1971 in film

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.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Billy Jack[?]
2. Fiddler on the Roof
3. Diamonds Are Forever
4. Carnal Knowledge[?]
5. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
6. Willard[?]
7. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song[?]
8. Escape from the Planet of the Apes[?]
9. The Big Doll House[?]
10. Big Jake[?]

Births

• February 17 - Denise Richards
• March 31 - Ewan McGregor
• August 31 - Chris Tucker, actor
• October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actor.
• November 2 - Daniel C. Boyer, American screenwriter, actor, director.
• November 25 - Christina Applegate

Deaths

• January 5 - Douglas Shearer, pioneer motion-picture sound engineer
• February 26 - Fernandel, actor
• March 8 – Harold Lloyd, silent screen comedian
• July 6 - Louis Armstrong, musician, actor
• December 31 - Peter Deuel[?] 31, actor (suicide)

Other Movies Released

• The French Connection
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Dirty Harry[?] starring Clint Eastwood