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Overview of the events of 1999 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, the science-fiction film The Matrix, the animated works The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the Best Picture-winner American Beauty, and the well-received The Green Mile. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, David Fincher's Fight Club, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's Being John Malkovich. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999.
The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1][2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 20th Century Fox | $924,305,084 |
2 | The Sixth Sense | Buena Vista | $672,806,292 |
3 | Toy Story 2 | $511,358,276 | |
4 | The Matrix | Warner Bros. | $465,974,198 |
5 | Tarzan | Buena Vista | $448,191,819 |
6 | The Mummy | Universal | $416,385,488 |
7 | Notting Hill | $363,889,678 | |
8 | The World Is Not Enough | MGM / UIP | $361,832,400 |
9 | American Beauty | DreamWorks | $356,296,601 |
10 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | New Line | $312,383,487 |
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 4 | Iron Eyes Cody | 91 | US | Actor | |
9 | Harvey Miller | 63 | US | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | ||
11 | Robert Douglas | 89 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
12 | Betty Lou Gerson | 84 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Buzz Kulik | 79 | US | Director | ||
14 | Fred Myrow | 59 | US | Composer | ||
15 | John Bloom | 54 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Betty Box | 83 | UK | Producer | ||
19 | Michael White | 36 | UK | Production Designer | ||
21 | Leslie French | 94 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Susan Strasberg | 60 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Joe D'Amato | 62 | Italy | Director, Producer | ||
30 | Huntz Hall | 78 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Ed Herlihy | 89 | US | Actor | ||
February | 6 | Danny Dayton | 75 | US | Actor | |
7 | William Ludwig | 86 | US | Screenwriter | ||
7 | Bobby Troup | 80 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
9 | Mary LaRoche | 78 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Bryan Mosley | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Yuri Borienko | 66 | Russia | Actor | ||
17 | Sunshine Parker | 71 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Shirley Stoler | 69 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Gene Siskel | 53 | US | Film Critic | None; critiqued films for the Chicago Tribune | |
24 | Derek Nimmo | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Madelon Baker | 88 | US | Actress | ||
March | 3 | Lee Philips | 72 | US | Actor, Director | |
4 | Del Close | 64 | US | Actor | ||
4 | Eddie Dean | 91 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
5 | Richard Kiley | 76 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Graham Armitage | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Stanley Kubrick | 70 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
8 | Peggy Cass | 74 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Garson Kanin | 86 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
14 | Kirk Alyn | 88 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Ernest Gold | 77 | Austria | Composer | ||
20 | Mickey S. Michaels | 67 | US | Set Decorator | ||
22 | David Strickland | 29 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Gil Perkins | 91 | Australia | Actor | ||
April | 4 | Faith Domergue | 74 | US | Actress | |
4 | Bob Peck | 53 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Albert Popwell | 72 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Don McGuire | 80 | US | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | ||
14 | Roy Chiao | 72 | China | Actor | ||
14 | Ellen Corby | 87 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Anthony Newley | 67 | UK | Actor, Composer | ||
15 | Yasmeen Khan | c. 48 | Pakistan | Actress | ||
16 | Rudi Fehr | 87 | Germany | Film Editor | ||
16 | Zoe Lund | 37 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Doreen Lang | 84 | New Zealand | Actress | ||
21 | Buddy Rogers | 94 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Bert Remsen | 74 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Rory Calhoun | 76 | US | Actor | ||
28 | John Stears | 64 | UK | Special Effects Artist | ||
28 | Donald E. Stewart | 69 | US | Screenwriter | ||
May | 2 | Augie Blunt | 69 | US | Actor | |
2 | Oliver Reed | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Dirk Bogarde | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Ed Gilbert | 67 | US | Voice Actor | ||
8 | Sally Payne | 86 | US | Actress | ||
8 | Dana Plato | 34 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Jerry Wunderlich | 73 | US | Set Decorator | ||
17 | Henry Jones | 86 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Candy Candido | 85 | US | Actor | ||
19 | John McSweeney Jr. | 83 | US | Film Editor | ||
19 | Alister Williamson | 80 | Australia | Actor | ||
21 | Vanessa Brown | 71 | Austria | Actress | ||
21 | Norman Rossington | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Hillary Brooke | 84 | US | Actress | ||
June | 5 | Mel Torme | 73 | US | Singer, Actor | |
9 | Andrew L. Stone | 96 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
11 | DeForest Kelley | 79 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Douglas Seale | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
18 | Aimée Delamain | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | Mario Soldati | 92 | Italy | Director | ||
24 | Dorothy Lee | 88 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Frank Tarloff | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Bobs Watson | 68 | US | Actor | ||
28 | John Woolf | 86 | UK | Producer | ||
29 | Allan Carr | 62 | US | Producer | ||
29 | Declan Mulholland | 66 | Ireland | Actor | ||
30 | Dean Fredericks | 75 | US | Actor | ||
July | 1 | Edward Dmytryk | 90 | Canada | Director, Film Editor | |
1 | Sylvia Sidney | 88 | US | Actress | ||
2 | Mario Puzo | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
4 | Ronny Graham | 79 | US | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
4 | Jack Watson | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Bill Owen | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
17 | Donal McCann | 58 | Ireland | Actor | ||
17 | Patricia Zipprodt | 74 | US | Costume Designer | ||
19 | Yoko Tani | 70 | France | Actress | ||
19 | Jerold Wells | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Sandra Gould | 82 | US | Actress | ||
August | 4 | Victor Mature | 86 | US | Actor | |
4 | Carl Toms | 72 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
7 | Brion James | 54 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Kazuo Miyagawa | 91 | Japan | Cinematographer | ||
9 | Georg Marischka | 77 | Austria | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
12 | Ross Elliott | 82 | US | Actor | ||
16 | David Allen | 54 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
16 | Nancy Guild | 73 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Norman Wexler | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Harold Jack Bloom | 75 | US | Screenwriter | ||
31 | Marguerite Chapman | 81 | US | Actress | ||
September | 9 | Chili Bouchier | 89 | UK | Actress | |
9 | Ruth Roman | 76 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Harry Crane | 85 | US | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Charles Crichton | 89 | UK | Director, Film Editor | ||
17 | Riccardo Cucciolla | 75 | Italy | Actor | ||
17 | Joan Gardner | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
17 | Frankie Vaughan | 71 | UK | Singer, Actor | ||
18 | Harold F. Kress | 86 | US | Film Editor | ||
22 | George C. Scott | 71 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Ivan Goff | 89 | Australia | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Bernadette O'Farrell | 75 | Ireland | Actress | ||
October | 1 | Noel Johnson | 82 | UK | Actor | |
2 | Lee Richardson | 73 | US | Actor | ||
5 | Wilt Chamberlain | 63 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Maris Wrixon | 82 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Deryck Guyler | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Helen Vinson | 92 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Jacqueline Malouf | 58 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Richard B. Shull | 70 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Jean Shepherd | 78 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Paddi Edwards | 67 | UK | Actress | ||
26 | Hoyt Axton | 61 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
26 | Abraham Polonsky | 88 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
26 | Albert Whitlock | 84 | UK | Visual Effects Artist | ||
27 | Lois Collier | 80 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Frank De Vol | 88 | US | Composer | ||
29 | Cavan Kendall | 57 | UK | Actor | ||
30 | Grace McDonald | 81 | US | Actress | ||
November | 3 | Ian Bannen | 71 | UK | Actor | |
4 | David Shaber | 70 | US | Screenwriter | ||
5 | James Goldstone | 68 | US | Director | ||
9 | Mabel King | 66 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Mary Kay Bergman | 38 | US | Voice Actress | ||
14 | Lucile Fairbanks | 82 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Adele Balkan | 92 | US | Costume Designer | ||
21 | Ralph Foody | 71 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Hilary Minster | 55 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | William 'Billy' Benedict | 82 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Robert F. Shugrue | 62 | US | Film Editor | ||
28 | Bethel Leslie | 70 | US | Actress | ||
December | 3 | John Archer | 84 | US | Actor | |
3 | Madeline Kahn | 57 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Masaru Sato | 71 | Japan | Composer | ||
12 | Joseph Heller | 76 | US | Screenwriter | ||
13 | Daniel M. Angel | 88 | UK | Producer | ||
14 | Ernest Walter | 80 | UK | Film Editor | ||
17 | Rex Allen | 78 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
18 | Robert Bresson | 98 | France | Director | ||
19 | Desmond Llewelyn | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Irving Rapper | 101 | US | Director | ||
21 | John Arnatt | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Bill Edwards | 81 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Bernard Smith | 92 | US | Producer | ||
21 | Frank Stanley | 77 | US | Cinematographer | ||
23 | Lois Hamilton | 56 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Peter Jeffrey | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Pierre Clémenti | 57 | France | Actor | ||
26 | Curtis Mayfield | 57 | US | Singer, Composer | ||
26 | Michael McDowell | 49 | US | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Dick Peabody | 74 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Clayton Moore | 85 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Harry Monty | 95 | US | Actor, Stuntman |