Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights Top Grossing Films of the Year Rocky To Fly All the President's Men, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford King Kong, starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges The Enforcer Silent Movie The Pink Panther Strikes Again Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek Logan's Run Marathon Man Academy Awards Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists Best Director: John G. Avildsen - Rocky Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously) Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards Jr All The President's Men Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - Network Births January 3 - Jason Marsden, actor. January 6 - Danny Pintauro, actor February 11 - Brice Beckham, actor. February 28 - Ja Rule, actor/rap singer/songwriter. September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress. October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, actress. Deaths January 12 - Agatha Christie, writer January 23 - Paul Robeson, actor, singer February 11 - Lee J Cobb, actor. February 11 - Alice Allyn, actress. February 11 - Charlie Naughton, actor. February 12 - Sal Mineo, actor February 26 - Frieda Inescort, actress March 14 - Busby Berkeley, director March 17 - Luchino Visconti, italian theatre and cinema director. June 9 - Sybil Thorndike, actress October 14 - Edith Evans, actress November 15 - Jean Gabin, actor November 28 - Rosalind Russell, actress Other Movies Released Taxi Driver Wilma - Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin The Omen- Gregory Peck, Lee Remick
