The year
1972 in film involved some significant
events.
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
The Godfather |
Paramount |
$86,691,000 |
| 2. |
The Poseidon
Adventure |
20th Century Fox |
$42,000,000 |
| 3. |
What's Up,
Doc? |
Warner Brothers |
$28,000,000 |
| 4. |
Deliverance |
Warner Brothers |
$22,600,000 |
| 5. |
Jeremiah Johnson |
Warner Brothers |
$21,900,000 |
| 6. |
Cabaret |
Allied Artists |
$20,250,000 |
| 7. |
The
Getaway |
Cinema Film |
$18,000,000 |
| 8. |
Lady Sings the
Blues |
Paramount |
$9,665,000 |
| 9. |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know... |
United Artists |
$8,828,000 |
| 10. |
Sounder |
20th Century Fox |
$8,726,000 |
|
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
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Births
- January 1- Catherine
McCormack, actress
- January 11- Amanda Peet,
actress
- January 15- Kobe Tai , adult and
mainstream actress
- March 23 - Judith Godrèche,
actress
- March 31 - Alejandro
Amenábar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer
- April 17 - Jennifer Garner,
actress
- April 29 - Derek Mears, actor and
stuntman
- May 28 - Chiara Mastroianni,
actress
- June 12 - Robin Tunney,
actress
- June 28 - Alessandro Nivola,
actor
- August 12- Rebecca Gayheart,
actress
- August 15- Ben Affleck, actor
- August 30- Cameron Diaz,
actress
- September 8 - Giovanni Frezza,
actor
- September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow,
actress
- October 17- Eminem , 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. 1886)
- 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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