1971 in film
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| Years in film: | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
| Years in home video: | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
| Years in television: | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
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[edit] Events
- February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour
- The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
- April 23 - The film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- Fiddler on the Roof, starring Topol
- Billy Jack
- The French Connection, starring Gene Hackman
- Summer of '42
- Diamonds Are Forever, with Sean Connery
- Dirty Harry
- A Clockwork Orange
- Carnal Knowledge
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Willard
- The Hospital
- Klute
- The Andromeda Strain
- Big Jake
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: The French Connection - D'Antoni-Schine-Moore, 20th Century-Fox
- Best Director: William Friedkin - The French Connection
- Best Actor: Gene Hackman - The French Connection
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda - Klute
- Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson - The Last Picture Show
- Best Supporting Actress: - Cloris Leachman - The Last Picture Show
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The French Connection
- Best Actor: Gene Hackman - The French Connection
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda - Klute
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Fiddler on the Roof
- Best Actor: Topol - Fiddler on the Roof
- Best Actress: Twiggy - The Boy Friend
- Other
- Best Director: William Friedkin - The French Connection
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany
[edit] Films released in 1971
- The Andromeda Strain
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Big Jake
- Billy Jack
- The Boy Friend
- Brian's Song
- Carnal Knowledge
- A Clockwork Orange
- Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)
- The Devils
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Dirty Harry
- The Emigrants
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes
- Fiddler on the Roof
- The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini)
- The Go-Between Palme d'Or winner
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah
- Guddi
- Harold and Maude
- The Hired Hand
- The Hospital
- I, Monster
- Just avant la nuit (aka Just Before Nightfall)
- Klute, starring Jane Fonda
- Kotch, starring Walter Matthau
- The Last Picture Show
- Macbeth
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- Melody
- Mon oncle Antoine, considered by critics the greatest Canadian film of all time
- A New Leaf, starring Elaine May and Walter Matthau
- Nicholas and Alexandra
- Plaza Suite, starring Walter Matthau
- A Safe Place
- Shaft
- She Killed in Ecstasy
- Something Big
- Straw Dogs
- Summer of '42
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
- They Call Me Trinity, spaghetti western with Terence Hill
- The Touch of Satan
- Trafic
- Twitch of the Death Nerve
- Two-Lane Blacktop
- Vanishing Point
- Wake in Fright
- Walkabout, directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Werewolves on Wheels
- Willard
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven, Palme d'Or winner
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
[edit] Births
- February 17 - Denise Richards, actress
- March 31 - Ewan McGregor
- April 18 - David Tennant
- May 14 - Sofia Coppola
- August 31 - Chris Tucker, actor
- October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress.
- November 25 - Christina Applegate
- December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - Douglas Shearer, pioneer motion-picture sound engineer
- January 15 - John Dall, actor
- February 26 - Fernandel, actor
- March 8 – Harold Lloyd, silent screen comedian
- March 15 - Bebe Daniels, actress
- May 1 - Glenda Farrell, actress
- May 27 - Chips Rafferty, Australian actor
- May 28 - Audie Murphy, World War II hero became film actor after the war
- July 3 - Jim Morrison, songwriter, poet, musician
- July 6 - Louis Armstrong, musician, actor
- July 23 - Van Heflin, actor
- August 15 - Paul Lukas, actor
- September 7 - Spring Byington, actress
- September 10 - Pier Angeli, actress
- September 11 - Bella Darvi, actress
- October 11 - Chester Conklin, actor
- October 26 - Vincent Coleman, actor
- November 17 - Gladys Cooper, actress
- December 13 - Dita Parlo, actress
- December 18 - Diana Lynn, actress
- December 28 - Max Steiner, film composer
- December 30 - Dorothy Comingore, actress best known as Susan Kane in Citizen Kane
- December 31 - Pete Duel 31, actor (suicide)
- December 31 - Marin Sais, actress

