker
- April 21 - John Hasler, English actor and voice-over artist
- April 24 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress
- April 26 – Ivana Miličević, American actress
- April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
- May 2 - Matt Berry, English actor, voice actor, comedian, writer and musician
- May 3 - Joseph Kosinski, American filmmaker
- May 7 – Breckin Meyer, American actor, voice actor, writer and producer
- May 10 - Craig Hall, New Zealand actor
- May 11 – Benoît Magimel, French actor
- May 14 - Carla Jimenez, American actress
- May 15 – Russell Hornsby, American actor
- May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress
- May 22 – Sean Gunn, American actor
- May 23 - Jewel, American singer-songwriter and actress
- May 24 - Dash Mihok, American actor and director
- May 25 - Maria Fernanda Cândido, Brazilian actress and television presenter
- June 2 - Leah Cairns, Canadian actress
- June 6 - Danny Strong, American actor, writer, director and producer
- June 11 - Lenny Jacobson, American actor
- June 12
- Jared Bush, American screenwriter, producer and director
- Jason Mewes, American actor, comedian, film producer and podcaster
- June 13 - Brande Roderick, American model and actress
- June 14 - Phillip Rhys, English actor and filmmaker
- June 16 - Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor
- June 20 – Lenin M. Sivam, Sri Lankan-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- June 23 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
- June 25
- Jeff Cohen, American former child actor
- Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- June 28 - Kirsty Mitchell, Scottish actress
- July 1 - Jonathan Roumie, American actor
- July 4 - Mick Wingert, American voice actor
- July 8 – Tami Erin, American actress
- July 16 - Robinne Lee, American actress
- July 20 - Simon Rex, American actor, rapper and comedian
- July 22
- Donald Faison, American actor, comedian and voice actor
- Franka Potente, German actress
- Johnny Strong, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- July 29 - Josh Radnor, American actor and filmmaker
- July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
- July 31
- Emilia Fox, English actress and presenter
- Asher Keddie, Australian actress
- August 2 - Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
- August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress
- August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor
- August 8 - Enzo Cilenti, English actor
- August 10 - Craig Kirkwood, American former actor
- August 11 - Chris Messina, American actor, director, writer and producer
- August 14 - Tomer Sisley, Israeli-French actor and comedian
- August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
- August 20
- Amy Adams, American actress
- Misha Collins, American actor
- August 23 – Ray Park, Scottish actor and stuntman
- August 31 - Marc Webb, American music video director and filmmaker
- September 1 - Burn Gorman, English actor and musician
- September 4 - Nona Gaye, American singer and retired actress
- September 5 - Romina Yan, Argentine actress, screenwriter and singer (d. 2010)
- September 6
- Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress (d. 2014)
- Justin Whalin, American former actor
- September 7 - Noah Huntley, English actor
- September 10 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- September 11 - Ben Best, American actor, writer, musician and producer (d. 2021)
- September 18 - Xzibit, American rapper, actor and broadcaster
- September 19
- Jimmy Fallon, American television host, comedian and actor
- Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model
- September 30 - Ashley Hamilton, American actor, comedian and singer-songwriter
- October 1 - Sherri Saum, American actress
- October 2 - Michelle Krusiec, American actress, writer and producer
- October 6
- Fernando Chien, Taiwanese actor and stunt performer
- Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
- Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer and writer
- October 7 - Numan Acar, Turkish-German actor and producer
- October 17
- Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
- Rizwan Manji, Canadian actor
- October 20 – Brian Limond, Scottish comedian, actor and writer
- October 28
- Michael Dougherty, American director, screenwriter, producer and animator
- Jake Kasdan, American filmmaker and actor
- Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
- October 31
- David Dencik, Danish-Swedish actor
- Ruben Fleischer, American director and producer
- November 2 - Nelly, American actor, rapper and singer
- November 4 – Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
- November 7 - Carl Steven, American child actor (d. 2011)
- November 10 – Simone Singh, Indian actress
- November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
- November 14 - David Moscow, American actor and producer
- November 16 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress
- November 17 – Leslie Bibb, American actress and model
- November 21 – Tiit Sukk, Estonian actor
- November 24 - Stephen Merchant, English comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter
- November 25 - Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor (d. 2024)
- November 26 - Omar Chaparro, Mexican actor, comedian, television host and singer
- December 1 – Érica Rivas, Argentinian actress
- December 11 - Lisa Ortiz, American voice actress and voice director
- December 15 - P. J. Byrne, American actor
- December 17
- Paul Briggs, American animator and voice actor
- Sarah Paulson, American actress
- Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
- December 24 - Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
- December 25 - Andrew McNee, Canadian actor
- December 27 - Masi Oka, Japanese actor, producer and digital effects artist
- December 29 - Mekhi Phifer, American actor
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Tex Ritter | 68 | US | Actor, Singer | |
| 3 | Gino Cervi | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 14 | Paul Whitsun-Jones | 50 | UK | Actor | ||
| 31 | Samuel Goldwyn | 94 | Poland | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
| 31 | Roger Pryor | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| February | 7 | Arline Judge | 61 | US | Actress | |
| 11 | Anna Q. Nilsson | 85 | Sweden | Actress | ||
| 23 | Florence Rice | 67 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Harry Ruby | 79 | US | Screenwriter, Composer | ||
| 27 | Orry-Kelly | 66 | Australia | Costume Designer | ||
| 28 | Carole Lesley | 38 | UK | Actress | ||
| March | 3 | Barbara Ruick | 43 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| 5 | Billy De Wolfe | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Alberto Rabagliati | 67 | Italy | Actor, Singer | ||
| 8 | Martha Wentworth | 84 | US | Actress, Voice Actress | ||
| 13 | Howard St. John | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Edward Platt | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Dorothy Fields | 68 | US | Songwriter | ||
| 28 | Françoise Rosay | 82 | France | Actress | ||
| 29 | Seton I. Miller | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| April | 2 | Douglass Dumbrille | 84 | Canada | Actor | |
| 10 | Patricia Collinge | 81 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| 13 | Stanley Smith | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Betty Compson | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Peter Lee Lawrence | 30 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 24 | Bud Abbott | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Agnes Moorehead | 73 | US | Actress | ||
| May | 18 | Mary Maguire | 55 | Australia | Actress | |
| 24 | Duke Ellington | 75 | US | Composer | ||
| 25 | Donald Crisp | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| June | 6 | Blanche Yurka | 86 | US | Actress | |
| 10 | Lewis R. Foster | 75 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Pamela Britton | 51 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Frank Sutton | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 13 | Joe Flynn | 48 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | Marthe Vinot | 79 | France | Actress |
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| 27 | Julián de Meriche | 65 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 28 | Truman Bradley | 69 | US | Actor, Narrator | ||
| August | 13 | Ilona Massey | 64 | Hungary | Actress | |
| 16 | Maxwell Reed | 55 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| September | 6 | Olga Baclanova | 78 | Russia | Actress | |
| 6 | Otto Kruger | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Barbara Jo Allen | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Warren Hull | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Edna Best | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
| 21 | Jacqueline Susann | 56 | US | Author, Actress | ||
| 21 | Walter Brennan | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Stephanie Bidmead | 45 | UK | Actress | ||
| 27 | James R. Webb | 64 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| October | 13 | Ed Sullivan | 73 | US | Actor | |
| November | 7 | Rodolfo Acosta | 54 | Mexico | Actor | |
| 13 | Vittorio De Sica | 73 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Johnny Mack Brown | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Clive Brook | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Rosemary Lane | 61 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| December | 4 | Lee Kinsolving | 36 | US | Actor | |
| 5 | Pietro Germi | 60 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 10 | Paul Richards | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Reed Hadley | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Anatole Litvak | 72 | Ukraine | Director, Producer | ||
| 21 | Richard Long | 47 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Jack Benny | 80 | US | Actor | ||
- Armand Assante – The Lords of Flatbush
- Richard Belzer – The Groove Tube
- Tom Bower – The Trial of Billy Jack
- Tony Burton – The Black Godfather
- Chevy Chase – The Groove Tube
- Bill Cobbs – The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- Robert Englund – Buster and Billie
- Jaime Fabregas – Black Mamba
- Jeff Goldblum – Death Wish[6]
- Chris Haywood – The Cars That Ate Paris
- Lawrence Hilton Jacobs – Claudine
- Clyde Kusatsu – Airport 1975
- Edward James Olmos – Black Fist
- Raymond Serra – The Gambler
- Delia Sheppard – The Spots on My Leopard
- Peter Simonischek – Die Auslieferung
- Steven Spielberg (director) – The Sugarland Express
- Fred Ward – Ginger in the Morning
- Kenneth Welsh – Piaf
- Henry Winkler – Crazy Joe
- Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
- "Death Wish - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- Chase's Calendar of Events 2022: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. 15 November 2021. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-64143-504-8.
- Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (2001). Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-903364-21-5.
