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Maui Film Fest Director Barry Rivers Talks Cinema (Q&A)
Noela Hueso Megan Fox and Olivia Wilde are among the stars set to head to Maui this week for the 12th annual Maui Film Festival. THR talks to fest director Barry Rivers to see what's on tap this year. read more
Noela Hueso Megan Fox and Olivia Wilde are among the stars set to head to Maui this week for the 12th annual Maui Film Festival. THR talks to fest director Barry Rivers to see what's on tap this year. read more
Category:1997 films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This category contains films originally released in the year 1997. ... Pages in category "1997 films" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 924 ...
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Contents
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Events
4 Awards
5 Films released in 1997
6 Wide-release movies
6.1 JanuaryMarch
6.2 AprilJune
6.3 JulySeptember
6.4 OctoberDecember
7 Births
8 Notable deaths
9 Film debuts
Events
The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.
Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1000000000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park grosses a record $90161880 on Memorial Weekend.
Top grossing films
Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic is a 1997 romance film directed, written, produced and edited ... Production of the film began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the real wreck of the ...
Titanic is a 1997 romance film directed, written, produced and edited ... Production of the film began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the real wreck of the ...
Following the tradition of the English language film industry these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1997; because they may have made most of their income in a later year they may not be the top-grossing films for the calendar year. The top ten films of 1997 as of January 26 2006 (U.S. and Canada) January 26 2006 (UK) and January 26 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
1997 Rank
Title
Studio
Worldwide Gross
U.S/Canada Gross
U.K. Gross
Mexico Gross
Australia Gross
Actor
Director
1.
Titanic
Paramount/Fox
$1843201268
$600788188
68532746
$65768915
$57644334
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
James Cameron
2.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Universal
$618638999
$229086679
25799961
$20071203
Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore
Steven Spielberg
3.
Men in Black
Columbia
$589390539
$250690539
35820921
$22789539
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith
Barry Sonnenfeld
4.
Tomorrow Never Dies
United Artists
$333011068
$125304276
19584504
$12188046
Pierce Brosnan
Roger Spottiswoode
5.
Air Force One
Columbia
$315156409
$172956409
Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman
Wolfgang Petersen
6.
As Good as It Gets
TriStar
$314178011
$148478011
Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt
James L. Brooks
7.
Liar Liar
Universal
$302710615
$181410615
11785973
$21117778
Jim Carrey and Maura Tierney
Tom Shadyac
8.
Good Will Hunting
Miramax
$299288605
$127120029
Robin Williams and Matt Damon
Gus Van Sant
9.
The Fifth Element
Columbia
$263900000
$63800000
Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman
Luc Besson
10.
The Full Monty
Fox Searchlight
$257850122
$45948975
51992765
$23197810
Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy
Peter Cattaneo
Princess Diana death film stirs up Cannes festival (Reuters)
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A documentary film that features a paparazzi photograph of Princess Diana dying after a car crash in Paris in 1997 has stirred controversy, three days before it is shown to the media and potential buyers in Cannes.
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A documentary film that features a paparazzi photograph of Princess Diana dying after a car crash in Paris in 1997 has stirred controversy, three days before it is shown to the media and potential buyers in Cannes.
1997 Cannes Film Festival: Films - Freebase
1997 Cannes Film Festival: Films - Facts and information from Freebase, the world's database. ... A film can be of any length of running time and presented in a theatrical, ...
1997 Cannes Film Festival: Films - Facts and information from Freebase, the world's database. ... A film can be of any length of running time and presented in a theatrical, ...
As of November 7 2008 forty-one films released in 1997 have grossed more than $100 million reaching blockbuster status. Three films have grossed more than $400 million reaching "international blockbuster" status. One film (Titanic) has grossed more than $1800000000 making it the second highest grossing film in history. On Sunday February 22 1998 Titanic reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 66 days. On Thursday March 26 1998 after 98 days in release Titanic reached $500 million domestically becoming the first film in history to cross the half-billion-dollar domestic milestone. On Thursday August 27 1998 Titanic reached $600 million domestically becoming the most successful box office film in history.
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Cabbage Patch Kids set for TV film return
Pudgy dolls that sparked a 1980s craze may return to TV screens in an animated film special The production company making a live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film for Paramount has bought the screen rights to the pudgy, wrinkled dollies that provoked punch-ups between parents at the height of their popularity in 1983. Original Appalachian Artworks, which owns the brand rights to the ...
Pudgy dolls that sparked a 1980s craze may return to TV screens in an animated film special The production company making a live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film for Paramount has bought the screen rights to the pudgy, wrinkled dollies that provoked punch-ups between parents at the height of their popularity in 1983. Original Appalachian Artworks, which owns the brand rights to the ...
Titanic: Information from Answers.com
At midpoint in the film, the Titanic slides against the iceberg and water rushes ... Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co ...
At midpoint in the film, the Titanic slides against the iceberg and water rushes ... Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co ...
For a complete list of 1997's top-grossing films follow these links:
Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/view2worldwide&yr1997&p.htm
U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/yr1997&p.htm
United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/
Events
Galway premiere for controversial Diana film
This year’s Galway Film Fleadh will premiere a sensational documentary that can never be seen in Britain.
This year’s Galway Film Fleadh will premiere a sensational documentary that can never be seen in Britain.
The Full Monty (1997) - IMDb
Directed by Peter Cattaneo. With Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, William Snape. ... at full speed for quite a distance Dave is not out of breath in the close-ups. ...
Directed by Peter Cattaneo. With Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, William Snape. ... at full speed for quite a distance Dave is not out of breath in the close-ups. ...
Academy Awards
Film Fest Brings Fab Moments
The column about my knee evoked a record amount of viewer mail. Evidently, many folk have joint pain issues. My PRP injection was one month ago, and m...
The column about my knee evoked a record amount of viewer mail. Evidently, many folk have joint pain issues. My PRP injection was one month ago, and m...
Artemisia (1997) - IMDb
Directed by Agnès Merlet. With Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti. 1
Directed by Agnès Merlet. With Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti. 1
Golden Globe Awards
Even Jim Carrey's camp questioned 'Popper's' pick
Forget art, commerce or even his advisers, Jim Carrey wanted to work with the penguins.
Forget art, commerce or even his advisers, Jim Carrey wanted to work with the penguins.
Lolita: Information from Answers.com
In early adolescence, Humbert fell hopelessly and tragically in love with a girl ... Lolita is a 1997 French-American drama film directed by Adrian Lyne. ...
In early adolescence, Humbert fell hopelessly and tragically in love with a girl ... Lolita is a 1997 French-American drama film directed by Adrian Lyne. ...
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Taste of Cherry ( Ta'm-e gilass) directed by Abbas Kiarostami Iran / France
The Eel ( Unagi) directed by Shhei Imamura Japan
Laura Ziskin, producer of 'Spider-Man' film franchise, dies at 61
Ziskin helped break the glass ceiling for women in Hollywood. In nearly three decades as a producer and studio executive, she had a profound effect on what contemporary moviegoers watch.
Ziskin helped break the glass ceiling for women in Hollywood. In nearly three decades as a producer and studio executive, she had a profound effect on what contemporary moviegoers watch.
Titanic (1997) - The Film Guide
Titanic is a 1997 dramatic film released by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. The bulk of the plot is set aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic ...
Titanic is a 1997 dramatic film released by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. The bulk of the plot is set aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic ...
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Hana-bi (Fireworks) directed by Takeshi Kitano Japan
Cannes Winner "Once Upon a Time" Picked Up By The Cinema Guild
The Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," co-winner of the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Check out indieWIRE's review of the film here. Full press release below. New York, NY--The Cinema Guild announced today the acquisition of U.S. distribution rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," co ...
The Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," co-winner of the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Check out indieWIRE's review of the film here. Full press release below. New York, NY--The Cinema Guild announced today the acquisition of U.S. distribution rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," co ...
Titanic (1997 film) - Citizendia
Titanic is a 1997 romance film directed, written, produced and edited by James Cameron ... in the necklace featured prominently in the 1997 blockbuster film ' ...
Titanic is a 1997 romance film directed, written, produced and edited by James Cameron ... in the necklace featured prominently in the 1997 blockbuster film ' ...
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The People vs. Larry Flynt directed by Milo Forman Canada / United States
Awards
Category/Organization
55th Golden Globe Awards
January 18 1998
70th Academy Awards
March 23 1998
51st BAFTA Awards
April 18 1998
Drama
Musical or Comedy
Best Film
Titanic
As Good as It Gets
Titanic
The Full Monty
Best Director
James Cameron
Titanic
James Cameron
Titanic
Baz Luhrmann
Romeo + Juliet
Best Actor
Peter Fonda
Ulee's Gold
Jack Nicholson
As Good as It Gets
Jack Nicholson
As Good as It Gets
Robert Carlyle
The Full Monty
Best Actress
Judi Dench
Mrs. Brown
Helen Hunt
As Good as It Gets
Helen Hunt
As Good as It Gets
Judi Dench
Mrs. Brown
Best Supporting Actor
Burt Reynolds
Boogie Nights
Robin Williams
Good Will Hunting
Tom Wilkinson
The Full Monty
Best Supporting Actress
Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
Sigourney Weaver
The Ice Storm
Best Screenplay Adapted
Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
L.A. Confidential
Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
Best Screenplay Original
Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
Nil by Mouth
Gary Oldman
Best Foreign Language Film
My Life in Pink
(Ma vie en rose)
Character
(Karakter)
Ridicule
(Ridicule)
Films released in 1997
#
A
Absolute Power directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
Addicted to Love
Air Bud
Air Force One starring Harrison Ford
The Alarmist
Albino Alligator directed by Kevin Spacey starring Matt Dillon
Alien Resurrection
All Over Me
An American Werewolf in Paris
Amistad directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Morgan Freeman Anthony Hopkins and Djimon Hounsou
Anaconda
Anastasia directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Another Day in Paradise
The Apostle
As Good as It Gets directed by James L. Brooks and starring Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
The Assignment
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery directed by Jay Roach and starring Mike Myers
B
Batman & Robin
Bean directed by Mel Smith starring Rowan Atkinson
Bent starring Clive Owen
Best Man
Beverly Hills Ninja
Boogie Nights directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Mark Wahlberg Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore
Booty Call
The Borrowers
The Boxer
Breakdown starring Kurt Russell
Buddy
The Butcher Boy directed by Neil Jordan
Buud Yam
C
Campfire Tales
Cats Don't Dance directed by Mark Dindal In Memory Of Gene Kelly
Character (Karakter) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Chasing Amy directed by Kevin Smith
Children of Heaven
City of Industry
Clockwatchers
Commandments starring Courteney Cox
Con Air
Conspiracy Theory directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts
Contact directed by Robert Zemeckis starring Jodie Foster
Cop Land directed by James Mangold and starring Sylvester Stallone Harvey Keitel Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro
Cube
D
Dakan (Destiny) (Guinea)
Dangerous Ground
Dante's Peak starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton
Deconstructing Harry
Def Jam's How to Be a Player
Defying Gravity
The Devil's Advocate starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino
The Devil's Own directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt
Different Strokes starring Dana Plato and Bentley Mitchum
Dogtown
Donnie Brasco directed by Mike Newell and starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp
Double Team starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mickey Rourke
Dream with the Fishes
E
The Edge starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin
The Eel - Palme d'Or award
The End of Evangelion (July 19 - Japan)
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (Japan)
Event Horizon starring Laurence Fishburne
Eve's Bayou starring Lynn Whitfield and Samuel L. Jackson
Excess Baggage
F
Face
Face/Off starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage
Fathers' Day starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue
Fever Pitch starring Colin Firth
Fierce Creatures
The Fifth Element directed by Luc Besson and starring Bruce Willis Gary Oldman Milla Jovovich and Chris Tucker
Fire Down Below
First Do No Harm
First Time Felon
Flubber directed by Les Mayfield starring Robin Williams Christopher McDonald and Clancy Brown voices by Jodi Benson
Fools Rush In
For Richer or Poorer
Free Willy 3: The Rescue directed by Sam Pillsbury
The Full Monty directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Robert Carlyle
Funny Games
G
G.I. Jane
The Game directed by David Fincher starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn
Gang Related
Gattaca starring Ethan Hawke Uma Thurman and Jude Law
George of the Jungle directed by Sam Weisman starring Brendan Fraser Leslie Mann Thomas Haden Church Richard Roundtree and John Cleese (voice only)
Ghosts
Gone Fishin'
Good Burger
Goodbye America
Good Will Hunting directed by Gus Van Sant starring Robin Williams and Matt Damon
Gridlock'd
Grosse Pointe Blank starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver
H
Hacks
Hamam
Hana-bi (Fireworks) - Palme d'Or award
Heaven's Burning starring Russel Crowe and Youki Kudoh
Hercules
Highball
Hold You Tight
Home Alone 3 starring Alex D.Linz and Scarlett Johansson
Hoodlum
The Hound
Hugo Pool
Hurricane Streets
I
I Know What You Did Last Summer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt Sarah Michelle Geller and Ryan Phillippe
The Ice Storm
In & Out
Incognito
Into Thin Air
Inventing the Abbotts
J
The Jackal starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere
Jackie Brown directed by Quentin Tarantino starring Samuel L. Jackson Pam Grier Bridget Fonda Michael Keaton and Robert De Niro
Jackie Chan's First Strike
Josh and the Big Wall!
Jungle 2 Jungle
Just Write
K
Kini and Adams
Kiss the Girls starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd
Kull the Conqueror
Kundun directed by Martin Scorsese
L
L.A. Confidential directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Kevin Spacey Russell Crowe Guy Pearce and Kim Basinger
Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!
Lawn Dogs
Leave It to Beaver
Lewis and Clark and George
Liar Liar starring Jim Carrey
Life is Beautiful directed by and starring Roberto Benigni - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
A Life Less Ordinary
Little City
Live Flesh directed by Pedro Almodvar
Lolita
Lost Highway
The Lost World: Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore
Love and Death on Long Island
Love Jones
Lovelife
M
Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Mad City
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Masterminds
The MatchMaker
Meet Wally Sparks
Men in Black directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith
Metro
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack
Mimic
Money Talks
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Most Wanted
MouseHunt
Mr. Magoo starring Leslie Nielsen
Mrs. Brown starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly
Mrs. Dalloway
Murder at 1600
My Best Friend's Wedding
Myself in the Distant Future
N
Nevada
Night Falls on Manhattan
Nil by Mouth directed by Gary Oldman starring Ray Winstone
Nothing to Lose
Nowhere
O
187
One Night Stand
Orgazmo
Out to Sea starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
P
The Peacemaker
Perdita Durango
The Perfect Circle (Savreni krug) directed by Ademir Kenovi
Picture Perfect
Pippi Longstocking
Playing God
The Postman directed by and starring Kevin Costner
Prefontaine
Pride Divide
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) (Japan)
Private Parts
Q
R
The Rainmaker
Red Corner
The Relic
A River Made to Drown In
RocketMan
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Rosewood directed by John Singleton
S
The Saint starring Val Kilmer
Scream 2
Selena
Seven Years in Tibet directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Brad Pitt
She's So Lovely
Shooting Fish
The Sixth Man
Soul Food starring Vanessa L. Williams and Vivica A. Fox
Space Marines
Spaceman
The Spanish Prisoner
Spawn
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Spice World
Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)
Starship Troopers directed by Paul Verhoeven
Steel
Strawberry Fields
Suicide Kings
Sunday
Super Speedway
The Sweet Hereafter
Switchback
T
Taste of Cherry - Palme d'Or award
That Old Feeling
Titanic directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
Tomorrow Never Dies
Trojan War
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Turbulence
U
U Turn
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
Ulee's Gold
V
Vegas Vacation
Volcano starring Tommy Lee Jones
W
Wag the Dog directed by Barry Levinson starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman
Waiting for Guffman
Warriors of Virtue
Welcome to Sarajevo
The Wiggles Movie
Wild America
The Wings of the Dove
Wishmaster
The Wrong Guy
X
Y
Year of the Horse
Z
Zeus and Roxanne
Wide-release movies
JanuaryMarch
January 1997
January 10 - The Relic
January 17 - Beverly Hills Ninja Metro
January 24 - Fierce Creatures Zeus & Roxanne
January 31 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Special Edition) Meet Wally Sparks
February 1997
February 7 - Dante's Peak
February 14- Fools Rush In
February 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)
February 28 - Booty Call Donnie Brasco
March 1997
March 7 - Jungle 2 Jungle
March 14 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)
March 21- Liar Liar
March 28 - The 6th Man B.A.P.S. Cats Don't Dance The Devil's Own Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
AprilJune
April 1997
April 4- Double Team Chasing Amy and The Saint
April 11 - Anaconda and Grosse Pointe Blank
April 18 - 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag McHale's Navy Murder at 1600
April 25 - Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion Volcano
May 1997
May 2 - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Breakdown Warriors of Virtue
May 9 - The Fifth Element
May 16 - Night Falls on Manhattan
May 23 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
May 30 - Gone Fishin'
June 1997
June 6 - Con Air
June 13 - Speed 2: Cruise Control Ulee's Gold
June 20 - Batman & Robin and My Best Friend's Wedding
June 27 - Hercules Face/Off
JulySeptember
July 1997
July 4 - Men in Black and Wild America
July 9 - 4 Little Girls
July 11 - Contact
July 18 - George of the Jungle
July 25 - Air Force One
August 1997
August 1 - Spawn Air Bud
August 8 - Free Willy 3: The Rescue
August 15 - Cop Land
August 22 - G.I. Jane
August 29 - Excess Baggage
September 1997
September 5 - Fire Down Below
September 12 - The Game
September 19 - L.A. Confidential
September 26 - The Edge and The Peacemaker
OctoberDecember
October 1997
October 3 - Kiss the Girls
October 10 - Seven Years in Tibet
October 17 - I Know What You Did Last Summer
October 24 - Gattaca
October 31 - Red Corner
November 1997
November 7 - Starship Troopers Bean
November 14 - The Jackal
November 21 - Anastasia
November 26 - Alien Resurrection and Flubber
December 1997
December 5 - Good Will Hunting
December 12 - Scream 2 Amistad and Home Alone 3
December 19 - Titanic and Tomorrow Never Dies
December 25 - As Good as It Gets Jackie Brown The Postman Mr. Magoo
Births
January 24 - Jonah Bobo American actor
April 2 - Stefan Tomasi Canadian actor
Notable deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
4
Bill Lancaster
49
Screenwriter
The Thing The Bad News Bears
6
Catherine Scorsese
84
Actress
Goodfellas The Godfather: Part III Casino The King of Comedy Cape Fear Moonstruck
19
Adriana Caselotti
80
Actress
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Wizard of Oz It's a Wonderful Life
19
James Dickey
73
Author Screenwriter Actor
Deliverance
23
Bill Zuckert
81
Actor
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Hang 'Em High Seems Like Old Times Ada
February
4
Robert Clouse
68
Director
Enter the Dragon Ironheart Game of Death China O'Brien Black Belt Jones
8
Robert Ridgely
65
Actor
Philadelphia Boogie Nights Robin Hood: Men in Tights Fire Down Below Beverly Hills Cop II That Thing You Do! The Ref
12
James Cossins
63
Actor
The Man with the Golden Gun Gandhi The First Great Train Robbery
26
Wende Wagner
55
Actress
Rosemary's Baby Guns of the Magnificent Seven Out of Sight Rio Conchos
March
4
Carey Loftin
83
Stuntman Actor
The Deer Hunter Patton The Goonies Days of Thunder Fletch The Rookie Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo The China Syndrome Harry and the Hendersons
8
Alexander Salkind
75
Producer
Superman The Three Musketeers Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
14
Fred Zinnemann
89
Director Producer
From Here to Eternity High Noon A Man for All Seasons Oklahoma! The Day of the Jackal The Sundowners
April
2
Anthony Bushell
92
Actor
A Night to Remember The Battle of the River Plate The Scarlet Pimpernel Disraeli The Black Knight
5
Allen Ginsberg
70
Poet Actor
Chappaqua Renaldo and Clara
14
Michael Stroka
58
Actor
King Rat House of Dark Shadows Harlem Nights Island of Blood
20
Jean Louis
89
Costume Designer
The Caine Mutiny A Star is Born The Misfits Gambit Bus Riley's Back in Town
25
John Lees
55
Stuntman Actor
Aliens Superman IV: The Quest for Peace The Three Musketeers Flash Gordon Daylight
25
Brian May
62
Composer
Mad Max Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Steel Dawn Hurricane Smith Cloak & Dagger Patrick
25
John Beal
87
Actor
The Firm Amityville 3-D Les Misrables
26
Neil Robinson
61
Actress
8 1/2 Samson and Delilah Mata Hari
27
Paul Lambert
74
Actor
Planet of the Apes Spartacus All the President's Men Blue Thunder Death Wish II A Gunfight
28
Steve Conte
77
Actor
The Onion Field The Wild World of Batwoman Teenage Zombies
May
11
Howard Morton
71
Actor
The Mechanic The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Scorpio
14
Thelma Carpenter
75
Actress
The Wiz The Cotton Club New York Stories
16
Giuseppe De Santis
80
Screenwriter
Bitter Rice
23
Frances E. Nealy
78
Actress
Ghostbusters WarGames Blue Thunder Colors Alex in Wonderland
June
14
Richard Jaeckel
70
Actor
The Dirty Dozen Starman Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Chosen Survivors The Green Slime Walking Tall Part 2 The Devil's Brigade
22
Don Henderson
64
Actor
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Brazil FairyTale: A True Story The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
24
Brian Keith
75
Actor
The Parent Trap Young Guns The Wind and the Lion Nickelodeon Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen Hooper
29
William Hickey
69
Actor
The Nightmare Before Christmas Prizzi's Honor Pink Cadillac The Name of the Rose Little Big Man MouseHunt The Boston Strangler
July
1
Robert Mitchum
79
Actor
Cape Fear Story of G.I. Joe Ryan's Daughter Tombstone The Night of the Hunter Out of the Past Dead Man Scrooged The Last Tycoon Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
2
James Stewart
89
Actor
It's a Wonderful Life Vertigo Rear Window The Flight of the Phoenix Rope How the West Was Won The Spirit of St. Louis Harvey Mr. Smith Goes to Washington The Cheyenne Social Club Airport '77
16
William Reynolds
87
Film Editor
The Godfather The Sound of Music The Sting The Day the Earth Stood Still The Sand Pebbles Newsies Ishtar Our Man Flint
17
Gene Warren
80
Visual Effects Artist
True Lies Black Sunday The Time Machine
24
Brian Glover
63
Actor
Alien 3 An American Werewolf in London Kafka Jabberwocky
August
2
William S. Burroughs
83
Author Actor
Twister Drugstore Cowboy
5
Don Steele
61
Actor
Gremlins Grand Theft Auto Death Race 2000 Rock 'n' Roll High School Eating Raoul
18
Don Knight
64
Actor
Swamp Thing The Apple Dumpling Gang The Hawaiians
18
Jeep Swenson
40
Actor
Batman & Robin Bulletproof The Bad Pack No Holds Barred
31
Dodi Fayed
42
Producer
Hook Chariots of Fire F/X
31
Will Hare
81
Actor
Back to the Future The Rose The Electric Horseman Heaven Can Wait Enter the Ninja
September
5
Eddie Little Sky
71
Actor
A Man Called Horse Paint Your Wagon 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
9
Burgess Meredith
89
Actor
Rocky Batman The Day of the Locust Grumpy Old Men Clash of the Titans Joe Butterfly The Sentinel
17
Red Skelton
84
Actor Comedian
Ziegfeld Follies Merton of the Movies Whistling in Brooklyn Du Barry Was a Lady
26
Dorothy Kingsley
87
Screenwriter
Angels in the Outfield Valley of the Dolls Pal Joey
October
3
John Ashley
95
Actor Producer
Apocalypse Now Hud Frankenstein's Daughter Suicide Battalion
5
Andrew Keir
71
Actor
Cleopatra Rob Roy Mary Queen of Scots Quatermass and the Pit Dracula: Prince of Darkness
12
John Denver
53
Singer Actor
Oh God! Fire and Ice
16
Audra Lindley
79
Actress
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder The Relic Spellbinder Shoot the Moon
19
Arthur Ibbetson
75
Cinematographer
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Where Eagles Dare Hopscotch Anne of the Thousand Days The Bounty Poet's Pub
24
Don Messick
71
Voice Actor Actor Voice of Scooby-Doo
Jetsons: The Movie Transformers: The Movie Tom and Jerry: The Movie Pufnstuf
30
Samuel Fuller
85
Screenwriter
The Big Red One Shock Corridor The Klansman The Cape Town Affair
November
5
William Watson
59
Actor
In the Heat of the Night Chato's Land The Mack
8
Michael Ward
88
Actor
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Revenge of the Pink Panther Carry On Cleo The Rough and the Smooth
11
William Alland
81
Producer Actor
Citizen Kane Creature from the Black Lagoon The Deadly Mantis The Mole People This Island Earth
12
Sndor Szab
82
Actor
Topaz
25
Charles Hallahan
54
Actress
The Thing Dante's Peak Twilight Zone: The Movie Dave Pale Rider
December
4
Richard Vernon
72
Actor
Goldfinger A Hard Day's Night Gandhi Evil Under the Sun
14
Stubby Kaye
79
Actor
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Cat Ballou Guys and Dolls Sweet Charity The Cool Mikado Li'l Abner
18
Chris Farley
33
Actor Comedian
Tommy Boy Beverly Hills Ninja Wayne's World 2 Black Sheep Coneheads Almost Heroes Airheads
19
Michael Alldredge
56
Actor
Scarface Iron Eagle The Entity Robot Jox
20
Dawn Steel
51
Producer
City of Angels Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Fallen Cool Runnings Honey I Blew Up the Kid
25
Denver Pyle
77
Actor
Bonnie and Clyde Maverick Escape to Witch Mountain The Great Race
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