1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter B), the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.
Real World Events
March
21
- Actor Sam Troughton is born.
April
2
- Actor Michael Fassbender is born.
July
11
- Dan O'Bannon seeks out the talent of H. R. Giger to visualize Alien's Egg and Facehugger.[1]
October
31
- 20th Century Fox gives Brandywine the green-light on Alien (with Walter Hill directing).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ian Nathan. 'Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film', p. 172 (2011), Voyager Press.