1970 in film


The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1Love StoryParamount$50,000,000
2AirportUniversal$44,500,000
3M*A*S*H20th Century Fox$30,000,000
4Patton20th Century Fox$27,000,000
5WoodstockWarner Bros.$16,400,000
6Little Big ManNational General Pictures$15,000,000
7Tora! Tora! Tora!20th Century Fox/Toei$13,700,000
8Ryan's DaughterMGM$13,400,000
9Catch-22Paramount$12,300,000
10The Owl and the PussycatColumbia$11,500,000

Events

  • January 9 – Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career.
  • February 11 – The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It", is released on Apple Records.
  • March 12 – Film debut of Ornella Muti in La moglie più bella 3 days after her 15th birthday.
  • March 17 – The controversial film The Boys in the Band, directed by William Friedkin and based on Mart Crowley's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters.
  • July – Stanley R. Jaffe appointed as president of Paramount Pictures, succeeding Charles Bludhorn who remained chairman and CEO.
  • October 24 – Joan Crawford's final film, the low-budget horror picture Trog, opens in theaters.
  • December 1 – Yousuf Khan Sher Bano is the first Pashto film released.
  • December 14 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono film Up Your Legs Forever with 367 participants in New York City.
  • The IMAX motion picture projection system premieres at the Fuji Pavilion, at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.
  • In Culver City, California, MGM begins selling off its studio back lot property and movie props.

    Awards

'''Cannes Film Festival :'''

1970 films

By country/region

**Gerald Downey, American actor
  • *William Bradley Spence, Canadian actor, musician, director and all around good guy
  • October 2
  • *Catherine Kellner, American character actress
  • *Kelly Ripa, American actress and television host
  • *Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
  • October 3 - Kirsten Nelson, American actress and director
  • October 5 - Josie Bissett, American actress
  • October 7 - Nicole Ari Parker, American actress and model
  • October 8
  • *Matt Damon, American actor
  • *Anne-Marie Duff, English actress and narrator
  • October 9 - Jason Butler Harner, American actor
  • October 12
  • *Cody Cameron, American voice actor and director
  • *Kirk Cameron, American actor
  • *Cláudia Abreu, Brazilian actress
  • October 15
  • *Noel Gugliemi, American actor
  • *Zak Orth, American actor
  • October 17 - J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor
  • October 18 - Mike Mitchell, American director, writer, producer, actor and animator
  • October 19 - Chris Kattan, American actor and comedian
  • October 21 - Autumn de Wilde, American photographer and film director
  • October 22 - Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer
  • October 24 - Raul Esparza, American actor
  • October 25
  • *Adam Goldberg, American character actor, filmmaker and musician
  • *Adam Pascal, American actor, singer and musician
  • October 26 - Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
  • October 28 - Greg Eagles, American actor, producer and writer
  • October 29 - Michael Daingerfield, Canadian actor
  • October 30 - Nia Long, American actress
  • October 31
  • *Rob Letterman, American director and screenwriter
  • *Nolan North, American actor and voice actor
  • November 1 - Merle Palmiste, Estonian actress
  • November 6 - Ethan Hawke, American actor
  • November 7 - Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker and screenwriter
  • November 10 - Vince Vieluf, American actor
  • November 12
  • *Aitor Iturrioz, Mexican actor
  • *Michael Greco, British actor
  • *Craig Parker, New Zealand actor
  • November 13 - José María Yazpik, Mexican actor
  • November 15 - Danny Sapani, British actor
  • November 16 - Martha Plimpton, American actress
  • November 18
  • *Mike Epps, American stand-up comedian, producer and actor
  • *Peta Wilson, Australian actress and model
  • November 20 - Melissa Disney, American voice actress and writer
  • November 22 - Joe Son, South Korean-born American former actor
  • November 23
  • *Oded Fehr, Israeli actor
  • *Danny Hoch, American actor, writer and director
  • November 24 - Madis Milling, Estonian actor and presenter
  • November 27 - Brooke Langton, American actress
  • November 29 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and comedian
  • November 30 - Perrey Reeves, American actress
  • December 1
  • *Jouko Ahola, Finnish powerlifter and actor
  • *Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, singer and writer
  • December 2 - Joe Lo Truglio, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
  • December 4 - Kevin Sussman, American actor and comedian
  • December 5 - Adam Levy, British actor
  • December 12
  • *Jennifer Connelly, American actress
  • *Regina Hall, American actress
  • December 13 - Bart Johnson, American actor
  • December 17 - Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
  • December 18
  • *Gero Camilo, Brazilian actor and singer-songwriter
  • *Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress and model
  • December 20
  • *Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress
  • *Todd Phillips, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • December 23 - Anatole Taubman, Swiss actor
  • December 24 - Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican actor and producer
  • December 25 - Andy Fickman, American filmmaker
  • December 28 - Elaine Hendrix, American actress