Film year 1994
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| Film year 1994 | |
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| Heinz Rühmann dies on October 3, 1994 at the age of 92 . | |
Events
- June 15: World premiere of The Lion King (directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff ). With box office profits of more than one billion US dollars ( adjusted for inflation ), this Disney production proved to be the most commercially successful classic cartoon in the following years.
- George Lucas begins work on the prequels of his Star Wars saga.
- Steven Spielberg , Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen found the film production company DreamWorks .
- Stefan Arndt , Wolfgang Becker , Dani Levy and Tom Tykwer found the film production company X Films Creative Pool .
- The winners of the Bravo Otto readers' poll 1994:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold Keanu Reeves , Silver Tom Hanks , Bronze Kevin Costner
- Category - female movie stars: Gold Whoopi Goldberg , Silver Julia Roberts , Bronze Winona Ryder
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of May 25, 2010):
| space | Movie title | Visitors |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Lion King | 11,333,217 |
| 2. | Forrest Gump | 7,615,026 |
| 3. | the moved man | 6,565,342 |
| 4th | Flintstones - The Flintstones | 6,317,627 |
| 5. | Schindlers List | 6.096.689 |
| 6th | Mrs. Doubtfire - The prickly nanny | 5,553,302 |
| 7th | Four weddings and one death | 4,638,309 |
| 8th. | Free Willy - Call of Freedom | 3,460,526 |
| 9. | Philadelphia | 3,314,638 |
| 10. | The naked cannon 33⅓ | 3,270,200 |
In the United States
| space | Movie title | revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Forrest Gump | $ 329,694,499 |
| 2. | The Lion King | $ 312,855,561 |
| 3. | True Lies - True Lies | $ 146,282,411 |
| 4th | Santa Clause - A nice present | $ 144,833,357 |
| 5. | Flintstones - The Flintstones | $ 130,531,710 |
| 6th | Dumb and Dumber | $ 127,175,374 |
| 7th | The cartel | $ 122,012,656 |
| 8th. | speed | $ 121,248,145 |
| 9. | The mask | $ 119,938,730 |
| 10. | pulp Fiction | $ 107,928,762 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 22nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg
- Best Musical / Comedy: Mrs. Doubtfire - The prickly nanny by Chris Columbus
- Best Actor (Drama): Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
- Best Actress (Drama): Holly Hunter in The Piano
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire - The Prickly Nanny
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Angela Bassett in Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It?
- Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones in On The Run
- Best Supporting Actress: Winona Ryder in the age of innocence
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Robert Redford
Oscar
The Academy Awards will be held on March 21 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The moderator is Whoopi Goldberg
- Best Film: Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg , Gerald R. Molen , Branko Lustig
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter in The Piano
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List
- Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones in On The Run
- Best Supporting Actress: Anna Paquin in The Piano
- Best camera: Janusz Kamiński for Schindler's List
- Best Score: John Williams for Schindler's List
- Best foreign language film: Belle Epoque by Fernando Trueba
- Honorary Oscar: Deborah Kerr
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1994
The festival starts on May 12th and ends on May 23rd. The jury under President Clint Eastwood awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
- Best Actor: Ge You in Life!
- Best actress: Virna Lisi in The Bartholomew Night
- Best director: Nanni Moretti for Dear Diary ...
- Golden camera : Pascale Ferran for Die Sandburg
- Grand Jury Prize: Life! by Zhang Yimou and The Sun That Deceives Us by Nikita Michalkow
Berlin International Film Festival 1994
The festival starts on February 10th and ends on February 21st. The jury under President Jeremy Thomas awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : On behalf of Jim Sheridan 's father
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
- Best Actress: Crissy Rock in Ladybird, Ladybird
- Best director: Krzysztof Kieślowski for Three Colors: White
Venice Film Festival
The festival starts on September 1st and ends on September 12th. The jury under President David Lynch awards the following prizes:
- Golden Lion : Vive l'Amour - Long Live Love by Ming-liang Tsai and Before the Rain by Milčo Mančevski
- Best Actor: Yu Xia in Yangguang Canlan de Rizi
- Best Actress: Maria de Medeiros in Siblings
German film award
- Best film: Kaspar Hauser by Peter Sehr
- Best director: Peter Sehr for Kaspar Hauser
- Best leading actress: Christiane Hörbiger for Alles auf Anfang and Tafelspitz
- Best leading actor: André Eisermann for Kaspar Hauser
César
- Best film: Smoking / No Smoking by Alain Resnais
- Best director: Alain Resnais for Smoking / No smoking
- Best Actor: Pierre Arditi for Smoking / No smoking
- Best leading actress: Juliette Binoche for Three Colors: Blue
- Best supporting actor: Fabrice Luchini for everything for love
- Best supporting actress: Valérie Lemercier for the visitors
- Best Foreign Film: The Piano by Jane Campion
British Academy Film Award
- Best Film: Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List
- Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for What Left Of The Day
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter for Das Piano
- Best Supporting Actor: Ralph Fiennes for Schindler's List
- Best Supporting Actress: Miriam Margolyes for Time of Innocence
- Best Non-English Language Film: Farewell to my concubine of Chen Kaige
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: Quiz Show by Robert Redford
- Best director: Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
- Best Actor: Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool - Irresistible in the long run
- Best Actress: Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction
- Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau in Ed Wood
- Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest in Bullets Over Broadway
- Best camera: Stefan Czapsky for Ed Wood
- Best Foreign Film: Three Colors: Red by Krzysztof Kieślowski
National Board of Review
- Best Film: Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis and Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
- Best director: Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
- Best Actress: Miranda Richardson in Tom & Viv
- Best Supporting Actor: Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump
- Best Supporting Actress: Rosemary Harris in Tom & Viv
- Best Acting Company : Prêt-à-Porter by Robert Altman
- Best Foreign Language Film: Eat Drink Man Woman by Ang Lee
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Film: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
- Best director: Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
- Best Actor: John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
- Best Actress: Jessica Lange in Operation Blue Sky
- Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau in Ed Wood
- Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest in Bullets Over Broadway
- Best Foreign Language Film: Three Colors: Red by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Jupiter
- Best film international: Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg
- Best German film: Stalingrad by Joseph Vilsmaier
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Jurassic Park
- Best Actor: Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire
- Best Actress: Winona Ryder in The Haunted House and Time of Innocence
Sun Dance
- Grand Jury Prize: What Happened Was ... by Tom Noonan
- Audience Award (Drama): David O. Russell for Spanking the Monkey
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Jack Nicholson
- Amanda : Holidays with a dead body by Nils Gaup (Best Norwegian Film), Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg (Best Foreign Film)
- American Comedy Awards : Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire (Funniest Leading Actor), Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle (Funniest Leading Actress), Charles Grodin in Dave (Funny Supporting Actor), Lily Tomlin in Short Cuts (Funniest Supporting Actress)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award : Roger Deakins for The Convicted
- Australian Film Institute Award : Muriel's Wedding to PJ Hogan (Best Australian Film), Four Weddings and a Death from Mike Newell (Best Foreign Film)
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival : A weird bird by Stephan Elliott
- David di Donatello : Dear Diary ... (Best Italian Film) and In the Name of the Father (Best Foreign Film)
- German Critics' Award : Corinna Harfouch
- Directors Guild of America Award : Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List , Robert Altman (Lifetime Achievement)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Katja von Garnier for removing make-up!
- European Film Award : Lamerica by Gianni Amelio
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Raining Stones by Ken Loach
- Genie Award : Exotica by Atom Egoyan
- Gilde Film Prize : Three colors: Blue by Krzysztof Kieślowski (gold foreign film), Das Geisterhaus by Bille August (gold German film), Much Ado About Nothing by Kenneth Branagh (silver foreign film), Kaspar Hauser by Peter Sehr (silver German film )
- Independent Spirit Awards 1994 : Short Cuts by Robert Altman (Best Picture) and The Piano by Jane Campion (Best Foreign Picture)
- Louis Delluc Prize : Wild Hearts by André Téchiné
- MTV Movie Awards : Menace II Society by Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes
- Nastro d'Argento : Dear Diary… by Nanni Moretti and Short Cuts by Robert Altman
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg
- People's Choice Award : Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg (Best Picture), The Company of Sydney Pollack (Best Drama), Mrs. Doubtfire by Chris Columbus (Best Comedy), Tom Cruise (Populärster dramatic actor), Robin Williams (Populärster comedic actor) , Julia Roberts (Most Popular Dramatic Actress), Whoopi Goldberg (Most Popular Comedic Actress)
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Rapa Nui - Rebellion in Paradise by Kevin Reynolds
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : The Treehouse by Jon Avnet
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : Go Fish by Rose Troche
- German Film Critics' Prize : Paul Bowles - Crescent by Irene von Alberti and Frieder Schlaich
- Robert : The Haunted House by Bille August (Best Danish Film), The Piano by Jane Campion (Best Foreign Film)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Your time is running out, Killer of Imanol Uribe (Golden Shell)
- Toronto International Film Festival : The Priest of Antonia Bird (Audience Award)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Three Colors: Red by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Rental Promotion of the Friborg International Film Festival : New game, new luck (Kosh ba kosh) of Bachtijor Chudoinasarow
- Warsaw International Film Festival : Arizona Dream by Emir Kusturica (Audience Award)
- Vienna Film Prize : I pledge from Wolfgang Murnberger
- Writers Guild of America Award : The Piano by Jane Campion (Best Original Screenplay), Schindler's List by Steven Zaillian (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Birthdays
January to June
- January 14th: Vivien Wulf , German actress
- January 21: Marny Kennedy , Australian actress
- January 21: Booboo Stewart , American actor and singer
- February 10: Makenzie Vega , American actress
- February 23: Dakota Fanning , American actress
- April 9: Joey Pollari , American actor
- April 12: Moises Arias , American actor
- April 12th: Saoirse Ronan , Irish actress
- April 16: Liliana Mumy , American actress
- May 4: Alexander Gould , American actor
- May 16: Miles Heizer , American actor
- May 27: Ethan Dampf , American actor
- June 8: Nick Benson , American actor
- June 11: Ivana Baquero , Spanish actress
- June 15: Alice Englert , Australian actress
- June 16: Caitlyn Taylor Love , American actress and singer
July to December
- August 9: Forrest Landis , American actor
- August 17: Taissa Farmiga , American actress
- September 19: Alex Etel , British actor
- October 4th: Cheyenne Pahde , German actress
- October 4th: Valentina Pahde , German actress
- October 27: Cooper Pillot , American actor
- November 17: Raquel Castro , American actress
- December 3: Jake T. Austin , American actor
deceased
January to March
January
- January 1: Cesar Romero , American actor (* 1907)
- January 3: Heather Sears , British actress (born 1935)
- January 12: Samuel Bronston , American producer (born 1908)
- January 14: Esther Ralston , American actress (* 1902)
- January 15: Martin Kosleck , German-American actor (* 1904)
- January 22nd: Jean-Louis Barrault , French actor and director (* 1910)
- January 22nd: Telly Savalas , American actor (born 1924)
- January 25: Ludwig Gesek , Austrian film scholar (* 1904)
- January 27: Claude Akins , American actor (* 1918)
February
- February 1: Olan Soulé , American actor and voice actor (* 1909)
- February 6: Joseph Cotten , American actor (born 1905)
- February 9: Jarmila Novotná , Czech actress (* 1907)
- February 11: Sorrell Booke , American actor (born 1930)
- February 11: William Conrad , American actor and speaker (* 1920)
- February 19: Derek Jarman , British director (* 1942)
- February 28: Jürgen von Alten , German actor and director (* 1903)
March
- March 2: Anita Morris , American actress (* 1943)
- March 4: John Candy , Canadian comedian and actor (born 1950)
- March 6: Melina Mercouri , Greek actress, singer and politician (* 1925)
- March 6: Tengis Abuladze , Georgian film director (* 1924)
- March 9: Fernando Rey , Spanish actor (* 1917)
- March 15: Jürgen von Manger , German actor and comedian ( Adolf Tegtmeier ) (* 1923)
- March 21: Lili Damita , French actress (* 1904)
- March 21: Dack Rambo , American actor (* 1941)
- March 22nd: Walter Lantz , American animated film maker (* 1899)
- March 23: Giulietta Masina , Italian actress (* 1921)
- March 29: Paul Grimault , French cartoonist and director (* 1905)
April to June
April
- April 2: Geoffrey Muller , British film editor (* 1916)
- April 16: Ron Vawter , American actor (born 1948)
- April 20: Jean Carmet , French actor (born 1920)
- April 24th: Margot Trooger , German actress (* 1923)
- April 27: Lynne Frederick , British actress (born 1954)
May
- May 8: George Peppard , American actor (* 1928)
- May 15: Gilbert Roland , American actor (born 1905)
- May 16: Alain Cuny , French actor (* 1908)
- May 21: Ștefan Tapalagă , Romanian actor (* 1933)
- May 29: Joseph Janni , British screenwriter and producer (born 1916)
June
- June 4: Stephen McNally , American actor (born 1913)
- June 6: Barry Sullivan , American actor (born 1912)
- June 12: Christopher Collins , American actor (born 1949)
- June 13: Nadja Gray , Romanian-Austrian actress (* 1923)
- June 14: Henry Mancini , American composer (* 1924)
- June 21: Walter Riml , Austrian cameraman (* 1905)
July to September
July
- July 3: Nino Borghi , Italian production designer (* 1918)
- July 4th: Hedda Zinner , German actress and radio director (* 1907)
- July 6: Cameron Mitchell , American actor (born 1918)
- July 8: Christian-Jaque , French director (* 1904)
- July 18: Gottfried Reinhardt , Austrian-American producer (* 1913)
- July 23: Mario Brega , Italian actor (* 1923)
- July 23: Hans J. Salter , Austrian film composer (* 1896)
- July 26: Ernst Schröder , German actor (* 1915)
- July 26: Terry Scott , British actor (born 1927)
August
- August 3: Innokenti Smoktunowski , Russian actor (* 1925)
- August 11: Peter Cushing , British actor (born 1913)
- August 12: Gene Cherico , American jazz bassist and film composer (* 1935)
- August 20: Aleksandar Petrović , Yugoslav director (* 1929)
- August 23: Zoltán Fábri , Hungarian director (* 1917)
- August 30th: Lindsay Anderson , British director (born 1923)
September
- September 6: Wolf Donner , former director of the Berlinale (* 1939)
- September 6: Duccio Tessari , Italian director (* 1926)
- September 7th: Terence Young , British film director (* 1915)
- September 9: Käthe Braun , German actress (* 1913)
- September 9: Patrick O'Neal , American actor (born 1927)
- September 11th: Marianne Hold , German actress (* 1933)
- September 11th: Jessica Tandy , British actress (born 1909)
- September 12: Tom Ewell , American actor (born 1909)
- September 18: Enrico Maria Salerno , Italian actor (* 1926)
- September 20: Lina Basquette , American actress (* 1907)
- September 20: Jule Styne , British composer (* 1905)
- September 28: Harry Saltzman , American producer (born 1915)
October to December
October
- October 3: Heinz Rühmann , German actor (* 1902)
- October 3: Dub Taylor , American actor (born 1905)
- October 9: Rolf Thiele , Austrian director (* 1918)
- October 15: Jean Dasté , French actor (* 1904)
- October 18: Eberhard Feik , German actor (* 1943)
- October 19: Martha Raye , American actress (* 1916)
- October 20: Sergei Bondarchuk , Soviet actor and director (* 1920)
- October 21: Burt Lancaster , American film actor (born 1913)
- October 23: Tilli Breidenbach , German actress (* 1910)
- October 23: Robert Lansing , American actor (born 1928)
- October 24: Raúl Juliá , American actor (* 1940)
- October 25: Mildred Natwick , American actress (* 1905)
- October 26: Herbert Holba , Austrian director and film historian (* 1932)
- October 28: Agnes Fink , German actress (* 1919)
November
- November 1: Noah Beery junior , American actor (born 1913)
- November 11th: Dina Gralla , German actress (* 1905)
- November 14th: Tom Villard , American actor (* 1953)
- November 16: Marc Brandel , British author and producer (born 1919)
- November 19: Dedrick Gobert , American actor (* 1971)
- November 23: Irwin Kostal , American arranger and composer (* 1911)
- November 30th: Guy Debord , French author, filmmaker, artist (born 1931)
- November 30th: Lionel Stander , American actor (* 1908)
December
- December 5: Harry Horner , Austrian-American production designer and director (* 1910)
- December 6th: Gian Maria Volonté , Italian actor (* 1933)
- December 7th: Elga Andersen , German actress (* 1935)
- December 8: Antônio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian composer (* 1927)
- December 16: Dolly Haas , German-American actress (* 1910)
- December 18: Lilia Skala , American actress (* 1896)
- December 21: Mabel Poulton , British actress (born 1901)
- December 24th: Rossano Brazzi , Italian actor (* 1916)
- December 24th: Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel , Austrian actress (* 1900)
- December 26: Sylva Koscina , Italian actress (* 1933)
- December 29: Frank Thring , Australian film and stage actor. (* 1926)
Day unknown
- Michele Gandin , Italian short film documentaryist and film journalist (* 1914)
Web links
Commons : 1994 Film Year - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Box Office DEU The most successful films in Germany 1995 , insidekino.com. Retrieved May 25, 2010