1973 in film



The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

 * April 11 - Kim Jong-il publishes his film treatise On the Art of the Cinema.
 * May 1 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely; she will marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra in 1976.
 * July 20 - Martial arts legend Bruce Lee dies before Enter the Dragon is released on July 26.
 * November 21 - The sci-fi movie Westworld is the first feature film to use digital image processing.
 * December 25 - The Sting is released and goes on to become one of the top grossing films of all time.
 * December 26 - The Exorcist reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.

Awards
Academy Awards:
 * Best Picture: The Sting - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal
 * Best Director: George Roy Hill - The Sting
 * Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
 * Best Actress: Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
 * Best Supporting Actor: John Houseman - The Paper Chase
 * Best Supporting Actress: Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon
 * Best Foreign Language Film: Day for Night (La Nuit américaine), directed by François Truffaut, France

Golden Globe Awards:


 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: The Exorcist
 * Best Actor: Al Pacino – Serpico
 * Best Actress: Marsha Mason – Cinderella Liberty


 * Musical or comedy:
 * Best Picture: American Graffiti
 * Best Actor: George Segal – A Touch of Class
 * Best Actress: Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class


 * Other
 * Best Director: William Friedkin – The Exorcist
 * Best Foreign Language Film: The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), W. Germany

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom
 * Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray, India

Christmas films released in 1973

 * 1) The Nutcracker