Cineliteracy: What You Want and Need to Know about 2007 as Movie Year
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The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which was just marginally ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The year of 2007 is often considered one of the greatest for film in the 21st century.
It was also the last year to never have a film gross $1 billion until 2020.
Top-Grossing films of 2007
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Disney $963,400,492
2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $941,676,843
3 Spider-Man 3 Sony $895,871,626
4 Shrek the Third Paramount $813,367,380
5 Transformers $709,709,780
6 Ratatouille Disney $623,726,085
7 I Am Legend Warner Bros. $585,410,052
8 The Simpsons Movie 20th Century Fox $536,414,270
9 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Disney $459,242,249
10. 300 Warner, $456,068,181
Events
Month Day Event
January 9 33rd People’s Choice Awards: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest wins Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Drama, and Favorite On Screen Matchup for Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley. Depp also wins Favorite Male Action Star and Favorite Male Movie Star.
20 Little Miss Sunshine is chosen as best picture by the Producers Guild of America.
22 The Golden Raspberry Awards announces picks for worst film achievement in 2007, with both Little Man and Basic Instinct 2 leading with seven nominations. Other nominees included Lady in the Water, RV, The Shaggy Dog, and Date Movie.
Oscars: Jan 23, 79th Academy nominations, leading films are:
8: Dreamgirls
7: Babel
6: Pan’s Labyrinth
6: The Queen
5: The Departed
Jan 28 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Helen Mirren, for Best Female Actor, Forest Whitaker, for Best Male Actor, Eddie Murphy, for Best Male Supporting Actor, Jennifer Hudson, for Best Female Supporting Actor.
February 15 BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Helen Mirren, Best Actress and Forest Whitaker, Best Actor
Feb 24
Basic Instinct 2 dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress (Sharon Stone). M. Night Shyamalan wins Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Lady in the Water. Other awards include Shawn and Marlon Wayans for Little Man and Carmen Electra for Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie.
Feb 25: 79th Academy Awards:
The Departed wins picture and director (Martin Scorsese) and two other awards. Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) win top acting awards for leading roles, while Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) win top acting awards for supporting roles.
May 6 Spider-Man 3 finishes weekend with a total weekend gross of $151,116,516, breaking the previous record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
27 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a Romanian film by Cristian Mungiu wins the top prize, the Palme d’Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. Paranoid Park, a film by Gus Van Sant wins the 60th Anniversary Prize.
June 20 The American Film Institute holds a revised edition of 100 Years…100 Movies. Citizen Kane retains its place as the greatest movie of the past century.
September 12 Producer Gil Cates elects Jon Stewart as MC for the 80th Academy Awards.
November 5 12,000 writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike affecting both motion picture and television production, including the Academy Awards
Awards
Category/Organization
13th Critics’ Choice Awards
January 13, 2008 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards
Oscars: 80th Academy Awards February 24, 2008
Best Film: No Country for Old Men Atonement Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street No Country for Old Men Atonement No Country for Old Men
Best Director Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men Julian Schnabel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Best Actress Julie Christie
Away From Her Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose Julie Christie
Away From Her Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem
No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress Amy Ryan
Gone Baby Gone Cate Blanchett
I’m Not There Ruby Dee
American Gangster Tilda Swinton
Michael Clayton
Best Screenplay, Adapted Diablo Cody
Juno Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men Ronald Harwood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Best Screenplay, Original Diablo Cody
Juno
Best Animated Film Ratatouille
Best Original Score There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood Atonement
Dario Marianelli — La Vie en Rose
Christopher Gunning Atonement
Dario Marianelli
Best Original Song “Falling Slowly”
Once “Guaranteed”
Into the Wild — “Falling Slowly”
Once
Best Foreign Language Film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Lives of Others The Counterfeiters
2007 films
By country/region
List of American films of 2007
List of Argentine films of 2007
List of Australian films of 2007
List of Bangladeshi films of 2007
List of Bengali films of 2007
List of Bollywood films of 2007
List of Brazilian films of 2007
List of British films of 2007
List of Canadian films of 2007
List of Chinese films of 2007
List of French films of 2007
List of Hong Kong films of 2007
List of Italian films of 2007
List of Japanese films of 2007
List of Mexican films of the 2000s
List of Pakistani films of 2007
List of Russian films of 2007
List of South Korean films of 2007
List of Spanish films of 2007
List of Kannada films of 2007
List of Malayalam films of 2007
List of Tamil films of 2007
List of Telugu films of 2007
By genre/medium
List of action films of 2007
List of animated feature films of 2007
List of avant-garde films of 2007
List of crime films of 2007
List of comedy films of 2007
List of drama films of 2007
List of horror films of 2007
List of science fiction films of 2007
List of thriller films of 2007
List of western films of 2007
Births
January 28 – Alaya High, American actress and singer
January 30 – Braxton Alexander, American actor
February 16 – Choi Ro-woon, South Korean actor
March 1 – Miguel Cazarez Mora, American actor
March 4 – Miya Cech, American actress
March 5 – Roman Griffin Davis, British actor
March 25 – Cailey Fleming, American actress
May 11 – Samantha Lorraine, American actress
June 2 – Jacob Moran, American actor
June 6 – Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, American actress
June 12 – Jack Veal, English actor
June 14 – Lyon Daniels, American actor
June 16 – Billy Barratt, English actor
July 10 – Mason Thames, American actor
July 17 – Charlie Shotwell, American actor
July 18 – JD McCrary, American singer, dancer and actor
August 24 – Noah Cottrell, American actor
August 27 – Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
September 14 – Heo Jung-eun, South Korean actress
October 22 – Izaac Wang, American actor
November 3 – Ever Anderson, American actress and model
December 4 – Scarlett Estevez, American actress
December 27 – Faithe Herman, American actress
Deaths
Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 A. I. Bezzerides 98 US Screenwriter
They Drive by NightKiss Me Deadly
4 Ben Gannon 54 Australia Producer
GallipoliThe Man Who Sued God
4 Christopher Greenbury 55 UK Film Editor
American BeautyDumb and Dumber
8 Yvonne De Carlo 84 Canada Actress
The Ten CommandmentsMcLintock!
8 Iwao Takamoto 81 US Animator, Director
Charlotte’s WebJetsons: The Movie
10 Carlo Ponti 94 Italy Producer
Doctor ZhivagoBlowup
11 Solveig Dommartin 45 Algeria Actress
Wings of DesireUntil the End of the World
11 Tudor Gates 77 UK Screenwriter
BarbarellaDanger: Diabolik
14 Harvey Cohen 55 US Orchestrator
King KongMission: Impossible III
16 Ron Carey 71 US Actor
High AnxietyHistory of the World, Part I
20 Brian Eatwell 67 UK Production Designer
The Three MusketeersThe Man Who Fell to Earth
21 Myrtle Devenish 94 UK Actress
BrazilMonty Python’s The Meaning of Life
22 Anna Cropper 68 UK Actress
CromwellAll Neat in Black Stockings
23 David M. Ronne 63 US Sound Engineer
Mr. & Mrs. SmithFace/Off
27 Tige Andrews 86 US Actor
Mister RobertsThe Last Tycoon
28 Teala Loring 84 US Actress
Gas House KidsFall Guy
30 Sidney Sheldon 89 US Screenwriter
Easter ParadeThe Other Side of Midnight
February 1 George Robotham 86 US Stuntman, Actor
The GooniesMississippi Burning
3 Donfeld 72 US Costume Designer
The Great RacePrizzi’s Honor
4 Barbara McNair 72 US Actress, Singer
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!Stiletto
6 Frankie Laine 93 US Actor, Singer
Meet Me in Las VegasBring Your Smile Along
8 Anna Nicole Smith 39 US Actress
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final InsultSkyscraper
9 Ian Richardson 72 UK Actor
BrazilDark City
9 Erik Schumann 82 Germany Actor
Veronika VossLili Marleen
12 Peter Ellenshaw 93 UK Visual Effects Artist
Mary PoppinsSpartacus
12 Randy Stone 48 US Casting Director, Actor
Jaws 3-DSay Anything…
14 Ryan Larkin 63 Canada Animator, Director
WalkingStreet Musique
14 Lee Patterson 77 Canada Actor
Jack the RipperTime Lock
15 Ray Evans 92 US Lyricist
The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Paleface
19 Janet Blair 85 US Actress
Tonight and Every NightMy Sister Eileen
22 Fons Rademakers 86 Netherlands Director, Actor
The AssaultThe Village on the River
24 Bruce Bennett 100 US Actor
Mildred PierceThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
March 1 Harold Michelson 87 US Art Director, Production Designer
Star Trek: The Motion PictureDick Tracy
7 Andy Sidaris 76 US Director, Screenwriter
GunsHard Ticket to Hawaii
8 John Inman 71 UK Actor
Are You Being Served?The Tall Guy
10 Richard Jeni 49 US Comedian, Actor
The MaskAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
12 Betty Hutton 86 US Actress, Singer
Annie Get Your GunThe Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
13 Herbert Fux 79 Austria Actor
The Three MusketeersAsterix & Obelix Take On Caesar
15 Alice Backes 83 US Actress
I Want to Live!Gable and Lombard
15 Stuart Rosenberg 79 US Director
Cool Hand LukeThe Amityville Horror
17 Freddie Francis 89 UK Cinematographer, Director
GloryThe Elephant Man
18 William N. Panzer 64 US Producer
HighlanderThe Osterman Weekend
19 Calvert DeForest 85 US Actor
Waitress!Freaked
20 John P. Ryan 70 US Actor
The Right StuffRunaway Train
22 Bradley Lavelle 48 Canada Actor
Judge DreddSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
25 Lynn Merrick 87 US Actress
Voice of the WhistlerA Close Call for Boston Blackie
26 Bill Capizzi 70 US Actor
Don Juan DeMarcoBulletproof
29 John Gill 94 UK Actor
This Sporting LifeTess
29 Howard Goorney 85 UK Actor
Fiddler on the RoofThe Hill
29 Calvin Lockhart 72 Bahamas Actor
Cotton Comes to HarlemLet’s Do It Again
April 1 George Sewell 82 UK Actor
Barry LyndonGet Carter
4 Bob Clark 67 US Director, Screenwriter
A Christmas StoryPorky’s
4 John Flynn 75 US Director
Rolling ThunderLock Up
6 Luigi Comencini 90 Italy Director
Bread, Love and DreamsEverybody Go Home
6 George Jenkins 98 US Production Designer
All the President’s MenKlute
7 Barry Nelson 89 US Actor
The ShiningShadow of the Thin Man
8 Roscoe Lee Browne 79 US Actor
The CowboysLogan’s Run
10 Jack Williams 85 US Stuntman
Gone with the WindWild Wild West
12 James Lyons 46 US Film Editor
Far from HeavenThe Virgin Suicides
16 Giuseppe Ruzzolini 76 Italy Cinematographer
FirestarterDuck, You Sucker!
17 Kitty Carlisle 96 US Actress, Singer
A Night at the OperaMurder at the Vanities
19 Jean-Pierre Cassel 74 France Actor
Murder on the Orient ExpressIs Paris Burning?
24 Roy Jenson 80 Canada Actor, Stuntman
ChinatownRed Dawn
27 Al Hunter Ashton 49 UK Actor
GladiatorFrom Hell
28 Dabbs Greer 90 US Actor
The Green MileInvasion of the Body Snatchers
30 Tom Poston 85 US Actor
Christmas with the KranksZotz!
30 Gordon Scott 80 US Actor
Tarzan’s Hidden JungleZorro and the Three Musketeers
May 6 Curtis Harrington 80 US Director
Queen of BloodGames
7 Nicholas Worth 69 US Actor
Swamp ThingDarkman
8 Mark Burns 71 UK Actor
StardustDeath in Venice
11 Bernard Gordon 88 US Screenwriter
55 Days at PekingEarth vs. the Flying Saucers
15 Yolanda King 51 US Actress
Ghosts of MississippiHopscotch
16 C. Timothy O’Meara 64 US Film Editor
Conan the BarbarianThe Last Starfighter
21 Bruno Mattei 75 Italy Director
SS GirlsStrike Commando
21 Bud Molin 81 US Film Editor
The JerkDead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
22 Art Stevens 92 US Animator, Director
The Fox and the HoundThe Rescuers
25 Lee Frost 71 US Director, Screenwriter
Chrome and Hot LeatherThe Black Gestapo
25 Charles Nelson Reilly 76 US Actor
All Dogs Go to HeavenCannonball Run II
29 Norman Kaye 80 Australia Actor
Moulin Rouge!Oscar and Lucinda
30 Jean-Claude Brialy 74 France Actor
Le Beau SergeThe Monster
30 Nick Ramus 77 US Actor
Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeInvasion USA
June 2 Charles Evans 81 US Producer
TootsieShowgirls
9 Alma Beltran 87 Mexico Actress
GhostMarathon Man
9 Christina Kokubo 56 US Actress
MidwayThe Yakuza
9 Beverly Michaels 79 US Actress
Wicked WomanEast Side, West Side
9 Ousmane Sembène 84 Senegal Director, Screenwriter
Black GirlMoolaadé
11 Mala Powers 75 US Actress
Cyrano de BergeracCity Beneath the Sea
14 Alex Thomson 78 UK Cinematographer
ExcaliburDemolition Man
22 Willy Holt 85 US Production Designer
Is Paris Burning?Au revoir les enfants
28 Leo Burmester 63 US Actor
The AbyssA Perfect World
29 Edward Yang 59 Taiwan Director
Yi YiTaipei Story
July 5 Kerwin Mathews 81 UK Actor
The 7th Voyage of SinbadThe Three Worlds of Gulliver
9 Charles Lane 102 US Actor
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonMurphy’s Romance
11 Richard Franklin 58 Australia Director
Psycho IICloak & Dagger
12 Marc Behm 82 US Screenwriter
Help!The Thirteen Chairs
13 Michael Reardon 42 US Actor
The PunisherCabin Fever
15 Kieron Moore 82 Ireland Actor
Anna KareninaThe Day of the Triffids
19 Laura Devon 76 US Actress
Red Line 7000Goodbye Charlie
22 Laszlo Kovacs 74 Hungary Cinematographer
Easy RiderGhostbusters
23 Joan O’Hara 76 Ireland Actress
The DawningFar and Away
24 Chaney Kley 34 US Actor
Darkness FallsLegally Blonde
26 John Normington 70 UK Actor
AtonementRollerball
27 William J. Tuttle 95 US Makeup Artist
North by Northwest7 Faces of Dr. Lao
29 Michel Serrault 79 France Actor
La Cage aux FollesNelly and Mr. Arnaud
30 Michelangelo Antonioni 94 Italy Director, Screenwriter
BlowupL’Avventura
30 Ingmar Bergman 89 Sweden Director, Screenwriter
PersonaThe Seventh Seal
August 2 Frank Rosenfelt 85 US Studio Executive
3 James T. Callahan 76 US Actor
The Burning BedLady Sings the Blues
5 Peter Graham Scott 82 UK Director
Captain CleggBitter Harvest
8 Melville Shavelson 90 US Screenwriter, Director
Yours, Mine and OursHouseboat
12 Merv Griffin 82 US Producer, Actor
So This Is LoveThe Boy from Oklahoma
22 Keith Knight 51 Canada Actor
MeatballsMy Bloody Valentine
23 Robert Symonds 80 US Actor
The ExorcistCatch Me if You Can
24 Aaron Russo 80 US Producer
Trading PlacesThe Rose
25 Elizabeth Inglis 94 UK Actress
The 39 StepsThe Letter
27 Richard T. Heffron 76 US Director
FutureworldI, the Jury
28 Miyoshi Umeki 78 Japan Actress
SayonaraThe Horizontal Lieutenant
30 José Luis de Vilallonga 87 Spain Actor
Breakfast at Tiffany’sBlood and Sand
September 2 Marcia Mae Jones 83 US Actress
HeidiThe Way We Were
3 Steve Ryan 60 US Actor
D.A.R.Y.L.I’m Not Rappaport
4 Michael Evans 87 UK Actor
Time After TimeBye Bye Birdie
5 Nikos Nikolaidis 67 Greece Director
Evrydiki BA 2O37The Wretches Are Still Singing
5 Charlotte Zucker 86 US Actress
Airplane!Ghost
6 Percy Rodriguez 89 Canada Actor
The Heart Is a Lonely HunterThe Plainsman
10 Jane Wyman 90 US Actress
Johnny BelindaMagnificent Obsession
14 Emilio Ruiz del Río 84 Spain Special Effects Artist
Pan’s LabyrinthSpartacus
21 Alice Ghostley 81 US Actress
To Kill a MockingbirdGrease
22 Karl Hardman 80 US Actor, Producer
Night of the Living DeadSanta Claws
22 Marcel Marceau 84 France Actor
BarbarellaSilent Movie
28 Charles B. Griffith 77 US Screenwriter, Director
Death Race 2000The Little Shop of Horrors
28 Martin Manulis 92 US Producer
Days of Wine and RosesLuv
29 Lois Maxwell 80 Canada Actress
James BondThat Hagen Girl
October 1 Peggy Maley 84 US Actress
The Wild OneHuman Desire
2 George Grizzard 79 US Actor
Advise & ConsentFrom the Terrace
6 Bud Ekins 77 US Stuntman
The Great EscapeThe Blues Brothers
9 Carol Bruce 87 US Actor
Keep ‘Em FlyingThis Woman is Mine
12 Lonny Chapman 87 US Actor
The BirdsThe Hunted
14 Sigrid Valdis 79 US Actress
Our Man FlintMarriage on the Rocks
16 Deborah Kerr 86 UK Actress
From Here to EternityAn Affair to Remember
17 Joey Bishop 89 US Actor
Ocean’s 11Betsy’s Wedding
17 Harry Kleiner 91 Russia Screenwriter
Fantastic VoyageBullitt
20 Arlene Francis 93 US Actress
One, Two, ThreeThe Thrill of It All
21 Don Fellows 84 US Actor
Raiders of the Lost ArkThe Omen
21 Vic Ramos 77 US Casting Director
Star WarsThe Godfather Part II
24 Masakazu Yoshizawa 57 Japan Musician
Memoirs of a GeishaDragon: The Bruce Lee Story
26 Bernard L. Kowalski 78 US Director
Krakatoa, East of JavaSssssss
27 Moira Lister 84 South Africa Actress
The Yellow Rolls-RoyceThe Cruel Sea
29 David Morris 83 UK Actor
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryFlick
30 Robert Goulet 73 US Singer, Actor
Honeymoon HotelBeetlejuice
30 Yisrael Poliakov 66 Israel Comedian, Actor
Giv’at Halfon Eina OnaSchlager
November 1 Sonny Bupp 79 US Actor
Citizen KaneAngels with Dirty Faces
2 Henry Cele 58 South Africa Actor
The Last SamuraiThe Ghost and the Darkness
4 Peter Viertel 86 Germany Screenwriter
White Hunter Black HeartFive Miles to Midnight
6 Peter Handford 88 UK Sound Engineer
Dangerous LiaisonsOut of Africa
10 Jack Bear 87 US Costume Designer
The PartyThe Odd Couple
10 Laraine Day 87 US Actress
The High and the MightyForeign Correspondent
10 Norman Mailer 84 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor
RagtimeTough Guys Don’t Dance
11 Delbert Mann 89 US Director
MartyThat Touch of Mink
12 Al Mancini 74 US Actor
Falling DownMiller’s Crossing
13 Monty Westmore 84 US Makeup Artist
HookThe Shawshank Redemption
13 Peter Zinner 88 Austria Film Editor, Director
The GodfatherThe Deer Hunter
14 Michael Blodgett 87 US Actor, Screenwriter
Turner & Hooch40 Guns to Apache Pass
14 Ronnie Burns 72 US Actor
Anatomy of a PsychoBernardine
22 Verity Lambert 71 UK Producer
ClockwiseEvil Angels
22 Reg Park 79 UK Actor
Hercules and the Conquest of AtlantisMaciste in King Solomon’s Mines
26 Marit Allen 66 UK Costume Designer
Mrs. DoubtfireBrokeback Mountain
28 Jeanne Bates 89 US Actress
EraserheadDie Hard 2
28 Mali Finn 69 US Casting Director
The MatrixTitanic
30 Evel Knievel 69 US Daredevil, Actor
Viva Knievel!Freebie and the Bean
December 1 Gary Epper 62 US Stuntman, Actor
ScarfaceJurassic Park
1 Anton Rodgers 74 UK Actor
ScroogeDirty Rotten Scoundrels
2 Eleonora Rossi Drago 82 Italy Actress
Le amicheThe Bible: In the Beginning…
4 Melvin Shapiro 82 US Film Editor
Taxi DriverAmerican Hot Wax
5 Joe Brooks 83 US Actor
GremlinsThe Bad News Bears
5 Tony Tenser 87 UK Producer
RepulsionCul-de-sac
8 Donald Burton 73 UK Actor
Hudson HawkThe Message
10 Ashleigh Aston Moore 26 US Actress
Now and ThenGold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
11 Freddie Fields 84 US Producer
GloryEscape to Victory
13 Floyd Red Crow Westerman 71 US Actor, Singer
Dances with WolvesHidalgo
19 Frank Capra, Jr. 73 US Producer
Escape from the Planet of the ApesFirestarter
19 James Costigan 81 US Screenwriter
The HungerKing David
20 Jeanne Carmen 77 US Actress
Portland ExposéUntamed Youth
21 John McPherson 65 US Cinematographer
Batteries Not IncludedJust One of the Guys
23 Michael Kidd 92 US Actor, Choreographer
It’s Always Fair WeatherSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
28 Tab Thacker 45 US Actor
City HeatWildcats
Film debuts
Gemma Arterton – St. Trinian’s
Hayley Atwell – Cassandra’s Dream
Haley Bennett – Music and Lyrics
Alison Brie – Born
Jamie Chung – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Adèle Exarchopoulos – Boxes
Michael Fassbender – 300
Dave Franco – Superbad
Zachary Gordon – Because I Said So
Hafsia Herzi – The Secret of the Grain
Ken Jeong – Knocked Up
Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Superbad
Pom Klementieff – After Him
Zoë Kravitz – No Reservations
Caleb Landry Jones – No Country for Old Men
John Magaro – The Brave One
Craig Robinson – D-War
Saoirse Ronan – I Could Never Be Your Woman
Andy Samberg – Hot Rod
Emma Stone – Superbad
Jason Sudeikis – The Ten
Katherine Waterston – Michael Clayton
