Film year 1997
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After its premiere on November 1, 1997 at the Tokyo International Film Festival , Titanic will be released in US cinemas on December 19, 1997. As a result, James Cameron's film proves to be the most commercially successful production of all time to date (not adjusted for inflation). At the Academy Awards in the following year, this film received 11 awards. This will set the record held by Ben Hur .
- The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1997:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold Leonardo DiCaprio , Silver Will Smith , Bronze Brad Pitt
- Category - female movie stars: Gold Claire Danes , Silver Sandra Bullock , Bronze Julia Roberts
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. | Men in Black | 7,437,419 |
| 2. | Bean - The ultimate disaster movie | 5,825,836 |
| 3. | Forgotten World: Jurassic Park | 5,529,788 |
| 4th | James Bond 007 - Tomorrow never dies | 4,477,102 |
| 5. | My best friend's wedding | 3,660,665 |
| 6th | Knockin 'on Heaven's Door | 3,595,389 |
| 7th | The English patient | 3,341,863 |
| 8th. | The fifth Element | 3,331,943 |
| 9. | Rossini - or the murderous question of who slept with whom | 3,256,658 |
| 10. | Hercules | 3,235,096 |
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. | Titanic | $ 600,788,188 |
| 2. | Men in Black | $ 250,690,539 |
| 3. | Forgotten World: Jurassic Park | $ 229,086,679 |
| 4th | The foolish talker | $ 181,410,615 |
| 5. | Air Force One | $ 172,956,409 |
| 6th | It couldn't be better | $ 148,478,011 |
| 7th | Good Will Hunting | $ 138,433,435 |
| 8th. | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | $ 138,257,865 |
| 9. | My best friend's wedding | $ 127,120,029 |
| 10. | James Bond 007 - Tomorrow never dies | $ 125,304,276 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of September 9, 2011):
| space | Movie title | revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Titanic | $ 1,843,201,268 |
| 2. | Forgotten World: Jurassic Park | $ 618,638,999 |
| 3. | Men in Black | $ 589,390,539 |
| 4th | James Bond 007 - Tomorrow never dies | $ 333,011,068 |
| 5. | Air Force One | $ 315,156,409 |
| 6th | It couldn't be better | $ 314,178,011 |
| 7th | The foolish talker | $ 302,710,615 |
| 8th. | My best friend's wedding | $ 299,288,605 |
| 9. | The fifth Element | $ 263,920,180 |
| 10. | All or nothing | $ 257,938,649 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 19th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: The English Patient by Anthony Minghella
- Best Musical / Comedy: Evita by Alan Parker
- Best Actor (Drama): Geoffrey Rush in Shine
- Best Actress (Drama): Brenda Blethyn in Lies & Secrets
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, Game of Life
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Madonna in Evita
- Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton in Twilight
- Best Supporting Actress: Lauren Bacall in Love has two faces
- Best director: Miloš Forman for Larry Flynt - The naked truth
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Dustin Hoffman
Oscar
The Oscars will be held on March 24th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The moderator is Billy Crystal
- Best Picture: The English Patient by Saul Zaentz
- Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush in Shine
- Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Fargo - Bloody Snow
- Best Director: Anthony Minghella for The English Patient
- Best Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire, Game of Life
- Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche in The English Patient
- Best foreign language film: Kolya by Jan Svěrák
- Honorary Oscar: Michael Kidd
Cannes Film Festival
The festival starts on May 7th and ends on May 18th. The jury under President Isabelle Adjani awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : The Taste of the Cherry from Abbas Kiarostami and The Eel from Shohei Imamura
- Best Actor: Sean Penn in All For Love
- Best Actress: Kathy Burke in Nil by Mouth
- Best Director: Wong Kar-Wai for Happy Together
- Grand Jury Prize: The Sweet Beyond of Atom Egoyan
Berlin International Film Festival
The festival starts on February 13th and ends on February 24th. The jury under President Jacques Lang awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : Larry Flynt - The naked truth by Miloš Forman
- Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
- Best Actress: Juliette Binoche in The English Patient
- Best director: Eric Heumann for Port Djema
Venice Film Festival
The festival starts on August 27th and ends on September 6th. The jury under President Jane Campion awards the following prizes:
- Golden Lion: Hana-Bi - Fire Flower by Takeshi Kitano
- Best Actor: Wesley Snipes in One Night Stand
- Best Actress: Robin Tunney in Niagara, Niagara
European film award
The award ceremony will take place on March 24th in Berlin. The moderator is Tania Bryer
- Best film: All or not by Uberto Pasolini
- Best Actor: Bob Hoskins in 24 7: Twenty Four Seven
- Best Actress: Juliette Binoche in The English Patient
- Best Cinematography: John Seale for The English Patient
- Best script: My life in pink by Chris Vander Stappen and Alain Berliner
German film award
The award ceremony will take place on June 6th in Berlin. The moderator is Sabine Christiansen
- Best film: Rossini by Helmut Dietl
- Best Actor: Jürgen Vogel in Life is a Construction Site
- Best Actress: Sylvie Testud in Beyond Silence
- Best supporting actor: Moritz Bleibtreu in Knockin 'on Heaven's Door
- Best supporting actress: Martina Gedeck in Life is a Construction Site and Meret Becker in Rossini
César
The award ceremony will take place in Paris on February 8th. Annie Girardot is the moderator
- Best film: Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances by Patrice Leconte
- Best Actor: Philippe Torreton in Captain Conan and the Wolves of War
- Best Actress: Fanny Ardant in Men Like It Hot, too
- Best supporting actor: Jean-Pierre Darroussin in Typical Family!
- Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Frot in Typical Family!
- Best director: Patrice Leconte for Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances
- Best foreign film: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
British Academy Film Award
The award ceremony will take place on April 29th at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
- Best Picture: The English Patient by Saul Zaentz , Anthony Minghella
- Best non-English film: Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances by Patrice Leconte
- Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush in Shine
- Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn in Lies & Secrets
- Best Supporting Actor: Paul Scofield in The Witch Hunt
- Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche in The English Patient
Sun Dance
The festival starts on January 16th and ends on January 26th.
- Best documentary: Girls Like Us by Jane Wagner and Tina Di Feliciantonio
- Best drama: Sunday by Jonathan Nossiter
- Best director (documentary): Arthur Dong for Licensed to Kill
- Best Director (Drama): Morgan J. Freeman for Hurricane
- Audience Award (documentary): Monte Bramer for Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
- Audience Award (Drama): Morgan J. Freeman for Hurricane and Theodore Witcher for Love Jones
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: LA Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson
- Best directed by Curtis Hanson for LA Confidential
- Best Actor: Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold
- Best Actress: Julie Christie in Love Whispers
- Best Supporting Actor: Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights
- Best Supporting Actress: Joan Cusack in In & Out
- Best camera: Roger Deakins for Kundun
- Best foreign film: Ponette by Jacques Doillon
National Board of Review
- Best Film: LA Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson
- Best directed by Curtis Hanson for LA Confidential
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in It Couldn't Be Better
- Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter in Wings of the Dove
- Best Supporting Actor: Greg Kinnear in It Couldn't Be Better
- Best Supporting Actress: Anne Heche in Donnie Brasco and Wag the Dog
- Best Acting Ensemble: The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
- Best foreign language film: Shall we dance? by Masayuki Suo
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Film: LA Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson
- Best directed by Curtis Hanson for LA Confidential
- Best Actor: Robert Duvall in Apostles!
- Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter in Wings of the Dove
- Best Supporting Actor: Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights
- Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Promise of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Jupiter
- Best film international: Independence Day by Roland Emmerich
- Best German film Männerpension of Detlev Buck
- Best director: Roland Emmerich for Independence Day
- Best Actor: Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas and The Rock
- Best actress: Sandra Bullock in Die Jury and Das Netz
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Martin Scorsese
- Amanda : When the postman doesn't ring by Pål Sletaune (Best Norwegian Film), Independence Day by Roland Emmerich (Best Foreign Film)
- American Comedy Awards : Nathan Lane in The Birdcage (Funniest Lead Actor), Frances McDormand in Fargo (Funniest Lead Actress), Cuba Gooding Junior in Jerry Maguire - Game of Life (Funniest Supporting Actor), Dianne Wiest in The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds
- American Society of Cinematographers Award : Russell Carpenter for Titanic
- Astor de Oro : Tango Fever by Sally Potter
- Australian Film Institute Award : Kiss or Kill by Bill Bennett (Best Australian Film), Lies and Secrets by Mike Leigh (Best Foreign Film)
- Bodil : Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- Chlotrudis Awards : Sling Blade - On a knife's edge by Billy Bob Thornton
- David di Donatello : Take a break (best Italian film) and Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances (best foreign film)
- German Critics' Prize : Helke Misselwitz
- Directors Guild of America Award : Anthony Minghella for The English Patient , Stanley Kubrick (Lifetime Achievement)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Harald Dietl for Rossini - or the murderous question of who slept with whom
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Richard III. by Richard Loncraine
- Genie Award : The Sweet Beyond of Atom Egoyan
- Guild Film Award : The English Patient by Anthony Minghella (Gold foreign film), lies and secrets from Mike Leigh (Silver Foreign Film), Beyond Silence by Caroline Link and Rossini - or the murderous question, who with whom slept by Helmut Dietl ( both gold German film)
- Golden Tulip (Istanbul) : The King of the Masks by Wu Tianming
- Goya : Tesis - The snuff film by Alejandro Amenábar
- Guldbagge : Hamsun by Jan Troell
- Independent Spirit Awards 1997 : Fargo by Ethan and Joel Coen (Best Picture) and Lies and Secrets by Mike Leigh (Best Foreign Picture)
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary : My Life in Pink by Alain Berliner
- Konrad Wolf Prize : Volker Schlöndorff
- Louis Delluc Prize : Life is a chanson by Alain Resnais and Marius and Jeannette by Robert Guédiguian
- Moscow International Film Festival : Marvin's Daughters of Jerry Zaks
- MTV Movie Awards : Scream! by Wes Craven
- Nastro d'Argento : Luna e l'altra by Maurizio Nichetti and Lies and Secrets by Mike Leigh
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- People's Choice Award : Independence Day by Roland Emmerich (Best Drama), The Mad Professor by Tom Shadyac (Best Comedy), Mel Gibson (Most Popular Actor), Sandra Bullock (Most Popular Actress)
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Red Corner - Labyrinth With No Way Out by Jon Avnet
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : Seven Years in Tibet (1997) by Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : Rosewood Burning by John Singleton
- German Film Critics' Prize : Not a Love Song by Jan Ralske
- Prix Lumières : Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances by Patrice Leconte
- Robert : Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier (Best Danish Film), The Postman by Michael Radford (Best Foreign Film)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Life is a Game by Claude Chabrol (Golden Shell)
- Satellite Awards : Titanic (Best Film / Drama) and It Couldn't Be Better (Best Film / Comedy-Musical)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Geoffrey Rush for Shine and Frances McDormand for Fargo ; Lifetime Achievement Award: Angela Lansbury
- Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix : Beyond Silence by Caroline Link and The Perfect Circle by Ademir Kenovic
- Toronto International Film Festival : The Hanging Garden by Thom Fitzgerald (Audience Award)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Beyond Silence by Caroline Link
- Warsaw International Film Festival : All or nothing by Peter Cattaneo (audience award)
- World Film Festival : Children of Heaven by Majid Majidi (Grand Prix of the Americas)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Fargo by Ethan and Joel Coen (Best Original Screenplay), Sling Blade by Billy Bob Thornton (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Birthdays
- January 5th: Dario Flick , German musician and actor
- January 11th: Luna Schweiger , German actress
- January 14th: Joey Luthman , American actor
- February 8: Kathryn Newton , American actress
- February 10: Chloë Grace Moretz , American actress
- February 11: Lisa Vicari , young German actress
- February 12: Nele Guderian , German actress
- February 25: Isabelle Fuhrman , American actress
- March 4th: Leonie Brill , German actress
- March 15: Fiona Hauser , Austrian actress
- April 15th: Maisie Williams , British actress
- April 1: Asa Butterfield , British actor
- April 15th: Maisie Williams , British actress
- April 16: Hugo Gießler , German actor
- April 22nd: Joël Eisenblätter , German actor
- April 23: Alex Ferris , Canadian actor
- May 1: Ariel Gade , American actress
- May 9: Zane Huett , American actor
- May 11: Lana Condor , Vietnamese-American actress
- May 14: Luka Andres , German voice actor and actor
- May 28: Lucas Leppert , German actor
- June 3: Louis Hofmann , German actor
- June 18: Max Records , American actor
- July 4th: Jason Spevack , Canadian actor
- August 5: Adam Irigoyen , American actor and voice actor
- August 19: Joseph Castanon , American actor
- August 24th: Amber Bongard , German actress
- August 29: Nina Monka , German actress
- September 8: Sydney Scotia , American actress
- October 5th: Henrieke Fritz , German actress
- October 8: Bella Thorne , American actress
- October 31: Holly Taylor , Canadian actress
- December 15: Lina Larissa Strahl , German actress and singer
- December 26th: Lisa-Marie Koroll , German actress
- Day unknown
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deceased
January to March
- January 1: Hans-Martin Majewski , German film composer (* 1911)
- January 4th: William Lancaster , American screenwriter and producer (born 1947)
- January 10: Sheldon Leonard , American actor, producer and director (* 1907)
- January 14th: King Hu , Taiwanese director (* 1931)
- January 19: Wilmut Borell , German actor (* 1922)
- January 20: Hiram Keller , American actor (* 1944)
- January 24th: Suzy Vernon , French actress (* 1901)
- January 31: Heiner Carow , German director (* 1929)
February
- February 6: Herbert Propst , Austrian actor (* 1928)
- February 7: Allan Edwall , Swedish actor (* 1924)
- February 11: Don Porter , American actor (* 1912)
- February 12: James Cossins , British actor (born 1933)
- February 23: Frank Launder , British screenwriter, director and producer (* 1906)
- February 26: David Doyle , American actor (born 1929)
March
- March 4: Carey Loftin , American stuntman (born 1914)
- March 8: Paul Préboist , French actor (* 1927)
- March 8: Alexander Salkind , American producer (* 1921)
- March 13: Ronald Fraser , British actor (born 1930)
- March 14: Jurek Becker , German writer and screenwriter (* 1937)
- March 14th: Fred Zinnemann , Austrian director (* 1907)
- March 29: Hans Quest , German actor and director (* 1915)
April to June
April
- April 2: Carlo Böhm , Austrian actor (* 1917)
- April 26: John Beal , American actor (born 1909)
May
- May 1st: Bo Widerberg , Swedish director (* 1930)
- May 5: Walter Gotell , German actor (* 1924)
- May 6: Günther Jerschke , German actor and voice actor (* 1921)
- May 9: Marco Ferreri , Italian director (* 1928)
- May 16: Giuseppe De Santis , Italian director (* 1917)
- May 18: Bridgette Andersen , American actress (* 1975)
- May 24: Edward Mulhare , American actor (born 1923)
- May 27: Walter Janowitz , American actor (* 1913)
- May 29: Herbert Weicker , German actor and voice actor (* 1921)
June
- June 14: Helmut Fischer , German actor (* 1926)
- June 14: Richard Jaeckel , American actor (* 1926)
- June 16: Michael O'Herlihy , Irish film and television director and producer (* 1929)
- June 19: Olga Georges-Picot , French actress (* 1944)
- June 24: Brian Keith , American actor (born 1921)
- June 25: Jacques Cousteau , French documentary filmmaker (* 1910)
- June 29: William Hickey , American actor (born 1927)
July to September
- July 1: Robert Mitchum , American actor (* 1917)
- July 2: James Stewart , American actor (born 1908)
- July 8: Tony Thomas , British-American film historian and producer (born 1927)
- July 10: Chetan Anand , Indian director (* 1915)
- July 16: William H. Reynolds , American film editor (born 1910)
- July 23: David Warbeck , New Zealand actor (* 1941)
- July 24th: Brian Glover , British actor and screenwriter (born 1934)
August
- August 8: Orville Hampton , American screenwriter (born 1917)
- August 10: Jean-Claude Lauzon , Canadian director (* 1953)
- August 12: Dick Marx , American composer (* 1924)
- August 21: Yuri Wladimirowitsch Nikulin , Russian clown and actor (* 1921)
- August 24: Werner Abrolat , German actor (* 1924)
- August 25: Camilla Spira , German actress (* 1906)
- August 26: Marcello Aliprandi , Italian director (* 1938)
September
- September 9: Burgess Meredith , American actor (born 1907)
- September 10: George Schaefer , American director (* 1920)
- September 16: Terence Cooper , Northern Irish actor (* 1933)
- September 16: Gerry Turpin , British cameraman (* 1925)
- September 17: Red Skelton , American actor (born 1913)
- September 20: Kurt Gloor , Swiss director (* 1942)
- September 21: Jennifer Holt , American actress (* 1920)
- September 21: Hermine Diethelm , Austrian film editor (* 1915)
- September 26: Samuel A. Taylor , American screenwriter (born 1912)
October to December
- October 3: John Ashley , American actor and producer (born 1934)
- October 3: Walter Baumgartner , Swiss film composer (* 1904)
- October 3: Jarl Kulle , Swedish actor (* 1927)
- October 5th: Andrew Keir , British actor (born 1926)
- October 10: Harold French , British actor (* 1897)
- October 10: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik , German director (* 1928)
- October 15: Henryk Bista , Polish actor (* 1934)
- October 30: Samuel Fuller , American director and screenwriter (* 1912)
- October 31: Tadeusz Janczar , Polish actor (* 1926)
November
- November 11: William Alland , American producer (born 1916)
- November 13: Dietrich Lohmann , German cameraman (* 1943)
- November 15: Saul Chaplin , American composer (* 1912)
- November 16: George O. Petrie , American actor (born 1912)
- November 21: Erna Raupach-Petersen , German folk actress (* 1904)
- November 25: Charles Hallahan , American actor (born 1943)
- November 26: Erna Fentsch , German actress and screenwriter (* 1909)
- November 28: Georges Marchal , French actor (* 1920)
- November 30th: Françoise Prévost , French actress (* 1930)
December
- December 14: Stubby Kaye , American entertainer and actor (* 1918)
- December 15: Jaromír Borek , Austrian actor (* 1928)
- December 18: Chris Farley , American comedian and actor (* 1964)
- December 23: Stanley Cortez , American cameraman (* 1908)
- December 24th: Toshirō Mifune , Japanese actor (* 1920)
- December 25: Denver Pyle , American actor (born 1920)
See also
Web links
Commons : 1997 Film Year - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 1997 on insidekino.com, accessed on September 9, 2011
- ^ Box Office United States , accessed September 9, 2011
- ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed September 9, 2011