1978 in film

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1 Events

Events

February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California
March 1 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial
March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars' sequel, The Empire Strikes Back
September - George Lucas purchases Bulltail Ranch, on Lucas Valley Road, for the development of Skywalker Ranch.
November 17 - The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming sequel.
US Supreme Court lists words that should not be used in movies.
First Sundance Film Festival

North America

January 5 - Sally Eilers, actress
March 24 - Leigh Brackett, science fiction writer
August 24 - Louis Prima, bandleader, voice actor ("King Louie of the Apes" in The Jungle Book)
August 26 - Charles Boyer, actor
August 28 - Robert Shaw, actor
September 9 - Jack Warner, Hollywood studio founder
September 30 - Edgar Bergen, actor
October 16 - Dan Dailey, actor
October 19 - Gig Young, actor

Damien: Omen II, starring William Holden
The Lord of the Rings, animated film by Ralph Bakshi
Midnight Express
Battlestar Galactica (Canada and most European countries only; released in U.S. theatres the following year)
Superman, starring Marlon Brando and Christopher Reeve
Every Which Way But Loose
The Deer Hunter
Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis
The Late Great Palent Earth
F.I.S.T.
The Tree of Wooden Clogs Palme d'Or winner
An Unmarried Woman
Girlfriends, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner
The Trout Golden Bear winner
Max's Words Golden Bear winner
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
The Buddy Holly Story
Autumn Sonata
Bread and Chocolate
Interiors
The Boys From Brazil
Death on the Nile
Comes a Horseman
Bye Bye Monkey
Pretty Baby
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, remake of 1956 movie