1979 in film Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Events

• March 5 - Production begins on The Empire Strikes Back, the sequel to Star Wars.
• November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Academy Awards

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

• January 4 - Isidra Vega, actress
• January 8 - Sarah Polley, actress
• January 27 - Rosamund Pike, actress
• February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
• February 9 - Zhang Ziyi, actress and dancer
• April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa, actress
• April 12 - Claire Danes, actress
• April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress
• April 23 - Jaime King, actress
• May 9 - Rosario Dawson, actress
• May 25 - Monica Keena, actress
• October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
• December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress

• February 12 - Jean Renoir, director
• March 1 - Dolores Costello, actress
• March 22 - Ben Lyon, actor, also credited as the person who "discovered" and renamed Marilyn Monroe
• May 29 - Mary Pickford, actress, movie studio founder
• June 11 - John Wayne, actor
• August 17, Vivian Vance, actress
• September 8 - Jean Seberg, actress

• Alexandria - Why
• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Palme d'Or winner
• Being There, starring Peter Sellers
• The Black Stallion
• Breaker Morant
• Caligula, by Gore Vidal and Bob Guccione
• The China Syndrome
• David, Golden Bear winner
• The Electric Horseman, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
• Escape From Alcatraz
• Hardcore, starring George C. Scott
• The In-Laws
• The Jerk, starring Steve Martin
• Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both of whom won Oscarss for their performances
• La Cage aux Folles
• Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton
• Mad Max, starring Mel Gibson
• Manhattan
• The Marriage of Maria Braun
• Meatballs, starring Bill Murray
• Monty Python's Life of Brian
• 1941, starring Dan Aykroyd
• Norma Rae
• Nosferatu the Vampyre
• Rock 'n' Roll High School, produced by Roger Corman, featuring The Ramones
• The Rose
• Siberiade
• Soldier of Orange
• 10, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore
• Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski
• Time After Time
• The Tin Drum, Palm d'Or winner
• Vengeance is Mine
• Zulu Dawn

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