Timelines for year 1971
Rock Hudson
Died the same day as George Savalas. He and Savalas' older brother, Telly Savalas appeared in Pretty Maids All in a Row .
Michael Landon
Attended Ronald Reagan's second inauguration as Governor of California on 3 January 1971, and his first inauguration as President of the United States on 20 January 1981.
Isaac Hayes
Was originally considered for the role of Shaft ; however, the lead went to Richard Roundtree. However, he got the lead role in Truck Turner , which is the only film that he ever played such a part.
Mia Farrow
At one time, was scheduled to star in Mary, Queen of Scots with Geneviève Bujold. The film was eventually made with Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave in the leads.
Woody Allen
Accused British interviewer Michael Parkinson of having a morbid interest in his private life and rejected questions about the custody battle for his children during his appearance on the BBC's "Parkinson" in 1999.
Mario Van Peebles
His movie debut came when he was 13 in his father's 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song , where he had a love scene with an older woman.
Mike Nichols
According to Jack Nicholson's April 1972 Playboy Magazine interview, Nichols asked Nicholson and other cast members not to smoke marijuana while filming Carnal Knowledge on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, where cannabis was easily available. Nichols thought that it dulled an actor's performance.
Charlton Heston
Prior to starring in The Omega Man , a remake of Vincent Price's film The Last Man on Earth , Heston and Price appeared together in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments .
Ricky Nelson
When Rick Nelson appeared at The Rock Revival at Madison Square Garden in 1971, he was unaware that he was to appear in clothing from the era of the height of his popularity. Not aware of this he appeared in contemporary clothing and was booed because of this. Afterwards, and as a result of this, he wrote the hit song, "Garden Party".
Ann-Margret
Both films for which she was Oscar nominated, Carnal Knowledge and Tommy ), also co-starred Jack Nicholson.
Rue McClanahan
After her second marriage broke up, she went to New York, and started doing films. She thinks her They Might Be Giants part was her best movie part.
Pam Grier
Her early films such as Women in Cages and The Big Doll House were filmed in the Philippines. While there she contracted a deadly tropical disease and nearly died. She lost her hair and was temporarily blind for almost a month. It took nearly a year for her to recover.
Jodie Foster
Never liked "All in the Family" because "it seemed to be doing the same thing each week."
William Friedkin
His two most famous films, The French Connection and The Exorcist , both begin in a foreign country, in which something in that country is brought over to America and then dealt with by American "authorities" in that field. The French Connection has drugs coming from France and then dealt with by American narcotics officers; The Exorcist has a demonic presence (from an idol) coming from Iraq to America, and dealt with by American priests.
He directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Jason Miller, Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair. Hackman won an Oscar for The French Connection .