1999 in film
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[edit] Events
- April 17 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
- November 18 - Toy Story 2, a sequel to the 1995 film Toy Story, is released in theaters across the United States. The movie is expected to be released in the United Kingdom in the upcoming February.
[edit] Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1999; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 1999 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
| 1999 Rank | Title | Studio | Box Office Gross | |||
| Total Int.l | U.S./Canada | U. K. | Australia | |||
| 1. | Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | 20th Century Fox | $924,317,558 | $431,088,301 | £50,734,924 | $38,828,310 |
| 2. | The Sixth Sense | Buena Vista | $672,806,292 | $293,506,292 | £25,407,279 | $29,298,667 |
| 3. | Toy Story 2 | Buena Vista | $485,015,179 | $245,852,179 | £43,294,228 | $20,131,422 |
| 4. | The Matrix | Warner Bros. | $460,379,930 | $171,479,930 | £16,918,842 | $23,160,219 |
| 5. | Tarzan | Buena Vista | $448,191,819 | $171,091,819 | £17,694,331 | $11,399,994 |
| 6. | The Mummy | Universal Pictures | $415,885,488 | $155,385,488 | £17,362,781 | $18,107,396 |
| 7. | Notting Hill | Universal Pictures | $363,889,678 | $116,089,678 | £30,403,825 | $20,831,399 |
| 8. | The World Is Not Enough | MGM | $361,832,400 | $126,943,684 | £28,367,515 | $14,168,737 |
| 9. | American Beauty | DreamWorks | $356,296,601 | $130,096,601 | £21,261,601 | $19,016,237 |
| 10. | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | New Line Cinema | $310,940,086 | $206,040,086 | £25,635,589 | $22,380,168 |
In total, six films released in 1999 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 1999's top-grossing films, follow these links:
- Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1999&p=.htm
- U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1999&p=.htm
- United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
- Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: American Beauty
- Achievement in Directing: Sam Mendes - American Beauty
- Academy Award for Best Art Direction: Sleepy Hollow
- Best Actor: Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
- Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
- Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules
- Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
- Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain / France
- Drama
- Best Picture: American Beauty
- Best Actor: Denzel Washington - The Hurricane
- Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
- Musical or comedy
- Best Picture: Toy Story 2
- Best Actor: Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon
- Best Actress: Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds
- Other
- Best Director: Sam Mendes - American Beauty
- Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), Spain / France
- Best Picture: American Beauty
- Best Actor: Kevin Spacey
- Best Actress: Annette Bening
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Rosetta, directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, France / Belgium
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao), directed by Zhang Yimou, China
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, Canada / U.S.A.
[edit] Films released in 1999
- All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- American Beauty - Academy, Golden Globe (drama) and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
- American Pie
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- Beautiful People
- Being John Malkovich
- Beyond the Mat
- The Big Kahuna
- Blast from the Past
- Blue Streak
- The Blair Witch Project
- The Boondock Saints
- Bowfinger
- Boys Don't Cry
- Bringing Out the Dead, directed by Martin Scorsese
- But I'm a Cheerleader
- Chutney Popcorn
- The Cider House Rules
- The Cup
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
- Detroit Rock City
- Dick
- The Dogwalker
- Dudley Do-Right
- EDtv
- Election
- El Intruso
- The End of the Affair, directed by Neil Jordan -(film mentioned in article)
- End of Days
- Entrapment
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Fantasia 2000
- Fight Club
- Forces of Nature
- Galaxy Quest
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- Girl, Interrupted
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium
- Guinevere
- The Haunting
- The Hi-Line
- The Insider
- In Dreams, directed by Neil Jordan
- Inspector Gadget
- Just the Ticket
- Lycanthrope
- Magnolia - Golden Bear award (for 2000)
- Man of the Century
- Man on the Moon
- The Matrix
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, directed by Luc Besson
- The Mummy
- My Favorite Martian -(film mentioned in article)
- My Voyage to Italy, directed by Martin Scorsese (documentary)
- Mystery Men
- Never Been Kissed
- Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao) - Golden Lion award
- Notting Hill
- October Sky
- Office Space
- Our Friend, Martin
- The Omega Code
- Payback
- Pushing Tin
- Random Hearts
- Rosetta - Palm d'Or award
- She's All That
- Shiri
- Shower (film) (Xizao), Golden Space Needle award
- Simply Irresistible
- The Sixth Sense
- Sleepy Hollow
- A Slipping-Down Life, directed by Toni Kalem, starring Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Swing - nominated for the Golden Trailer award
- The Straight Story
- Tarzan
- Tea With Mussolini
- The Thirteenth Floor
- The Thirteenth Year
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Three Kings
- Three Seasons
- Three to Tango
- Toy Story 2
- Trick
- True Crime
- Tube Tales
- Tumbleweeds
- The War Zone
- Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
- Wild Wild West
- The Winslow Boy
- The World Is Not Enough
- Yellow Hair
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