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1 Events

• February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour
• The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.

2 Top grossing films

North America

1. Love Story
2. Little Big Man
3. Summer of '42
4. Ryan's Daughter
5. The Owl and the Pussycat
6. The AristocatsThe Aristocats ( 1970) is an animated Disney film about a family of aristocratic cats and how they meet an alley cat. This film is noted for being the last film to be approved by Walt Disney himself. Disney died before the film was released. The film's ba
7. Carnal Knowledge
8. Willard
9. The Andromeda StrainThe Andromeda Strain is a book (BooksEnthsiast.com) written in 1968 by Michael Crichton about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly disease of extraterrestrial origin which causes rapid, fatal clotting of the blood. The book was the basis for a 1971
10. Big Jake

3 Academy AwardBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a ps

• Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in: The French ConnectionThis page is about the film. For the clothing company, see French Connection. The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin which tells the story of two New York City policemen who are trying to intercept a heroin shipment co - D'Antoni-Schine-Moore, 20th Century-Fox
• Best Director: William FriedkinWilliam Friedkin (born August 29, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is a movie and television director, producer, and writer best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. After seeing the movie Citizen Kane as a boy, he beca - The French ConnectionThis page is about the film. For the clothing company, see French Connection. The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood film directed by William Friedkin which tells the story of two New York City policemen who are trying to intercept a heroin shipment co
• Best Actor: Gene Hackman - The French Connection
• Best Actress: Jane Fonda - Klute
• Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson - The Last Picture Show
• Best Supporting Actress: - Cloris Leachman - The Last Picture Show