Film year 1996

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Film year 1996
Mel Gibson is the big 1996 Academy Awards winner . His film Braveheart won five Academy Awards. Gibson wins the two categories of best film and best director .

Events

The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1996:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold Tom Cruise , Silver Brad Pitt , Bronze Tom Hanks
- Category - Female Film Stars: Gold Sandra Bullock , Silver Michelle Pfeiffer , Bronze Pamela Anderson

Top 10 most successful films

In Germany

The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of September 9, 2011):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	Independence Day	9,258,993
2.	Werner - That must be killing!	4,951,385
3.	Twister	3,678,905
4th	Dangerous Minds - Wild thoughts	3,463,370
5.	The Rock - the rock of decision	3,422,234
6th	Men's pension	3,323,584
7th	Mission: Impossible	3,309,721
8th.	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	2,999,154
9.	The crazy professor	2,910,687
10.	The Devils Club	2,860,878

In the United States

The ten most successful films at the US box office by grossing in US dollars (as of September 9, 2011):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Independence Day	$ 306,169,268
2.	Twister	$ 241,721,524
3.	Mission: Impossible	$ 180,981,856
4th	Jerry Maguire	$ 153,952,592
5.	Bounty - One will pay	$ 136,492,681
6th	101 Dalmatians	$ 136,189,294
7th	The Rock - the rock of decision	$ 134,069,511
8th.	The crazy professor	$ 128,814,019
9.	The Birdcage	$ 124,060,553
10.	The jury	$ 108,766,007

Worldwide

The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of September 9, 2011):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Independence Day	$ 817,400,891
2.	Twister	$ 494,471,524
3.	Mission: Impossible	$ 457,696,359
4th	The Rock - the rock of decision	$ 335,062,621
5.	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$ 325,338,851
6th	101 Dalmatians	$ 320,689,294
7th	Bounty - One will pay	$ 309,492,681
8th.	The crazy professor	$ 273,961,019
9.	Jerry Maguire	$ 273,552,592
10.	Eraser	$ 242,295,562

Film awards

Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards took place on January 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Best Drama: Sense and Sensuality by Ang Lee
Best Musical / Comedy: A Piggy Called Babe by Chris Noonan
Best Actor (Drama): Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
Best Actress (Drama): Sharon Stone in Casino
Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): John Travolta in Snatch Shorty
Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Nicole Kidman in To Die For
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys
Best Supporting Actress: Mira Sorvino in Beloved Aphrodite
Best Director: Mel Gibson for Braveheart
Cecil B. DeMille Award : Sean Connery

Oscar

The Academy Awards took place on March 25th at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The moderator was Whoopi Goldberg .

Best Film: Braveheart by Mel Gibson , Alan Ladd Jr. and Bruce Davey
Best Actor: Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
Best Actress: Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking
Best Director: Mel Gibson for Braveheart
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects
Best Supporting Actress: Mira Sorvino in Beloved Aphrodite
Best Foreign Language Film: Antonia's World by Marleen Gorris
Honorary Oscar: Kirk Douglas and Chuck Jones

Complete list of award winners

International Cannes Film Festival 1996

The festival started on May 9th and ended on May 20th. The jury under President Francis Ford Coppola awarded the following prizes:

Golden Palm : Lies & Secrets by Mike Leigh
Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The eighth day
Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn in Lies & Secrets
Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo
Grand Jury Prize: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier

Berlin International Film Festival 1996

The festival started on February 15th and ended on February 26th. The jury under President Nikita Mikhalkov awarded the following prizes:

Golden Bear : Sense and Sensuality by Ang Lee
Best Actor: Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking
Best actress: Anouk Grinberg in Mein Mann - I do everything for your love
Best Director: Richard Loncraine for Richard III. and Ho Yim for Taiyang you er

Venice Film Festival

The festival started on August 28th and ended on September 7th. The jury under President Roman Polański awarded the following prizes:

Golden Lion: Michael Collins by Neil Jordan
Best Actor: Liam Neeson in Michael Collins
Best Actress: Victoire Thivisol in Ponette

European film award

Best European Film: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
Best Actor: Ian McKellen in Richard III.
Best Actress: Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves

German film award

Best film: The Totmacher by Romuald Karmakar
Best director: Romuald Karmakar for Der Totmacher
Best leading actress: Katja Riemann for Only about my corpse and talk of the town
Best Actor: Götz George for Der Totmacher

César

Best film: Hatred by Mathieu Kassovitz
Best director: Claude Sautet for Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud
Best Actor: Michel Serrault for Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud
Best leading actress: Isabelle Huppert for Biester
Best Supporting Actor: Eddy Mitchell for Happiness in the Meadow
Best Supporting Actress: Annie Girardot for Les Misérables
Best Foreign Film: Land and Freedom by Ken Loach

British Academy Film Award

Best Picture: Sense and Sensuality by Ang Lee and The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer
Best director: Michael Radford for Der Postmann
Best Actor: Nigel Hawthorne for King George - A Kingdom for More Minds
Best Actress: Emma Thompson for Sense and Sensuality
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Roth for Rob Roy
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet for Sense and Sensuality
Best Non-English Language Film: Michael Radford's Postman

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Best Picture: Fargo by Ethan and Joel Coen
Best director: Lars von Trier for Breaking the Waves
Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush in Shine
Best Actress: Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves
Best Supporting Actor: Harry Belafonte in Kansas City
Best Supporting Actress: Courtney Love in Larry Flynt: The Naked Truth
Best camera: Robby Müller for Breaking the Waves and Dead Man
Best Foreign Film: Ayneh by Jafar Panahi

National Board of Review

Best Film: Shine by Scott Hicks
Best directed by Ethan and Joel Coen for Fargo
Best Actor: Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, Game of Life
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Fargo
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton in Everyone Says I Love You
Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient
Best Acting Ensemble: The First Wives Club of Hugh Wilson
Best foreign language film: Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances by Patrice Leconte

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture: Lies and Secrets by Mike Leigh
Best Director: Mike Leigh for Lies and Secrets
Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush in Shine
Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn in Lies and Secrets
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton in Everybody Saying I Love You , Larry Flynt - The Naked Truth and Twilight
Best Supporting Actress: Barbara Hershey in Portrait of a Lady
Best Foreign Language Film: Beasts by Claude Chabrol

Jupiter

Best film international: Apollo 13 by Ron Howard
Best German film: Der Totmacher by Romuald Karmakar
Best Director: Mel Gibson for Braveheart
Best Actor: Johnny Depp in Don Juan DeMarco
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in While You Slept

Further film prizes and awards

AFI Life Achievement Award : Clint Eastwood
Amanda : Kjærlighetens kjøtere by Hans Petter Moland (Best Norwegian Film), The Postman by Michael Radford (Best Foreign Film)
American Comedy Awards : John Travolta in Snaps Shorty (Funniest Lead Actor), Alicia Silverstone in Clueless - What Else! (Funniest Lead Actress), Dennis Farina in Snaps Shorty (Funniest Supporting Actor), Bette Midler in Snaps Shorty (Best Supporting Actress)
American Society of Cinematographers Award : John Seale for The English Patient
Australian Film Institute Award : Shine by Scott Hicks (Best Australian Film), Fargo by Ethan and Joel Coen (Best Foreign Film)
Bohemian lion : Kolya by Jan Svěrák
Chlotrudis Awards : Dead Man Walking - His last walk by Tim Robbins
David di Donatello : Ferie d'agosto (Best Italian Film) and Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (Best Foreign Film)
German critic award : Egon Humer
Directors Guild of America Award : Ron Howard for Apollo 13 , Woody Allen (life's work)
Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Katja Riemann
Evening Standard British Film Award : King George by Nicholas Hytner
Genie Award : Lilies - Theater of Passion by John Greyson
Guild Film Award : The Postman by Michael Radford (Gold foreign film) sleep brother of Joseph Vilsmeier (Gold German film), Sense and Sensibility by Ang Lee (Silver Foreign Film), The Deathmaker of Romuald Karmakar (Silver German film)
Guldbagge : Beautiful is the youth of Bo Widerberg
Independent Spirit Awards 1996 : Leaving Las Vegas by Mike Figgis (Best Film) and Before the Rain by Milčo Mančevski
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival : Captured in the Caucasus by Sergei Bodrov
Louis Delluc Prize : is there snow at Christmas? by Sandrine Veysset
MTV Movie Awards : Se7en by David Fincher
Nastro d'Argento : The man who makes the stars by Giuseppe Tornatore and The gaze of Odysseus by Theo Angelopoulos
National Society of Film Critics Award : A Piggy Called Babe by Chris Noonan
People's Choice Award : Apollo 13 by Ron Howard (Best Picture and Best Drama), The Third Spring by Howard Deutch (Best Comedy)
Political Film Society Award for Peace : Michael Collins by Neil Jordan
Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : The assassination of Rob Reiner
German Film Critics' Prize : Life is a construction site by Wolfgang Becker
Prix Lumières : Hatred by Mathieu Kassovitz
Robert : Menneskedyret by Carsten Rudolf (Best Danish Film), Smoke by Wayne Wang (Best Foreign Film)
Satellite Awards : Fargo (Best Film / Drama) and Evita (Best Film / Comedy-Musical)
Screen Actors Guild Awards : Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas and Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking - His Last Walk ; Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Redford
Sundance Film Festival : Welcome to Todd Solondz's Madhouse (Grand Jury Prize)
Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix : Kolya by Jan Svěrák
Toronto International Film Festival : Shine by Scott Hicks (Audience Award)
Vancouver International Film Festival : Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
Warsaw International Film Festival : Trainspotting - New Heroes of Danny Boyle (Audience Award)
Writers Guild of America Award : Braveheart by Randall Wallace (Best Original Screenplay), Sense and Sensibility by Emma Thompson (Best Adapted Screenplay)

Birthdays

January to June

Madeline Carrol (born March 18)

Tom Holland (born June 1)

January

0January 5th: Emma Bolger , Irish actress
January 31: Joel Courtney , American actor

February

0February 9: Jimmy Bennett , American actor
February 21: Sophie Turner , British actress
February 28: Bobb'e J. Thompson , American actor

March

March 18: Madeline Carroll , American actress

April

April 14th: Abigail Breslin , American actress

June

0June 1st: Tom Holland , British actor

July to December

Tye Sheridan (born November 11th)

Zoë Straub (born December 1)

July

0July 9: Rafael Miguel , Brazilian television actor († 2019)

August

0August 7: Tessa Allen , American actress

September

September 15: Jake Cherry , American actor

October

0October 3: Adair Tishler , American actress
October 28: Jasmine Jessica Anthony , American actress

November

November 11: Tye Sheridan , American actor

December

0December 1st: Zoë Straub , Austrian singer and actress
December 10th: Thomas Doret , Belgian actor
December 21: Kaitlyn Dever , American actress
December 29: Dylan Minnette , American actor and musician

deceased

January to March

Gene Kelly (1912-1996)

0January 1: Jessie Vihrog , German actress (* 1907)
0January 7th: William H. Clothier , American cameraman (* 1903)
January 15: Gerhard Huttula , German cameraman (* 1902)
January 19: Don Simpson , American producer (born 1943)
January 29: Jamie Uys , South African director (born 1921)
January 30th: Guy Doleman , New Zealand actor (born 1923)