1997 in film

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The year 1997 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1997
5 Births
6 Deaths
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[edit] Events
Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Star Wars Trilogy 20th Anniversary Special Editions are released.
Titanic becomes the first movie ever to gross $1,000,000,000 at the box office and until this day it remains the highest grossing film of all time.

[edit] Top grossing films
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 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:
International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, British results in pounds sterling, and Australian results in Australian dollars.

1997Rank Title Studio Box Office Gross Total Int.l U.S./Canada U. K. Australia

1. Titanic Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox $1,835,300,000 $600,788,188 £68,532,746 $57,644,334
2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Pictures $615,100,000 $229,086,679 £25,799,961 $20,071,203
3. Men in Black Columbia Pictures $576,747,615 $250,690,539 £35,820,921 $22,789,539
4. Tomorrow Never Dies MGM/United Artists $346,632,007 $125,304,276 £19,584,504 $12,188,046
5. As Good as It Gets Sony Pictures $314,178,011
6. Air Force One Columbia Pictures/Buena Vista International $302,888,056 $172,956,409 $8,654,814
7. Liar Liar Universal Pictures $302,710,615 $181,410,615 £11,785,973 $21,117,778
8. My Best Friend's Wedding Sony Pictures $299,288,605 $127,120,029 $17,746,187
9. The Fifth Element Columbia Pictures (distribution only) $249,340,020 $63,820,180 $8,117,585
10. The Full Monty Fox Searchlight Pictures $243,957,453 $45,948,975 £51,992,765

In total, three films released in 1997 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
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For a complete list of 1997's top-grossing films, follow these links:
Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1997&p=.htm
U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1997&p=.htm
United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: Titanic - 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
Best Director: James Cameron - Titanic
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets
Best Actress: Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets
Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Best Foreign Language Film: Character (Karakter), directed by Mike van Diem, Netherlands / Belgium
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture: Titanic
Best Actor: Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
Best Actress: Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: As Good as It Gets
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets
Best Actress: Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets
Other
Best Director: James Cameron - Titanic
Best Foreign Language Film: Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink), France / Belgium / U.K.
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس, Ta'm-e gilass), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France
The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Hana-bi (Fireworks), directed by Takeshi Kitano, Japan
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The People vs. Larry Flynt, directed by Miloš Forman, Canada / United States

[edit] Films released in 1997
Absolute Power, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood
Addicted to Love
Air Force One
The Alarmist
Alien: Resurrection
All Over Me
Amistad
An American Werewolf in Paris
Anaconda
Anastasia
The Apostle
As Good as It Gets - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Batman & Robin
Bean, starring Rowan Atkinson
Beverly Hills Ninja
Boogie Nights
Booty Call
The Boxer
Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell
The Butcher Boy, directed by Neil Jordan
Character (Karakter) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Chasing Amy, directed by Kevin Smith
City of Industry
Clockwatchers
Commandments, starring Courteney Cox
Con Air
Conspiracy Theory, starring Mel Gibson and directed by Richard Donner
Contact, starring Jodie Foster and directed by Robert Zemeckis
Cop Land
Cube
Dakan (Destiny) (Guinea)
Dangerous Ground
Dante's Peak
Deconstructing Harry
The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Own
Donnie Brasco
Double Team
The Edge, starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin
The Eel - Palm d'Or award
The End of Evangelion (July 19 - Japan)
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (Japan)
Event Horizon, starring Laurence Fishburne
Excess Baggage
Face/Off
Fathers' Day, starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal
Fierce Creatures
The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson
Fire Down Below
Flubber
Fools Rush In
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
The Full Monty
The Game, starring Michael Douglas and directed by David Fincher
Gang Related
Gattaca
George of the Jungle
Ghosts
Gone Fishin'
Goodbye America
Good Will Hunting
Gridlock'd
Grosse Pointe Blank
Hana-bi (Fireworks) - Palm d'Or award
Hercules
Home Alone 3
Hoodlum
Hurricane Streets
I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Ice Storm
In & Out
Into Thin Air -(film only mentioned in article)
Inventing the Abbotts
The Jackal, starring Bruce Willis
Jackie Brown, directed by Quentin Tarantino
Jackie Chan's First Strike
Jungle 2 Jungle
Kiss the Girls
Kull the Conqueror
Kundun, directed by Martin Scorsese
L.A. Confidential
Lawn Dogs
Lewis and Clark and George
Liar Liar
A Life Less Ordinary
Lost Highway
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Love and Death on Long Island
Love Jones
Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Masterminds
The Matchmaker
Men in Black
Metro
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mimic
Money Talks
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Most Wanted
Mousehunt
Murder at 1600
My Best Friend's Wedding
Nothing to Lose
187
Operation Condor
Out to Sea, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
The Peacemaker
Picture Perfect
Playing God
The Postman, starring and directed by Kevin Costner
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) (Japan)
Private Parts
The Rainmaker
Red Corner
The Relic
A River Made to Drown In
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Rosewood, directed by John Singleton
The Saint, starring Val Kilmer
Scream 2
Selena
Seven Years in Tibet
She's So Lovely
The Sixth Man
Soul Food
Space Marines
Spawn
Spiceworld
Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)
Starship Troopers
Strawberry Fields
Suicide Kings
Super Speedway
The Sweet Hereafter
Taste of Cherry - Palm d'Or award
Titanic - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
Tomorrow Never Dies
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
Volcano starring Tommy Lee Jones
Wag the Dog
Waiting for Guffman
Wild America
The Wrong Guy
Year of the Horse

[edit] Births
January 24 - Jonah Bobo, American actor

[edit] Deaths
January 10 - Sheldon Leonard, producer, actor, director
January 18 - Diana Lewis, actress
February 11 - Don Porter, actor
March 15 - Gail Davis, actress
May 5 - Walter Gotell, actor
June 14 - Richard Jaeckel, actor
July 1 - Robert Mitchum, actor
July 2 - James Stewart, actor
August 27 - Brandon Tartikoff, studio executive
September 9 - Burgess Meredith, actor
September 17 - Red Skelton, actor
September 21 - Jennifer Holt, actress
October 12- John Denver, singer/songwriter, poet, actor
December 18 - Chris Farley, comedian, actor
December 24 - Toshiro Mifune, actor
December 31 - Billie Dove, actress