1971 in film

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The year **1971 in film** involved some significant events.

## Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1971 box office number-one films in the United States
The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

## Events

* February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, *Eat the Document*, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
* The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
* April 23 - *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.

## Awards

**Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):**

***The Go-Between***, directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom
**Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):**

***The Garden of the Finzi-Continis*** (*Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini*), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

## Births

* January 2 - Taye Diggs, American actor
* January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
* January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American musician
* January 15 - Regina King, American actress
* January 24 - Stanislas Merhar, French actor
* February 1
	+ Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
	+ Michael C. Hall, American actor
* February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
* February 15
	+ Alex Borstein, American actress
	+ Renee O'Connor, American actress
* February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
* February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina voice actress/singer
* February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
* March 2 - Method Man, American actor and musician
* March 5 - Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
* March 7 - Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
* March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
* March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
* March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
* March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
* March 31 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
* April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress
* April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
* April 19 - Wendy Powell, American voice actress
* April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
* May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
* May 27
	+ Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d.2002)
	+ Paul Bettany, English actor
* May 30 - Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
* June 4 - Noah Wyle, American actor
* June 5 - Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
* June 15 - Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
* June 16 -
	+ Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
	+ Tupac Shakur, American actor and musician (d.1996)
* July 1 - Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
* July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
* July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress
* August 10 - Justin Theroux, American actor
* August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
* August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
* September 8
	+ David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter
	+ Martin Freeman, English actor
* September 14 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actresses
* September 15 - Colleen Villard, American voice actress
* September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
* September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
* September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
* October 20 - Snoop Dogg, American musician and actor
* October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
* November 3 - Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
* November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress
* December 1 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
* December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
* December 7 - Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress
* December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
* December 25 - Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
* December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician

## Film debuts

* F. Murray Abraham - *They Might Be Giants*
* Kathy Bates - *Taking Off*
* Stockard Channing - *The Hospital*
* Brian Cox - *Nicholas and Alexandra*
* Daniel Day-Lewis - *Sunday Bloody Sunday*
* Gérard Depardieu - *Cry of the Cormoran*
* Craig T. Nelson - *The Return of Count Yorga*
* John Ritter - *The Barefoot Executive*
* David Ogden Stiers - *THX 1138*

## References

1. ↑ Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). *George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success*. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780061778896.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

	* *Fiddler on the Roof*: p.527. $75.6 million (Initial Release Domestic Box office)
2. ↑ "The French Connection, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
3. ↑ "Diamonds Are Forever, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
4. ↑ "Dirty Harry, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
5. ↑ "Billy Jack". *The Numbers*. Nash Information Services. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
6. ↑ "Summer of '42, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
7. ↑ "The Last Picture Show, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
8. ↑ "Carnal Knowledge, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
9. ↑ "A Clockwork Orange, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
10. ↑ "Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 11, 2012.

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