1999 in film

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The year 1999 in film involved some significant events, and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films including Star Wars Episode I, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan, The Mummy , and the suburban 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[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1999
5 Wide-release movies
5.1 January-March
5.2 April-June
5.3 July-September
5.4 October-December
6 Births
7 Deaths
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[edit] 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 18 - Toy Story 2, a sequel to the 1995 film Toy Story, is released in theaters across the United States. The movie is expected to be released in the United Kingdom in the upcoming February.

[edit] 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:
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.

1999Rank Title Studio Box Office Gross Total Int.l U.S./Canada U. K. Australia

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 Buena Vista $672,806,292 $293,506,292 £25,407,279 $29,298,667
3. Toy Story 2 Buena Vista $485,015,179 $245,852,179 £43,294,228 $20,131,422
4. The Matrix Warner Bros. $460,379,930 $171,479,930 £16,918,842 $23,160,219
5. Tarzan Buena Vista $448,191,819 $171,091,819 £17,694,331 $11,399,994
6. The Mummy Universal Pictures $415,885,488 $155,385,488 £17,362,781 $18,107,396
7. Notting Hill Universal Pictures $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 Cinema $310,940,086 $206,040,086 £25,635,589 $22,380,168

In total, six films released in 1999 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status, the first time that over five films released in one year reached IBMP status (Only 4 films released in 1990 made IBMP status).
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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/

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards
Best Picture: American Beauty
Achievement in Directing: Sam Mendes - American Beauty
Academy Award for Best Art Direction: Sleepy Hollow
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules
Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain / France
Golden Globe Awards
Drama
Best Picture: American Beauty
Best Actor: Denzel Washington - The Hurricane
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
Musical or comedy
Best Picture: Toy Story 2
Best Actor: Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon
Best Actress: Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds
Other
Best Director: Sam Mendes - American Beauty
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), Spain / France
BAFTA Awards
Best Picture: American Beauty
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey
Best Actress: Annette Bening
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):
The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, Canada / U.S.A.

[edit] Films released in 1999
8 MM
A Force More Powerful
A Map of the World
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
American Beauty
American Pie
Arlington Road
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Beautiful People
Being John Malkovich
Beyond the Mat
Bicentennial Man
Big Daddy
The Big Kahuna
Blast from the Past
Blue Streak
The Blair Witch Project
The Boondock Saints
Bowfinger
Boys Don't Cry
Bringing Out the Dead
But I'm a Cheerleader
Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000
Chutney Popcorn
The Cider House Rules
Coming Soon
The Cup
Deep Blue Sea
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Detroit Rock City
Dick
Dill Scallion
Dogma
The Dogwalker
Dudley Do-Right
The Duke
EDtv
Election
El Intruso
The End of the Affair
End of Days
Entrapment
Eye of the Beholder
Eyes Wide Shut
Fantasia 2000
Fight Club
Friends & Lovers
Forces of Nature
Galaxy Quest
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost in Love
Girl, Interrupted
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
The Green Mile
Guinevere
The Haunting
The Hi-Line
The Insider
In Dreams
Inspector Gadget
Just the Ticket
Lycanthrope
Magnolia
Man of the Century
Man on the Moon
The Matrix
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Mummy
My Favorite Martian
My Voyage to Italy (documentary)
Mystery Men
Never Been Kissed
New Waterford Girl
Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao)
Notting Hill
October Sky
Office Space
Our Friend, Martin
The Omega Code
Payback
Propaganda
Pushing Tin
Random Hearts
Rosetta
She's All That
Shiri
Shower (film) (Xizao)
Simply Irresistible
The Sixth Sense
Sleeping Beauties
Sleepy Hollow
A Slipping-Down Life
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Speedway Junky
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Swing
The Straight Story
Tarzan
Tea With Mussolini
The Thirteenth Floor
The Thirteenth Year
The Thomas Crown Affair
Three Kings
Three Seasons
Three to Tango
Toy Story 2
Trick
True Crime
Tube Tales
Tumbleweeds
The Virgin Suicides
Walking Across Egypt
The War Zone
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Why Not Me? (Pourquoi pas moi?)
Wild Wild West
The Winslow Boy
The World Is Not Enough
Yellow Hair

[edit] Wide-release movies

[edit] January-March
January 1999
January 1
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29
February 1999
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 1999
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26

[edit] April-June
April 1999
April 2 - Cookie's Fortune, The Out-of-Towers, A Walk on the Moon
April 9 - Go, Never Been Kissed
April 16 - Life, Friends & Lovers
April 23 - Lost & Found, Pushing Tin
April 30 - Idie 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"
May 21 - The Love Letter
May 28 - Notting Hill, The Thirteenth Floor
June 1999
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

[edit] July-September
July 1999
July 9 - American Pie, Arlington Road
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

[edit] October-December
October 1999
October 1 - The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, American Beauty, Mystery, Alaska, The Minus Man
October 8 - Random Hearts
October 15 - Fight Club, The Story of Us
October 22 - Bats, Bringing Out the Dead, Crazy in Alabama, Three to Tango
October 29 - House on Haunted Hill
November 1999
November 5 - The Bachelor, The Bone Collector
November 10 - Light It Up, Pokemon: The First Movie
November 12 - Anywhere But Here, Dogma, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
November 17 - Grinch
November 19 - Mansfield Park, Sleepy Hollow, The World Is Not Enough
November 24 - Toy Story 2
December 1999
December 10 - Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
December 17 - Stuart Little

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths
Date
Name
Age
Notes
January 15
Betty Box
83
film producer
February 20
Gene Siskel
53
film critic, Siskel and Ebert'
March 5
Richard Kiley
73
actor
March 7
Stanley Kubrick
70
film director
March 13
Garson Kanin
86
writer/director
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 21
Vanessa Brown
71
actress
May 23
Owen Hart
34
professional wrestler
June 11
DeForest Kelley
79
actor, best known for "Star Trek"
June 29
Allan Carr
62
movie producer
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 22
George C Scott
71
Oscar winning actor
November 3
Ian Bannen
71
actor
December 3
Madeline Kahn
57
actress
December 17
Rex Allen
78
cowboy actor, singer
December 19
Desmond Llewelyn
85
actor, 'Q" in James Bond films
December 23
Lois Hamilton
56
actress, artist, model