Events in Film & TV
- Feb 9 Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
- Aug 1 George Harrison's benefit concerts for Bangladesh (2 shows) take place at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell
- Oct 7 "The French Connection" directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey premieres in the US (Academy Awards Best Picture 1972)
- Dec 19 Stanley Kubrick's X-rated film "A Clockwork Orange" based on the book by Anthony Burgess and starring Malcolm McDowell premieres
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Film & TV Awards in 1971
- Feb 5 28th Golden Globes: "Love Story", George C. Scott, & Ali MacGraw win
- Apr 15 43rd Academy Awards: "Patton", George C Scott & Glenda Jackson win
- May 9 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton win
- May 27 24th Cannes Film Festival: "The Go-Between" directed by Joseph Losey wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- Jun 26 21st Berlin International Film Festival: "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" wins the Golden Bear
- Aug 6 3rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Muir College, University of California
- Aug 25 32nd Venice Film Festival opens
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- Feb 5 Actress Judi Dench (36) weds actor Michael Williams (35) at St Mary's Catholic Church in Hampstead, London
- Mar 4 Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau (51) weds author and actress Margaret Joan Sinclair (23) at a private ceremony in North Vancouver, Canada
- Apr 10 American actress Penny Marshall (27) marries American actor and director Rob Reiner (24); divorce in 1981
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