Film year 1998
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Other events
Events
- April 24 - The online retailer Amazon.com takes over the IMDb film database
- In May, Das Fest und Idioten, the first two films produced according to the Dogma 95 principle, will premiere.
- September 10th - The American director Steven Spielberg is awarded the Federal Order of Merit with a star for building up the Shoah Foundation
- November 4 - The wrestler and actor Jesse Ventura becomes the governor of the US state of Minnesota elected
- The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1998:
- Category - male movie stars: Gold Leonardo DiCaprio , Silver Til Schweiger , Bronze David Duchovny
- Category - female movie stars: Gold Kate Winslet , 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. | Titanic | 18,081,331 |
| 2. | Armageddon - The Last Judgment | 5,334,975 |
| 3. | Mulan | 4,397,291 |
| 4th | the horse Whisperer | 4,206,249 |
| 5. | Dr. Dolittle | 3,945,619 |
| 6th | The soldier James Ryan | 3,749,146 |
| 7th | Public enemy No. 1 | 3,309,072 |
| 8th. | Crazy for Mary | 3.214.201 |
| 9. | Deep impact | 3,087,424 |
| 10. | It couldn't be better | 3,077,487 |
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. | The soldier James Ryan | $ 216,540,909 |
| 2. | Armageddon - The Last Judgment | $ 201,578,182 |
| 3. | Crazy for Mary | $ 176,484,651 |
| 4th | A Bug's Life | $ 162,798,565 |
| 5. | Waterboy - The guy with the water damage | $ 161,491,646 |
| 6th | Dr. Dolittle | $ 144,156,605 |
| 7th | Rush hour | $ 141,186,864 |
| 8th. | Deep impact | $ 140,464,664 |
| 9. | Godzilla | $ 136,314,294 |
| 10. | Patch Adams | $ 135,026,902 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of September 9, 2011):
| space | Movie title | revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Armageddon - The Last Judgment | $ 553,709,788 |
| 2. | The soldier James Ryan | $ 481,840,909 |
| 3. | Godzilla | $ 379,014,294 |
| 4th | Crazy for Mary | $ 369,884,651 |
| 5. | A Bug's Life | $ 363,398,565 |
| 6th | Deep impact | $ 349,464,664 |
| 7th | Mulan | $ 304,320,254 |
| 8th. | Dr. Dolittle | $ 294,456,605 |
| 9. | Shakespeare in Love | $ 289,317,794 |
| 10. | Lethal Weapon 4 | $ 285,444,603 |
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: Titanic by James Cameron
- Best Musical / Comedy: It couldn't be better by James L. Brooks
- Best Actor (Drama): Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold
- Best Actress (Drama): Judi Dench in Her Majesty Mrs. Brown
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Jack Nicholson in It Couldn't Be Better
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Helen Hunt in It Couldn't Be Better
- Best Supporting Actor: Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger in LA Confidential
- Best Director: James Cameron for Titanic
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Shirley MacLaine
Oscar
The Academy Awards will be held on March 23 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The moderator is Billy Crystal
- Best Film: Titanic by James Cameron and Jon Landau
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in It Couldn't Be Better
- Best Actress: Helen Hunt in It Couldn't Be Better
- Best Director: James Cameron for Titanic
- Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger in LA Confidential
- Best Foreign Language Film: Character by Mike van Diem
- Honorary Oscar: Stanley Donen
Cannes Film Festival
The festival starts on May 13th and ends on May 24th. The jury under President Martin Scorsese awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : Eternity and a Day by Theo Angelopoulos
- Best Actor: Peter Mullan in My Name Is Joe
- Best Actress: Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier in Love for Life
- Best Director: John Boorman for The General
- Grand Jury Prize: Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
Berlin International Film Festival
The festival starts on February 11th and ends on February 22nd. The jury under President Ben Kingsley awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : Central Station by Walter Salles
- Best Actor: Samuel L. Jackson in Jackie Brown
- Best Actress: Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station
- Best Director: Neil Jordan for The Butcher Boy
Venice Film Festival
The festival starts on September 3rd and ends on September 13th. The jury under President Ettore Scola awards the following prizes:
- Golden Lion: This is how we laughed by Gianni Amelio
- Best Director: Emir Kusturica for Black Cat, White Cat
European film award
The award ceremony will take place on December 4th in Berlin. The moderators are Carole Bouquet and Mel Smith
- Best film: Life is beautiful by Gianluigi Braschi and Elda Ferri
- Best Actor: Roberto Benigni in Life is Beautiful
- Best Actress: Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier in Love for Life
- Best Cinematography: Adrian Biddle for The Butcher Boy
- Best script: She loves him - she doesn't love him from Peter Howitt
German film award
The award ceremony will take place on June 6th in Berlin. The moderator is Joachim Fuchsberger
- Best film: Comedian Harmonists
- Best Actor: Ulrich Noethen in Comedian Harmonists
- Best leading actress: Katja Riemann in The Pharmacist
- Best supporting actor: Peter Lohmeyer in Migratory Birds… Once to Inari
- Best Supporting Actress: Meret Becker in Comedian Harmonists
César
The award ceremony will take place in Paris on February 28th. The moderator is Juliette Binoche
- Best film: Life is a chanson by Alain Resnais
- Best Actor: André Dussollier in Life is a Chanson
- Best leading actress: Ariane Ascaride in Marius and Jeannette - A Love in Marseille
- Best Supporting Actor: Jean-Pierre Bacri in Life is a Chanson
- Best supporting actress: Agnès Jaoui in Life is a chanson
- Best Director: Luc Besson for The Fifth Element
- Best Foreign Film: Brassed Off - With Timpani and Trumpets by Mark Herman
British Academy Film Award
The award ceremony will take place on April 19th at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
- Best film: All or not by Uberto Pasolini
- Best Non-English Film: Lies of Love by Gilles Mimouni
- Best Actor: Robert Carlyle in All or Not at All
- Best Actress: Judi Dench in Her Majesty Mrs. Brown
- Best Supporting Actor: Tom Wilkinson in All or Not
- Best Supporting Actress: Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm
Sun Dance
The festival started on January 15th and ended on January 25th.
- Best documentary: The Farm: Angola, USA by Jonathan Stack , Liz Garbus and Frat House by Todd Phillips
- Best drama: Slam by Marc Levin
- Best director (documentary): Julia Loktev for Der Aufprall
- Best Director (Drama): Darren Aronofsky for Pi
- Audience award (documentary): Jeffrey Dupre for Out of the Past
- Audience Award (Drama): Chris Eyre for Smoke Signals
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg
- Best director: Terrence Malick for The Narrow Ridge
- Best Actor: Nick Nolte in The Hunted
- Best Actress: Cameron Diaz in Mad About Mary
- Best Supporting Actor: Bill Murray in Rushmore
- Best Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow in The Opposite of Sex
- Best camera: John Toll for The Narrow Ridge
- Best Foreign Film: The festival of Thomas Vinterberg
National Board of Review
- Best Film: Gods and Monsters by Bill Condon
- Best Director: Shekhar Kapur for Elizabeth
- Best Actor: Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters
- Best Actress: Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station
- Best Supporting Actor: Ed Harris on The Truman Show
- Best Supporting Actress: Christina Ricci in The Opposite of Sex
- Best acting ensemble : Happiness by Todd Solondz
- Best foreign language film: Central Station by Walter Salles
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Film: Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg
- Best directed by Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
- Best Actor: Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters
- Best Actress: Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station and Ally Sheedy in High Art
- Best Supporting Actor: Bill Murray in Rushmore and Billy Bob Thornton in A Simple Plan
- Best Supporting Actress: Joan Allen in Pleasantville - Too good to be true
- Best Foreign Language Film: The festival of Thomas Vinterberg
Jupiter
- Best International Film: In the Body of the Enemy by John Woo
- Best German film: Knockin 'on Heaven's Door by Thomas Jahn
- Best International Director: John Woo for In the Body of the Enemy
- Best German director: Helmut Dietl for Rossini - or the murderous question of who slept with whom
- Best Actor International: Nicolas Cage for Con Air and In the Body of the Enemy
- Best German actor: Til Schweiger in Knockin 'on Heaven's Door
- Best Actress International: Jodie Foster in Contact
- Best German actress: Katja Riemann in Bandits
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Robert Wise
- Amanda : Revenge for my daughter by Carl Jørgen Kiønig (Best Norwegian Film), Titanic by James Cameron (Best Foreign Film)
- American Comedy Awards : Jack Nicholson in It Ca n't Be Better (Funniest Leading Actor), Helen Hunt in It Couldn't Be Better (Funny Leading Actress), Rupert Everett in My Best Friend's Wedding (Funniest Supporting Actor), Joan Cusack in In & Out (Funniest Supporting Actress)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award: John Toll for The Thin Line
- Australian Film Institute Award: The Interview by Craig Monahan (Best Australian Film), LA Confidential by Curtis Hanson (Best Foreign Film)
- British Independent Film Awards 1998 : My Name is Joe (Best British Film) and Lies of Love (Best Foreign Language Film)
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival : Lawn Dogs - Lawn Dogs by John Duigan
- Chlotrudis Awards : LA Confidential by Curtis Hanson
- David di Donatello : Life is Beautiful (Best Italian Film) and All or Not (Best Foreign Film)
- Directors Guild of America Award : James Cameron for Titanic , Francis Ford Coppola (Lifetime Achievement)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Moritz Bleibtreu for Knockin 'on Heaven's Door
- Evening Standard British Film Award : All or nothing by Peter Cattaneo
- Gilde Film Prize : Seven Years in Tibet (1997) by Jean-Jacques Annaud (gold foreign film), Comedian Harmonists by Joseph Vilsmaier (gold German film), Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets by Mark Herman (silver foreign film), winter sleeper by Tom Tykwer (silver German film)
- Independent Spirit Awards 1998 : Apostles! by Robert Duvall (Best Film) and The Sweet Beyond of Atom Egoyan (Best Foreign Film)
- Louis Delluc Prize : My heroine by Cédric Kahn
- MTV Movie Awards : Titanic by James Cameron
- Nastro d'Argento : Life is beautiful by Roberto Benigni and Live Flesh - With skin and hair by Pedro Almodóvar
- National Society of Film Critics Award : LA Confidential by Curtis Hanson
- People's Choice Award : Jerry Maguire - Game of Life by Cameron Crowe (Best Drama), Liar Liar by Tom Shadyac (Best Comedy), Harrison Ford (Populärster actor), Julia Roberts (popular actress)
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Four Days in September by Bruno Barreto
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : Savior by Predrag Antonijević
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : Civil Litigation by Steven Zaillian
- German Film Critics' Prize : Lola runs from Tom Tykwer
- Prix Lumières : Marius and Jeannette by Robert Guédiguian
- Robert : Barbara by Nils Malmros and Let's Get Lost by Jonas Elmer (best Danish film), all or nothing by Peter Cattaneo (best foreign film)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : The Last Cinema in the World by Alejandro Agresti (Golden Shell)
- Satellite Awards : The Thin Line (Best Film / Drama) and Shakespeare in Love (Best Film / Comedy-Musical)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt for It Couldn't Be Better ; Lifetime Achievement Award: Elizabeth Taylor
- Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix : Virtual Nightmare - Open Your Eyes by Alejandro Amenábar
- Toronto International Film Festival : Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni (Audience Award)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
- Warsaw International Film Festival : Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni (Audience Award)
- Writers Guild of America Award: It couldn't be better by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks (Best Original Screenplay), LA Confidential by Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Birthdays
January to June
- January 1: Marlene Lawston , American actress
- January 4th: Jonas Hämmerle , German actor
- January 9: Kerris Dorsey , American actress
- January 12: Nathan Gamble , American actor
- January 28: Ariel Winter , American actress
- February 15: Zachary Gordon , American actor
- April 9: Elle Fanning , American actress
- June 19: Atticus Shaffer , American actor
July to December
- July 8: Jaden Smith , American actor
- July 9: Robert Capron , American actor
- July 10: Alyssa Shafer , American actress
- July 16: Rina Matsuno , Japanese singer and actress († 2017)
- October 9th: Thilo Berndt , German actor
- October 23: Amandla Stenberg , American actress
- November 4th: Darcy Rose Byrnes , American actress
- November 17: Kara Hayward , American actress
- December 16: Stella Kunkat , German actress
- December 28: Jared Gilman , American actor
Day unknown
- Valeria Eisenbart , German actress
deceased
January to March
- January 4: Mae Questel , American actress (* 1908)
- January 6: Walter Barnes , American actor (* 1918)
- January 11th: John Wells , British actor and screenwriter (born 1936)
- January 16: Luggi Waldleitner , German producer (* 1913)
- January 18: James Villiers , British actor (born 1933)
- January 21: Jack Lord , American actor (* 1920)
- January 23: Ralf Kirsten , German director (* 1930)
- January 30th: Ferdy Mayne , German-British actor (* 1916)
February
- February 25: Wanda Jakubowska , Polish director (* 1907)
- February 25: Luigi Veronesi , Italian set designer and director (* 1908)
- February 26: James Algar , American documentary filmmaker (born 1912)
- February 26: Vico Torriani , Swiss actor (* 1920)
- February 27: JT Walsh , American actor (born 1943)
March
- March 9: Ulrich Schamoni , German director (* 1939)
- March 10: Lloyd Bridges , American actor (born 1913)
- March 16: Wolfgang Grönebaum , German actor and voiceover (* 1927)
- March 17: Helen Westcott , American actress (* 1928)
- March 18: Thomas Mitscherlich , German director and screenwriter (* 1942)
- March 20: Beverley Cross , British screenwriter (born 1931)
- March 25: Daniel Massey , British actor (born 1933)
- March 28: Else Elster , German actress (* 1910)
April to June
- April 3: Charles Lang , American cameraman (* 1902)
- April 8: Annemarie Cordes , German actress and voice actress (* 1918)
- April 10: Jean Chapot , French director, screenwriter and producer (* 1930)
- April 11: Francis Durbridge , British crime writer (* 1912)
May
- May 2: Maidie Norman , American actress (born 1912)
- May 3: Raimund Harmstorf , German actor (* 1940)
- May 9: Alice Faye , American actress (born 1915)
- May 14: Frank Sinatra , American entertainer and actor (* 1915)
- May 22: John Derek , American actor and director (born 1926)
- May 28: Phil Hartman , Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1948)
- May 31: Lotti Huber , German actress (* 1912)
June
- June 3: Poul Bundgaard , Danish actor (* 1922)
- June 5: Jeanette Nolan , American actress (* 1911)
- June 17: Joachim Nottke , German screenwriter, actor and voice actor (* 1928)
- June 23: Ida Krottendorf , Austrian actress (* 1927)
- June 23: Pasqualino De Santis , Italian cameraman (* 1927)
- June 23: Maureen O'Sullivan , Irish actress (born 1911)
- June 26th: Pierre Angénieux , French film technology engineer (* 1907)
- June 27: Joyce Wieland , Canadian experimental filmmaker (* 1931)
- June 29th: Jess Hahn , French actor (* 1921)
July to September
- July 6: Roy Rogers , American actor (born 1911)
- July 13: Jean Parédès , French actor and singer (* 1914)
- July 21: Robert Young , American actor (born 1907)
- July 23: John Hopkins , British screenwriter (born 1931)
- July 27: Binnie Barnes , British actress (born 1903)
- July 27: Gísli Halldórsson , Icelandic actor (* 1927)
- July 27: Farid Shawqi , Egyptian actor (* 1920)
August
- August 1: Eva Bartok , Hungarian actress (* 1927)
- August 14: Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff , German actor and presenter (* 1921)
- August 24: EG Marshall , American actor (* 1914)
- August 26: Wade Dominguez , American actor (born 1966)
September
- September 4: Hans Brenner , Austrian actor (* 1938)
- September 5: Leo Penn , American director and screenwriter (* 1921)
- September 6: Ernst-Hugo Järegård , Swedish actor (* 1928)
- September 6: Akira Kurosawa , Japanese director (* 1910)
- September 8: Leonid Kinskey , Russian-American actor (* 1903)
- September 19: Patricia Hayes , British comedian and actress (born 1909)
- September 21: Clara Calamai , Italian actress (* 1909)
- September 27: Shawn Phelan , American actor (* 1975)
- September 27th: Harald Vock , German director, screenwriter and producer (* 1925)
October to December
- October 3: Gene Autry , American actor (born 1907)
- October 3: Roddy McDowall , British actor (born 1928)
- October 9: Bob Allen , American actor (born 1906)
- October 12: Bernhard Minetti , German actor (* 1905)
- October 14: Leopoldina Bălănuță , Romanian actress (* 1934)
- October 17th: Joan Hickson , British actress (born 1906)
- October 27: Rosamund John , British actress (born 1913)
November
- November 8: Jean Marais , French actor (born 1913)
- November 10: Mary Millar , British actress (born 1936)
- November 13th: Edwige Feuillère , French actress (* 1907)
- November 13: Valerie Hobson , British actress (born 1917)
- November 17: Dick O'Neill , American actor (born 1928)
- November 18: Norma Connolly , American actress (born 1927)
- November 19: Alan J. Pakula , American producer, screenwriter and director (born 1928)
December
- December 1: Freddie Young , British cameraman (* 1902)
- December 3: George Murcell , British stage and character actor (* 1925)
- December 6th: Max Eckard , German actor (* 1914)
- December 7th: John Addison , British composer (* 1920)
- December 12th: Rudolf Fischer , German puppeteer (* 1920)
- December 13: Lew Grade , British producer (* 1906)
- December 14th: Norman Fell , American actor (born 1924)
- December 14: Will Tremper , German director (* 1928)
- December 20: Irene Hervey , American actress (born 1909)
- December 23: David Manners , Canadian actor (born 1901)
- December 25th: Katharina Brauren , German actress (* 1910)
- December 26: Hurd Hatfield , Irish-American actor (born 1917)
- December 29th: Don Taylor , American director (* 1920)
- December 30th: Keisuke Kinoshita , Japanese director (* 1912)
See also
Web links
Commons : Film Year 1998 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 1998 on insidekino.com, accessed on September 9, 2011
- ^ Box Office United States , accessed September 9, 2011
- ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed September 9, 2011