1967 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television.
• The prototype for the IMAX multi-screen system is exhibited at Expo '67 in Montreal, Canada

Top grossing films

North America

1. The Dirty Dozen
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Casino Royale
4. A Man for All Seasons
5. Thoroughly Modern Millie
6. Barefoot in the Park
7. Georgy Girl
8. To Sir, with Love

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night - Mirisch, United Artists
• Best Actor: Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night
• Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Births

• January 14 - Emily Watson, English actress
• February 9 - Benicio Del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
• February 10 - Laura Dern, American actress
• May 31 - Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
• June 20 - Nicole Kidman, American actress
• July 1 - Pamela Anderson, American actress
• July 16 - Will Ferrell, American actor
• October 28 - Julia Roberts, American actress
• September 11 - Harry Connick, Jr.
• November 28 - Anna Nicole Smith, model and actress

Deaths

• January 21 - Ann Sheridan (b. 1915), American actress
• June 10 - Spencer Tracy (b. 1900), American actor.
• June 29 - Jayne Mansfield (b. 1933), American actress.
• July 7 - Vivien Leigh (b. 1913), British actress.

Other movies released

• In the Heat of the Night
• Bonnie and Clyde
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• The Happiest Millionaire
• Lo Straniero
• Bedazzled
• Quatermass and the Pit
• Wait Until Dark
• Doctor Dolittle
• The War Wagon
• El Dorado
• I Am Curious (Yellow)
• The Jungle Book
• The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft
• The Born Losers
• In Like Flint
• One Million Years B.C.
• For a Few Dollars More
• A Fistful of Dollars
• Belle de jour Golden Lion winner
• Le Depart Golden Bear winner
• Blowup Palme d'Or winner
• The Whisperers
• Persona by director Ingmar Bergman
• Cool Hand Luke
• The Fastest Guitar Alive - starring Roy Orbison, Maggie Pierce, Sammy Jackson