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George Roy Hill

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George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 23, 2002) was an American film director. [1]

98 relations: A Little Romance, A Night to Remember (1958 film), Academy Award for Best Director, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Aircraft pilot, Arthur Hiller, Atlanta, August Strindberg, Bachelor's degree, Bea Arthur, Broadway theatre, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Catholic Church, Charles W. "Speed" Holman, Cinematographer, Classical music, Cyril Cusack, Demobilization, Emmy Award, Film director, Finnegans Wake, Funny Farm (film), G.I. Bill, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, George Bernard Shaw, George Hill (director), Hawaii (1966 film), Hollywood, Irish theatre, James Joyce, Johann Sebastian Bach, Julie Andrews, Korean War, Kraft Television Theatre, Laurence Olivier, Lillian Hellman, Look Homeward, Angel, Louisa Horton, Margaret Webster, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Minneapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Off-Broadway, Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Parkinson's disease, Paul Hindemith, Paul Newman, Period of Adjustment (film), Peter Sellers, ..., Pulitzer Prize, Richard II (play), RMS Titanic, Robert Redford, Screenplay, Scroll and Key, Slap Shot (film), Slaughterhouse-Five (film), Star Tribune, Television, Tennessee Williams, Texas, The Blake School (Minneapolis), The Devil's Disciple, The Great Waldo Pepper, The Little Drummer Girl, The Little Drummer Girl (film), The Spizzwinks, The Sting, The Whiffenpoofs, The World According to Garp (film), The World of Henry Orient, Thesis, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tim Hill (director), Toys in the Attic (1963 film), Trinity College Dublin, Ulysses (novel), United States, United States Marine Corps, Walk East on Beacon, World War I, World War II, Yale University, 1962 in film, 1963 in film, 1964 in film, 1966 in film, 1967 in film, 1969 in film, 1972 in film, 1973 in film, 1975 in film, 1977 in film, 1979 in film, 1982 in film, 1984 in film, 1988 in film. Expand index (48 more) »

A Little Romance

A Little Romance is a 1979 American Technicolor and Panavision romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Laurence Olivier, Thelonious Bernard, and Diane Lane in her film debut.

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A Night to Remember (1958 film)

A Night to Remember is a 1958 British drama film adaptation of Walter Lord's 1955 book, which recounts the final night of the.

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Academy Award for Best Director

The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award for Best Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS (often pronounced as am-pas), also known as simply the Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

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Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller, (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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August Strindberg

Johan August Strindberg (22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Bea Arthur

Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian, singer, Marine, and animal rights activist.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman (who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film).

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Charles W. "Speed" Holman

Charles W. "Speed" Holman (December 27, 1898 – May 17, 1931) was a stunt pilot, barnstormer, wing walker, parachutist, airmail pilot, record holding aviator, and airline pilot.

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Cinematographer

A cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera and light crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Cyril Cusack

Cyril James Cusack (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish actor, who appeared in numerous films and television productions in a career lasting more than 70 years.

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Demobilization

Demobilization or demobilisation (see spelling differences) is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Film director

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

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Finnegans Wake

Finnegans Wake is a work of fiction by Irish writer James Joyce.

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Funny Farm (film)

Funny Farm is a 1988 American comedy film starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith.

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G.I. Bill

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

The Gaiety Theatre is a theatre on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, off Grafton Street and close to St. Stephen's Green.

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist.

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George Hill (director)

George William Hill (April 25, 1895 – August 10, 1934) was an American film director and cinematographer.

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Hawaii (1966 film)

Hawaii is a 1966 American epic drama film directed by George Roy Hill and based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. It tells the story of an 1820s Yale University divinity student (Max von Sydow) who, accompanied by his new bride (Julie Andrews), becomes a Calvinist missionary in the Hawaiian Islands. It was filmed at Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and on the islands of Kauai and Oahu in Hawaii.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Irish theatre

The history of Irish theatre begins with the rise of the English administration in Dublin at the start of the 17th century.

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James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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Julie Andrews

Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, (born 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre is an American drama/anthology television series that began May 7, 1947, on NBC, airing at 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings until December of that year.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Lillian Hellman

Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism.

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Look Homeward, Angel

Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe.

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Louisa Horton

Louisa Fleetwood Horton (September 10, 1920 - January 25, 2008) was an American film, television, and stage actress, who used her given name, Louisa Horton, professionally.

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Margaret Webster

Margaret Webster (March 15, 1905 – November 13, 1972) was an American-British theater actress, producer and director.

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point(*) is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina, USA, in the eastern part of the state.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Off-Broadway

An Off-Broadway theatre is any professional venue in Manhattan in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.

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Pacific Ocean theater of World War II

The Pacific Ocean theater, during World War II, was a major theater of the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system.

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Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor.

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Paul Newman

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist.

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Period of Adjustment (film)

Period of Adjustment is a 1962 American comedy-drama film directed by George Roy Hill, his first feature-length film, based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams.

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers, CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian and singer.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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Richard II (play)

King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist.

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Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work by screenwriters for a film, video game, or television program.

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Scroll and Key

The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Slap Shot (film)

Slap Shot is a 1977 sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean.

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Slaughterhouse-Five (film)

Slaughterhouse-Five is a 1972 science fiction film film based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same name about a writer who tells a story in random order of how he was a soldier in World War II and was abducted by aliens.

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Star Tribune

The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in Minnesota.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American playwright.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Blake School (Minneapolis)

The Blake School is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian PK-12 college preparatory day school, established in 1900.

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The Devil's Disciple

The Devil's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw.

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The Great Waldo Pepper

The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill.

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The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl is a spy novel by John le Carré, published in 1983.

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The Little Drummer Girl (film)

The Little Drummer Girl is a 1984 American spy film directed by George Roy Hill and adapted from the 1983 novel of the same name by John le Carré.

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The Spizzwinks

The Spizzwinks, stylized as The Spizzwinks(?), are an a cappella singing group of male students from Yale University.

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The Sting

The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw).

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The Whiffenpoofs

The Yale Whiffenpoofs is a collegiate ''a cappella'' singing group.

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The World According to Garp (film)

The World According to Garp is a 1982 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by George Roy Hill, written by Steve Tesich, and starring Robin Williams in the title role.

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The World of Henry Orient

The World of Henry Orient is a 1964 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Nora Johnson, who co-wrote the screenplay with her father, Nunnally Johnson.

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Thesis

A thesis or dissertation is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.

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Thoroughly Modern Millie

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 American musical-romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews.

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Tim Hill (director)

Timothy Hill (born May 31, 1973) is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Toys in the Attic (1963 film)

Toys in the Attic is a 1963 American drama film starring Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux, Gene Tierney and Wendy Hiller.

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, a research university located in Dublin, Ireland.

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Ulysses (novel)

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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Walk East on Beacon

Walk East on Beacon (1952) is an American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and released by Columbia Pictures.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia the year's top-grossing film as well as winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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1963 in film

The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra, Alfred Hitchcock's horror ''The Birds'', and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

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1964 in film

The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including two highly successful musical films, My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins.

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1966 in film

The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.

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1967 in film

The year 1967 in film involved some significant events.

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1969 in film

The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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1972 in film

The year 1972 in film involved several significant cinematic events including the release of Francis Ford Coppola's Academy Award-winning film, The Godfather.

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1973 in film

The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.

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1975 in film

The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.

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1977 in film

The year 1977 in film involved some significant events, the biggest and most important of which was the release of Star Wars.

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1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.

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1982 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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1984 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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1988 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill

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