The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. [edit] Events [edit] Top grossing films (U.S.) | Rank | Title | Studio | Gross | | 1. | Jaws | Universal | $260,000,000 | | 2. | The Rocky Horror Picture Show* | 20th Century Fox | $112,892,319 | | 3. | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | United Artists | $108,981,275 | | 4. | Dog Day Afternoon | Warner Brothers | $50,000,000 | | 5. | Shampoo | Columbia | $49,407,734 | | 6. | The Return of the Pink Panther | United Artists | $20,170,000 | | 7. | Three Days of the Condor | Paramount | $20,014,000 | | 8. | Funny Lady | Columbia | $19,313,000 | | 9. | The Other Side of the Mountain | Universal | $18,012,000 | | 10. | Tommy | Columbia | $17,793,000 | (*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1975.shtml [edit] Awards Academy Awards: - Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Fantasy Films, United Artists
- Best Director: Miloš Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actress: Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Supporting Actor: George Burns - The Sunshine Boys
- Best Supporting Actress: Lee Grant - Shampoo
- Best Foreign Language Film: Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала), directed by Akira Kurosawa, USSR
Golden Globe Awards: - Drama:
- Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Actress: Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: The Sunshine Boys
- Best Actor: Walter Matthau - The Sunshine Boys
- Best Actress: Ann-Margret - Tommy
- Other
- Best Director: Miloš Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Best Foreign Film: Lies My Father Told Me, Canada
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): - Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des années de braise), directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algeria
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): - Adoption (Örökbefogadás), directed by Márta Mészáros, Hungary
[edit] Films released in 1975 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T U W Y [edit] Births - January 3 - Jason Marsden, actor.
- January 3 - Danica McKellar, American actress
- February 14 - Malik Zidi, French actor
- February 22 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
- June 4 - Angelina Jolie, American actress
- June 25 - Linda Cardellini, American actress
- July 23 - Surya Sivakumar, Indian actor
- August 7 - Charlize Theron, South African actress
- October 5 - Kate Winslet, English actress
- November 6 - Sean Patrick Maclam, Scottish Grindhouse film director
- November 19 - Sushmita Sen, Indian actress
- December 17 - Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
- December 27 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d.1988)
[edit] Deaths - January 9 - Pierre Fresnay, French actor
- January 18 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress
- January 24 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian, original member of The Three Stooges
- January 27 - Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer
- March 7 - Ben Blue, Canadian-born American actor
- March 14 - Susan Hayward, American actress
- April 3 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress
- April 10 - Marjorie Main, American actress
- April 13 - Larry Parks, American actor
- April 15 - Richard Conte, American actor
- May 4 - Moe Howard, American actor, original member of The Three Stooges
- June 4 - Evelyn Brent, American actress
- October 31 - Joseph Calleia, Maltese actor
- November 2 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director
- November 5 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer, and silent film actress, portrayed by Esther Williams
- December 24 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer
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