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August 17 – The sci-fi movie Westworld is the first feature film to use digital image processing. December 25 – The Sting is released and goes on to become one of the top-grossing films of all time. December 26 – The Exorcist reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.
The Day of the Dolphin is a 1973 American science fiction thriller film directed by Mike Nichols and starring George C. Scott. Based on the 1967 novel Un animal doué de raison (lit. A Sentient Animal ), by French writer Robert Merle , the screenplay was written by American Buck Henry .
The Seven-Ups is a 1973 American neo-noir mystery action thriller film [3] produced and directed by Philip D'Antoni.It stars Roy Scheider as a crusading policeman who is the leader of the Seven-Ups, a squad of plainclothes officers who use dirty, unorthodox tactics to snare their quarry on charges leading to prison sentences of seven years or more upon prosecution, hence the name of the team.
The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel by Darryl Ponicsan.The film stars Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, and Carol Kane.
The actor Donald Sutherland is credited with conceiving the idea for the film in 1972. [9] He hired Mark Lane and Donald Freed to write the screenplay. [10] Sutherland planned to act in and produce Executive Action, but he was compelled to abandon the project after failing to obtain studio financing, and ended up taking a role in another film.
The principal photography on Serpico began in early July 1973. The film was planned to be released before Christmas, with four-and-a-half months for the crew to complete the movie. [29] Filming took place in July and August. [30] The story of the film encompassed 11 years, from 1960 through 1971. [31] Pacino as Frank Serpico in a publicity portrait
The Last of Sheila is a 1973 American whodunnit mystery film directed and produced by Herbert Ross and written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim.It starred Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, and Raquel Welch.
The 14 (also known as Existence; U.S. title: The Wild Little Bunch) is a 1973 British drama film directed by David Hemmings and starring Jack Wild and June Brown. [1] It was written by Roland Starke. Its plot, based on fact, concerns the fate of fourteen children in west London who are orphaned after the death of their single mother. [2] [3]