1979 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of 1979 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• March 5 - Production begins on The Empire Strikes Back, the sequel to Star Wars.
• November 3 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.

1. Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both of whom won Oscarss for their performances
2. The Amityville Horror
4. Alien
5. Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford and others
6. The Muppet Movie
7. The Jerk, starring Steve Martin
8. Moonraker starring Roger Moore
9. Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton
10. Meatballs, starring Bill Murray

• Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia
• Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
• Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae

• February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
• April 23 - James King,actress
• December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress

• February 12 - Jean Renoir, director
• May 29 - Mary Pickford, actress, movie studio founder
• June 11 - John Wayne, actor
• August 17, Vivian Vance, actress
• September 8 - Jean Seberg, actress

Other Movies Released

• Being There, starring Peter Sellers
• Caligula, by Gore Vidal and Bob Guccione
• The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
• Hardcore, starring George C. Scott
• Mad Max, starring Mel Gibson
• 1941, starring Dan Aykroyd
• Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
• 10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore
• Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski