1994 in film

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The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, making it the highest grossing animated film of all time, but was surpassed by Finding Nemo in 2003, Shrek 2 in 2004, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaursin 2009, and Toy Story 3 in 2010, but was able to surpass all but Toy Story 3, when it was rereleased in 2011 (making it the second highest grossing animated film of all time) and to date was the highest-grossing traditional animated film of all time.

Domestically in North America, it was slightly overtaken by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and a second consecutive Academy Award for Best Actor for Tom Hanks.

There were also several popular action films, including Speed and True Lies. In the comedy realm, there was The Mask and Four Weddings and a Funeral, the latter of which shocked Forrest Gump to win the BAFTA award for Best Film. 1994 also featured the watershed Quentin Tarantino film and Palme d'Or winner, Pulp Fiction.

Although a box office disappointment when originally released, 1994's The Shawshank Redemption, based on a Stephen King short story, would later find great popularity in home video and TV airing. It would eventually be regarded as one of the films considered the greatest ever.

Additionally, Hoop Dreams, a documentary that follows the story of two African-American high school students in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players, received high critical and popular acclaim and is generally considered one of the best documentary films ever made.

In Blackburn, England, the discovery of approximately 800 well-preserved nitrate negatives shot by the British film pioneers Mitchell and Kenyon, active from 1897 to 1913 but previously known for only a handful of surviving titles, became a major contribution to early cinema.

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Top grossing films[edit]

Rank Title Studio Actors Director Worldwide Budget
1. The Lion King Disney voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers $768,625,889[1] $45 million
2. Forrest Gump Paramount Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field Robert Zemeckis $677,387,716 $55 million
3. True Lies Fox Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis James Cameron $378,882,411 $115 million
4. The Mask New Line Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz Chuck Russell $351,583,407 $23 million
5. Speed Fox Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper Jan de Bont $350,448,145 $30 million
6. The Flintstones Universal John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor Brian Levant $341,631,208 $46 million
7. Dumb and Dumber New Line Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly $247,275,374 $17 million
8. Four Weddings and a Funeral Gramercy/Polygram Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell Mike Newell $245,700,832 $4.4 million
9. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Geffen/Warner Bros. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Stephen Rea, Christian Slater Neil Jordan $223,664,608 $60 million
10. Clear and Present Danger Paramount Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, James Earl Jones Phillip Noyce $215,887,717 $62 million

Awards[edit]

Category/Organization 52nd Golden Globe Awards
January 21, 1995		 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards
February 25, 1995		 67th Academy Awards
March 27, 1995		 48th BAFTA Awards
April 22, 1995
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Forrest Gump The Lion King — Forrest Gump Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Director Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump		 — Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump		 Mike Newell
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Actor Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump		 Hugh Grant
Four Weddings and a Funeral		 Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump		 Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump		 Hugh Grant
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Actress Jessica Lange
Blue Sky		 Jamie Lee Curtis
True Lies		 Jodie Foster
Nell		 Jessica Lange
Blue Sky		 Susan Sarandon
The Client
Best Supporting Actor Martin Landau
Ed Wood		 Martin Landau
Ed Wood		 Martin Landau
Ed Wood		 Samuel L. Jackson
Pulp Fiction
Best Supporting Actress Dianne Wiest
Bullets Over Broadway		 Dianne Wiest
Bullets Over Broadway		 Dianne Wiest
Bullets Over Broadway		 Kristin Scott Thomas
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Screenplay, Adapted Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino		 — Forrest Gump
Eric Roth		 Quiz Show
Paul Attanasio
Best Screenplay, Original Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary		 Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
Best Foreign Language Film Farinelli — Burnt by the Sun Belle Époque
To Live(Huozhe)


Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, United States


Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vive L'Amour (Aiqing wansui), directed by Tsai Ming-liang,
Pred doždot (Before The Rain), directed by Milčo Mančevski,


Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan, U.K. / Ireland


Notable films released in 1994[edit]

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Wide-release films[edit]

January–March[edit]

  • January 1994
    • January 7
    • January 14
    • January 28
  • February 1994
    • February 4
    • February 11
    • February 18
    • February 25
  • March 1994
    • March 4
    • March 11
    • March 18
    • March 25
    • March 30


April–June[edit]

  • April 1994
    • April 8
    • April 15
    • April 22
    • April 29
  • May 1994
    • May 6
    • May 13
    • May 20
    • May 27
  • June 1994
    • June 3
    • June 10
    • June 17
    • June 24


July–September[edit]

  • July 1994
    • July 1
    • July 6
    • July 8
    • July 15
    • July 22
    • July 29
  • August 1994
    • August 5
    • August 19
    • August 26
  • September 1994
    • September 2
    • September 9
    • September 16
    • September 30


October–December[edit]

  • October 1994
    • October 7
    • October 14
    • October 21
    • October 28
  • November 1994
    • November 4
    • November 11
    • November 18
    • November 25
  • December 1994
    • December 2
    • December 9
    • December 14 - Nell
    • December 16
    • December 23
    • December 25
    • December 28


Births[edit]

  • November 1 - Rocky Lynch, singer-songwriter, musician, dancer


Notable deaths[edit]

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Cesar Romero 86 USA Actor Batman • The Thin Man • The Little Princess • Passport to Danger
7 Llewellyn Rees 92 UK Actor A Fish Called Wanda • Withnail & I •Dead Cert
8 Pat Buttram 78 USA Actor Back to the Future Part III • Robin Hood • Who Framed Roger Rabbit • The Aristocats . The Fox and the Hound • The Rescuers • A Goofy Movie
9 Madge Ryan 75 Australia Actress A Clockwork Orange • Frenzy • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? • Upstairs and Downstairs
12 Samuel Bronston 85 Moldova Producer El Cid • King of Kings • 55 Days at Peking
19 Kenneth Utt 72 USA Producer, Production Manager The Silence of the Lambs • Philadelphia • Midnight Cowboy • The French Connection • Married to the Mob • All That Jazz • Gladiator • The Wiz
22 Telly Savalas 72 USA Actor On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Cape Fear • Kelly's Heroes • The Dirty Dozen • Birdman of Alcatraz • Cannonball Run II • Escape to Athena • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
27 Claude Akins 67 USA Actor Rio Bravo • Battle for the Planet of the Apes • A Man Called Sledge
28 Hal Smith 77 USA Actor, Voice Actor Beauty and the Beast • An American Tail • Oklahoma Crude • The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
February 1 Olan Soule 84 USA Actor The Towering Inferno • The Shaggy D.A. • Homicide
6 Joseph Cotten 88 USA Actor Citizen Kane • The Third Man • Shadow of a Doubt • Heaven's Gate • Concorde Affaire '79 • Soylent Green • The Oscar
11 Sorrell Booke 64 USA Actor What's Up, Doc? • Rock-a-Doodle • Fail-Safe
11 William Conrad 73 USA Actor Hudson Hawk • The Killers
15 Tiger Haynes 86 USA Actor Awakenings • Moscow on the Hudson • The Mosquito Coast • Times Square
24 Dinah Shore 77 USA Singer, Actress Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick • Till the Clouds Roll By • Fun & Fancy Free
March 4 John Candy 43 Canada Actor, Comedian The Blues Brothers • Spaceballs • Home Alone • Canadian Bacon • Summer Rental • Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Uncle Buck • JFK • 1941 • Cool Runnings • Heavy Metal • National Lampoon's Vacation • Splash • The Rescuers Down Under
8 John Ewart 66 Australia Actor Hurricane Smith • Frog Dreaming • Newsfront
17 Mai Zetterling 68 Sweden Actor The Witches • Hidden Agenda • Faces in the Dark • Jet Storm
21 Dack Rambo 52 USA Actor Which Way to the Front? • Ultra Warrior
23 Paula Trueman 93 USA Actress The Outlaw Josey Wales • Dirty Dancing • Moonstruck • Annie Hall • Paint Your Wagon • The Stepford Wives
29 John Dee 80 USA Actor Adventures in Babysitting • Mrs. Soffel • Tribute
April 16 Frank Wylie 58 UK Actor Macbeth
20 Dennis Cleveland Stewart 46 USA Actor Grease • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • Cop
27 Lynne Frederick 39 UK Actress Voyage of the Damned • Phase IV • Nicholas and Alexandra • Henry VIII and His Six Wives
30 Chris Butler 41 USA Set Decorator Chaplin • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey • Prizzi's Honor • Postcards from the Edge • L.A. Story • About Last Night...
May 6 Fred Sadoff 67 USA Actor The Poseidon Adventure • Papillon • Cinderella Liberty • The Terminal Man
8 George Peppard 65 USA Actor Breakfast at Tiffany's • The Blue Max • How the West Was Won • The Tigress • The Groundstar Conspiracy • The Carpetbaggers • Pork Chop Hill • Home from the Hill • Rough Night in Jericho
11 Timothy Carey 65 USA Actor Paths of Glory • One-Eyed Jacks • The Killing • D.C. Cab
15 Royal Dano 71 UK Actor The Outlaw Josey Wales • The Right Stuff • The Trouble with Harry • Something Wicked This Way Comes • Take This Job and Shove It
16 Alain Cuny 85 France Actor Les Visiteurs du soir • Les Amants • La Dolce Vita • Satyricon
24 Oscar Saul 81 USA Screenwriter A Streetcar Named Desire • Major Dundee • The Silencers
June 4 Stephen McNally 80 USA Actor Johnny Belinda • Winchester '73 • No Way Out • Hi-Riders
6 Barry Sullivan 81 USA Actor The Bad and the Beautiful • Payment on Demand • A Life of Her Own • Earthquake
7 Dennis Potter 59 UK Screenwriter The Singing Detective • Pennies from Heaven • Gorky Park
12 Chris Latta 44 USA Actor The Transformers: The Movie • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot • Road House • Rover Dangerfield • Blue Desert
16 Eileen Way 82 UK Actress The Vikings • Queen of Hearts
July 1 Dominic Lucero 26 USA Dancer, Actor Newsies • Stand and Deliver • Mac and Me • Faith
6 Cameron Mitchell 75 USA Actor Carousel • Hateman • Jack-O
8 Dick Sargent 64 USA Actor Operation Petticoat • That Touch of Mink • Teen Witch • The Clonus Horror • Hardcore
14 Eric Linden 84 USA Actor Gone with the Wind • A Family Affair • Here's Flash Casey
August 2 Bert Freed 74 USA Actor Bert Freed • Hang 'Em High • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? • Where the Sidewalk Ends • Norma Rae • Evel Knievel
3 John Zenda 50 USA Actor Halloween II • Bad Boys • Colors
7 Robert Hutton 74 USA Actor They Came from Beyond Space • Cinderfella • The Steel Helmet • The Slime People
11 Peter Cushing 81 UK Actor Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Top Secret! • Dracula • Asylum • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell • Hamlet • The Hound of the Baskervilles • House of the Long Shadows • Tales from the Crypt
11 Red Mitchell 33 USA Actor JFK
16 John Doucette 73 USA Actor Patton • True Grit • The Last Time I Saw Paris • Off the Mark
26 Tariq Yunus 46 India Actor Who Dares Wins • The Fourth Protocol
26 Norman Warwick 74 UK Cinematographer The Abominable Dr. Phibes • Tales from the Crypt
September 2 Roy Castle 62 UK Actor Dr. Terror's House of Horrors • Dr. Who and the Daleks • Carry On... Up the Khyber
7 Godfrey Quigley 71 Israel Actor A Clockwork Orange • Barry Lyndon • Get Carter • All Dogs Go to Heaven • Educating Rita
7 Dennis Morgan 85 USA Actor Christmas in Connecticut • God Is My Co-Pilot • Kitty Foyle • Perfect Strangers • The Desert Song
7 Terence Young 79 China Director Dr. No • Thunderball • From Russia with Love
9 Charles Drake 76 USA Actor Harvey • It Came from Outer Space • The Glenn Miller Story • The Arrangement
9 Patrick O'Neal 66 USA Actor Under Siege • The Way We Were • For the Boys • Like Father Like Son • The Stepford Wives • El Condor
11 Jessica Tandy 85 UK Actress Driving Miss Daisy • Cocoon • The Birds • Fried Green Tomatoes • Nobody's Fool • Dragonwyck • The Bostonians • The World According to Garp
12 Tom Ewell 85 USA Actor Adam's Rib • The Seven Year Itch • Baretta • Easy Money
16 Jack Dodson 63 USA Actor Thunderbolt and Lightfoot • The Getaway • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
17 Iris Adrian 82 USA Actress That Darn Cat! • The Odd Couple • The Love Bug • The Barefoot Executive • The Paleface • Freaky Friday • Gus
30 Sydney Walker 73 USA Actress Mrs. Doubtfire • Love Story • Prelude to a Kiss • Getting Even with Dad
October ? John Rees 67 Spain Actor Under Milk Wood • Raiders of the Lost Ark • Eye of the Needle • White Mischief'’
3 Dub Taylor 87 USA Actor Bonnie & Clyde • Maverick • Back to the Future Part III • The Wild Bunch • The Shakiest Gun in the West • Gator
7 James Hill 75 UK Director Born Free • Black Beauty
11 Carlos East 52 Mexico Actor The Fear Chamber • Isle of the Snake People • Tintorera
16 Peter Bromilow 61 UK Actor Wild at Heart • Highlander II: The Quickening • Camelot • My Stepmother is an Alien • Hard Ticket to Hawaii
20 Burt Lancaster 80 USA Actor From Here to Eternity • Judgement at Nuremberg • Field of Dreams • Elmer Gantry • Airport • Birdman of Alcatraz • Atlantic City • Zulu Dawn • The Rose Tattoo • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral • Separate Table
23 Robert Lansing 66 USA Actor Empire of the Ants • Namu, the Killer Whale • Bittersweet Love • The Grissom Gang • Under the Yum Yum Tree
24 Raúl Juliá 54 Puerto Rico Actor The Addams Family • The Rookie • Street Fighter • Presumed Innocent • Kiss of the Spider Woman • The Panic in Needle Park • The Gumball Rally
25 Mildred Natwick 89 USA Actress Dangerous Liaisons • The Trouble with Harry • Barefoot in the Park • The Quiet Man
November 7 Carleton Young 89 USA Actor The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
8 Michael O'Donoghue 54 USA Screenwriter, Actor Scrooged • Wall Street • Savages • Mr. Mike's Mondo Video • The Suicide Club
9 Richard Rust 54 USA Actor Walk on the Wild Side • Homicidal • Comanche Station • The Last Movie
9 Ralph Michael 87 UK Actor A Night to Remember • The Assassination Bureau • Empire of the Sun
11 Ernest Clark 82 UK Actor Gandhi • Memed, My Hawk • Attack on the Iron Coast
14 Tom Villard 40 USA Actor My Girl • Heartbreak Ridge • Grease 2 • Popcorn • Shakes the Clown
30 Lionel Stander 86 USA Actor Once Upon a Time in the West • New York, New York • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town • 1941
December ? Steve Plytas 81 UK Actor On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Revenge of the Pink Panther • Carry On Emmannuelle • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace • Batman
? Gordon Richardson 83 UK Actor Carry On Loving • Tess
5 Günter Meisner 68 Germany Actor Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • The Boys from Brazil • In a Glass Cage
6 Gian Maria Volonté 61 Italy Actor A Fistful of Dollars • Sacco & Vanzetti • For a Few Dollars More • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
18 Lilia Skala 98 Hungary Actress Lilies of the Field • Flashdance • Charly • Roseland • House of Games
23 Sebastian Shaw 89 UK Actor Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi • High Season • A Midsummer Night's Dream
24 Rossano Brazzi 78 Italy Actor South Pacific • The Italian Job • Devil's Hill • Summertime
24 John Osborne 65 UK Actor, Soundtrack, Writer Tom Jones • The Charge of the Brigade • Look Back in Anger • The Entertainer • Colonel Redl • Flash Gordon • Get Carter
29 Frank Thring 68 Australia Actor Ben-Hur • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome • Hercules Returns • El Cid • The Vikings
31 Woody Strode 80 USA Actor Spartacus • The Professionals • The Quick and the Dead

Film debuts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Lion King". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved November 20, 2011. "North American gross after first run: $312,825,889; Overseas gross prior to re-release:$455,800,000" 
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