1991 in film
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The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.
- November 22 - Walt Disney Pictures releases Beauty and the Beast which is the first animated film in history to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
[edit] Top grossing films
[edit] 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
[edit] Films released in 1991
[edit] A
- A Scene at the Sea
- The Addams Family, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci
- The Adjuster
- Afraid of the Dark
- All I Want for Christmas
- Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, starring Juliette Binoche
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord, starring Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, John Lithgow, Tom Waits and Kathy Bates
[edit] B
- Backdraft, directed by Ron Howard, starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rebecca De Mornay
- Barton Fink, directed by The Coen Brothers, starring John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis and Michael Lerner - Palme d'Or award
- Beauty and the Beast
- La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
- Billy Bathgate, directed by Robert Benton, starring Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean and Bruce Willis
- Black Robe, directed by Bruce Beresford
- Blue Desert
- Body Parts
- The Borrower, directed by John McNaughton, starring Rae Dawn Chong and Don Gordon
- Boyz n the Hood, directed by John Singleton, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut and Laurence Fishburne
- A Brighter Summer Day, directed by Edward Yang
- Brother Future
- Bugsy, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley and Joe Mantegna, directed by Barry Levinson - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- The Butcher's Wife, starring Demi Moore and Jeff Daniels
[edit] C
- Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis
- Child's Play 3
- City of Hope, directed by John Sayles
- City Slickers, directed by Ron Underwood, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby and Jack Palance
- Class Action, directed by Michael Apted, starring Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Close My Eyes
- Close To Eden (Urga)
- Closet Land, starring Alan Rickman
- The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker, starring Robert Arkins, Colm Meaney and Andrew Strong
- Company Business, starring Gene Hackman
- Cool As Ice, starring Vanilla Ice and Kristin Minter
- Cup Final (גמר גביע, gmar gavi'a)
- Curly Sue, starring James Belushi, Kelly Lynch and Alisan Porter
[edit] D
- The Dark Wind
- Dead Again, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
- Deceived, starring Goldie Hawn and John Heard
- Defending Your Life, starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep
- Delicatessen, directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Delirious, starring John Candy and Mariel Hemingway
- Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Woody Harrelson and Bridget Fonda
- The Doctor, starring William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Mandy Patinkin and Elizabeth Perkins
- Dogfight, starring River Phoenix
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, starring Christina Applegate
- The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Val Kilmer and Meg Ryan
- Double Impact, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Drop Dead Fred, starring Phoebe Cates
- Dutch, starring Ed O'Neill and Ethan Embry
- Dying Young, starring Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott
[edit] E-F
- Earth Angel
- Edge of Honor
- Ernest Scared Stupid, starring Jim Varney and Eartha Kitt
- Europa, directed by Lars von Trier
- Eve Of Destruction
- Fast Getaway
- Father of the Bride, starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams and George Newbern
- Final Approach
- The Fisher King, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer
- Flight of the Intruder
- Flirting, starring Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman
- For The Boys, starring Bette Midler and James Caan
- Frankie and Johnny, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Fried Green Tomatoes, directed by Jon Avnet, starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary Louise Parker
- F/X2, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
[edit] G-H
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- Grand Canyon, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Danny Glover, Steve Martin and Kevin Kline
- Guilty by Suspicion, directed by Irwin Winkler, starring Robert De Niro and Annette Bening
- The Hard Way, starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, starring Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson
- He Said, She Said, starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins
- High Heels, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
- Highlander II: The Quickening, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen and Michael Ironside
- The Hitman
- Hook, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts and Bob Hoskins
- Hot Shots!, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino and Lloyd Bridges
- The Hours and Times
- Hudson Hawk, starring Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant and James Coburn
- The Human Shield
[edit] I-J
- If Looks Could Kill, starring Richard Grieco
- The Indian Runner, directed by Sean Penn, starring Viggo Mortensen
- The Inner Circle, directed by Andrei Konchalovski
- JFK, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman
- Jungle Fever, directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra and John Turturro
[edit] K-L
- King Ralph, starring John Goodman and Peter O'Toole
- A Kiss Before Dying, starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young
- Knight Rider 2000
- La belle noiseuse
- L.A. Story, directed by Mick Jackson, starring Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant and Sarah Jessica Parker
- The Last Boy Scout, directed by Tony Scott, starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans
- Let Him Have It
- Life and Nothing More
- Life Is Sweet, directed by Mike Leigh
- Life Stinks, directed by and starring Mel Brooks and Lesley Ann Warren
- The Linguini Incident
- Little Man Tate, directed by and starring Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest and Adam Hann-Byrd
[edit] M
- Madame Bovary, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert
- The Man in the Moon, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jason London, Sam Waterston and Tess Harper
- The Marrying Man, starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
- McBain
- Mediterraneo
- Meet the Applegates, starring Ed Begley, Jr. and Stockard Channing
- Mississippi Masala, directed by Mira Nair, starring Denzel Washington
- Mobsters, starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco and Costas Mandylor
- Mortal Thoughts, starring Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis, John Pankow and Harvey Keitel
- My Girl, starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis
- My Own Private Idaho, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves
- My Sons - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- Mystery Date
[edit] N-O
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, directed by David Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley
- Naked Lunch, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis
- Necessary Roughness, starring Scott Bakula
- New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes, Ice T, Mario Van Peebles and Judd Nelson
- Night on Earth, starring Gena Rowlands and Winona Ryder
- Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina
- Nothing But Trouble, starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Aykroyd and John Candy
- Once A Thief, directed by John Woo
- Once Around, starring Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss
- Once Upon a Time in China
- One Good Cop, starring Michael Keaton and Rene Russo
- Only The Lonely, starring John Candy, Ally Sheedy and Maureen O'Hara
- Oscar, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Other People's Money, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck and Penelope Ann Miller
- Out for Justice, starring Steven Seagal
- Out of Life (Hors la vie), directed by Maroun Bagdadi, starring Hippolyte Girardot
[edit] P-Q
- Pappa ante Portas
- Paradise
- Paris Trout, starring Dennis Hopper and Barbara Hershey
- The People Under the Stairs, directed by Wes Craven
- The Perfect Weapon
- Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey
- Poison
- Popcorn
- The Prince of Tides, directed by Barbra Streisand, starring Streisand and Nick Nolte
- Problem Child 2
- Puppet Master II
- Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
- Pure Luck, starring Danny Glover and Martin Short
[edit] R
- A Rage in Harlem, starring Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines and Robin Givens
- Rambling Rose, starring Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd and Lukas Haas
- Regarding Henry, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening
- Raise the Red Lantern, directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li
- Return to the Blue Lagoon, starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause
- Ricochet, starring Denzel Washington and John Lithgow
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Alan Rickman and Christian Slater
- The Rocketeer, starring Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin and Paul Sorvino
- Rover Dangerfield
- Run, starring Patrick Dempsey
- Rush, starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh
[edit] S
- Scorchers
- Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission
- Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
- Shadows and Fog, directed by and starring Woody Allen with Mia Farrow, John Malkovich and Madonna
- Shattered, starring Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi and Bob Hoskins
- Shout
- Showdown in Little Tokyo
- The Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn
- Slacker
- Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson
- Soapdish, directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr. and Whoopi Goldberg
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Stepping Out, starring Liza Minnelli
- Stone Cold, starring Brian Bosworth
- Strictly Business, starring Tommy Davidson and Halle Berry
- Suburban Commando, starring Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd and Shelley Duvall
- The Super, starring Joe Pesci
[edit] T
- The Taking of Beverly Hills
- The Little Engine That Could
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong
- Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
- Timebomb
- Together Alone
- Toy Soldiers, starring Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton and Louis Gossett, Jr.
- True Colors, starring John Cusack and James Spader
- Truth or Dare, starring Madonna
[edit] U-V
- Until the End of the World, directed by Wim Wenders
[edit] W
- What About Bob?, starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss
- Where Angels Fear to Tread, starring Helena Bonham Carter
- White Fang, starring Ethan Hawke and Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, starring Gabrielle Anwar
- Year of the Gun, directed by John Frankenheimer
- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
[edit] Z
- Zentropa, directed by Lars von Trier
[edit] Wide-release movies
[edit] January–March
- January 1991
"Lionheart"
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- January 18 - White Fang
- February 1991
- February 1 - Popcorn
- February 8 - L.A. Story
- February 14 - The Silence of the Lambs starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins
- February 15 - Nothing But Trouble
- March 1991
- March 1 - The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone
- March 8 - New Jack City
- March 15
- March 22
[edit] April–June
- April 1991
- April 12 - Out for Justice
- April 19 - Drop Dead Fred
- April 26 - Oscar
- May 1991
- May 3 - One Good Cop
- May 10 - F/X2
- May 17 - What About Bob?
- May 24 - Backdraft starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro and Donald Sutherland, directed by Ron Howard
- June 1991
- June 14 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- June 21 - The Rocketeer
[edit] July–September
- July 1991
- July 3
- July 12 - Point Break
- July 26 - Mobsters
- August 1991
- August 2 - Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox
- August 30 - Child's Play 3
- September 1991
- September 6 - Company Business
- September 13 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- September 20 - Rambling Rose
- September 27 - Deceived
[edit] October–December
- October 1991
- October 4 - The Super, starring Joe Pesci
- October 11
- Stepping Out, starring Liza Minnelli
- Ernest Scared Stupid starring Jim Varney
- November 1991
- November 1
- November 13 - Cape Fear
- December 1991
- December 6 - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- December 11 - Hook starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman
- December 20 - JFK starring Kevin Costner, directed by Oliver Stone
- December 25 - The Prince of Tides
[edit] Births
- Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
- Erin Sanders, January 19 American actress
- Brittany Tiplady, January 21, Canadian actress
- Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
- Malese Jow, February 18, actress
- Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
- Sarah Bolger, February 28, Irish actress
- Devon Werkheiser, March 8, actor
- Amy Bruckner, March 28, actress
- Seychelle Gabriel, March 25, actress
- Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress
- Amanda Michalka, April 10, singer actress
- Sarah Ramos, May 21, actress
- Willa Holland, June 18, actress
- Addison Timlin, June 29, actress
- Jason Dolley, July 5, actor
- Victoire Thivisol, July 6, actress
- Evanna Lynch, August 16, actress
- Skandar Keynes, September 5, actor
- Spencer Locke, September 20, actress
- Roshon Fegan, October 6, American actor, dancer, and rapper
- Sophie Oda, October 23, actress
- Jordan-Claire Green, October 31, actress
- Christa B. Allen, November 11, actress
- Shailene Woodley, November 15, actress
- Chloe Bridges, December 27, actress
[edit] Notable deaths
- January 18 - Leo Hurwitz, documentary film producer
- January 19 - John Russell, actor
- February 1 - Carol Dempster, actress
- February 5 - Dean Jagger, actor
- February 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian
- March 18 - Vilma Bánky, actress
- March 14 - Howard Ashman, playwright, lyricist
- March 27 - Aldo Ray, actor
- March 30 - Nikola Todev, actor
- April 10 - Natalie Schafer, actress
- April 16 - David Lean, director
- April 20 - Don Siegel, director
- April 26 - Carmine Coppola, composer
- May 1 - Richard Thorpe, director
- May 6 - Wilfred Hyde-White, actor
- 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 8 - Alex North, composer
- 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 14 - Tony Richardson, director
- November 21 - Daniel Mann, director
- November 23 - Klaus Kinski, actor
- November 29 - Ralph Bellamy, actor
- December 12 - Eleanor Boardman, actress
- December 28 - Cassandra Harris, actress
[edit] Film debuts
- Anna Chlumsky - My Girl
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Critters 3
- Edward Furlong - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Milla Jovovich - Return to the Blue Lagoon
- Kimberly Williams - Father of the Bride
- Reese Witherspoon - The Man in the Moon
- Jake Gyllenhaal - City Slickers
- Halle Berry - Jungle Fever
- Gwyneth Paltrow - Hook
- Breckin Meyer - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Queen Latifah - Jungle Fever
- Steve Carell - Curly Sue
- Thandie Newton - Flirting
- Morris Chestnut - Boyz n the Hood
- Julianna Margulies - Out for Justice
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
- James Caviezel - My Own Private Idaho
- Brendan Fraser - Dogfight
- Denis Leary - Strictly Business
- Janeane Garofalo - Late for Dinner
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