1970 in film

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

Events

• February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It," (which is written and produced by Paul McCartney), is also released on Apple Records.
• The IMAX motion picture projection system premieres at the Fuji Pavilion, at EXPO '70 in Osaka, Japan

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Love Story
2. M*A*S*H, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould
3. Patton, starring George C. Scott
4. Woodstock
5. Little Big Man
6. Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
7. Joe
8. Ann och Eve - de erotiska
9. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
10. Tora! Tora! Tora

Births

• April 29 - Uma Thurman, actress
• May 22 - Naomi Campbell, model, actress
• May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, actor
• June 26 - Chris O'Donell, actor
• July 24 - Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer
• August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, film director, writer, producer, actor
• August 23 - Jay Mohr, actor, comedian
• October 8 - Matt Damon, actor

Deaths

• March 23 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director
• May 14 - Billie Burke, actress, The Wizard of Oz
• July 22 - Fritz Kortner, director
• August 1 - Frances Farmer, actress
• September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, actor
• October 10 - Grethe Weiser, actress

Other Movies Released

• The Devils, directed by Ken Russell and starring Vanessa Redgrave
• Myra Breckinridge
• ''The Aristocats