Cineliteracy: What You Need to Know about 1992 as Movie Year
My Oscar Book:
Top-Grossing Films of 1992
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Aladdin Buena Vista $504,050,219
2 The Bodyguard Warner Bros. $411,006,740
3 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 20th Century Fox $358,994,850
4 Basic Instinct Tri-Star / Carolco $352,927,224
5 Lethal Weapon 3 Warner Bros. $321,731,527
6 Batman Returns $266,822,354
7 A Few Good Men Columbia $243,240,178
8 Sister Act Buena Vista $231,605,150
9 Bram Stoker’s Dracula Columbia $215,862,692
10 Wayne’s World Paramount $183,097,323
Events
August 24 –
Production begins on Jurassic Park.
October 29 –
After just 15 months, Brandon Tartikoff resigns as chair of Paramount.
November 2 –
20th Century Fox chairman Joe Roth leaves to set up independent production company at Disney Studios. Roth was replaced by Peter Chernin.
Awards
65th Academy ()scar) Awards, March 29, 1993
Best Film: Unforgiven
Best Director Clint Eastwood, Unforgivenn
Best Actor: Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman
Best Actress: Emma Thompson, Howards End
Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman, Unforgiven
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny
Best Screenplay, Adapted, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala,m Howards End
Best Screenplay, Original, Neil Jordan, The Crying Game
Best Original Score Aladdin
Alan Menken Strictly Ballroom
David Hirschfelder Aladdin
Alan Menken
Best Original Song “A Whole New World”
Aladdin N/A “A Whole New World”
Aladdin
Best Foreign Language Film: Indochine (France)
Deaths
January
Jan 1 M. J. Frankovich 82 US Producer, Cactus Flower, The Shootist (John Wayne)
Jan 3
Judith Anderson 94 Australia Actress, Rebecca (Hitchcock), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7 Richard Hunt 40 US Puppeteer, Actor
The Muppet MovieTrading Places
Jan 7
Andrew Marton 87 Hungary Director, The Longest Day, The Thin Red Line
Jan 8
Anthony Dawson 75 UK Actor, Dr. No, Dial M for Murder
8 Marjorie Kane 82 US Actress
Jan 9 Steve Brodie 72 US Actor, Out of the Past (Noir), Donovan’s Brain
9 Bill Naughton 81 Ireland Screenwriter, AlfieThe Family Way
15 Hari Rhodes 59 US Actor
Detroit 9000Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
17 Dorothy Alison 66 Australia Actress
Reach for the SkyThe Scamp
Jan 18
Ruby R. Levitt 84 US Set Decorator, The Sound of Music, Chinatown
23 Freddie Bartholomew 67 UK Actor
Captains CourageousLittle Lord Fauntleroy
23 Ian Wolfe 95 US Actor
Rebel Without a CauseDick Tracy
24 Ken Darby 82 US Composer, Lyricist
How the West Was WonThe King and I
26 José Ferrer 79 Puerto Rico Actor, Director
Cyrano de Bergerac, The Caine Mutiny
February
Feb 1 Dick York 63 US Actor, Inherit the Wind, They Came to Cordura
4 John Dehner 76 US Actor
Man of the WestThe Left Handed Gun
8 Baruch Lumet 93 US Actor
The Killer ShrewsThe Pawnbroker
9 Jack Kinney 82 US Director, Animator
DumboPinocchio
10 Fred Hynes 83 US Sound Engineer
The Sound of MusicWest Side Story
11 Ray Danton 60 US Actor
I’ll Cry TomorrowThe Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
13 Dorothy Tree 85 US Actress
Abe Lincoln in IllinoisThe Asphalt Jungle
24 Doreen Montgomery 79 UK Screenwriter
Dead Men Tell No TalesThe Second Mr. Bush
March
March 2 Robert Clatworthy 80 US Art Director, Production Designer Psycho, Ship of Fools
March 2
Sandy Dennis 54 US Actress, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
March 3 Robert Beatty 82 Canada Actor, 2001: A Space OdysseyWhere Eagles Dare
March 4 Néstor Almendros 61 Spain Cinematographer, Days of Heaven, Kramer vs Kramer
4 Art Babbitt 84 US Animator, Snow White and the Seven DwarfsFantasia
11 László Benedek 87 Hungary Director
Death of a SalesmanThe Wild One
11 Richard Brooks 85 US Director, Screenwriter
Elmer GantryBlackboard Jungle
14 Jean Poiret 65 France Actor, Screenwriter, Director
Cop au VinLa Cage aux Folles
15 Helen Deutsch 85 US Screenwriter
The Unsinkable Molly BrownValley of the Dolls
17 Jack Arnold 79 US Director
Creature from the Black LagoonThe Mouse That Roared
17 Franklin R. Levy 43 US Producer
NighthawksHomeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
17 Grace Stafford 88 US Actress
Indianapolis SpeedwayConfessions of a Nazi Spy
18 Arnold Diamond 76 UK Actor
Fiddler on the RoofThe Italian Job
19 Cesare Danova 66 Italy Actor
Viva Las VegasAnimal House
20 Georges Delerue 67 France Composer
A Little RomanceAnne of the Thousand Days
21 John Ireland 82 Canada Actor
All the King’s MenRed River
22 Melissa Stribling 65 UK Actress
DraculaThe Secret Partner
25 Nancy Walker 69 US Actress, Director
Murder by DeathCan’t Stop the Music
28 Wendell Mayes 72 US Screenwriter
Anatomy of a MurderThe Poseidon Adventure
29 Paul Henreid 84 Hungary Actor
CasablancaNow, Voyager
29 Archie Marshek 90 US Film Editor
The Most Dangerous GameThis Gun for Hire
April
April 3 Karl Tunberg 85 US Screenwriter, Ben Hur, Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
5 Molly Picon 92 US Actress, Fiddler on the Roof, Come Blow Your Horn
6 Andy Russell 72 US Singer, Actor
The Stork ClubCopacabana
10 Cec Linder 71 Poland Actor
GoldfingerLolita
11 James Brown 72 US Actor
Going My WayObjective, Burma!
14 David Miller 82 US Director
Lonely Are the BraveCaptain Newman, M.D.
16 Neville Brand 71 US Actor
D.O.A.Stalag 17
18 Pat Thomson 51 UK Actress
Evil AngelsStrictly Ballroom
19 Frankie Howerd 75 UK Actor
The LadykillersSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
20 Mae Clarke 81 US Actress
The Public EnemyFrankenstein
20 Benny Hill 68 UK Actor
The Italian JobChitty Chitty Bang Bang
22 Steffi Duna 82 Hungary Actress
Way Down SouthPanama Lady
22 Rosemary Odell 67 US Costume Designer
To Kill a MockingbirdBeau Geste
April 23
Satyajit Ray 70 India Director, Aparajito, The World of Apu
May
May 3 George Murphy 89 US Actor, Dancer
Broadway Melody of 1938Show Business
6 Marlene Dietrich 90 Germany Actress
The Blue AngelDestry Rides Again
8 Richard Derr 73 US Actor
When Worlds CollideAmerican Gigolo
10 John Lund 81 US Actor
A Foreign AffairHigh Society
12 Lenny Montana 66 US Actor
The GodfatherThe Jerk
12 Robert Reed 59 US Actor
Star!Bloodlust!
15 Bartlett Mullins 87 UK Actor
Frankenstein Created WomanTales from the Crypt
16 Marisa Mell 53 Austria Actress
Danger: DiabolikMasquerade
18 Marshall Thompson 66 US Actor
It! The Terror from Beyond SpaceBattleground
26 Edmund Beloin 82 US Screenwriter
The Harvey GirlsG.I. Blues
June
June 2 Philip Dunne 84 US Screenwriter, Director
How Green Was My ValleyThe Agony and the Ecstasy
3 Robert Morley 84 UK Actor
The African QueenMarie Antoinette
5 Laurence Naismith 83 UK Actor
Diamonds Are ForeverKind Hearts and Coronets
6 Larry Riley 38 US Actor
A Soldier’s StoryLong Gone
12 Renié Conley 90 US Costume Designer
CleopatraBody Heat
12 Gerda Nicolson 54 Australia Actress
GallipoliThe Devil’s Playground
24 Hans Reiser 73 Germany Actor
The Great EscapeA Song Goes Round the World
22 Chuck Mitchell 64 US Actor
Porky’sBetter Off Dead
22 Frederic I. Rinaldo 78 US Screenwriter
Abbott and Costello Meet FrankensteinThe Black Cat
26 Phil Rubenstein 51 US Actor
Tango & CashRoboCop 2
27 Allan Jones 84 US Actor, Singer
A Night at the OperaShow Boat
28 Joan Marshall 61 US Actress
HomicidalShampoo
July
July 1 Franco Cristaldi 67 Italy Producer
Cinema ParadisoDivorce, Italian Style
12 Reginald Beck 90 UK Film Editor
HamletModesty Blaise
23 Arletty 94 France Actress
The Longest DayThunder Over Paris
23 Maxine Audley 69 UK Actress
Peeping TomThe Vikings
23 Amjad Khan 51 India Actor
SholayMuqaddar Ka Sikandar
28 Lester Shorr 85 US Cinematographer
Take the Money and RunThe Phantom Tollbooth
30 Brenda Marshall 76 US Actress
Captains of the CloudsThe Sea Hawk
August
Aug 7 John Anderson 69 US Actor Ride the High Country, Psycho
12 James W. Payne 62 US Set Decorator
The StingCome Blow Your Horn
16 Malcolm Atterbury 85 US Actor
North by NorthwestThe Birds
18 John Sturges 82 US Director
Bad Day at Black RockThe Great Escape
19 Gianni Polidori 68 Italy Production Designer
My Name Is NobodyLe Amiche
21 Charles Nichols 81 US Director, Animator
Charlotte’s WebPinocchio
23 Virginia Sale 93 US Actress
TopperBadman’s Territory
25 George R. Nelson 65 US Set Decorator
The Godfather Part IIApocalypse Now
September
Sep 1 Morris Carnovsky 94 US Actor
Cyrano de BergeracDead Reckoning
4 John van Dreelen 70 Netherlands Actor
Madame XTopaz
6 Henry Ephron 81 US Screenwriter
CarouselDaddy Long Legs
6 Mervyn Johns 93 UK Actor
Dead of NightScrooge
8 Carroll Young 83 US Screenwriter
Tarzan TriumphsJungle Jim
12 H. F. Koenekamp 100 US Special Effects Artist, Cinematographer
Air ForceStrangers on a Train
12 Ruth Nelson 87 US Actress
HumoresqueAwakenings
12 Ed Peck 75 US Actor
BullittHeaven Can Wait
12 Anthony Perkins 60 US Actor, Director
PsychoMurder on the Orient Express
15 Michael Luciano 83 US Film Editor
The Dirty DozenThe Longest Yard
17 Feodor Chaliapin Jr. 86 Russia Actor
The Name of the RoseMoonstruck
18 Herbert W. Spencer 87 Chile Orchestrator, Composer
Star WarsJesus Christ Superstar
21 Bill Williams 77 US Actor
Deadline at DawnThe Stratton Story
27 Keith Prentice 52 US Actor
The Boys in the BandCruising
29 Paul Jabara 44 US Actor, Songwriter
Thank God It’s FridayThe Lords of Flatbush
29 Bill Rowe 61 UK Sound Engineer
The ShiningAlien
30 Maria Malicka 92 Poland Actress
UwiedzionaPan Twardowski
October
Oct 6 Denholm Elliott 70 UK Actor, Raiders of the Lost Ark, A Room with View
9 Ben Maddow 83 US Screenwriter, The Asphalt Jungle, Johnny Guitar
12 John Hancock 51 US Actor
A Soldier’s StoryCrossroads
16 Shirley Booth 87 US Actress
Come Back, Little ShebaThe Matchmaker
16 Anna Hill Johnstone 79 US Costume Designer
The GodfatherDog Day Afternoon
16 Vladek Sheybal 69 Poland Actor
Red DawnFrom Russia with Love
21 Clem Portman 87 US Sound Engineer
Out of the PastIn the Heat of the Night
22 Cleavon Little 53 US Actor
Blazing SaddlesVanishing Point
November
Nov 2
Hal Roach 100 US Director, Producer, Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy
6 Mark Rosenberg 44 US Producer
Presumed InnocentThe Fabulous Baker Boys
7 Jack Kelly 65 US Actor
A Fever in the BloodShe Devil
10 Chuck Connors 71 US Actor
The Big CountryMove Over, Darling
12 Eddie Mayehoff 83 US Actor
How to Murder Your WifeArtists and Models
13 Alan Balsam 42 US Film Editor
Revenge of the NerdsHarlem Nights
17 Todd Armstrong 83 US Actor
Jason and the ArgonautsKing Rat
18 Dorothy Kirsten 82 US Singer, Actress
The Great CarusoMr. Music
19 Diane Varsi 54 US Actress
Peyton PlaceWild in the Streets
20 John Foreman 67 US Producer
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidPrizzi’s Honor
22 Sterling Holloway 87 US Actor
The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohThe Jungle Book
22 Ronald Sinclair 68 New Zealand Actor, Film Editor
A Christmas CarolFive Little Peppers and How They Grew
23 Rita Corday 72 US Actress
The Falcon in HollywoodThe Truth About Murder
26 Joby Blanshard 73 UK Actor
DoomwatchHell Is a City
26 John Sharp 72 UK Actor
Barry LyndonTop Secret!
29 Robert Shayne 92 US Actor
Christmas in ConnecticutNobody Lives Forever
29 Robert F. Simon 83 US Actor
The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceOperation Petticoat
December
Dec 2 Michael Gothard 53 UK Actor
For Your Eyes OnlyLifeforce
6 Percy Herbert 72 UK Actor
The Bridge on the River KwaiThe Guns of Navarone
6 Hank Worden 91 US Actor
The SearchersRed River
9 Franco Franchi 64 Italy Actor
War Italian StyleKaos
9 Vincent Gardenia 71 Italy Actor
MoonstruckLittle Shop of Horrors
11 Michael Robbins 62 UK Actor
On the BusesVictor/Victoria
11 Walter M. Simonds 81 US Art Director, Production Designer
The Omega ManMarty
15 William Ware Theiss 61 US Costume Designer
Harold and MaudeThe Pink Panther
17 Dana Andrews 83 US Actor
The Best Years of Our LivesLaura
20 Steve Ross 65 US Studio Executive
22 Milo Sperber 81 UK Actor
Billion Dollar BrainThe Spy Who Loved Me
25 Sandra Dorne 68 UK Actress
MarilynThe Bank Raiders
Film Debuts
Gillian Anderson – The Turning
David Arquette – Where the Day Takes You
Maria Bello – Maintenance
Tina Benko – Waterland
Jack Black – Bob Roberts
Cara Buono – Gladiator
Max Casella – Newsies
Toni Collette – Spotswood
Daniel Craig – The Power of One
Penélope Cruz – Jamón Jamón
Michael Cudlitz – A River Runs Through It
Michael Culkin – Candyman
Alan Cumming – Prague
Liam Cunningham – Into the West
Jeremy Davies – Guncrazy
Eliza Dushku – That Night
Omar Epps – Juice
Donald Faison – Juice
Jon Favreau – Folks!
Ralph Fiennes – Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights
Claire Forlani – Gypsy Eyes
Jamie Foxx – Toys
Benno Fürmann – Die ungewisse Lage des Paradieses
Walton Goggins – Forever Young
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Beethoven
Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity
Rhoda Griffis – Love Field
Frank Grillo – The Mambo Kings
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Waterland
Cole Hauser – School Ties
Lena Headey – Waterland
Famke Janssen – Fathers & Sons
Toby Jones – Orlando
Bodil Jørgensen – Mirror of the Planet
Ashley Judd – Kuffs
Shah Rukh Khan – Deewana
Thomas Kretschmann – Shining Through
Vincent Laresca – Juice
Ang Lee (director) – Pushing Hands
Laura Linney – Lorenzo’s Oil
Lucy Liu – Rhythm of Destiny
Ron Livingston – Straight Talk
Sergi López – La petite amie d’Antonio
Faizon Love – Bebe’s Kids
Baz Luhrmann (director) – Strictly Ballroom
Bernie Mac – Mo’ Money
Chi McBride – The Distinguished Gentleman
Marguerite Moreau – The Mighty Ducks
Elise Neal – Malcolm X
Tim Blake Nelson – This Is My Life
Thomas Ian Nicholas – Radio Flyer
Jack Noseworthy – Encino Man
Michael Rapaport – Zebrahead
Michael Rispoli – Night and the City
Robert Rodriguez (director) – El Mariachi
Matt Servitto – Mad Dog Coll
M. Night Shyamalan (director) – Praying with Anger
Ingvar Sigurðsson – Ingaló
Will Smith – Where the Day Takes You
Hilary Swank – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Quentin Tarantino (director) – Reservoir Dogs
Jeanne Tripplehorn – Basic Instinct
Robin Tunney – Encino Man
Karl Urban – Chunuk Bair
John Ventimiglia – Swoon
Madeline Zima – The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
