saw many new films released
worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels,
and remakes as well as original films.
, these are the top
grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008. The top
ten films of
in history. On August 4,
reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 18 days.
The previous record was held by
, which reached it in 43 days. On August 31, after 45
days in release,
reached $500 million
domestically, becoming only the second film in history after
to cross the
half-billion-dollar domestic milestone, as well as the only film of
the 2000s decade. For 2008, the top ten films consisted of 3
.
became the highest
grossing film in UK history. In the domestic box office, 2008 came
very close in passing 2007 as the highest grossing year, falling
short by just $30 million.
| Month |
Day |
Event |
| January |
7 |
Due to the 2007-2008 Writers
Guild of America Strike, NBC and the
Hollywood Foreign
Press Association scrap plans to hold its 65th Golden
Globe Awards ceremony and instead hold a press conference
announcing the winners |
| 13 |
The 65th Golden Globe
Awards winners were announced:Drama
Musical or Comedy
|
| 16 |
The 61st BAFTA Awards nominations were
announced with Atonement
the leading film with 14 nominations closely followed by
No Country for Old
Men and There Will Be
Blood, both with 7 nominations |
| 17 - 27 |
The 26th Sundance Film
Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin McDonagh's In Bruges and screens over 120 films. The
Grand Jury and Audience Award
prizes are awarded to Frozen
River and The
Wackness respectively. The festival is closed by the world
premiere of Bernard Shakey's CSNY Déjà Vu |
| 22 |
The 80th Academy
Awards nominations were announced with No Country for Old Men
and There Will Be Blood
the leading films with 8 nominations each, closely followed by
Atonement and Michael Clayton, both with 7
The Oscar nominated actor Heath Ledger,
28, is found dead at his home in Manhattan, New York City, from an
accidental prescription pills overdose |
| 23 - 3 |
The 37th Rotterdam International
Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Lucía Cedrón’s narrative feature-film
debut Lamb of God. |
| 26 |
The 60th Directors
Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency
Century Plaza, Los Angeles. The Outstanding Directorial
Achievement in Feature Film prize is awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen |
| 27 |
The 14th Screen Actors Guild
Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Exposition Center, Los
Angeles. Major winners announced include:
|
| February |
7 - 17 |
The 58th Berlin
International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere
of Martin Scorsese's Shine A Light and screens over 350
films. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to
The Elite Squad. The
Silver Bear prizes are awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson, Best
Director, Reza Naji, Best
Actor and Sally Hawkins, Best
Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere
of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind |
| 8 |
The 35th Annie Awards ceremony
is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The Best
Animated Feature prize is awarded to Ratatouille |
| 9 |
The 60th Writers Guild of America
Awards are announced in a brief statement. The Best
Adapted Screenplay and Best Original
Screenplay prizes are awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
and Diablo Cody (Juno), respectively |
| 10 |
The 61st BAFTA
Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London.
Sir Anthony Hopkins is honoured
with the Academy Fellowship. Major winners
include:
|
| 12 |
The members of the WGA
agree a three-year deal with the AMPTP and
vote to end the 3-month 2007-2008 Writers
Guild of America Strike |
| 23 |
The 28th Golden
Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California.
The Worst Picture award is given to I Know Who Killed Me. The
Worst Actor and Worst Actress
awards are given to Eddie Murphy and
Lindsay Lohan, respectively
The 23rd Independent
Spirit Awards ceremony is broadcast. The Best
Film award is given to Juno. The Best Actor and
Best Actress awards are given to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ellen Page respectively |
| 24 |
The 80th Academy Awards
ceremony is held in the Kodak Theater, Hollywood. Major winners
include:
|
| March |
3 |
28th Genie Awards |
| 13 - 21 |
7th Tiburon
International Film Festival |
| April |
4 - 13 |
10th Sarasota Film
Festival |
| 23 - 4 |
7th Tribeca Film Festival
|
| 24 - 8 |
51st San
Francisco International Film Festival |
| May |
? - ? |
8th Silver Lake Film
Festival |
| 14 - 25 |
Entre les murs wins the
Palme d'Or while Gomorra receives the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. |
| 22 - 15 |
34th Seattle
International Film Festival |
| 26 |
Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull earns $126 million in
the United States and Canada, becoming the highest grossing debut
of 2008 and the second highest for a Memorial Day weekend debut
behind Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World's End. |
| June |
1 |
17th MTV Movie Awards
A massive fire
destroys portions of facilities at Universal Studios in Universal City near Los Angeles,
California . |
| 14 - 22 |
11th Shanghai
International Film Festival |
| 18 |
Iron Man becomes the
first movie of 2008 to earn $300 million in the United States and
Canada. |
| 18 - 29 |
62nd Edinburgh
International Film Festival |
|
| August |
4 |
The Dark Knight
reached $400 million in record time at 18 days. The previous record
was held by Shrek 2, who reached it
in 43 days. |
| 6 - 16 |
61st Locarno
International Film Festival |
| 21 - 1 |
32nd
Montreal World
Film Festival |
| 27 - 6 |
65th Venice International Film
Festival |
| September |
4 - 13 |
33rd
Toronto International Film
Festival |
| 15 -20 |
33rd
Polish Film Festival in Gdynia |
|
| 18 - 27 |
56th San
Sebastián International Film Festival |
| 23 -30 |
6th Bangkok
International Film Festival |
| October |
1 - 12 |
16th Raindance Film
Festival |
| 15 - 30 |
52nd London Film
Festival |
| 18 - 26 |
21st Tokyo
International Film Festival |
| November |
18 - 28 |
32nd Cairo
International Film Festival |
| December |
5 - 14 |
10th Jakarta
International Film Festival |
| 4 - 14 |
23rd Mar
del Plata International Film Festival |
|
‡ Films that achieved
wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
J
A
N
U
A
R
Y |
4 |
One Missed
Call |
Warner Bros. |
Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancón, Azura Skye, Ray Wise |
| 11 |
First Sunday |
Screen Gems |
Ice Cube, Katt
Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith
David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Chi McBride |
| In
the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale |
Freestyle Releasing |
Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, Ron
Perlman, John Rhys-Davies,
Claire Forlani, Matthew Lillard, Kristanna Loken, Tania Saulnier, Brian J. White |
| The
Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie |
Universal Studios |
Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Cam
Clarke, Yuri Lowenthal |
| 18 |
27 Dresses |
20th Century Fox |
Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Judy
Greer, Edward Burns |
| Cloverfield |
Paramount Pictures |
Michael Stahl-David,
Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman, Lizzy
Caplan, Jessica Lucas |
| Mad Money |
Yari Film Group |
Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie
Holmes, Ted Danson, Stephen Root, Christopher McDonald, Roger Cross |
| 25 |
How She Move |
Paramount Vantage |
Kevin Duhaney, Shawn Desman, Daniel
Morrison, Kardinal Offishall,
Djanet Sears, Mya |
| Meet the
Spartans |
20th Century Fox |
Sean Maguire, Ken Davitian, Carmen
Electra, Kevin Sorbo, Jareb Dauplaise, Travis Van Winkle, Diedrich Bader |
| Rambo |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul
Schulze, Matthew Marsden,
Graham McTavish, Ken Howard, Jake La
Botz |
| Untraceable |
Screen Gems |
Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Michael Cross, Mary Beth Hurt |
F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y |
1 |
Hannah
Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds
Concert |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Kenny
Ortega, Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Over Her Dead
Body |
New Line Cinema |
Eva Longoria Parker,
Paul Rudd, Lake
Bell, Lindsay Sloane, Jason Biggs |
| Strange
Wilderness |
Paramount Pictures |
Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah
Hill, Kevin
Heffernan, Ashley Scott, Peter Dante, Harry
Hamlin, Robert Patrick, Joe Don Baker, Justin
Long |
| The Eye |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade
Serbedzija |
| 8 |
Fool's
Gold |
Warner Bros. |
Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Tiffany Grant |
| Welcome Home Roscoe
Jenkins |
Universal Studios |
Martin Lawrence, Margaret Avery, Joy
Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique,
Nicole Ari Parker, Cedric the Entertainer, James Earl Jones |
| 14 |
Definitely,
Maybe |
Universal Studios |
Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek
Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz |
| Jumper |
20th Century Fox |
Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel
Bilson, Jamie Bell |
| Step Up 2 The
Streets |
Touchstone Pictures |
Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Channing Tatum, Cassie |
| The Spiderwick
Chronicles |
Paramount Pictures |
Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan
Plowright, David
Strathairn |
|
22 |
Be Kind Rewind |
New Line Cinema |
Jack Black, Mos
Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie
Diaz |
| Charlie Bartlett |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Robert Downey, Jr., Hope Davis, Anton
Yelchin, Kat Dennings |
| Vantage Point |
Columbia Pictures |
Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt |
| Witless
Protection |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Larry the Cable Guy,
Ivana Milicevic, Peter Stormare, Eric
Roberts, Jenny McCarthy |
| 29 |
Penelope |
Summit Entertainment |
Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Richard E. Grant |
| Semi-Pro |
New Line Cinema |
Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André 3000, Maura
Tierney, Will Arnett, David Koechner, Andrew
Daly |
| The Other
Boleyn Girl |
Columbia Pictures |
Natalie Portman, Scarlet Johannson, Eric Bana, Jim
Sturgess, Kristin Scott
Thomas |
M
A
R
C
H |
7 |
10,000 BC |
Warner Bros. |
Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff
Curtis |
| College Road
Trip |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Raven-Symoné, Martin Lawrence, Brenda Song, Donny
Osmond |
| The Bank Job |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows |
| 14 |
Horton Hears a
Who! |
20th Century Fox |
Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol
Burnett, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jesse
McCartney, Amy Poehler, Isla Fisher, Will
Arnett, Dan Fogler, Jamie Pressly, Charles Osgood |
| Doomsday |
Universal Studios |
Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Rhona
Mitra, Neil Marshall |
| Never Back Down |
Summit Entertainment |
Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Djimon
Hounsou, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters |
| 21 |
Drillbit Taylor |
Paramount Pictures |
Owen Wilson, Troy Gentile, Nate
Hartley, David Dorfman, Alex Frost, Josh
Peck |
| Meet the
Browns |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Sofia Vergara, David Mann, Tamela
Mann |
| Shutter |
20th Century Fox |
Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor |
| 28 |
21 |
Columbia Pictures |
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin
Spacey, Laurence
Fishburne |
| Run Fatboy Run |
Picturehouse |
Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Dylan
Moran, Hank Azaria |
| Stop-Loss |
Paramount Pictures |
Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
| Superhero Movie |
Dimension Films |
Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Leslie
Nielsen, Kevin Hart, Christopher McDonald |
‡ Films that achieved
wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
A
P
R
I
L |
4 |
Leatherheads |
Universal Studios |
George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Price, Stephen Root |
| Nim's Island |
20th Century Fox |
Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard
Butler |
| The Ruins |
DreamWorks |
Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn
Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson |
| 11 |
Never Forever |
Arts Alliance America |
Vera Farmiga |
| Prom Night |
Screen Gems |
Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Johnathon Schaech, Idris Elba |
| Smart People |
Miramax Films |
Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page |
| Street Kings |
Fox Searchlight |
Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh
Laurie, Chris Evans,
Naomie Harris, The Game |
| The Visitor
‡ |
Overture Films |
Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass |
| 18 |
88 Minutes |
Columbia Pictures |
Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Benjamin McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal
McDonough |
| Expelled: No
Intelligence Allowed |
Rocky Mountain Pictures |
Ben Stein |
| The Forbidden
Kingdom |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Jet Li, Jackie
Chan, Michael Angarano,
Collin Chou, Liu
Yi Fei, Li Bingbing |
| Forgetting Sarah
Marshall |
Universal Studios |
Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila
Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz
Cackowski, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Jack
McBrayer |
| 25 |
Baby Mama |
Universal Studios |
Tina Fey, Amy
Poehler, Greg Kinnear |
| Deception |
20th Century Fox |
Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q |
| Harold & Kumar
Escape from Guantanamo Bay |
New Line Cinema |
Kal Penn, John
Cho, Rob Corddry, Paula Garces, Neil Patrick Harris |
| A Plumm Summer ‡ |
Freestyle Releasing |
William Baldwin, Henry Winkler, Brenda
Strong |
M
A
Y |
2 |
Iron Man |
Marvel Studios |
Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges |
| Made of Honor |
Columbia Pictures |
Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack |
| Redbelt ‡ |
Sony Classics |
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Tim
Allen, Alice Braga |
| 9 |
Speed Racer |
Warner Bros. |
Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan
Sarandon, Christina Ricci,
Matthew Fox |
| What Happens in
Vegas... |
20th Century Fox |
Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz |
| The Fall |
Roadside Attractions |
Lee Pace, Justine Waddell |
|
16 |
The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
Walden Media |
Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes |
|
22 |
Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
Paramount Pictures |
Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate
Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John
Hurt |
| 30 |
Sex and the
City |
New Line Cinema |
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris
Noth, Mario Cantone |
| The Strangers |
Rogue Pictures |
Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman |
J
U
N
E |
6 |
Kung Fu Panda |
DreamWorks |
Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie
Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane,
David Cross, Seth
Rogen, Michael Clarke
Duncan, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Dan
Fogler |
| You Don't Mess
with the Zohan |
Columbia Pictures |
Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson |
| 13 |
The
Happening |
20th Century Fox |
Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel |
| The Incredible
Hulk |
Marvel Studios |
Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth,
William Hurt |
| 20 |
Get Smart |
Warner Bros. |
Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Ken
Davitian, Dwayne Johnson,
Terence Stamp, David Koechner, Terry
Crews, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Bill
Murray, Patrick Warburton,
James Caan, Dalip
Singh |
| The Love Guru |
Paramount Pictures |
Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley, John Oliver, Verne Troyer, Romany
Malco, Meagan Good, Telma Hopkins |
| Kit Kittredge:
An American Girl ‡ |
Picturehouse |
Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond, Joan
Cusack, Stanley Tucci |
| 27 |
WALL-E |
Pixar |
Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Fred
Willard, John Ratzenberger,
Kathy Najimy, MacInTalk |
| Wanted |
Universal Studios |
Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Marc
Warren, Chris Pratt, Kristen Hager |
‡ Films that achieved
wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
J
U
L
Y |
2 |
Hancock |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman |
| 11 |
Garden Party |
Roadside Attractions |
Willa Holland, Vinessa Shaw |
| Hellboy II: The
Golden Army |
Universal Studios |
Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug
Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Gross, Anna
Walton, John Hurt |
| Journey to the
Center of the Earth |
Walden Media |
Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem |
| Meet Dave |
20th Century Fox |
Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Banks |
| The Stone
Angel |
Vivendi Entertainment |
Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Page, Cole
Hauser, Christine Horne,
Kevin Zegers, Dylan Baker |
| 18 |
The Dark
Knight |
Warner Bros. |
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael
Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric
Roberts |
| Mamma Mia! |
Universal Studios |
Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Colin
Firth, Stellan
Skarsgård |
| Space Chimps |
20th Century Fox |
Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl
Hines, Kenan Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Omid Abtahi, Patrick
Breen, Jane Lynch, Kath Soucie, Carlos
Alazraqui, Zack Shada |
|
23 |
Boy A |
The Weinstein Company |
Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Katie
Lyons |
| 25 |
Brideshead
Revisited ‡ |
Miramax Films |
Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode, Hayley
Atwell, Ben Whishaw |
| Step Brothers |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly,
Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen |
| The X-Files: I
Want to Believe |
20th Century Fox |
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Mitch
Pileggi, Xzibit, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley |
A
U
G
U
S
T |
1 |
The Mummy:
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
Universal Studios |
Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello,
Michelle Yeoh, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Isabella Leong, Russell Wong |
| Swing Vote |
Touchstone Pictures |
Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Stanley
Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez, Dennis
Hopper, Nathan Lane |
| 6 |
Pineapple
Express |
Columbia Pictures |
Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny
R. McBride, Gary Cole, Craig
Robinson, Kevin Corrigan,
Rosie Perez, Amber Heard, Ed
Begley, Jr., Bill Hader, James Remar |
| The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 |
Warner Bros. |
Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, Alexis
Bledel, America Ferrera,
Jesse Williams, Kyle Schmid, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rachel Nichols |
| 8 |
Beer For My
Horses |
Roadside Attractions |
Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, Ted Nugent, Tom
Skerritt, Claire Forlani,
Barry Corbin, Greg Serano, Willie
Nelson, Gina Gershon |
| What We Do Is
Secret |
Peace Arch Entertainment |
Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Rick
Gonzalez, Noah Segan, Ray Park |
|
13 |
Tropic Thunder |
DreamWorks |
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert
Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Brandon T. Jackson |
| 15 |
Fly Me to the
Moon |
Summit Entertainment |
Nicollette Sheridan,
Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Patrick, Kelly
Ripa, Adrienne Barbeau,
Ed Begley, Jr., Buzz Aldrin, Philip
Bolden |
| Mirrors |
20th Century Fox |
Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton |
| Star Wars: The
Clone Wars |
Warner Bros. |
Matt Lanter, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom
Kane, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Ian Abercrombie, Nika Futterman, Matthew Wood, Kevin Michael Richardson, Corey Burton, Catherine Taber, David Acord |
| Vicky Cristina
Barcelona |
The Weinstein Company |
Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Rebecca
Hall, Chris Messina,
Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn |
|
20 |
The Rocker |
20th Century Fox |
Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad,
Will Arnett, Emma
Stone |
| 22 |
Death Race |
Universal Studios |
Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian
McShane, Tyrese Gibson |
| The House Bunny |
Columbia Pictures |
Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Colin
Hanks, Katharine McPhee,
Rumer Willis, Kat Dennings, Beverly D'Angelo, Kiely Williams |
| The Longshots |
Dimension Films |
Ice Cube, Keke
Palmer, Matt Craven |
| Hamlet 2 ‡ |
Focus Features |
Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David
Arquette, Elisabeth Shue,
Melonie Diaz |
|
27 |
Traitor |
Overture Films |
Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Saïd
Taghmaoui, Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough |
| 29 |
Babylon A.D. |
20th Century Fox |
Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling |
| College |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, Ryan Pinkston, Kevin
Covais, Nick Zano |
| Disaster Movie |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt
Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo,
Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Ike Barinholtz |
| Goal!
2: Living the
Dream... |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen
Dillane, Leonor Varela |
S
E
P
T
E
M
B
E
R |
5 |
Bangkok
Dangerous |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnam, Charlie Yeung |
| 12 |
Burn After
Reading |
Focus Features |
George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Brad
Pitt |
| The Family That
Preys |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, Kadee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Taraji
P. Henson, Robin Givens, Tyler
Perry, Kathy Bates |
| Proud American |
Slowhand Cinema |
Jonathan Banks, Dennis Haskins, Ken
Howard, Marc McClure, Kimberlin Brown |
| Righteous Kill |
Overture Films |
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent,
Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, John
Leguizamo |
| Towelhead ‡ |
Warner
Independent |
Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria
Bello, Peter Macdissi, Summer Bishil, Lynn
Collins |
| The Women |
Picturehouse |
Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva
Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi
Mazar, Bette Midler |
|
13 |
Superior Ultraman 8
Brothers |
Shochiku |
Hiroshi Nagano, Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Jiro Dan, Keiji Takamine,
Takeshi Tsuruno, Takeshi Yoshioka,
Shunji Igarashi |
| 19 |
Appaloosa ‡ |
New Line Cinema |
Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée
Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen |
| The Duchess ‡ |
Paramount Vantage |
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell |
| Ghost Town |
DreamWorks |
Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg
Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Alan
Ruck |
| Igor |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John
Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge,
Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes, Eddie
Izzard, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, Christian Slater |
| Lakeview Terrace |
Screen Gems |
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Jay Hernandez |
| My Best
Friend's Girl |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Dane Cook, Kate
Hudson, Jason Biggs, Lizzy Caplan, Alec
Baldwin, Diora Baird |
| 26 |
Eagle Eye |
DreamWorks |
Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton |
| Fireproof |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea, Ken
Bevel, Stephen Dervan, Jason McLeod, Alex
Kendrick |
| Forever Strong |
Crane Movie Company |
Gary Cole, Sean
Faris, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Sean
Astin, Neal McDonough |
| Miracle at St.
Anna |
Touchstone Pictures |
Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz
Alonso, Omar Benson Miller,
Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo,
Kerry Washington, Omari
Hardwick |
| Nights in
Rodanthe |
Warner Bros. |
Richard Gere, Diane Lane, James
Franco, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Mae
Whitman, Pablo Schreiber |
‡ Films that achieved
wide-release status after initial release.
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
O
C
T
O
B
E
R |
3 |
An American
Carol |
Vivendi Entertainment |
Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, John
Voight, Dennis Hopper, Leslie Nielsen, Jillian Murray |
| Beverly Hills
Chihuahua |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Eddie "Piolín"
Sotelo, Andy García, Plácido Domingo, Edward James Olmos, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin |
| Blindness |
Miramax Films |
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice
Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don
McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Mitchell
Nye, Danny Glover |
| Flash of
Genius |
Universal Studios |
Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney, Lauren Graham |
| How to Lose
Friends & Alienate People |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff
Bridges, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson |
| Nick and
Norah's Infinite Playlist |
Columbia Pictures |
Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis
Dziena, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron |
| Religulous ‡ |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Bill Maher |
|
8 |
RocknRolla ‡ |
Warner Bros. |
Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Idris
Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Ludacris |
| 10 |
Body of Lies |
Warner Bros. |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice van Houten |
| City of Ember |
20th Century Fox |
Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse
Ronan, Toby Jones, Harry Treadaway, Martin Landau |
| The Express |
Universal Studios |
Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Charles S. Dutton |
| Quarantine |
Screen Gems |
Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay
Hernandez, Johnathon
Schaech |
| 17 |
Max Payne |
20th Century Fox |
Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau
Bridges, Ludacris, Kate Burton, Donal Logue, Nelly
Furtado, Amaury Nolasco, Chris O'Donnell, Kevin Corrigan |
| The Secret Life
of Bees |
Fox Searchlight |
Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia
Keys, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Hilarie Burton |
| Sex Drive |
Summit Entertainment |
Josh Zuckerman, James Marsden, Seth
Green, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew |
| W. |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Rob
Corddry, Jeffrey Wright,
Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd, Scott
Glenn |
| 24 |
Changeling ‡ |
Universal Studios |
Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Geoff Pierson, Jeffrey Donovan, Jason Butler Harner, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan,
Michael Kelly |
| High School
Musical 3: Senior Year |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin
Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Chris Warren Jr., Ryne Sanborn, Kaycee
Stroh, Jemma
McKenzie-Brown, Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, Alyson Reed, Bart
Johnson, Leslie Wing Pomeroy,
Socorro Herrera, Robert Curtis Brown, Jessica Tuck |
| Pride and
Glory |
New Line Cinema |
Edward Norton, Colin Farrell |
| Saw V |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Julie
Benz, Scott Patterson,
Betsy Russell |
| 31 |
The Haunting of
Molly Hartley |
Freestyle Releasing |
Chace Crawford, Haley Bennett, AnnaLynne McCord, Shannon Marie Woodward |
| Zack and Miri Make a
Porno |
The Weinstein Company |
Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Mewes, Jeff
Anderson, Craig
Robinson |
N
O
V
E
M
B
E
R |
7 |
The Boy in
the Striped Pajamas ‡ |
Miramax Films |
Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert
Friend, Asa Butterfield,
Jack Scanlon |
| Madagascar: Escape 2
Africa |
DreamWorks |
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada
Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer,
Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie
Mac, Sherri Shepherd, Alec Baldwin, will.i.am |
| Role Models |
Universal Studios |
Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth Banks, Jane
Lynch, Bobb'e J. Thompson |
| Soul Men |
Dimension Films |
Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie
Mac, Sean Hayes, Sharon Leal, Jennifer Coolidge, Isaac Hayes |
|
12 |
Slumdog Millionaire
‡ |
Fox Searchlight
Pictures |
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan
Khan, Anil Kapoor |
|
14 |
Quantum of
Solace |
Columbia Pictures |
Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton, Judi
Dench, Jeffrey Wright,
Giancarlo Giannini |
| 21 |
Bolt |
Walt Disney Pictures |
John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie
Essman, Mark Walton,
Malcolm McDowell, Nick Swardson, Diedrich Bader, Chloe
Moretz, Greg Germann, James Lipton, Randy
Savage, Kari Wahlgren, Grey DeLisle |
| Twilight |
Summit Entertainment |
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner |
| 26 |
Australia |
20th Century Fox |
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David
Wenham, Bryan Brown |
| Four Christmases |
New Line Cinema |
Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Sissy Spacek, Mary
Steenburgen, Kristin
Chenoweth, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon
Favreau, Tim McGraw |
| Transporter 3 |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Jason Statham, Francois Berleand, Robert Knepper |
| Milk ‡ |
Focus Features |
Sean Penn, Josh
Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Joseph Cross, Alison Pill, Diego
Luna, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare |
D
E
C
E
M
B
E
R |
5 |
Cadillac Records |
TriStar Pictures |
Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Beyoncé
Knowles, Gabrielle Union,
Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui |
| Frost/Nixon ‡ |
Universal Studios |
Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin
Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Toby Jones, Rebecca
Hall, Patty McCormack, Andy Milder |
| Nobel Son |
Freestyle Releasing |
Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary
Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, Danny
DeVito, Ted Danson, Tracey Walter |
| Punisher: War
Zone |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie
Benz, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Colin
Salmon, Doug Hutchison, T. J. Storm, Mark
Camacho |
|
10 |
The Reader
‡ |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David
Kross, Alexandra Maria
Lara, Lena Olin |
| 12 |
Che ‡ |
IFC |
Benicio del Toro, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Franka Potente, Julia
Ormond, Lou Diamond
Phillips, Demián Bichir |
| The
Day the Earth Stood Still |
20th Century Fox |
Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm,
Jaden Smith, John
Cleese, Kyle Chandler, James Hong |
| Delgo |
Freestyle Releasing |
Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris
Kattan, Val Kilmer, Malcolm McDowell, Louis Gossett, Jr., Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Kelly Ripa,
Burt Reynolds |
| Doubt ‡ |
Miramax Films |
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola
Davis |
| Gran Torino ‡ |
Warner Bros. |
Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Anhey
Her |
| Nothing Like the
Holidays |
Overture Films |
John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Freddy Rodriguez, Alfred Molina, Jay
Hernandez, Luis Guzman, Melonie Diaz, Vanessa Ferlito |
| What Doesn't Kill You
‡ |
Yari Film Group |
Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda
Peet, Donnie Wahlberg |
|
17 |
The
Wrestler |
Fox Searchlight
Pictures |
Mickey Rourke, Ernest Miller, Marisa
Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood,
Todd Barry |
| 19 |
Seven Pounds |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry
Pepper |
| The Tale of
Despereaux |
Universal Studios |
Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin
Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, William H. Macy, Kevin
Kline, Stanley Tucci, Robbie Coltrane, Ciaran Hinds, Frances
Conroy, Tony Hale, Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Shaughnessy, Sigourney Weaver |
| Yes Man |
Warner Bros. |
Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Terrence Stamp, Bradley Cooper, Rhys
Darby, Danny Masterson |
| 25 |
Bedtime
Stories |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy
Pearce, Teresa Palmer, Courteney Cox, Lucy
Lawless, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Aisha Tyler, Jonathan
Pryce |
| The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount Pictures |
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Julia
Ormond, Jared Harris, Phyllis Somerville, Elias Koteas |
| Last Chance Harvey
‡ |
Overture Films |
Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen
Atkins, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Richard
Schiff, Liane Balaban |
| Marley &
Me |
20th Century Fox |
Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson |
| The Spirit |
Lions Gate
Entertainment |
Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King,
Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Stana
Katic, Johnny Simmons |
| Valkyrie |
United Artists |
Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Christian Berkel, Bill Nighy, David Schofield, Terence Stamp, Kevin
McNally, Carice van Houten,
Jamie Parker |
|
26 |
Revolutionary Road
‡ |
Paramount Vantage |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy
Bates, Michael Shannon,
Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Richard Easton, Zoe
Kazan, Jay O. Sanders |
|
31 |
Defiance ‡ |
Paramount Vantage |
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie
Bell, George MacKay,
Alexa Davalos, Tomas Arana |
| Month |
Date |
Name |
Age |
Country |
Profession |
Notable films |
| January |
1 |
Irena
Górska-Damięcka |
97 |
|
Actress |
|
| 2 |
Brice Mack |
90 |
|
Background Artist |
Fantasia • Peter Pan |
| 5 |
Edward Kłosiński |
65 |
|
Cinematographer |
The Promised
Land |
| 10 |
Maila Nurmi |
85 |
|
Actress |
Plan 9 from Outer
Space |
| 11 |
Murray Cohl |
78 |
|
Producer |
| 15 |
Brad Renfro |
25 |
|
Actor |
Tom and Huck •
The Client • Sleepers • Bully • The Job • The Informers • American Girl • The Jacket |
| 17 |
Allan Melvin |
84 |
|
Actor |
| 18 |
Ugo Pirro |
87 |
|
Screenwriter |
Investigation of a
Citizen Above Suspicion • The Garden of the
Finzi-Continis |
| 19 |
Suzanne Pleshette |
70 |
|
Actress |
The Birds •
Spirited Away |
| 20 |
Kevin Stoney |
86 |
|
Actor |
| 22 |
Roberto Gari |
88 |
|
Actor |
| 22 |
Heath Ledger |
28 |
|
Actor |
10 Things I Hate
About You • The
Patriot • A Knight's
Tale • Brokeback
Mountain • The Dark
Knight• Monster's
Ball • The Imaginarium of Doctor
Parnassus • Casanova • I'm Not There • Two Hands• Candy• Ned Kelly• The Four Feathers |
| February |
2 |
Barry Morse |
89 |
|
Actor |
The
Fugitive |
| 8 |
Eva Dahlbeck |
87 |
|
Actress |
Secrets of Women •
A Lesson in Love •
Smiles of a Summer
Night |
| 10 |
Roy Scheider |
75 |
|
Actor |
Jaws • 2010 • Marathon Man • All That Jazz• The French Connection |
| 11 |
James Quinn |
88 |
|
Producer, Administrator |
Herostratus •
Overlord |
| 13 |
Kon Ichikawa |
92 |
|
Director |
The Burmese
Harp • Tokyo
Olympiad • The
Makioka Sisters |
| 14 |
Perry Lopez |
76 |
|
Actor |
Chinatown |
| 18 |
Alain Robbe-Grillet |
85 |
|
Screenwriter, Director |
Last Year at
Marienbad |
| 19 |
David Watkin |
82 |
|
Cinematographer |
Out of Africa •
Chariots of Fire |
| 21 |
Ben Chapman |
79 |
|
Actor |
Creature from the
Black Lagoon |
| March |
4 |
Leonard Rosenman |
83 |
|
Composer |
Barry Lyndon •
Bound for Glory •
Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home |
| 6 |
Gustaw Holoubek |
84 |
|
Actor |
|
| 11 |
Dave Stevens |
52 |
|
Illustrator, Producer |
The Rocketeer |
| 12 |
Erwin Geschonneck |
101 |
|
Actor |
Jacob, the
Liar |
| 16 |
Ivan Dixon |
76 |
|
Actor |
Hogan's Heroes |
| 18 |
Anthony Minghella |
54 |
|
Director, Screenwriter |
The English Patient
• The Talented Mr.
Ripley • Cold
Mountain |
| 19 |
Paul Scofield |
86 |
|
Actor |
A Man For All
Seasons • Hamlet • The Crucible |
| 24 |
Rafael Azcona |
81 |
|
Screenwriter |
Belle
Époque |
| 24 |
Richard Widmark |
93 |
|
Actor |
Kiss of Death
• Night and the City •
Panic in the
Streets • How
the West Was Won• The
Swarm• Coma•
To the Devil a
Daughter• No way
Out• Garden of
Evil• The
Cobweb• Run for the
Sun• Rollercoaster |
| 25 |
Tony Church |
77 |
|
Actor |
Tess • Krull |
| 25 |
Abby Mann |
80 |
|
Screenwriter |
Judgment at
Nuremberg |
| 31 |
Jules Dassin |
96 |
|
Director |
The Naked City •
Never On Sunday •
Topkapi |
| April |
5 |
Charlton Heston |
84 |
|
Actor |
Ben-Hur •
Planet of the
Apes • Touch of Evil
• The Ten
Commandments • El
Cid• The
Greatest Show on Earth• Soylent Green•Airport 1975•Omega Man• Earthquake• Hercules•True Lies• Khartoum• Hamlet• Armageddon• Any Given Sunday• Midway• Diamond Head Two-Minute Warning• Major Dundee• The Awakening• In the Mouth of Madness |
| 5 |
Alex Grasshoff |
79 |
|
Director |
Young
Americans |
| 8 |
Stanley Kamel |
65 |
|
Actor |
Monk |
| 9 |
Lloyd Lamble |
94 |
|
Actor |
The Belles of St.
Trinian's |
| 14 |
Ollie Johnston |
95 |
|
Animator |
Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs • Fantasia • Bambi • Pinocchio |
| 14 |
June Travis |
93 |
|
Actress |
Ceiling Zero |
| 15 |
Hazel Court |
93 |
|
Actress |
The Raven •
The Masque of the
Red Death |
| 18 |
Joy Page |
83 |
|
Actress |
Casablanca |
| 20 |
Bebe Barron |
82 |
|
Music Composer |
Forbidden Planet |
| 24 |
Tristram Cary |
82 |
|
Composer |
The Ladykillers •
Quatermass and the
Pit • Blood
from the Mummy's Tomb |
| 29 |
Julie Ege |
64 |
|
Actress |
On Her
Majesty's Secret Service |
| May |
1 |
Bernard Archard |
91 |
|
Actor |
Macbeth |
| 1 |
Elaine Dundy |
86 |
|
Actress |
|
| 4 |
Fred Haines |
72 |
|
Screenwriter, Director |
Ulysses • Steppenwolf |
| 13 |
Jill Adams |
77 |
|
Actress |
The Green Man •
Private's Progress |
| 13 |
John Phillip Law |
70 |
|
Actor |
Barbarella •
Danger: Diabolik |
| 15 |
Alexander Courage |
88 |
|
Composer, Orchestrator |
My Fair Lady •
Some Like It Hot •
Jurassic Park |
| 15 |
Youssef Idilbi |
32 |
|
Actor |
|
| 16 |
David Mitton |
69 |
|
Writer, Producer, Director |
Thomas and Friends •
TUGS • Thomas and the Magic
Railroad |
| 16 |
Sandy Howard |
80 |
|
Director, Producer |
Howdy Doody • Captain Kangaroo |
| 18 |
Irma Córdoba |
94 |
|
Actor |
Fuera de la ley •
Atorrante |
| 18 |
Joseph Pevney |
96 |
|
Actor |
Female on the Beach
• Tammy and the
Bachelor • Man of a
Thousand Faces |
| 19 |
Vijay Tendulkar |
80 |
|
Screenwriter |
Nishant • Aakrosh • Ardh Satya |
| 22 |
Harry Lange |
77 |
|
Production designer |
2001: A Space
Odyssey • Moonraker • The Empire Strikes
Back |
| 24 |
Tano Cimarosa |
86 |
|
Actor |
Cinema Paradiso |
| 24 |
Rob Knox |
18 |
|
Actor |
Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince |
| 26 |
Sydney Pollack |
73 |
|
Actor, Director, Producer |
Out of Africa •
They Shoot
Horses, Don't They? • Tootsie • Breaking and Entering •
Sliding Doors• The Firm • Havana |
| 28 |
Earle Hagen |
88 |
|
Composer, Orchestrator |
Call Me Madam •
Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes |
| 29 |
Harvey Korman |
81 |
|
Actor |
Dracula: Dead and
Loving It • Blazing
Saddles • Herbie Goes
Bananas• History of the World, Part
I • High Anxiety•
The Flintstones •
Munchies |
| June |
2 |
Mel Ferrer |
90 |
|
Actor, Director, Producer |
Scaramouche •
Lili • Wait Until Dark |
| 6 |
Bobby Anderson |
75 |
|
Actor |
It's a Wonderful
Life |
| 6 |
Rudy Fernandez |
56 |
|
Actor |
Atlantika |
| 7 |
Dino Risi |
91 |
|
Director |
Poveri ma belli •
Profumo di donna |
| 11 |
Jean Desailly |
87 |
|
Actor |
La Peau Douce •
Le Professionnel |
| 13 |
Tim Russert |
58 |
|
Journalist |
|
| 15 |
Stan Winston |
62 |
|
Director, Makeup Artist |
Terminator 2:
Judgment Day • Jurassic Park • Aliens |
| 17 |
Cyd Charisse |
86 |
|
Actress, Dancer |
The Band Wagon •
Something's Got to
Give • Singin'
in the Rain • Brigadoon |
| 18 |
Jean Delannoy |
100 |
|
Director |
La symphonie
pastorale • Les amitiés
particulières |
| 21 |
Kermit Love |
91 |
|
Puppeteer, Costume Designer |
The Muppet Movie •
Sesame Street |
| 22 |
George Carlin |
71 |
|
Actor, Comedian |
Outrageous
Fortune • Bill & Ted's Excellent
Adventure • Thomas and
Friends • Jay and Silent Bob Strike
Back • Scary Movie 3
• Tarzan II • Cars • Happily N'Ever After |
| 22 |
Dody Goodman |
93 |
|
Actress |
Grease • Grease 2 • Alvin and the
Chipmunks • Splash •
The Chipmunk
Adventure • Alvin and the
Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein • Alvin and the Chipmunks
Meet the Wolfman |
| 23 |
John Furlong |
75 |
|
Actor |
Blazing Saddles •
All the President's
Men |
| 24 |
William Vince |
45 |
|
Producer |
The 4th Floor •
Capote |
| July |
2 |
Elizabeth Spriggs |
78 |
|
Actress |
Sense and
Sensibility • Harry Potter and
the Philosopher's Stone |
| 4 |
Evelyn Keyes |
91 |
|
Actress |
Gone with the
Wind • Here Comes Mr.
Jordan • The Jolson
Story • The Seven Year
Itch |
| 6 |
Nonna Mordyukova |
82 |
|
Actress |
Commissar •
The Diamond Arm |
| 7 |
Bruce Conner |
74 |
|
Director |
A Movie • Marilyn Times Five • Crossroads |
| 9 |
Charles H. Joffe |
78 |
|
Producer |
Annie Hall • Manhattan • Hannah and Her Sisters |
| 14 |
Breno Mello |
76 |
|
Actor |
Black Orpheus |
| 18 |
Khosrow Shakibai |
62 |
|
Actor |
Hamoun • Sara • Pari |
| 22 |
Estelle Getty |
84 |
|
Actress |
The Golden Girls •
Stop!
Or My Mom Will
Shoot • Mannequin |
| 25 |
Mikhail Pugovkin |
85 |
|
Actor |
Operation Y and Other
Shurik's Adventures • The
Twelve Chairs • Ivan Vasilievich: Back to
the Future |
| 27 |
Youssef Chahine |
82 |
|
Director |
Sira` Fi al-Wadi •
Le Chaos |
| 27 |
Marisa Merlini |
84 |
|
Actress |
Pane, Amore e
Fantasia • The
Traffic Policeman |
| 29 |
Luther Davis |
91 |
|
Screenwriter |
Kiss Them for
Me • Lady in a Cage
• Across 110th
Street |
| August |
7 |
Bernie Brillstein |
77 |
|
Producer |
The Blues
Brothers • Ghostbusters • The Cable Guy |
| 9 |
Bernie Mac |
50 |
|
Actor |
Ocean's
Eleven • Ocean's
Twelve •Ocean's
Thirteen •Bad
Santa•Madagascar: Escape 2
Africa•Mr.
3000•B*A*P*S•Transformers |
| 10 |
Isaac Hayes |
65 |
|
Actor, Singer
and Songwriter |
Dr. Dolittle 2 •
Shaft • South Park: Bigger,
Longer, and Uncut• Robin Hood: Men in Tights •
Escape from New
York |
| 11 |
George Furth |
75 |
|
Actor |
Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid • Blazing Saddles |
| 11 |
Terence Rigby |
71 |
|
Actor |
Get Carter • Tomorrow Never Dies • Elizabeth |
| 21 |
Fred Crane |
90 |
|
Actor |
Gone with the
Wind |
| 25 |
Randa Chahal |
54 |
|
Director |
The Kite |
| 25 |
Marpessa Dawn |
74 |
|
Actor |
Black Orpheus •
Le Bal du Comte
d'Orgel • Sweet
Movie |
| 31 |
Jerry Reed |
71 |
|
Actor, Singer
and Songwriter |
Smokey and the
Bandit • The
Waterboy |
| September |
1 |
Don LaFontaine |
68 |
|
Voice actor |
Prolific and iconic voice-over actor
featured in over 5,000 movie
trailers |
| 1 |
Michael Pate |
88 |
|
Actor, Director |
Thunder on the Hill
• The Court Jester •
Tim |
| 2 |
Bill Meléndez |
91 |
|
Animator, Director |
Bambi • Fantasia • A Boy Named Charlie
Brown |
| 6 |
Anita Page |
98 |
|
Actress |
Our Dancing
Daughters • The
Broadway Melody • Skyscraper Souls |
| 17 |
Humberto Solás |
67 |
|
Director |
Lucía |
| 19 |
Jun Ichikawa |
59 |
|
Director |
Tony Takitani |
| 19 |
David Jones |
74 |
|
Director |
Betrayal •
84 Charing Cross
Road • Jacknife |
| 26 |
Paul Newman |
83 |
|
Actor, Director |
Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof • The
Hustler • Hud •
Cool Hand Luke •
Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid • The
Sting • The Color of
Money • Cars•
The Towering Inferno •
Slap Shot • Twilight • The Outrage |
| 27 |
Mahendra Kapoor |
74 |
|
Playback Artist |
Upkar • Hamraaz • Gumnaam |
| October |
5 |
Ken Ogata |
71 |
|
Actor |
The Pillow Book
• Mishima: A Life
in Four Chapters • The Ballad of
Narayama |
| 7 |
Peter Copley |
93 |
|
Actor |
The Sword and the
Rose • Shout at
the Devil • Empire
of the Sun |
| 8 |
Eileen Herlie |
90 |
|
Actress |
Hamlet •
Richard Burton's
Hamlet |
| 11 |
Mark Shivas |
70 |
|
Producer |
A Man of No
Importance • Regeneration • Hideous Kinky |
| 13 |
Guillaume Depardieu |
37 |
|
Actor |
Tous les matins
du monde • Pola X •
De la guerre |
| 15 |
Edie Adams |
81 |
|
Actress |
The Apartment •
It's a Mad, Mad,
Mad, Mad World • Up in
Smoke |
| 15 |
Nathan Davis |
91 |
|
Actor |
Thief• Risky Business • Code of Silence • Tough Guys• Flowers in the Attic •
Poltergeist III•
Chain Reaction•
Holes |
| 18 |
Xie Jin |
84 |
|
Director |
Woman Basketball
Player No. 5 • Legend of Tianyun Mountain •
The Opium War |
| 19 |
Rudy Ray Moore |
81 |
|
Actor |
Dolemite • The Human Tornado |
| 31 |
John Daly |
71 |
|
Producer |
The Terminator •
Platoon • The Falcon and the Snowman •
The Last Emperor |
| November |
5 |
Michael Crichton |
66 |
|
Writer, Producer, Director |
Jurassic Park •
Congo • Twister • The Andromeda Strain •
The First Great Train
Robbery • Westworld |
| 16 |
Reg Varney |
92 |
|
Actor |
The Great
St Trinian's Train Robbery • The Plank • On the Buses |
| 17 |
Ennio de Concini |
84 |
|
Screenwriter |
War and Peace
• Black Sunday •
Divorce, Italian
Style |
| 19 |
John Michael Hayes |
89 |
|
Screenwriter |
Rear Window • To Catch a Thief • Peyton Place |
| 26 |
De'Angelo Wilson |
29 |
|
Actor |
8 Mile • Antwone Fisher |
| December |
1 |
Paul Benedict |
70 |
|
Actor |
This Is Spinal Tap •
Waiting for Guffman •
The Goodbye Girl |
| 8 |
Robert Prosky |
77 |
|
Actor |
Outrageous
Fortune • Dead Man
Walking • Christine • Rudy • Broadcast News |
| 12 |
Van Johnson |
92 |
|
Actor, Dancer |
A Guy Named Joe •
Thirty Seconds Over
Tokyo • In the
Good Old Summertime • Plymouth Adventure • Brigadoon |
| 18 |
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry |
76 |
|
Actress |
Star Trek |
| 20 |
Robert Mulligan |
83 |
|
Director |
Fear Strikes Out •
To Kill a
Mockingbird • Summer of
'42 |
| 25 |
Eartha Kitt |
81 |
|
Actress, Singer |
The Emperor's New
Groove • Santa Baby •
Boomerang •
The Pink Chiquitas •
Holes• Fatal Instinct |