1991 in film

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The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.

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[edit] Events

[edit] Top grossing films

Rank Title Studio Actors Director Gross Budget
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriStar Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong James Cameron $519,843,345 $102 million
2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Bros. Kevin Costner, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater and Alan Rickman Kevin Reynolds $390,493,908 $48 million
3. Beauty and the Beast Disney voices of Paige O'Hara; Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Robby Benson, Richard White, and Jerry Orbach Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise $377,350,553 $25 million
4. Hook TriStar Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts and Bob Hoskins Steven Spielberg $300,854,823 $70 million
5. The Silence of the Lambs Orion Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Diane Baker, and Anthony Hopkins Jonathan Demme $272,742,922 $19 million
6. JFK Warner Bros. Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Kevin Bacon, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Edward Asner, Donald Sutherland, and Sissy Spacek Oliver Stone $205,405,498 $40 million
7. The Addams Family Paramount Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Judith Malina, Elizabeth Wilson, and Christina Ricci Barry Sonnenfeld $191,502,426 $38 million
8. Cape Fear Universal Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, Robert Mitchum, and Gregory Peck Martin Scorsese $182,291,969 $35 million
9. Hot Shots! Fox Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino and Lloyd Bridges Jim Abrahams $181,096,164 $26 million
10. City Slickers Columbia Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, and Jack Palance Ron Underwood $179,033,791 $26 million

[edit] Awards

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

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
Category/Organization 49th Golden Globe Awards
January 18, 1992		 45th BAFTA Awards
February 21, 1992		 64th Academy Awards
March 30, 1992
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Bugsy Beauty and the Beast The Commitments The Silence of the Lambs
Best Director Oliver Stone
JFK		 Alan Parker
The Commitments		 Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actor Nick Nolte
The Prince of Tides		 Robin Williams & Jeff Bridges
The Fisher King		 Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs		 Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actress Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs		 Bette Midler
For the Boys		 Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs		 Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actor Jack Palance
City Slickers		 Alan Rickman
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves		 Jack Palance
City Slickers
Best Supporting Actress Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King		 Kate Nelligan
Frankie and Johnny		 Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King
Best Screenplay, Adapted Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri		 The Commitments
Dick Clement		 The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally
Best Screenplay, Original Truly Madly Deeply
Anthony Minghella		 Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Best Score Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken		 Cyrano de Bergerac
Jean-Claude Petit		 Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken
Best Song "Beauty and the Beast"
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast"
Beauty and the Beast
Best Foreign Language Film Europa, Europa
(Hitlerjunge Salomon)		 Nasty Girls
 Mediterraneo

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Richard Maibaum 81 USA Screenwriter Goldfinger • Dr. No • From Russia with Love • Octopussy • The Man with the Golden Gun • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
12 Keye Luke 86 China Actor Gremlins • Dead Heat •The Mighty Quinn
14 David Arkin 49 USA Actor All the President's Men • MASH • Popeye • Nashville • The Long Goodbye
19 Don Beddoe 87 USA Actor The Best Years of Our Lives • The Night of the Hunter • Pillow Talk • Jack the Giant Killer • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer • Nickel Mountain
19 John Russell 70 USA Actor Pale Rider • Rio Bravo • The Outlaw Josey Wales • Cannon for Cordoba
30 John McIntire 83 USA Actor Psycho • The Asphalt Jungle • Turner & Hooch • Honkytonk Man • The Fox and the Hound • Rooster Cogburn • Cloak & Dagger • The Rescuers
February 3 Nancy Kulp 69 USA Actress Shane • The Aristocats • The Parent Trap
5 Dean Jagger 87 USA Actor White Christmas • Elmer Gantry • Alligator • Game of Death • Twelve O'Clock High
6 Danny Thomas 77 USA Actor Journey Back to Oz • I'll See You in My Dreams
9 Craig Kelly 83 UK Actor Dirty Harry • Zombies of the Stratosphere • Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
24 George Gobel 71 USA Actor I Married a Woman • The Birds and the Bees
26 Slim Gaillard 75 USA Singer, Actor Sweetheart of Sigma Chi • Sky Bandits • Hellzapoppin'
March 3 Vance Colvig Jr. 72 USA Actor UHF • Barfly • Big Top Pee-wee • Track 29 • Maid to Order
5 Ian McLellan Hunter 71 UK Screenwriter Roman Holiday • Second Chorus
7 Morton S. Fine 74 USA Screenwriter The Pawnbroker • The Greek Tycoon • Cabo Blanco • The Next Man
18 Narda Onyx 59 Germany Actress Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter • Hitler
27 Aldo Ray 45 USA Actor The Green Berets • The Secret of NIMH • We're No Angels • The Sicilian • Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
28 Carlos Montalbán 87 Mexico Actor Bananas • The Out-of-Towners
April 10 Kevin Peter Hall 35 USA Actor Predator • Harry and the Hendersons • Big Top Pee-wee
12 Tom Rosqui 62 USA Actor The Godfather Part II • The Thomas Crown Affair • MacArthur • Guilty by Suspicion
16 David Lean 83 UK Director Lawrence to Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • The Bridge on the River Kwai • A Passage to India • Ryan's Daughter
20 Don Siegel 78 USA Director Dirty Harry • Escape from Alcatraz • Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Coogan's Bluff • The Shootist • Telefon
23 William Dozier 83 USA Producer Batman • American Gigolo • The Big Bounce
26 Carmine Coppola 80 USA Composer Apocalypse Now • The Outsiders • Gardens of Stone
26 A.B. Guthrie Jr. 90 USA Screenwriter Shane • The Kentuckian
28 Ken Curtis 74 USA Actor The Searchers • Robin Hood • The Alamo • Cheyenne Autumn
May 1 Richard Thorpe 95 USA Director Jailhouse Rock • Ivanhoe • Three Little Words
2 Jerzy Kosinski 57 Poland Screenwriter, Actor Being There • Reds
6 Wilfrid Hyde-White 87 UK Actor My Fair Lady • The Third Man • Oh, God! Book II • Xanadu
15 Ronald Lacey 55 UK Actor Raiders of the Lost Ark • Firefox • Red Sonja • The Old Curiosity Shop
16 Ronnie James Dio 67 USA Singer, Actor, Writer Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
23 Simon Monjack 39 UK Writer Factory Girl
24 Paul Gray 38 USA Musician Rollerball • Behind the Player: Paul Gray
26 Art Linkletter 97 Canada Actor, Comedian Champagne for Caesar
28 Eddie Barth 78 USA Actor Fame • The Amityville Horror • Osmosis Jones • Babe: Pig in the City • Rover Dangerfield
28 Gary Coleman 42 USA Actor, Comedian On the Right Track • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star • An American Carol • S.F.W.
29 Dennis Hopper 74 USA Actor, Director Speed • Giant • Land of the Dead • Easy Rider • True Romance • The Indian Runner • Apocalypse Now • Hoosiers • Blue Velvet • True Grit • Waterworld • Hang 'Em High • Swing Vote • Cool Hand Luke • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 • Rebel Without a Cause • Super Mario Bros. • Rumble Fish • Chattahoochee • Boiling Point • EDtv • Knockaround Guys • Meet the Deedles • Paris Trout • River's Edge • Out of the Blue • Jesus' Son • Space Truckers • Alpha and Omega • Black Widow • Hell Ride
31 William A. Fraker 86 USA Cinematographer, Director, Producer The President's Analyst • Rosemary's Baby • Looking for Mr. Goodbar • Heaven Can Wait • 1941 • WarGames • Irreconcilable Differences • Murphy's Romance • Tombstone • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • Heaven Can Wait • Street Fighter
June 3 Rue McClanahan 76 USA Actress The Rotten Apple • Walk the Angry Beach • Hollywood After Dark • The Fighting Temptations • Some of My Best Friends Are... • They Might Be Giants • Starship Troopers
4 Richard Dunn 73 USA Actor Road to Perdition • The Wedding Singer
6 Robert B. Radnitz 85 USA Producer My Side of the Mountain • Sounder • Cross Creek • Island of the Blue Dolphins
13 Jimmy Dean 81 USA Singer, Actor Diamonds Are Forever • Big Bad John
16 Ronald Neame 99 UK Director, Cinematographer Scrooge • The Poseidon Adventure • Meteor • Gambit • The Odessa File • Hopscotch
17 Elżbieta Czyżewska 72 Poland Actress The Saragossa Manuscript • Music Box • Małżeństwo z rozsądku • The First Day of Freedom • The Impossible Goodbye • Mąż swojej żony
19 Vince O'Brien 90 USA Actor Annie Hall • Quiz Show • Six Degrees of Separation • The Cross and the Switchblade
21 Tam White 67 UK Actor, Musician Cutthroat Island • The Negotiator • Braveheart
22 Tracy Wright 50 Canada Actress Monkey Warfare • Superstar
23 Allyn Ferguson 85 USA Composer Back to the Secret Garden • Little Lord Fauntleroy • The Count of Monte Cristo • Avalanche Express • The Last Days of Patton • Pancho Barnes • Ivanhoe • Camille
27 Aldo Giuffre 86 Italy Actor The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
27 Corey Allen 75 USA Actor, Director Rebel Without a Cause • I-Man • The Chapman Report
30 Elliott Kastner 80 USA Producer Where Eagles Dare • The Long Goodbye • Equus
July 1 Ilene Woods 81 USA Actress, Singer Cinderella
9 Vonetta McGee 65 USA Actress Blackula • Repo Man
10 Robert Spillane 45 USA Actor The Thomas Crown Affair
13 Alan Hume 85 UK Cinematographer Return of the Jedi • A Fish Called Wanda • Supergirl • Octopussy
15 Peter Fernandez 83 USA Voice Actor, Actor Speed Racer • What's Eating Gilbert Grape • That Man from Rio
15 Kip King 72 USA Actor A Night at the Roxbury • Westworld • Corky Romano • Perfumed Garden
16 James Gammon 70 USA Actor Urban Cowboy • Major League • Cold Mountain • The Country Bears • In the Electric Mist • Wyatt Earp• Silver Bullet • I Love You to Death • The Adventures of Huck Finn • Cabin Boy • Wild Bill • Ironweed • A Man Called Horse • Silverado • The Iron Giant
27 Maury Chaykin 61 USA Actor Entrapment • Dances with Wolves • My Cousin Vinny • Intern Academy • Casino Jack
31 Tom Mankiewicz 69 USA Screenwriter, Director, Producer Diamonds Are Forever • Superman • Dragnet
August 1 Robert F. Boyle 100 USA Art Director, Production Designer Saboteur • North by Northwest • Cape Fear • The Birds
8 Patricia Neal 84 USA Actress The Fountainhead • The Breaking Point • The Day the Earth Stood Still • A Face in the Crowd • Breakfast at Tiffany's • Hud • In Harm's Way • The Subject Was Roses • Cookie's Fortune
9 George DiCenzo 70 USA Actor Back to the Future • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • The Exorcist III • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints • Helter Skelter
10 David L. Wolper 82 USA Producer, Documentary Film-maker The Race for Space • The Making of the President, 1960 • Four Days in November • The Devil's Brigade • The Bridge at Remagen • The Hellstrom Chronicle • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • This is Elvis • L.A. Confidential
11 Bruno Schleinstein 78 Germany Actor, Musician, Artist The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser • Stroszek
14 Abby Lincoln 80 USA Actress, Singer The Girl Can't Help It • Nothing But a Man • For Love of Ivy • Mo' Better Blues
24 Satoshi Kon 46 Japan Director Perfect Blue • Millennium Actress • Tokyo Godfathers • Paprika
September 1 Cammie King 76 USA Actress Gone with the Wind • Bambi
3 Robert Schimmel 60 USA Actor, Comedian Blankman • A Low Down Dirty Shame • Scary Movie 2
7 Clive Donner 84 UK Director, Film Editor The Purple Plain • Nothing But the Best • What's New Pussycat? • Luv • Alfred the Great
7 Glenn Shadix 58 USA Actor Beetlejuice • Planet of the Apes • The Nightmare Before Christmas • Dunston Checks In • Demolition Man
11 Harold Gould 86 USA Actor The Sting • Patch Adams • The Master of Disguise • Brother Bear • Stuart Little
11 Kevin McCarthy 96 USA Actor Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Twilight Zone: The Movie • Just Cause • Death of a Salesman • UHF • Greedy • Piranha • Winged Victory • The Misfits • Hotel • A Big Hand for the Little Lady
12 Claude Chabrol 80 France Director Madame Bovary • Story of Women • Les Cousins
19 Irving Ravetch 89 USA Screenwriter The Long, Hot Summer • Home from the Hill • Hud • The Reivers • The Cowboys • Norma Rae • Murphy's Romance
26 Gloria Stuart 100 USA Actress Back Street • The Old Dark House • The Kiss Before the Mirror • It's Great to Be Alive • Secret of the Blue Room • The Invisible Man • Roman Scandals • Here Comes the Navy • Gold Diggers of 1935 • Poor Little Rich Girl • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • My Favorite Year • Mass Appeal • Wildcats • Titanic • The Love Letter • The Million Dollar Hotel • Land of Plenty
28 Sally Menke 56 USA Film Editor Pulp Fiction • Kill Bill • Inglourious Basterds • Reservoir Dogs • Jackie Brown • Heaven & Earth
28 Arthur Penn 88 USA Director, Producer The Left Handed Gun • The Miracle Worker • Mickey One • The Chase • Bonnie and Clyde • Alice's Restaurant • Little Big Man • Night Moves • The Missouri Breaks • Four Friends • Target • Dead of Winter
29 Tony Curtis 85 USA Actor Houdini • The Black Shield of Falworth • Trapeze • Sweet Smell of Success • The Vikings • The Defiant Ones • Some Like It Hot • Operation Petticoat • Spartacus • The Great Impostor • Taras Bulba • Captain Newman, M.D. • The Great Race • The Boston Strangler • The Last Tycoon • Little Miss Marker • The Mirror Crack'd
29 Joe Mantell 94 USA Actor Marty • Storm Center • Beau James • The Birds • Chinatown • The Two Jakes
October 4 Norman Wisdom 95 UK Actor, Comedian Trouble in Store • The Square Peg • A Stitch in Time • The Early Bird
5 Roy Ward Baker 93 UK Director A Night to Remember • Quatermass and the Pit
12 Angelo Infanti 71 Italy Actor The Godfather • Letters to Juliet
14 Simon MacCorkindale 58 UK Actor Death on the Nile • The Riddle of the Sands • The Sword and the Sorcerer • Jaws 3-D
15 Johnny Sheffield 79 USA Actor Tarzan Finds a Son! • Tarzan's Secret Treasure • Tarzan's New York Adventure • Bomba, the Jungle Boy
16 Barbara Billingsley 94 USA Actress Airplane! • The Bad and the Beautiful • Leave It to Beaver • Shadow on the Wall
19 Tom Bosley 83 USA Actor Love with the Proper Stranger • The World of Henry Orient • Divorce American Style • The Secret War of Harry Frigg • Yours, Mine and Ours • Gus • Million Dollar Mystery
19 Graham Crowden 87 UK Actor Out of Africa • For Your Eyes Only • Calender Girls
25 Lisa Blount 53 USA Actress, Producer An Officer and a Gentleman • The Accountant • Chrystal
28 James MacArthur 72 USA Actor The Young Stranger • The Light in the Forest • Third Man on the Mountain • Kidnapped • Swiss Family Robinson • The Interns • Spencer's Mountain • The Bedford Incident • Battle of the Bulge • Hang 'Em High
29 George Hickenlooper 47 USA Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Documentary Film-maker Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse • Ghost Brigade • Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade • The Low Life • Dogtown • The Man from Elysian Fields • Being Mick • Mayor of the Sunset Strip • Factory Girl • Casino Jack
November 4 Michelle Nicastro 50 USA Singer, Voice Actor The Swan Princess • When Harry Met Sally...
5 Jill Clayburgh 66 USA Actress The Terminal Man • Gable and Lombard • Silver Streak • Semi-Tough • An Unmarried Woman • Starting Over • First Monday in October • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can • Hanna K. • Love and Other Drugs • Bridesmaids
10 Dino De Laurentiis 91 Italy Producer Bitter Rice • La Strada • Battle of the Bulge • The Bible: In The Beginning • Danger: Diabolik • Barbarella • Serpico • Death Wish • Ragtime • Conan the Barbarian • Dune • The Bounty • Raw Deal • Marie • Blue Velvet • Tai-Pan • Manhunter • U-571 • Hannibal • Red Dragon • Army of Darkness
13 Luis García Berlanga 89 Spain Director Welcome Mr. Marshall! • The Executioners • Everyone to Jail
15 Moira Hoey 88 Ireland Actress This Is My Father • Angela's Ashes • Headrush • The Tiger's Tail
20 Heinz Weiss 89 Germany Actor The Great Escape • Tread Softly • Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert • Murderers Club of Brooklyn • Death in the Red Jaguar • Dead Body on Broadway • The Little Drummer Girl
23 Ingrid Pitt 73 Poland Actress Doctor Zhivago • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • Where Eagles Dare • The House That Dripped Blood • Countess Dracula • The Wicker Man • Who Dares Wins
27 Irvin Kershner 87 USA Director The Empire Strikes Back • Robocop 2 • Never Say Never Again
28 Giorgos Fountas 86 Greece Actor Stella • Never on Sunday
28 Leslie Nielsen 84 Canada Actor Ransom! • Forbidden Planet • Creepshow • The Poseidon Adventure • Airplane! • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult • Dracula: Dead and Loving It • Scary Movie 3 • Mr. Magoo • Superhero Movie
29 Mario Monicelli 95 Italy Director I soliti ignoti • L'armata Brancaleone • Amici miei • Caro Michele • Un borghese piccolo piccolo• Il Marchese del Grillo• Le rose del deserto
30 Ted Sorel 74 USA Actor Network • Lenny
December 15 Jean Rollin 72 France Director, Producer, Writer, Actor Le Viol du Vampire • Les Raisins de la Mort
15 Blake Edwards 88 USA Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Operation Petticoat • Breakfast at Tiffany's • Days of Wine and Roses • The Pink Panther • A Shot in the Dark • 10 • S.O.B. • Victor/Victoria
19 Lupe Gigliotti 84 Brazil Actress Os Normais
20 Steve Landesberg 74 USA Actor Forgetting Sarah Marshall • Wild Hogs • King of the Corner
27 Grant McCune 67 USA Visual Effects Artist Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Ghostbusters II • Speed • Richie Rich • Rambo • Executive Decision

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