1975 in film

Table of contents

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

Events

January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars.
March - Production begins on Star Wars
March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
July - In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.

Jaws, starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, directed by Milos Forman, starring Jack Nicholson
Dog Day Afternoon
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family
Rollerball
The Return of the Pink Panther
Lucky Lady
Rooster Cogburn, starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn
Hard Times

January 24 - Larry Fine, actor, original member of The Three Stooges
January 27 - Bill Walsh, Movie producer and writer
March 14 - Susan Hayward, actress
April 3 - Mary Ure, actress
April 10 - Marjorie Main, actress, made several Ma & Pa Kettle films
April 13 - Larry Parks, actor
April 15 - Richard Conte, actor
May 4 - Moe Howard, actor, original member of The Three Stooges
June 4 - Evelyn Brent, actress
October 31 - Joseph Calleia, actor
November 2 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, film director
November 5 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer, and silent film actress, portrayed by Esther Williams
December 24 - Bernard Herrmann, film composer

French Connection II- Gene Hackman

Part 2 Walking Tall- Bo Svenson