1991 in film

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The year 1991 in film involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films worldwide
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1991
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 References
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[edit] Events
April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan O'Keefe in New York
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is made.

[edit] Top grossing films worldwide
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman
Beauty and the Beast (animated)
Hook, starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts
The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
JFK, starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman
The Addams Family, starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci.
Cape Fear, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis.
Hot Shots!, starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes
City Slickers, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs - Orion Pictures Corp.
Best Director: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance - City Slickers
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King
Best Foreign Language Film: Mediterraneo, directed by Gabriele Salvatores, Italy
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:JFK
Best Picture: Bugsy
Best Actor: Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - The Fisher King
Best Actress: Bette Midler - For the Boys
Other
Best Director: Oliver Stone - JFK
Best Foreign Language Film: Europa Europa, Germany
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Close To Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy

[edit] Films released in 1991
The Addams Family
The Adjuster
All I Want For Christmas
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Backdraft
Barton Fink - Palm d'Or award
Beauty and the Beast
Brother Future
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Billy Bathgate
Blue Desert
Boyz N the Hood
Bugsy - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
The Butcher's Wife
Cape Fear
Captain America
Career Opportunities
Child's Play 3
City of Hope
City Slickers
Class Action
Close To Eden (Urga)
The Commitments
Company Business
Curly Sue
Days of Being Wild
Dead Again
Deceived
Defending Your Life
Defenseless
Delicatessen
Delirious, starring John Candy
Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox
The Doctor, starring William Hurt
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone
Double Impact
Dutch
Dying Young
Father of the Bride
The Fisher King
Flight of the Intruder
For The Boys, starring Bette Midler
Frankie and Johnny
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Fried Green Tomatoes
F/X2
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Grand Canyon [1]
Guilty by Suspicion
The Hard Way
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
He Said, She Said
Highlander II: The Quickening
Hook
Hot Shots!
The Hours and Times
Hudson Hawk
If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent
The Indian Runner
JFK
Jungle Fever, directed by Spike Lee
King Ralph
A Kiss Before Dying
Knight Rider 2000
L.A. Story
The Last Boy Scout
Life Stinks, starring and directed by Mel Brooks
Little Man Tate, starring and directed by Jodie Foster
Married to It
The Marrying Man
McBain
Mediterraneo
Meet the Applegates
Mississippi Masala
Mobsters
Mortal Thoughts
My Girl
Mystery Date
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Naked Lunch
Necessary Roughness
New Jack City
Night on Earth
Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field
Nothing But Trouble
Once A Thief, directed by John Woo
One Good Cop
Only The Lonely
Oscar
Other People's Money
Out for Justice
Pappa ante Portas
Paradise
The People Under the Stairs, directed by Wes Craven
The Perfect Weapon
Point Break
Poison
The Prince of Tides
Problem Child 2
Pure Luck
A Rage in Harlem
Rambling Rose
Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford
Ricochet, starring Denzel Washington
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Rock-A-Doodle
The Rocketeer
Run
Rush
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
Shattered
Shout
Showdown in Little Tokyo
The Silence of the Lambs
Sleeping with the Enemy
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Stone Cold
Strictly Business
The Super, starring Joe Pesci
Switched
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Thelma & Louise
35 Up
Toy Soldiers
29th Street
What About Bob?
White Fang
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Year of the Gun

[edit] Births
Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress
Katie Callahan, July 29, actress, singer, dancer
Ziggy Rizzler, September 25, actor

[edit] Deaths
January 18 - Leo Hurwitz, documentary film producer
January 19 - John Russell, actor
February 1 - Carol Dempster, actress
February 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian
March 18 - Vilma Bánky, actress
March 27 - Aldo Ray, actor
April 10 - Natalie Schafer, actress
May 1 - Richard Thorpe, director
June 3 - Eva LeGallienne, actress
June 14 - Peggy Ashcroft, actress
June 19 - Jean Arthur, actress
July 1 - Michael Landon, actor
July 2 - Lee Remick, actress
July 8 - James Franciscus, actor
August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst, actress
September 3 - Frank Capra, director
September 8 - Brad Davis, actor
September 25 - Viviane Romance, actress
November 2 - Irwin Allen, producer, director
November 5 - Fred MacMurray, actor
November 6 - Gene Tierney, actress
November 9 - Yves Montand, actor
November 29 - Ralph Bellamy, actor
December 12 - Eleanor Boardman, actress
December 28 - Cassandra Harris, actress

[edit] References
^ Golden Bear award (for 1992)