Events May - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band marries actress Faye Dunaway Top Grossing Films of the Year Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Corman The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, and Fred Astaire Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, and Madeline Kahn. Earthquake The Godfather: Part II Black Christmas Benji The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Thunderbolt and Lightfoot The Man with the Golden Gun Births March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, actress April 28 - Penelope Cruz, actress November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, actor Deaths February 11 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress October 13 - Ed Sullivan, television host, actor November 13 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director Other Movies Released Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Chinatown The Conversation Son of Dracula