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Overview of the events of 1988 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The top 10 films released in 1988 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rain Man | MGM | $354,825,435 |
2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Buena Vista | $329,803,958 |
3 | Coming to America | Paramount | $288,752,301 |
4 | Crocodile Dundee II | $239,606,210 | |
5 | Twins | Universal | $216,614,388 |
6 | Rambo III | TriStar / Carolco | $189,015,611 |
7 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $188,597,000[2][3][4] |
8 | Cocktail | Buena Vista | $171,504,781 |
9 | Big | 20th Century Fox | $151,668,774 |
10 | Die Hard | $141,500,000 |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival)
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
Golden Bear (Berlin International Film Festival)
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | Marcel Hillaire | 79 | Germany | Actor | |
7 | Michel Auclair | 65 | France | Actor | ||
7 | Trevor Howard | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Boyd Morgan | 72 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
10 | Hugh A. Robertson | 55 | US | Film Editor, Director | ||
16 | Ballard Berkeley | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Bridget Boland | 75 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Cary Odell | 77 | US | Art Director | ||
25 | Colleen Moore | 88 | US | Actress | ||
February | 1 | Marcel Bozzuffi | 58 | French | Actor | |
1 | Heather O'Rourke | 12 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Emeric Pressburger | 85 | Hungary | Screenwriter, Director | ||
8 | Allan Cuthbertson | 67 | Australia | Actor | ||
14 | Frederick Loewe | 86 | Germany | Composer | ||
28 | Asakazu Nakai | 86 | Japan | Cinematographer | ||
29 | Sidney Harmon | 80 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
March | 1 | Joe Besser | 80 | US | Actor | |
3 | Lois Wilson | 93 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Alberto Olmedo[9] | 54 | Argentina | Actor, Comedian | ||
6 | Jeanne Aubert | 82 | France | Actress | ||
7 | Divine | 42 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Robert Livingston | 83 | US | Actor | ||
12 | DeWitt Bodeen | 79 | US | Screenwriter | ||
12 | Karen Steele | 56 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Steno | 71 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
13 | John Holmes | 43 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Olive Carey | 92 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Renato Salvatori | 55 | Italy | Actor | ||
31 | Manuel Silos | 82 | Philippines | Actor, Director | ||
April | 1 | Jim Jordan | 91 | US | Actor | |
5 | Alf Kjellin | 68 | Sweden | Actor, Director | ||
6 | John Clements | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Albert S. Rogell | 86 | US | Director | ||
11 | Jeff Donnell | 66 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Jesse L. Lasky Jr. | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
15 | Kenneth Williams | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | I. A. L. Diamond | 67 | Moldovia | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Irene Rich | 96 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Andrew Cruickshank | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Paolo Stoppa | 81 | Italy | Actor | |
4 | Tom Overton | 58 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
5 | George Rose[10] | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Paul Osborn | 86 | US | Screenwriter | ||
15 | Andrew Duggan | 64 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Greta Nissen | 82 | Norway | Actress | ||
18 | Daws Butler | 71 | US | Voice Actor | ||
18 | Anthony Forwood | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
18 | Christopher Gore | 43 | US | Screenwriter | ||
21 | Barbara Laage | 67 | France | Actress | ||
22 | Tom Adair | 74 | US | Lyricist | ||
29 | Vladimír Menšík | 59 | Czech Republic | Actor | ||
30 | Ella Raines[11] | 67 | US | Actress | ||
June | 2 | Raj Kapoor[12] | 63 | India | Actor, Director, Producer | |
16 | Kim Milford | 37 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Wilford Leach | 58 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
19 | Teru Shimada | 82 | Japan | Actor | ||
22 | Dennis Day | 77 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
22 | Stuart Randall | 78 | US | Actor | ||
July | 1 | Alice Nunn | 60 | US | Actress | |
2 | Aldo Tonti | 78 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
7 | Jimmy Edwards | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Joshua Logan | 79 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
22 | Milton Krasner | 84 | US | Cinematographer | ||
22 | Patrick Newell | 56 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Judith Barsi | 10 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Douglas Hickox | 59 | UK | Director | ||
27 | Larry Clemmons | 81 | US | Animator, Screenwriter | ||
31 | Trinidad Silva | 38 | US | Actor | ||
August | 1 | Florence Eldridge | 86 | US | Actress | |
2 | Robert Emmet Smith | 73 | US | Art Director | ||
5 | Colin Higgins | 47 | France | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
5 | Ralph Meeker | 65 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Wilfred Jackson | 82 | US | Animator | ||
8 | Alan Napier | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Adela Rogers St. Johns | 94 | US | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Anne Ramsey | 59 | US | Actress | ||
17 | Victoria Shaw | 53 | Australia | Actress | ||
19 | Don Haggerty | 74 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Jack Sher | 75 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
24 | Leonard Frey | 49 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Milton Sperling | 76 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Charles Farrell | 88 | Ireland | Actor | ||
September | 1 | Hugh Hunt | 86 | US | Set Decorator | |
5 | Gert Fröbe | 75 | Germany | Actor | ||
6 | Harold Rosson | 93 | US | Cinematographer | ||
12 | Stephen B. Grimes | 61 | UK | Production Designer | ||
14 | Louis Quinn | 73 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Samuel E. Beetley | 74 | US | Film Editor | ||
20 | Roy Kinnear | 54 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Henry Koster | 83 | Germany | Director, Screenwriter | ||
21 | Christine Norden | 63 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | Chick Chandler | 83 | US | Actor | ||
October | 1 | Lucien Ballard[13] | 84 | US | Cinematographer | |
1 | Pavle Vuisić | 62 | Yugoslavia | Actor | ||
4 | Margaret Lacey | 76 | UK | Actress | ||
6 | Don Terry | 86 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Edward Chodorov | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Morgan Farley | 90 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Bonita Granville | 65 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Ken Murray | 85 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
13 | Melvin Frank | 75 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
14 | Mary Morris | 72 | Fiji | Actress | ||
19 | Lawrence W. Butler | 80 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
24 | Valerie Taylor | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
25 | Eric Larson | 83 | US | Animator | ||
27 | Charles Hawtrey | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | John Houseman | 86 | Romania | Actor, Producer | ||
November | 1 | George J. Folsey | 90 | US | Cinematographer | |
2 | Lukas Heller | 58 | Germany | Screenwriter | ||
3 | Sidney Carroll | 75 | US | Screenwriter | ||
6 | John Hubbard | 74 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Billy Curtis | 79 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Mona Washbourne | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
27 | Angela Aames | 32 | US | Actress | ||
27 | John Carradine | 82 | US | Actor | ||
December | 7 | Christopher Connelly | 47 | US | Actor | |
7 | Dorothy Jordan | 82 | US | Actress | ||
8 | Anne Seymour | 79 | US | Actress | ||
15 | Maria De Matteis | 90 | Italy | Costume Designer | ||
10 | Richard S. Castellano | 55 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Dennis Arundell | 90 | UK | Actor, Composer | ||
17 | Jerry Hopper | 81 | US | Director | ||
21 | Bob Steele | 81 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Tucker Smith | 52 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
24 | Noel Willman | 70 | Ireland | Actor | ||
26 | Julanne Johnston | 88 | US | Actress | ||
26 | John Loder | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
27 | Hal Ashby | 59 | US | Director, Film Editor |