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1979 in film
Events
Top grossing films
- North America
- Superman
- Every Which Way But Loose
- Rocky II, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Alien
- tie, The Amityville Horror and Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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Moonraker starring Roger Moore
- The Muppet Movie
- California Suite
- The Deer Hunter
Births
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January 12 - Isidra Vega, actress
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January 8 - Sarah Polley, actress
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January 27 - Rosamund Pike, actress
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February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
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February 9 - Zhang Ziyi, actress and dancer
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April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa, actress
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April 12 - Claire Danes, actress
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April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress
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April 23 - Jaime King, actress
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May 9 - Rosario Dawson, actress
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May 25 - Monica Keena, actress
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October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
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October 8 - Kristanna Loken, actress
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December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress
Deaths
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February 12 - Jean Renoir, director
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March 1 - Dolores Costello, actress
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March 22 - Ben Lyon, actor, also credited as the person who "discovered" and renamed Marilyn Monroe
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May 29 - Mary Pickford, actress, movie studio founder
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June 11 - John Wayne, actor
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August 17, Vivian Vance, actress
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September 8 - Jean Seberg, actress
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September 12 - Jocelyne LaGarde, Tahitian actress
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December 11 - Adile Nasit, actress
Other movies released
- Agatha
- Alexandria - Why?
- All That Jazz
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Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Palme d'Or winner
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Being There, starring Peter Sellers
- The Black Stallion
- Breaker Morant
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Caligula, by Gore Vidal and Bob Guccione
- The China Syndrome
- David , Golden Bear winner
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The Electric Horseman , directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
- Escape From Alcatraz
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Hardcore, starring George C. Scott
- The In-Laws
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The Jerk, starring Steve Martin
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Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both of whom won Oscars for their performances
- La Cage aux Folles
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Love at First Bite , starring George Hamilton
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Mad Max, starring Mel Gibson
- Manhattan
- The Marriage of Maria Braun
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Meatballs, starring Bill Murray
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
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1941, starring Dan Aykroyd
- Norma Rae
- Nosferatu the Vampyre
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Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
- The Rose
- Siberiade
- Soldier of Orange
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10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore
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Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski
- Time After Time
- The Tin Drum, Palm d'Or winner
- Vengeance is Mine
- Zulu Dawn
Last updated: 09-12-2005 02:39:13
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