Film year 1992
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Events
- March 20: First performance of Basic Instinct (Director: Paul Verhoeven ). The commercially successful film triggered a contradicting response from the critics. By starring a passionate, inscrutable and irresistible femme fatale gained Sharon Stone overnight worldwide fame.
- The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1992:
- Category - male movie stars: gold Kevin Costner , silver Jean-Claude Van Damme , bronze Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Category - Female Movie Stars: Gold Julia Roberts , Silver Sharon Stone , Bronze Jodie Foster
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of August 14, 2010):
| space | Movie title | Visitors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty and the Beast | 5,181,419 |
| 2 | Sister Act - A heavenly career | 4,971,214 |
| 3 | Kevin - Alone in New York | 4,503,631 |
| 4th | Basic instinct | 4,475,615 |
| 5 | Hook | 3,613,643 |
| 6th | JFK - Dallas crime scene | 2,945,075 |
| 7th | Green tomatoes | 2,899,801 |
| 8th. | Otto - The love film | 2,856,796 |
| 9. | A dog named Beethoven | 2,406,432 |
| 10. | My Girl - my first love | 2,360,972 |
In the United States
| space | Movie title | revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aladdin | $ 217,350,219 |
| 2. | Kevin - Alone in New York | $ 173,585,516 |
| 3. | Batman's return | $ 162,831,698 |
| 4th | Focal Point LA - The pros are back | $ 144,731,527 |
| 5. | A question of honour | $ 141,340,178 |
| 6th | Sister Act | $ 139,605,150 |
| 7th | Bodyguard | $ 121,945,270 |
| 8th. | Wayne's World | $ 121,697,323 |
| 9. | Basic instinct | $ 117,727,224 |
| 9. | In a class of its own | $ 107,533,925 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 18th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: Bugsy by Barry Levinson
- Best Musical / Comedy: Beauty and the Beast by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
- Best Actor (Drama): Nick Nolte in The Lord of the Tides
- Best Actress (Drama): Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Robin Williams in The Fisher King
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Bette Midler in For the Boys - Days of Fame, Days of Love
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance in City Slickers - The Big City Heroes
- Best supporting actress: Mercedes Ruehl in King of the Fishermen
- Best Director: Oliver Stone for JFK - Tatort Dallas
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Robert Mitchum
Oscar
The Academy Awards will be held on March 30th at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The moderator is Billy Crystal
- Best Film: The Silence of the Lambs by Edward Saxon , Kenneth Utt and Ronald M. Bozman
- Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance in City Slickers - The Big City Heroes
- Best supporting actress: Mercedes Ruehl in King of the Fishermen
- Best score: Alan Menken for Beauty and the Beast
- Best foreign language film: Mediterraneo by Gabriele Salvatores
- Honorary Oscar: Satyajit Ray
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1992
The festival starts on May 7th and ends on May 18th. The jury under President Gérard Depardieu awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : The Best Intentions of Bille August
- Best Actor: Tim Robbins in The Player
- Best Actress: Pernilla August in Best Intentions
- Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
- Golden Camera - Best Debut Film : John Turturro for Mac
- Grand Jury Prize: Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
Berlin International Film Festival 1992
The festival starts on February 13th and ends on February 24th. The jury under President Annie Girardot will award the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : Grand Canyon - In the heart of the city by Lawrence Kasdan
- Best actor: Armin Mueller-Stahl in Utz
- Best Actress: Maggie Cheung in Yuen Ling-yuk
- Best director: Jan Troell for Il Capitano
Venice Film Festival
The festival starts on September 1st and ends on September 12th. The jury under President Dennis Hopper awards the following prizes:
- Golden Lion: The Story of Qiu Ju by Zhang Yimou
- Grand Jury Prize: Morte di un matematico napoletano by Mario Martone
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross
- Best Actress: Li Gong in The Story of Qiu Ju
European film award
The European Film Prize was awarded on November 25th in Potsdam-Babelsberg .
- Best Film: Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
- Best Actor: Matti Pellonpää in The Life of Bohème by Aki Kaurismäki
- Best actress: Juliette Binoche in The Lovers of Pont-Neuf by Leos Carax
- Best supporting actor: André Wilms in Das Leben der Boheme
- Best supporting actress: Ghita Nørby in Freud flyttar hemifrån ... by Susanne Bier
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Billy Wilder
German film award
- Best film: Schtonk! by Helmut Dietl
- Best director: Helmut Dietl for Schtonk!
- Best Actress: Ann-Gisel Glass for Leise Schatten
- Best Actor: Mario Adorf for Pizza Colonia and Götz George for Schtonk!
César
- Best Film: The Seventh String by Alain Corneau
- Best director: Alain Corneau for The Seventh String
- Best Actor: Jacques Dutronc for Van Gogh
- Best Actress: Jeanne Moreau for The Lady Who Walked in the Sea
- Best Supporting Actor: Jean Carmet for Merci la vie
- Best Supporting Actress: Anne Brochet for The Seventh String
- Best Foreign Film: Toto the Hero by Jaco Van Dormael
British Academy Film Award
- Best Picture: The Commitments of Alan Parker
- Best Director: Alan Parker for The Commitments
- Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Supporting Actor: Alan Rickman for Robin Hood - The Thief King
- Best Supporting Actress: Kate Nelligan for Frankie & Johnny
- Best Non-English Language Film: The Horrible Girl by Michael Verhoeven
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: The Player by Robert Altman
- Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
- Best Actor: Denzel Washington in Malcolm X
- Best Actress: Emma Thompson in Howards End
- Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman in Merciless
- Best Supporting Actress: Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game , Enchanted April and Doom
- Best camera: Jean Lépine for The Player
- Best Foreign Film: Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: Howards End by James Ivory
- Best Director: James Ivory for See you in Howards End
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross
- Best Actress: Emma Thompson in Howards End
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson in A Matter of Honor
- Best Supporting Actress: Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives
- Best foreign language film: Indochine by Régis Wargnier
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Picture: Merciless by Clint Eastwood
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Merciless
- Best Actor: Clint Eastwood in Merciless
- Best Actress: Emma Thompson in Howards End
- Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman in Merciless
- Best Supporting Actress: Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives
- Best Foreign Film: The Crying Game by Neil Jordan
Jupiter
- Best film international: Dances with Wolves by Kevin Costner
- Best German film: Pappa ante portas by Loriot
- Best Director: Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves
- Best Actor: Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Sidney Poitier
- Amanda : Frida - with heart in hand by Berit Nesheim (Best Norwegian Film), Il Capitano by Jan Troell (Best Foreign Film)
- American Comedy Awards : Billy Crystal in City Slickers - Die Großstadt-Helden (funniest leading actor), Lily Tomlin in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (funniest leading actress), Jack Palance in City Slickers - Die Großstadt-Helden (funniest supporting actor ), Mercedes Ruehl in The Fisherman's King (Funniest Supporting Actress)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award : Stephen H. Burum for Jimmy Hoffa
- Australian Film Institute Award : Strictly Ballroom - Those Dancing Against All Rules by Baz Luhrmann (Best Australian Film), Like Crazy and From the Bottom of the Heart by Anthony Minghella (Best Foreign Film)
- Bodil : Europe by Lars von Trier
- David di Donatello : Stolen Children (Best Italian Film) and Rote Lanterne (Best Foreign Film)
- German Critics' Prize : Andreas Dresen
- Directors Guild of America Award : Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs , Akira Kurosawa (Lifetime Achievement)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Reinhard Schwabenitzky for Ilona & Kurti
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Close My Eyes, Desire or Kill Me by Stephen Poliakoff
- Genie Award : Naked Lunch by David Cronenberg
- Gilde Film Award : Dances with Wolf by Kevin Costner (gold foreign film), Until the End of the World by Wim Wenders (gold German film), Cyrano von Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (silver foreign film), Homo Faber by Volker Schlöndorff (Silver German Film)
- Goya 1992 : Amantes by Vicente Aranda
- Independent Spirit Awards 1992 : The Lust of the Beautiful Rose by Martha Coolidge (Best Film) and An Angel on My Table by Jane Campion (Best Foreign Film)
- Louis Delluc Prize : The Flight of the Butterfly by Christine Pascal
- MTV Movie Awards : Terminator 2 - Judgment Day by James Cameron
- Nastro d'Argento : Mediterraneo by Gabriele Salvatores and Mississippi Masala by Mira Nair
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Life is Sweet by Mike Leigh
- People's Choice Award : Terminator 2 - Judgment Day by James Cameron (Best Picture), The Silence of the Lambs by Jonathan Demme (most popular film drama), City Slickers - The city-hero of Ron Underwood (popular film comedy), Kevin Costner (Populärster dramatic Actor), Steve Martin (Most Popular Comedic Actor), Julia Roberts (Most Popular Dramatic and Comedic Actress)
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Bob Roberts by Tim Robbins
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : Grand Canyon - In the Heart of the City by Lawrence Kasdan
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : In the Shine of the Sun by John G. Avildsen
- German Film Critics' Prize : Children's Games by Wolfgang Becker
- Robert : Europa by Lars von Trier (Best Danish Film), Dances With Wolves by Kevin Costner (Best Foreign Film)
- Sundance Film Festival : In the Soup - Alles Kino by Alexandre Rockwell
- Toronto International Film Festival : Strictly Ballroom - Dancing Against All Rules by Baz Luhrmann (Audience Award)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : The Story of Qiu Ju by Zhang Yimou and Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
- Rental Promotion of the Friborg International Film Festival : Ganh Xiec Rong Viet Linh
- Warsaw International Film Festival : Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway (Audience Award)
- Vienna Film Prize : Benny's Video by Michael Haneke and Guilt and Memory by Egon Humer
- Writers Guild of America Award : Thelma & Louise by Callie Khouri (Best Original Screenplay), The Silence of the Lambs by Ted Tally (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 6: Diona Reasonover , American actress
- January 17: Nate Hartley , American actor
- January 19: Logan Lerman , American actor
February
- February 11: Taylor Lautner , American actor and voice actor
- February 14th: Freddie Highmore , British actor
- February 17: Meaghan Jette Martin , American actress
- February 20: Lea Eisleb , German actress
March
- March 10: Emily Osment , American actress
- March 13: George MacKay , British actor
- March 17th: Eliza Bennett , British actress
- March 20: Lindsay Andretta , American actress
April to June
April
- April 2nd: Edin Hasanović , German-Bosnian actor
- April 4: Alexa Nikolas , American actress
- April 10: Daisy Ridley , British actress
May
- May 1: Madeline Brewer , American actress
- May 4th: Courtney Jines , American actress
- May 12: Malcolm David Kelley , American actor
- May 18: Spencer Breslin , American actor
- May 29: Anne-Luise Tietz , German actress
June
- June 6: Sasha Luss , Russian actress and model
- June 12: Ryan Malgarini , American actor
- June 14: Daryl Sabara , American actor
- June 21: Max Schneider , American actor, dancer, model and singer
- June 24: Raven Goodwin , American actress
- June 26: Jennette McCurdy , American actress
July to September
July
- July 7: Nathalia Ramos , American actress
- July 20: Paige Hurd , American actress
- July 22nd: Selena Gomez , American actress
August
- August 2: Hallie Kate Eisenberg , American actress
- August 4: Dylan and Cole Sprouse , American actors
- August 12: Cara Delevingne , British actress and model
- August 20: Demi Lovato , American actress
September
- September 10: Nathan Coenen , Australian actor
- September 28: Skye McCole Bartusiak , American actress († 2014)
October to December
October
- October 12: Josh Hutcherson , American actor
- October 15: Vincent Martella , American actor
- October 22: Sofia Vassilieva , American actress
- October 30: Tequan Richmond , American actor
November
- November 12: Shelbie Bruce , American actress
- November 18: Nathan Kress , American actor
- November 23: Miley Cyrus , American actress and singer
- November 28: Jodie Blank , German voice actress
deceased
January to March
January
- January 2: Virginia Field , British actress (born 1917)
- January 3: Judith Anderson , American actress (* 1897)
- January 8: Anthony Dawson , British actor (born 1916)
- January 14: Ernst W. Kalinke , German cameraman (* 1918)
- January 15: Hari Rhodes , American actor (* 1932)
- January 23: Freddie Bartholomew , American actor (* 1924)
- January 23: Ian Wolfe , American actor (* 1896)
- January 26: José Ferrer , Puerto Rican actor (born 1909)
- January 31: Martin Held , German actor (* 1908)
February
- February 4: Gianni Rizzo , Italian actor (* 1924)
- February 4: John Dehner , American actor (born 1915)
- February 6: Wayde Preston , American actor (born 1929)
- February 20: Dick York , American actor (born 1928)
- February 22nd: Tadeusz Łomnicki , Polish actor (* 1927)
- February 25: Andrews Engelmann , German actor (* 1901)
March
- March 2: Sandy Dennis , American actress (* 1937)
- March 3: Robert Beatty , Canadian actor (born 1909)
- March 3: Dante Maggio , Italian actor (* 1909)
- March 4: Néstor Almendros , Spanish-Cuban cameraman (* 1930)
- March 5: Karin Hardt , German actress (* 1910)
- March 6: Erik Nordgren , Swedish composer (* 1913)
- March 11: László Benedek , Hungarian director (* 1905)
- March 11: Richard Brooks , American director (* 1912)
- March 14th: Jean Poiret , French actor and director (* 1926)
- March 17: Jack Arnold , American director (born 1916)
- March 19: Cesare Danova , Italian actor (* 1926)
- March 20: Georges Delerue , French composer (* 1925)
- March 21: John Ireland , Canadian actor (born 1914)
- March 25: Nancy Walker , American actress (* 1922)
- March 28: Janne Furch , German screenwriter (* 1915)
- March 29: Paul Henreid , German actor (* 1908)
April to June
April
- April 3: Karl Tunberg , American screenwriter (* 1909)
- April 5: Molly Picon , American actress (* 1898)
- June 12: Paul Hammerich , Danish screenwriter (* 1927)
- April 20: Benny Hill , British comedian (born 1924)
- April 23: Satyajit Ray , Indian director (* 1921)
- April 29: Mae Clarke , American actress (born 1910)
May
- May 3: George Murphy , American actor (born 1902)
- May 5: Jean-Claude Pascal , French actor (* 1927)
- May 6: Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress (* 1901)
- May 8: Otto Šimánek , Czech actor (* 1925)
- May 10: John Lund , American actor (born 1913)
- May 12: Lenny Montana , American actor (born 1926)
- May 12: Robert Reed , American actor (born 1932)
- May 15: Olga von Togni , Austrian actress (* 1914)
- May 16: Marisa Mell , an Austrian actress (* 1939)
- May 18: Marshall Thompson , American actor (born 1925)
- May 25: Tulio Demicheli , Argentine director and screenwriter (* 1914)
- May 26: Hans Epskamp , German actor (* 1903)
June
- June 2: Philip Dunne , American screenwriter and director (* 1908)
- June 3: Robert Morley , British actor (born 1908)
- June 5: Laurence Naismith , British actor (born 1908)
- June 6: Werner Kreindl , Austrian actor (* 1927)
- June 12: Renié Conley , American costume designer and Oscar winner (* 1901)
- June 14: Eric Helgar , German actor (* 1910)
July to September
July
- July 5: Georgia Brown , British actress (born 1933)
- July 15: Hans Feld , German film critic (* 1902)
- July 18: Helmut Schmid , German actor (* 1925)
- July 24th: Arletty , French actress (* 1898)
- July 30th: Brenda Marshall , American actress (born 1915)
August
- August 6: Kay Sabban , German actor (* 1952)
- August 7th: Eberhard Fechner , German director (* 1926)
- August 8: Mariusz Dmochowski , Polish actor (* 1930)
- August 18: John Sturges , American director (born 1910)
September
- September 6: Mervyn Johns , British actor (* 1899)
- September 7th: Arturo Dominici , Italian actor (* 1918)
- September 12: Anthony Perkins , American actor (* 1932)
- September 19: Alexander Trojan , Austrian actor (* 1914)
- September 30th: Götz Olaf Rausch , German actor (* 1921)
October to December
October
- October 6: Denholm Elliott , British actor (born 1922)
- October 6: Natalie Moorhead , American actress (* 1898)
- October 6: Margit Symo , German actress (* 1913)
- October 16: Shirley Booth , American actress (* 1898)
- October 16: Vladek Sheybal , Polish actor (* 1923)
- October 22: Cleavon Little , American actor (born 1939)
- October 26: Laurel Cronin , American actress (born 1939)
- October 26: Kurt Hepperlin , German actor and documentary film director (* 1920)
November
- November 2: Hal Roach , American producer (* 1892)
- November 10: Chuck Connors , American actor (born 1921)
- November 12: Gregory J. Markopoulos , American experimental filmmaker (* 1928)
- November 13: Karin Brandauer , Austrian director (* 1945)
- November 17: Todd Armstrong , American actor (born 1937)
- November 19: Diane Varsi , American actress (* 1938)
- November 20: John Foreman , American film producer (* 1925)
- November 22nd: Sterling Holloway , American actor (born 1905)
- November 22nd: Ronald Sinclair , New Zealand actor and film editor (* 1924)
- November 26th: John Sharp , British actor (born 1920)
December
- December 2: Michael Gothard , British actor (born 1939)
- December 3: Luis Alcoriza , Mexican director (* 1918)
- December 6: Hank Worden , American actor (born 1901)
- December 9: Vincent Gardenia , American actor (born 1922)
- December 15: William Ware Theiss , American costume designer (* 1930)
- December 17: Dana Andrews , American actor (born 1909)
- December 22nd: Mario Amendola , Italian director (* 1910)
- December 26: Sigríður Hagalín , Icelandic actress (* 1926)
- December 28: Elfie Mayerhofer , Austrian actress (* 1917)
Day unknown
- Otto Friebel , German actor (* 1920)
Web links
Commons : Film Year 1992 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 1992 , insidekino.com. Retrieved August 14, 2010