Film year 1999
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Other events
Events
- January 25: World premiere of Blair Witch Project (directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez ). With production costs of 60,000 dollars and a box office earnings of 248 million US dollars this twisted by two film students horror pseudo documentary applies to Deep Throat in terms of return on sales as the second most successful film.
- The winners of the Bravo Otto readers' poll 1999:
- Category - male movie stars: gold Leonardo DiCaprio , silver Freddie Prinze junior , bronze Ryan Phillippe
- Category - Female Movie Stars: Gold Julia Roberts , Silver Rachel Leigh Cook , Bronze Sarah Michelle Gellar
- In Austria, the film academy graduates Barbara Albert , Jessica Hausner , Martin Gschlacht and Antonin Svoboda found the film production company coop99 .
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. | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 8,044,788 |
| 2. | Tarzan | 5,660,479 |
| 3. | Notting Hill | 5,407,003 |
| 4th | James Bond 007 - The world is not enough | 5,072,138 |
| 5. | The bride who doesn't dare | 5,005,814 |
| 6th | The Mummy | 4,890,516 |
| 7th | matrix | 4,783,064 |
| 8th. | The Sixth Sense | 4,092,518 |
| 9. | A Bug's Life | 3,590,658 |
| 10. | Asterix and Obelix against Caesar | 3,563,513 |
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. | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $ 431,088,301 |
| 2. | The Sixth Sense | $ 293,506,292 |
| 3. | Toy Story 2 | $ 245,852,179 |
| 4th | Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position | $ 206,040,086 |
| 5. | matrix | $ 171,479,930 |
| 6th | Tarzan | $ 171,091,819 |
| 7th | Big daddy | $ 163,479,795 |
| 8th. | The Mummy | $ 155,385,488 |
| 9. | The bride who doesn't dare | $ 152,257,509 |
| 10. | Blair Witch Project | $ 140,539,099 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of September 9, 2011):
| space | Movie title | revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $ 924,317,558 |
| 2. | The Sixth Sense | $ 672,806,292 |
| 3. | Toy Story 2 | $ 485,015,179 |
| 4th | matrix | $ 463,517,383 |
| 5. | Tarzan | $ 448,191,819 |
| 6th | The Mummy | $ 415,933,406 |
| 7th | Notting Hill | $ 363,889,678 |
| 8th. | James Bond 007 - The world is not enough | $ 361,832,400 |
| 9. | American Beauty | $ 356,296,601 |
| 10. | Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position | $ 312,016,858 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 24th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg
- Best Musical / Comedy: Shakespeare in Love by John Madden
- Best Actor (Drama): Jim Carrey on The Truman Show
- Best Actress (Drama): Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Michael Caine in Little Voice
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love
- Best Supporting Actor: Ed Harris on The Truman Show
- Best Supporting Actress: Lynn Redgrave in Gods and Monsters
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Jack Nicholson
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: Shakespeare in Love by David Parfitt , Donna Gigliotti , Harvey Weinstein , Edward Zwick and Marc Norman
- Best Actor: Roberto Benigni in Life is Beautiful
- Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
- Best Supporting Actor: James Coburn in The Hunted
- Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love
- Best Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński for Saving Private Ryan
- Best Foreign Language Film: Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
- Honorary Oscar: Elia Kazan
Cannes Film Festival
The festival starts on May 12th and ends on May 23rd. The jury under President David Cronenberg awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Best Actor: Emmanuel Schotté in L'Humanité
- Best Actress: Séverine Caneele in L'Humanité and Émilie Dequenne in Rosetta
- Best director: Pedro Almodóvar for Everything about my mother
- Grand Jury Prize: L'Humanité by Bruno Dumont
Berlin International Film Festival
The festival starts on February 10th and ends on February 21st. The jury under President Ángela Molina awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : The Thin Line by Terrence Malick
- Best actor: Michael Gwisdek in Nachtgestalten
- Best actress: Juliane Köhler and Maria Schrader in Aimée & Jaguar
- Best Director: Stephen Frears for Hi-Lo Country
Venice Film Festival
The festival starts on September 1st and ends on September 11th. The jury under President Emir Kusturica awards the following prizes:
- Golden Lion: None Less - Not One Less by Yimou Zhang
- Best short film: Portrait of a Young Man Drowning by Teboho Mahlatsi
European film award
The award ceremony will take place on December 4th in Berlin. The moderators are Carole Bouquet and Mel Smith
- Best film: Everything about my mother by Agustín Almodóvar
- Best Actor: Ralph Fiennes in A Touch of Sunshine
- Best Actress: Cecilia Roth in Everything About My Mother
- Best camera: Lajos Koltai for The Legend of the Ocean Pianist
- Best script: Sunshine - A touch of sunshine by István Szabó and Israel Horovitz
German film award
The award ceremony will take place on June 17th in Berlin. Katarina Witt and Piet Klocke are the moderators
- Best film: Lola runs
- Best Actor: August Diehl in 23 - Nothing is as it seems
- Best leading actress: Juliane Köhler and Maria Schrader in Aimée & Jaguar
- Best supporting actor: Herbert Knaup in Lola runs
- Best supporting actress: Nina Petri in Am I beautiful?
César
The award ceremony will take place in Paris on March 6th. Isabelle Huppert is the moderator
- Best Picture: Love the Life of Erick Zonca
- Best Actor: Jacques Villeret in Dinner for Spinners
- Best Actress: Élodie Bouchez in Love for Life
- Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Prévost in Dinner for Spinners
- Best Supporting Actress: Dominique Blanc in Who Loves Me, Takes the Train
- Best director: Patrice Chéreau for Who loves me, takes the train
- Best Foreign Film: Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
British Academy Film Award
The award ceremony will take place on April 19th in the Business Design Center, London.
- Best film: Shakespeare in Love by David Parfitt , Donna Gigliotti , Harvey Weinstein , Edward Zwick , Marc Norman
- Best Actor: Roberto Benigni in Life is Beautiful
- Best non-English film: Central Station by Arthur Cohn , Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre , Walter Salles
- Best Actress: Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth
- Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush in Elizabeth
- Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love
Sun Dance
The festival starts on January 15th and ends on January 25th.
- Best Documentary: American Movie: The Making of Northwestern by Chris Smith
- Best Drama: Three Seasons by Tony Bui
- Best director (documentary): Barbara Sonneborn for We are sorry to have to inform you
- Best director (drama): Eric Mendelsohn for Judy Berlin
- Audience award (documentary): Roko Belic for Genghis Blues
- Audience Award (Drama): Tony Bui for Three Seasons
- Audience Award (World Cinema): Tom Tykwer for Run Lola and Radu Mihăileanu for Train of Life
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: Topsy-Turvy, Upside Down by Mike Leigh
- Best Director: Mike Leigh for Topsy-Turvy - Upside Down
- Best Actor: Richard Farnsworth in A True Story - The Straight Story
- Best Actress: Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry
- Best Supporting Actor: John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich
- Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich
- Best Cinematography: Freddie Francis for A True Story - The Straight Story
- Best Foreign Film: All About My Mother by Pedro Almodóvar
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: American Beauty by Sam Mendes
- Best Director: Anthony Minghella for The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Best Actor: Russell Crowe in Insider
- Best Actress: Janet McTeer in Tumbleweeds
- Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman in Magnolia and The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore in Magnolia , A Perfect Husband , Persecuted Innocently
- Best acting ensemble : Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Best Foreign Language Film: Everything About My Mother by Pedro Almodóvar
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best film: Insider by Michael Mann
- Best Director: Sam Mendes for American Beauty
- Best Actor: Russell Crowe in Insider
- Best Actress: Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer in Insider
- Best Supporting Actress: Chloë Sevigny in Boys Don't Cry
- Best Foreign Language Film: Everything About My Mother by Pedro Almodóvar
Jupiter
- Best film international: Titanic by James Cameron
- Best German film: Lola runs from Tom Tykwer
- Best Director International: James Cameron for Titanic
- Best German director: Tom Tykwer for Lola rennt
- Best Actor International: Jack Nicholson in It couldn't be better
- Best German actor: Moritz Bleibtreu in Lola runs
- Best Actress International: Kate Winslet in Titanic
- Best German actress: Franka Potente in Run Lola
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Dustin Hoffman
- Amanda : Only clouds move the stars by Torun Lian (Best Norwegian Film), Raus aus Åmål by Lukas Moodysson (Best Foreign Film)
- American Comedy Awards : Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful (Funniest Leading Actor), Cameron Diaz in Crazy About Mary (Funniest Leading Actress), Bill Murray in Rushmore (Funniest Supporting Actor), Kathy Bates in With All Power (Funniest Supporting Actress)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award: Conrad L. Hall for American Beauty
- Australian Film Institute Award: Two Hands by Gregor Jordan (Best Australian Film), Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni (Best Foreign Film)
- Bodil : The festival of Thomas Vinterberg
- British Independent Film Awards 1999 : Wonderland (Best British Film) and All About My Mother (Best Foreign Language Film)
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival : Ring - The Original by Hideo Nakata
- Chlotrudis Awards : Gods and Monsters by Bill Condon
- David di Donatello : Out of This World (Best Italian Film) and Train of Life (Best Foreign Film)
- Directors Guild of America Award : Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Tom Tykwer for Lola rennt
- Evening Standard British Film Award : The General by John Boorman
- Genie Award : The Red Violin by François Girard
- Gilde Film Prize : Life is beautiful from Roberto Benigni (gold foreign film), Lola runs from Tom Tykwer (gold German film), Elizabeth from Shekhar Kapur (silver foreign film), Aimée and Jaguar from Max Färberböck and migratory birds ... once to Inari by Peter Lichtefeld (each silver German film)
- Goya : The girl of your dreams by Fernando Trueba
- Guldbagge : Out of Åmål by Lukas Moodysson
- Helmut Käutner Prize : Rudolf Arnheim
- Independent Spirit Awards 1999 : Gods and Monsters by Bill Condon (Best Film) and Das Fest von Thomas Vinterberg (Best Foreign Film)
- Louis Delluc Prize : Marabou by Otar Iosseliani
- MTV Movie Awards : Crazy About Mary by Peter and Bobby Farrelly
- Nastro d'Argento : The Legend of the Ocean Pianist by Giuseppe Tornatore and Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Out of Sight by Steven Soderbergh
- People's Choice Award : Titanic by James Cameron (Best Picture and Best Drama), Crazy About Mary by Peter and Bobby Farrelly (Best Comedy), Tom Hanks (Most Popular Actor), Sandra Bullock (Most Popular Actress)
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Insider by Michael Mann
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : Three Kings by David O. Russell
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : The Green Mile by Frank Darabont
- Polish Film Festival Gdynia : The fault of Krzysztof Krauze
- Polish Film Award : Historia kina w Popielawach by Jan Jakub Kolski
- German Film Critics' Prize : Nachtgestalten by Andreas Dresen
- Prix Lumières : love the life of Erick Zonca
- Robert : Das Fest von Thomas Vinterberg (Best Danish Film), My Name is Joe von Ken Loach (Best Foreign Film Without USA), The Truman Show by Peter Weir (Best American Film)
- Satellite Awards : Insider (Best Picture / Drama) and Being John Malkovich (Best Picture / Comedy-Musical)
- Swiss Film Award : F. est un salaud by Marcel Gisler
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Roberto Benigni for Life is Beautiful and Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love ; Lifetime Achievement Award: Kirk Douglas
- Toronto International Film Festival : American Beauty by Sam Mendes (Audience Award)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Genghis Blues by Roko Belic
- Warsaw International Film Festival : Children of Heaven by Majid Majidi (Audience Award)
- Vienna Film Prize : Northern Edge by Barbara Albert
- World Film Festival : The Colors of Paradise by Majid Majidi (Grand Prix of the Americas)
- Writers Guild of America Award: Shakespeare in Love by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (Best Original Screenplay), Out of Sight by Scott Frank (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Birthdays
January to June
- January 18: Karan Brar , American actor
- January 20: Shannon Tavárez , American child actress († 2010)
- February 20: Lea van Acken , German actress
- March 12: Kendall Applegate , American actress
- March 19: Tatum McCann , American actress
- April 19: Ty Panitz , American actor
- May 7: Cassidi Hoag , Canadian actress
- May 11: Kaitlyn Dias , American actress and voice actress
- May 28: Cameron Boyce , American actor († 2019)
- June 2: Madison Leisle , American actress
- June 11: Saxon Sharbino , American actress
- June 27: Chandler Riggs , American actor
July to December
- July 23: Felina Czycykowski , German actress
- July 30th: Joey King , American actress
- August 22nd: Dakota Goyo , Canadian actor
- September 17th: Jeong Ji-so , South Korean actress
- October 15: Bailee Madison , American actress
- November 10: Kiernan Shipka , American actress
Day unknown
- Levin Henning , German actor
- Rebel Rodriguez , American actor
- Paul Maximilian Schüller , German actor
- Jana McKinnon : Austrian-Australian actress
deceased
January to March
January
- January 13: Karl Lieffen , German actor (* 1926)
- January 18: Günter Strack , German actor (* 1929)
- January 21: Susan Strasberg , American actress (* 1938)
- January 23: Joe D'Amato , Italian director (* 1936)
- January 28: Herbert Gruber , Austrian producer (* 1913)
February
- February 9: Lotte Loebinger , German actress (* 1905)
- February 18: Olle Nordemar , Swedish producer (* 1914)
- February 22nd: Adalberto Albertini , Italian director (* 1924)
- February 24: Derek Nimmo , British actor (born 1930)
March
- March 5: Richard Kiley , American actor (born 1922)
- March 7th: Stanley Kubrick , American director (* 1928)
- March 8: Peggy Cass , American actress (* 1924)
- March 11th: Stefan Schnabel , German actor (* 1912)
- March 13: Garson Kanin , American author and director (* 1912)
- March 16: Gratien Gélinas , Canadian actor (* 1909)
- March 17: Ernest Gold , American composer (* 1921)
- March 23: Dorothea Brooking , British producer, screenwriter and director (* 1916)
April to June
April
- April 4: Bob Peck , British actor (born 1945)
- April 14: Ellen Corby , American actress (* 1911)
- April 16: Rudi Fehr , German-American film editor (* 1911)
- April 28: Rory Calhoun , American actor (born 1922)
May
- May: Emmerich Schäffer , German actor (* 1931)
- May 2: Oliver Reed , English actor (* 1938)
- May 8: Dirk Bogarde , English actor (* 1921)
- May 8: Ed Gilbert , American actor (born 1931)
- May 8: Dana Plato , American actress (* 1964)
- May 17: Henry Jones , American actor (born 1912)
- May 19: Candy Candido , American actor (born 1913)
- May 21: Vanessa Brown , Austrian actress (* 1928)
- May 25: Horst Frank , German actor (* 1929)
June
- June 11: DeForest Kelley , American actor (* 1920)
- June 19: Mario Soldati , Italian director (* 1906)
- June 27th: Truus van Aalten , Dutch actress (* 1910)
- June 27: Siegfried Lowitz , German actor (* 1914)
- June 28: Hilde Krahl , Austrian actress (* 1917)
July to September
July
- July 1: Edward Dmytryk , American director (* 1908)
- July 1: Sylvia Sidney , American actress (* 1910)
- July 2: Mario Puzo , American author (* 1920)
- July 3: Yoko Tani , Japanese actress (* 1932)
- July 5: Jean-Pierre Darras , French actor (* 1927)
- July 6: John Merritt , British film editor (* 1920)
- July 24th: Michael Walke , German actor and voice actor (* 1956)
August
- August 4: Victor Mature , American actor (born 1913)
- August 7th: Brion James , American actor (* 1945)
- August 9: Georg Marischka , Austrian actor and director (* 1922)
- August 12: Ross Elliott , American actor (born 1917)
- August 25: Georg Thomalla , German actor (* 1915)
September
- September 6: Richard Allan , American actor (born 1923)
- September 9: Ruth Roman , American actress (* 1922)
- September 14: Charles Crichton , British director and screenwriter (* 1910)
- September 17th: Riccardo Cucciolla , Italian actor (* 1930)
- September 17th: Ellen Frank , German actress (* 1904)
- September 18: Harold F. Kress , American film editor (* 1913)
- September 20: Willy Millowitsch , German actor (* 1909)
- September 22: George C. Scott , American actor (* 1927)
October to December
October
- October 7th: Helen Vinson , American actress (* 1907)
- October 17: Franz Peter Wirth , German director (* 1919)
- October 31: Martin Hellberg , German actor (* 1905)
November
- November 5: James Goldstone , American director (born 1931)
- November 8: Harry Riebauer , German actor (* 1921)
- November 10: Robert Kramer , American documentary filmmaker (* 1939)
- November 11th: Maurice Dugowson , French film director, documentary filmmaker and screenwriter (* 1938)
- November 12: Konrad Petzold , German director (* 1930)
- November 13: Ian Bannen , British actor (born 1928)
- November 28: Bethel Leslie , American actress (* 1929)
- November 29: John Berry , American film director, screenwriter, actor and film producer (* 1917)
- November 30th: Ulrich Wildgruber , German actor (* 1937)
December
- December 3: Madeline Kahn , American actress (* 1942)
- December 3: John Archer , American actor (born 1915)
- December 10: Harry Wüstenhagen German actor and voice actor (* 1928)
- December 16: Dorit Kreysler , Austrian actress (* 1909)
- December 18: Robert Bresson , French director (* 1901)
- December 19: Desmond Llewelyn , English actor (born 1914)
- December 20: Irving Rapper , British director (* 1898)
- December 27: David Duncan , American screenwriter and novelist (born 1913)
- December 28th: Pierre Clémenti , French actor (* 1942)
Day unknown
- Gábor Pogány , Hungarian cameraman (* 1915)
See also
Web links
Commons : Film Year 1999 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 1999 on insidekino.com, accessed on October 10, 2011
- ^ Box Office United States , accessed September 9, 2011
- ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed September 9, 2011