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See also: 1976 in film, other events of 1977, 1978 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

• In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight[?] win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network.
• Rocky picks up an Academy Award for Best Picture and All The President's Men[?] wins Jason Robards[?] the Supporting Actor and an Art Direction for George Jenkins[?] and George Gaines[?].
• May 25 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope opens in theaters and becomes the highest grossing movie to date.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Star Wars

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, starring Richard Dreyfuss
2. Smokey and the Bandit[?]
3. The Goodbye Girl
4. In Search of Noah's Ark[?]
5. A Bridge Too Far
6. The Rescuers
7. The Spy Who Loved Me[?]
8. Oh, God![?], starring George Burns

Births

• January 13 - Orlando Bloom, actor
• July 1 - Liv Tyler[?], actress

Deaths

• January 14 - Peter Finch, actor
• January 29 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian
• May 10 - Joan Crawford, actress
• August 16 - Elvis Presley, singer, actor
• August 19 - Groucho Marx, comedian
• October 14 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor
• December 25 - Charlie Chaplin, star of silent film
• Roberto Rossellini, Italian actor, director

Other Movies Released

• Annie Hall