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The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies" 1. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan, Pokémon: The First Movie, Magnolia, The Iron Giant, Fight Club, The Mummy, and the highly acclaimed American Beauty, were released.

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was awarded to All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain/France. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1999 5 Wide-release movies 6 January - March 6.1 January 6.2 February 6.3 March 7 April - June 7.1 April 1999 7.2 May 1999 7.3 June 1999 8 July - September 8.1 July 1999 8.2 August 1999 8.3 September 1999 9 October - December 9.1 October 1999 9.2 November 1999 9.3 December 1999 10 Births 11 Deaths 12 Film debuts 13 References 14 External links // Events April 17 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. November 24 - Toy Story 2, a sequel to the 1995 film Toy Story, is released in theaters across the United States, and becomes an even bigger hit than the original. The movie is released in the United Kingdom in February 2000. Top grossing films

Please note that 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 1999; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 1999 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:

1999 Rank Title Studio Worldwide Gross U.S/Canada Gross U.K. Gross Australia Gross 1. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $924,317,558 $431,088,301 £50,734,924 $38,828,310 2. The Sixth Sense Hollywood Pictures $672,806,292 $293,506,292 £25,407,279 $29,298,667 3. Toy Story 2 Disney/Pixar $485,015,179 $245,852,179 £43,294,228 $20,131,422 4. The Matrix Warner Bros. $460,379,930 $171,479,930 £25,918,842 $23,160,219 5. Tarzan Disney $448,191,819 $171,091,819 £17,694,331 $11,399,994 6. The Mummy Universal $415,933,406 $155,385,488 £17,362,781 $18,107,396 7. Notting Hill Universal $363,889,678 $116,089,678 £30,403,825 $20,831,399 8. The World Is Not Enough MGM $361,832,400 $126,943,684 £28,367,515 $14,168,737 9. American Beauty DreamWorks $356,296,601 $130,096,601 £21,261,601 $19,016,237 10. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me New Line $312,016,858 $206,040,086 £25,635,589 $22,380,168

As of December 9, 2008, forty films released in 1999 have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Six films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster motion picture" status. One film (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) has grossed more than $900 million, making it the 12th highest grossing film in history. And it was the first time that over five films released in one year reached IBMP status (Only 4 films released in 1990 made IBMP status).

For a complete list of 1999's top-grossing films, follow these links:

Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1999&p=.htm U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1999&p=.htm United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/ Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/ Awards Category/Organization 57th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 2000 53rd BAFTA Awards April 9, 2000 72nd Academy Awards March 26, 2000 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film American Beauty Toy Story 2 American Beauty American Beauty Best Director Sam Mendes American Beauty Pedro Almodóvar All About My Mother Sam Mendes American Beauty Best Actor Denzel Washington The Hurricane Jim Carrey Man on the Moon Kevin Spacey American Beauty Kevin Spacey American Beauty Best Actress Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry Janet McTeer Tumbleweeds Annette Bening American Beauty Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry Best Supporting Actor Tom Cruise Magnolia Jude Law The Talented Mr. Ripley Michael Caine The Cider House Rules Best Supporting Actress Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted Maggie Smith Tea with Mussolini Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted Best Screenplay, Adapted American Beauty Alan Ball The End of the Affair Neil Jordan The Cider House Rules John Irving Best Screenplay, Original Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman American Beauty Alan Ball Best Score The Legend of 1900 Ennio Morricone American Beauty Thomas Newman The Red Violin John Corigliano Best Foreign Language Film All About My Mother All About My Mother All About My Mother

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Rosetta, directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, France / Belgium

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao), directed by Zhang Yimou, China

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

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8mm, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Nicolas Cage 10 Things I Hate About You, directed by Gil Junger The 13th Warrior, directed by John McTiernan, starring Antonio Banderas 200 Cigarettes

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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland The Adventures of Ricky M. Jones After Stonewall All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodovar - winner of Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for best foreign film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Annette Bening and Kevin Spacey American Pie, directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster Analyze This directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal Angel's Dance Anna and the King, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat Annie Any Given Sunday Anywhere but Here, starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman Arlington Road, starring Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins Ashes to Ashes The Astronaut's Wife, starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, directed by Jay Roach and starring Mike Myers and Heather Graham

B

Babar: King of the Elephants Baby Geniuses, starring Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd The Bachelor, starring Chris O'Donnell and Renee Zellweger Bangkok Dangerous, directed by Oxide Pang and Danny Pang Bats Beautiful People Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze and starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener Beowulf (1999 film) The Best Man Better Than Chocolate Beyond the Mat Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams Big Daddy, directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler, Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse The Big Kahuna Black and White The Blair Witch Project Blast from the Past Blue Streak, starring Martin Lawrence The Bone Collector, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie The Boondock Saints Bowfinger, starring Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy Boys Don't Cry, directed by Kimberly Peirce, starring Hilary Swank Breakfast of Champions Bringing Out the Dead But I'm a Cheerleader

C

Chill Factor Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000, directed by David Orr Chutney Popcorn The Cider House Rules directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron and Michael Caine Coming Soon The Corruptor Cradle Will Rock Crazy in Alabama, starring Melanie Griffith The Crimson Code Cruel Intentions, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair The Cup

D

The Debt Collector Deep Blue Sea, directed by Renny Harlin The Deep End of the Ocean, starring Michelle Pfeiffer Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, starring Rob Schneider Detroit Rock City Dick Dill Scallion A Dog of Flanders Dogma, directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon The Dogwalker Double Jeopardy, starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones Drop Dead Gorgeous Dudley Do-Right, starring Brendan Fraser, narrated by Corey Burton, based on the characters by Jay Ward, directed by Hugh Wilson The Duke

E

East is East, starring Om Puri EDtv, directed by Ron Howard and starring Matthew McConaughey Election, starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon El Intruso The End of the Affair, starring Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore End of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger Entrapment, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones Entropy eXistenZ Eye of the Beholder Eyes Wide Shut, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

F

Faeries Fantasia 2000 Felicia's Journey, starring Bob Hoskins Fight Club directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton The Five Senses Flawless, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman The Florentine A Force More Powerful For Love of the Game, starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston Forces of Nature, starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock Friends & Lovers

G

Galaxy Quest Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys The General's Daughter Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Ghost in Love Girl, Interrupted directed by James Mangold and starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie Gloria, starring Sharon Stone Godzilla 2000: Millennium Gone To Maui The Green Mile directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tom Hanks Gregory's Two Girls Grey Owl Guinevere

H

The Harmonium in My Memory The Haunting, directed by Jan de Bont and starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor and Owen Wilson Heaven or Vegas Held Up The Hi-Line Holy Smoke! House on Haunted Hill The Hurricane, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Denzel Washington

I

Idle Hands In Dreams The Insider, directed by Michael Mann and starring Russell Crowe and Al Pacino Inspector Gadget, directed by David Kellogg, starring Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Andy Dick and Dabney Coleman Instinct In Too Deep The Iron Giant, directed by Brad Bird, voices by Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Eli Marienthal, and Christopher McDonald,

J

Jakob the Liar, starring Robin Williams Jawbreaker Joan of Arc, directed by Luc Besson, starring Milla Jovovich and John Malkovich Joe the King Just a Little Harmless Sex Just the Ticket

K

K-911 The King and I Kiss Toledo Goodbye

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Lake Placid, starring Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed Liberty Heights, directed by Barry Levinson Life, starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence Light It Up The Limey, directed by Steven Soderberg, starring Terence Stamp Long Strange Trip- or The Writer, The Naked Girl, and the Guy With a Hole in his Head The Loss of Sexual Innocence Lost & Found starring, David Spade and Sophie Marceau Love Stinks Lovers Lane Lycanthrope

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Magnolia directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Man of the Century Man on the Moon directed by Milos Forman and starring Jim Carrey and Danny DeVito Mansfield Park A Map of the World The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human The Matrix directed by the Wachowski brothers and starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, starring Milla Jovovich Mickey Blue Eyes, starring Hugh Grant, James Caan and Jeanne Tripplehorn A Midsummer Night's Dream starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett Miss Julie The Mod Squad, starring Claire Danes, Omar Epps and Giovanni Ribisi Mumford The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Muppets from Space The Muse Music of the Heart, starring Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett and Gloria Estefan My Favorite Martian My Life So Far My Voyage to Italy (documentary) Mystery Alaska Mystery Men

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Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore New Waterford Girl The Ninth Gate, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Johnny Depp and Frank Langella Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao) Notting Hill, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant

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October Sky Office Space, directed by Mike Judge and starring Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston The Omega Code, directed by Robert Marcarelli and starring Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside and Catherine Oxenberg One Man's Hero The Other Sister, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Juliette Lewis and Diane Keaton Our Friend, Martin

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Payback, starring Mel Gibson Pitch People Play It to the Bone, starring Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas Pokémon: The First Movie The Professor Propaganda P.U.N.K.S. Pushing Tin

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The Rage: Carrie 2 Random Hearts, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas Ravenous Retro Puppet Master Rites of Passage Rogue Trader Rosetta Run Lola Run, starring Franka Potente Runaway Bride, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere The Runner

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She's All That Shiri Shower (Xizao) Simon Sez Simply Irresistible The Sixth Sense directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment Sleeping Beauties Sleepy Hollow, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci A Slipping-Down Life Snow Falling on Cedars South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Speedway Junky Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace directed by George Lucas, starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman Stigmata, starring Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne Stir of Echoes The Story of Us, starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer The Straight Story, starring Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek Stuart Little, starring Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie Summer of Sam, directed by Spike Lee, starring John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody and Mira Sorvino Sweet and Lowdown, starring Sean Penn, Uma Thurman and Samantha Morton Swing

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The Talented Mr. Ripley directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law Tarzan, voices by Minnie Driver, Rosie O'Donnell, Glenn Close and Wayne Knight, performed by Phil Collins, directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck Tea With Mussolini Teaching Mrs. Tingle The Thirteenth Floor The Thirteenth Year The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by John McTiernan, starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo Three Kings, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube Three Seasons Three to Tango Titus Topsy-Turvy Toy Story 2 Trick Trippin' True Crime, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood Tube Tales Tumbleweeds, starring Janet McTeer

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Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: Battle in Hyperspace Undercover Angel Universal Soldier: The Return

V

Varsity Blues, starring James Van Der Beek and Jon Voight The Virgin Suicides Virus

W

Wakko's Wish Walking Across Egypt The War Zone Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Why Not Me? (Pourquoi pas moi?) Wild Wild West, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, and Salma Hayek Wing Commander The Winslow Boy The Wood The World Is Not Enough, starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards and Robert Carlyle

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Y

Yellow Hair

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Wide-release movies This section has no content. You can help Wikipedia by introducing information to it. (July 2010) January - March ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Films with this symbol (*) indicate ranking #1 at the box office. The number of stars indicates the number of weeks at #1. Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew J A N U A R Y 1 L The Arrangement Illusion Entertainment Dir., Michael Ironside Nice Guys Sleep Alone HBO Films Dir., Stu Pollard; Sean O' Bryan, Vanessa Marcil, Morgan Fairchild 15 W In Dreams DreamWorks Dir., Neil Jordan; Annette Bening, Katie Sagona, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downey, Jr., Paul Guilfoyle Varsity Blues** Paramount Pictures Dir., Brian Robbins; James Van Der Beek, Amy Smart, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, Scott Caan Virus Universal Pictures Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Cliff Curtis 29 W She's All That* Miramax Films Dir., Robert Iscove; Freddie Prinze, Jr., Rachel Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Anna Paquin, Kieran Culkin, Usher, Li'l Kim, Tim Matheson F E B R U A R Y 26 W 8mm* Columbia Pictures Dir., Joel Schumacher; Nicolas Cage, joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Norman Reedus, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald, Chris Bauer M A R C H 12 W Baby Geniuses TriStar Pictures Dir., Bob Clark; Kathleen Turner, Peter MacNicol, Kim Cattrall, Christopher Lloyd, Dom DeLuise, Ruby Dee 19 W Forces of Nature** DreamWorks Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn, Blythe Danner, Ronny Cox, Richard Schiff The King and I Warner Bros. Pictures Miranda Richardson, Martin Vidnovic, Ian Richardson, Darrell Hammond 31 W 10 Things I Hate About You Touchstone Pictures Dir., Gil Junger; Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz January January 8 - A Civil Action January 15 - At First Sight, Affliction, Hillary and Jackie, The Thin Red Line January 22 - Cookie's Fortune, Gloria, Still Crazy January 29 - A Cool, Dry Place February February 5 - Payback, Rushmore, Simply Irresistible February 12 - Blast from the Past, Message in a Bottle, My Favorite Martian February 19 - Jawbreaker, October Sky, Office Space February 26 - 20 Dates, 200 Cigarettes, The Breaks, The Other Sister March March 5 - Analyze This, Cruel Intentions March 12 - The Corruptor, The Deep End of the Ocean, The Rage: Carrie 2 March 19 - True Crime March 26 - Doug's 1st Movie, EDtv, The Mod Squad March 31 - The Matrix April - June April 1999 April 2 - Cookie's Fortune, The Out-of-Towners, A Walk on the Moon April 9 - Go, Never Been Kissed April 16 - Goodbye Lover, Life, Friends & Lovers April 23 - Lost & Found, Pushing Tin April 30 - Idle Hands May 1999 May 7 - The Mummy, Election May 14 - Endurance, A Midsummer Night's Dream May 19- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Professor May 21 - The Love Letter May 28 - Notting Hill, The Thirteenth Floor June 1999 June 2 - Tarzan June 4 - Instinct June 11 - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me June 18 - The General's Daughter, An Ideal Husband, Tarzan June 25 - Big Daddy June 30 - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Wild Wild West July - September July 1999 July 2 - Summer of Sam July 9 - American Pie, Arlington Road July 14 - Muppets From Space July 16 - Eyes Wide Shut, Lake Placid, The Wood July 23 - Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Haunting, Inspector Gadget July 28 - Deep Blue Sea July 30 - The Blair Witch Project, Runaway Bride August 1999 August 4 - Dick August 6 - The Iron Giant, Mystery Men, The Sixth Sense, The Thomas Crown Affair August 13 - Bowfinger, Brokedown Palace, Detroit Rock City August 20 - Mickey Blue Eyes, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Universal Soldier: The Return August 25 - In Too Deep August 27 - The 13th Warrior, The Astronaut's Wife, Dudley Do-Right, The Muse September 1999 September 1 - Chill Factor, Outside Providence September 10 - Love Stinks, Stigmata, Stir of Echoes September 17 - Blue Streak, For Love of the Game September 24 - Double Jeopardy October - December October 1999 October 1 - The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, American Beauty, Mystery, Alaska, The Minus Man October 8 - Random Hearts, Boys Don't Cry October 15 - Fight Club, The Story of Us, The Omega Code October 22 - Bats, Bringing Out the Dead, Crazy in Alabama, The Best Man, Three to Tango October 29 - House on Haunted Hill, Music of the Heart November 1999 November 5 - The Bachelor, The Bone Collector, The Insider November 10 - Pokémon: The First Movie November 12 - Anywhere but Here, Dogma, Light It Up, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc November 19 - Liberty Heights, Sleepy Hollow, The World Is Not Enough November 24 - End of Days, Flawless, Mansfield Park, Toy Story 2 December 1999 December 10 - The Cider House Rules, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Green Mile, Ride with the Devil December 17 - Anna and the King, Bicentennial Man, Stuart Little December 21 - Wakko's Wish December 22 - Any Given Sunday, Man on the Moon December 25 - Galaxy Quest, The Talented Mr. Ripley December 29 - Fantasia 2000 Births This section has no content. 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(July 2010) Deaths Date Name Age Notes January 15 Betty Box 83 film producer February 20 Gene Siskel 53 film critic of the Chicago Tribune, Siskel and Ebert' February 24 Derek Nimmo 68 actor, All Gas and Gaiters' March 5 Richard Kiley 73 actor March 7 Stanley Kubrick 70 film director March 13 Garson Kanin 86 writer/director March 22 David Strickland 29 actor April 4 Faith Domergue 74 actress April 14 Ellen Corby 87 actress, Grandma Walton in the "The Waltons" April 21 Buddy Rogers 94 actor, husband of Mary Pickford April 28 Rory Calhoun 76 actor May 2 Oliver Reed 61 actor May 8 Dirk Bogarde 78 actor/author May 8 Dana Plato 34 actress May 21 Vanessa Brown 71 actress June 11 DeForest Kelley 79 actor, best known for "Star Trek" June 29 Allan Carr 62 movie producer July 1 Edward Dmytryk 90 film director July 1 Sylvia Sidney 88 actress July 2 Mario Puzo 78 writer/author, "The Godfather" August 4 Victor Mature 86 actor September 9 Ruth Roman 76 actress September 14 Charles Crichton 89 film director September 22 George C. Scott 71 Academy Award-winning actor November 3 Ian Bannen 71 actor December 3 Madeline Kahn 57 actress December 17 Rex Allen 78 cowboy actor, singer December 18 Robert Bresson 98 film director December 19 Desmond Llewelyn 85 actor, 'Q" in James Bond films December 23 Lois Hamilton 56 actress, artist, model December 28 Clayton Moore 85 actor Film debuts Amy Adams Masiela Lusha Kristen Stewart Leighton Meester Angus T. Jones References ^ Entertainment Weekly, Nov 26, 1999 External links 1999: The Year That Changed Movies