Cinema 1999: You Must Remember This–Movies, Oscars, Events

Cineliteracy: What You Need to Know about 1999 as Movie Year

Research in progress: events are missing

Top-Grossing Films of 1999
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross

1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $924,305,084
2 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista $672,806,292
3 Toy Story 2 $511,358,276
4 The Matrix Warner Bros. $465,974,198
5 Tarzan Buena Vista $448,191,819
6 The Mummy Universal $418,138,535
7 Notting Hill $363,889,678
8 The World Is Not Enough MGM / UIP $361,832,400
9 American Beauty DreamWorks $356,296,601
10 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me New Line $312,383,487

Awards

January 23, 2000 5th Critics’ Choice Awards
January 2000 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards

Oscars: 72nd Academy Awards, March 26, 2000

Best Film American Beauty

Best Director Sam Mendes, American Beauty
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Best Actress Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules
Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted
Best Screenplay Adapted, John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Best Screenplay, Original Alan Ball, American Beauty

Best Animated Film: Toy Story 2
Best Original Score: American Beauty, Thomas Newman
Best Original Song “You’ll Be in My Heart” Tarzan “Music of My Heart”

Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother, Almodovar (Spain)

Deaths
Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films

January 4 Iron Eyes Cody 91 US Actor
Ernest Goes to CampA Man Called Horse
9 Harvey Miller 63 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor
Private BenjaminBad Medicine
11 Robert Douglas 89 UK Actor, Director
The FountainheadIvanhoe
12 Betty Lou Gerson 84 US Actress
One Hundred and One DalmatiansThe Fly
13 Buzz Kulik 79 US Director
RiotTo Find a Man
14 Fred Myrow 59 US Composer
Soylent GreenPhantasm
15 John Bloom 54 US Actor
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryThe Great Outdoors
15 Betty Box 83 UK Producer
Doctor in the HouseDeadlier Than the Male
19 Michael White 36 UK Production Designer
ArmageddonThe Rock
21 Leslie French 94 UK Actor
The Living DaylightsOrders to Kill
21 Susan Strasberg 60 US Actress
PicnicThe Manitou
23 Joe D’Amato 62 Italy Director, Producer
Troll 2Ator l’invincibile
30 Huntz Hall 78 US Actor
Angels with Dirty FacesGhost Chasers
30 Ed Herlihy 89 US Actor
Pee-wee’s Big AdventureThe King of Comedy
February 6 Danny Dayton 75 US Actor
Guys and DollsEd Wood
7 William Ludwig 86 US Screenwriter
Oklahoma!Interrupted Melody
7 Bobby Troup 80 US Actor, Singer
M*A*S*HThe Five Pennies
9 Mary LaRoche 78 US Actress
Run Silent, Run DeepBye Bye Birdie
9 Bryan Mosley 67 UK Actor
Get CarterRattle of a Simple Man
10 Yuri Borienko 66 Russia Actor
On Her Majesty’s Secret ServiceSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
17 Sunshine Parker 71 US Actor
TremorsRoad House
17 Shirley Stoler 69 US Actress
The Deer HunterMalcolm X
20 Gene Siskel 53 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for the Chicago Tribune
24 Derek Nimmo 68 UK Actor
A Hard’s Day NightCasino Royale
26 Madelon Baker 88 US Actress
Girls of the RoadGasoline Alley
March 3 Lee Philips 72 US Actor, Director
Peyton PlaceMiddle of the Night
4 Del Close 64 US Actor
Ferris Bueller’s Day OffThe Untouchables
4 Eddie Dean 91 US Singer, Actor
Song of Old WyomingStars Over Texas
5 Richard Kiley 76 US Actor
Blackboard JungleThe Little Prince
6 Graham Armitage 62 UK Actor
The DevilsThe Boy Friend
7 Stanley Kubrick 70 US Director, Screenwriter
2001: A Space OdysseyBarry Lyndon
8 Peggy Cass 74 US Actress
Auntie MameIf It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
13 Garson Kanin 86 US Screenwriter, Director
Adam’s RibPat and Mike
14 Kirk Alyn 88 US Actor
SupermanWhen Worlds Collide
17 Ernest Gold 77 Austria Composer
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldJudgment at Nuremberg
20 Mickey S. Michaels 67 US Set Decorator
The Hunt for Red OctoberClear and Present Danger
22 David Strickland 29 US Actor
Forces of NatureObject of Obsession
28 Gil Perkins 91 Australia Actor
BatmanWalking Tall
April 4 Faith Domergue 74 US Actress
This Island EarthVendetta
4 Bob Peck 53 UK Actor
Jurassic ParkLord of the Flies
9 Albert Popwell 72 US Actor
Sudden ImpactThe Enforcer
13 Don McGuire 80 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor
TootsieThe Delicate Delinquent
14 Roy Chiao 72 China Actor
Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomBloodsport
14 Ellen Corby 87 US Actress
VertigoShane
14 Anthony Newley 67 UK Actor, Composer
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryDoctor Dolittle
15 Yasmeen Khan c. 48 Pakistan Actress
Yousuf Khan Sher Bano
16 Rudi Fehr 87 Germany Film Editor
Dial M for MurderPrizzi’s Honor
16 Zoe Lund 37 US Actress
Bad LieutenantSpecial Effects
21 Doreen Lang 84 New Zealand Actress
The Wrong ManThe Birds
21 Buddy Rogers 94 US Actor
Fascinating YouthWings
22 Bert Remsen 74 US Actor
The BodyguardNashville
28 Rory Calhoun 76 US Actor
How to Marry a MillionaireRiver of No Return
28 John Stears 64 UK Special Effects Artist
Star WarsGoldfinger
28 Donald E. Stewart 69 US Screenwriter
MissingThe Hunt for Red October

May

May 2 Augie Blunt 69 US Actor
GhostLife
2 Oliver Reed 62 UK Actor
Oliver!Gladiator
8 Dirk Bogarde 78 UK Actor
DarlingDeath in Venice
8 Ed Gilbert 67 US Voice Actor
The Little MermaidBatman: Mask of the Phantasm
8 Sally Payne 86 US Actress
I Love You AgainCity for Conquest
8 Dana Plato 34 US Actress
California SuiteExorcist II: The Heretic
14 Jerry Wunderlich 73 US Set Decorator
The ExorcistWarGames
17 Henry Jones 86 US Actor
Vertigo3:10 to Yuma
19 Candy Candido 85 US Actor
Sadie McKeeThe Wizard of Oz
19 John McSweeney Jr. 83 US Film Editor
Mutiny on the BountyMillion Dollar Mermaid
19 Alister Williamson 80 Australia Actor
Battle of BritainThe Abominable Dr. Phibes
21 Vanessa Brown 71 Austria Actress
The HeiressThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir
21 Norman Rossington 70 UK Actor
A Hard Day’s NightThe Longest Day
25 Hillary Brooke 84 US Actress
The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Enchanted Cottage
June 5 Mel Torme 73 US Singer, Actor
Good NewsThe Big Operator
9 Andrew L. Stone 96 US Director, Screenwriter
JulieCry Terror!
11 DeForest Kelley 79 US Actor
Star TrekGunfight at the O.K. Corral
13 Douglas Seale 85 UK Actor
AladdinAmadeus
18 Aimée Delamain 93 UK Actress
One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingSanta Claus: The Movie
19 Mario Soldati 92 Italy Director
The River GirlThe Great Appeal
24 Dorothy Lee 88 US Actress
Too Many CooksLaugh and Get Rich
25 Frank Tarloff 83 US Screenwriter
Father GooseA Guide for the Married Man
27 Bobs Watson 68 US Actor
Boys TownWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
28 John Woolf 86 UK Producer
Oliver!The Day of the Jackal
29 Allan Carr 62 US Producer
GreaseCan’t Stop the Music
29 Declan Mulholland 66 Ireland Actor
Time BanditsTheatre of Blood
30 Dean Fredericks 75 US Actor
The Phantom PlanetSavage Sam

July

July 1 Edward Dmytryk 90 Canada Director, Film Editor
The Caine MutinyThe Young Lions
1 Sylvia Sidney 88 US Actress
SabotageMars Attacks!
2 Mario Puzo 78 US Screenwriter
The GodfatherSuperman
4 Ronny Graham 79 US Screenwriter, Actor
SpaceballsTo Be or Not to Be
4 Jack Watson 84 UK Actor
Peeping TomThe Hill
12 Bill Owen 85 UK Actor
Georgy GirlO Lucky Man!
17 Donal McCann 58 Ireland Actor
The DeadStealing Beauty
17 Patricia Zipprodt 74 US Costume Designer
The Graduate1776
19 Yoko Tani 70 France Actress
The Savage InnocentsMy Geisha
19 Jerold Wells 90 UK Actor
Time BanditsJabberwocky
20 Sandra Gould 82 US Actress
AirportImitation of Life

August

Aug 4 Victor Mature 86 US Actor
Kiss of DeathMy Darling Clementine
4 Carl Toms 72 UK Costume Designer
One Million Years B.C.The Quiller Memorandum
7 Brion James 54 US Actor
Blade RunnerThe Fifth Element
7 Kazuo Miyagawa 91 Japan Cinematographer
YojimboRashomon
9 Georg Marischka 77 Austria Actor, Director, Screenwriter
The Boys from BrazilThe Odessa File
12 Ross Elliott 82 US Actor
TarantulaThe Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
16 David Allen 54 US Visual Effects Artist
Young Sherlock HolmesHoney, I Shrunk the Kids
16 Nancy Guild 73 US Actress
Somewhere in the NightAbbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
23 Norman Wexler 73 US Screenwriter
Saturday Night FeverSerpico
27 Harold Jack Bloom 75 US Screenwriter
The Naked SpurA Gunfight
31 Marguerite Chapman 81 US Actress
The Seven Year ItchThe Amazing Transparent Man

September

Sep 9 Chili Bouchier 89 UK Actress
To Be a LadyThe King’s Cup
9 Ruth Roman 76 US Actress
Strangers on a TrainThe Far Country
12 Harry Crane 85 US Screenwriter
The Harvey GirlsAir Raid Wardens
14 Charles Crichton 89 UK Director, Film Editor
A Fish Called WandaThe Third Secret
17 Riccardo Cucciolla 75 Italy Actor
Sacco e VanzettiAttack and Retreat
17 Joan Gardner 84 UK Actress
Dark JourneyThe Scarlet Pimpernel
17 Frankie Vaughan 71 UK Singer, Actor
Let’s Make LoveThe Right Approach
18 Harold F. Kress 86 US Film Editor
The Towering InfernoThe Poseidon Adventure
22 George C. Scott 71 US Actor
PattonDr. Strangelove
23 Ivan Goff 89 Australia Screenwriter
White HeatMidnight Lace
26 Bernadette O’Farrell 75 Ireland Actress
The Bridal PathThe Square Ring

October

Oct 1 Noel Johnson 82 UK Actor
FrightmareFor Your Eyes Only
2 Lee Richardson 73 US Actor
Prizzi’s HonorPrince of the City
5 Wilt Chamberlain 63 US Actor
Conan the DestroyerAny Given Sunday
6 Maris Wrixon 82 US Actress
The ApeWaterfront
7 Deryck Guyler 85 UK Actor
A Hard Day’s NightCarry On Doctor
7 Helen Vinson 92 US Actress
In Name OnlyI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
12 Jacqueline Malouf 58 US Actress
The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceDonovan’s Reef
14 Richard B. Shull 70 US Actor
KluteSplash
16 Jean Shepherd 78 US Actor
A Christmas StoryIt Runs in the Family
19 Paddi Edwards 67 UK Actress
The Little MermaidHercules
26 Hoyt Axton 61 US Singer, Actor
GremlinsThe Black Stallion
26 Abraham Polonsky 88 US Screenwriter, Director
Body and SoulForce of Evil
26 Albert Whitlock 84 UK Visual Effects Artist
The ThingEarthquake
27 Lois Collier 80 US Actress
A Night in CasablancaJungle Woman
27 Frank De Vol 88 US Composer
The Dirty DozenWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
29 Cavan Kendall 57 UK Actor
Sexy BeastEureka
30 Grace McDonald 81 US Actress
Follow the BoysIt Ain’t Hay

November

Nov 3

Ian Bannen 71 UK Actor, Braveheart, Gandhi
4 David Shaber 70 US Screenwriter
The WarriorsNighthawks
5 James Goldstone 68 US Director
RollercoasterWhen Time Ran Out
9 Mabel King 66 US Actress
The WizScrooged
11 Mary Kay Bergman 38 US Voice Actress
South Park: Bigger, Longer & UncutBeauty and the Beast
14 Lucile Fairbanks 82 US Actress
Passage from Hong KongA Fugitive from Justice
20 Adele Balkan 92 US Costume Designer
The FlyMighty Joe Young
21 Ralph Foody 71 US Actor
Home AloneThe Blues Brothers
24 Hilary Minster 55 UK Actor
A Bridge Too FarCry Freedom
25 William ‘Billy’ Benedict 82 US Actor
The StingThe Killing
27 Robert F. Shugrue 62 US Film Editor
Two Mules for Sister SaraStar Trek III: The Search for Spock
28 Bethel Leslie 70 US Actress
Message in a BottleIronweed

December

Dec 3 Madeline Kahn 57 US Actress, The Last Picture Show, Blazing Saddles
5 Masaru Sato 71 Japan Composer
YojimboThe Hidden Fortress

Dec 12 Joseph Heller 76 US Screenwriter
Sex and the Single Girl, Dirty Dingus Magee
13 Daniel M. Angel 88 UK Producer
Reach for the SkyCarve Her Name with Pride
14 Ernest Walter 80 UK Film Editor
The HauntingThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
17 Rex Allen 78 US Actor, Singer
Hills of OklahomaThe Incredible Journey

Dec 18

Robert Bresson 98 France Director, A Man Escaped, L’Argent

Dec 19 Desmond Llewelyn 85 UK Actor
James BondChitty Chitty Bang Bang
20 Irving Rapper 101 US Director
One Foot in HeavenThe Brave One
21 John Arnatt 82 UK Actor
Whistle Down the WindOur Mother’s House
21 Bill Edwards 81 US Actor
Our Hearts Were Young and GayHail the Conquering Hero

21 Bernard Smith 92 US Producer
How the West Was WonElmer Gantry

21 Frank Stanley 77 US Cinematographer
Magnum Force 10

23 Lois Hamilton 56 US Actress
Stripes, The Cannonball Run

25 Peter Jeffrey 70 UK Actor
Midnight Express, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

29 Harry Monty 95 US Actor, Stuntman
Planet of the ApesPapillon

Film Debuts

Amy Adams − Drop Dead Gorgeous (perennial Oscar nominee)
Anthony Anderson − Life
Katie Boland − Striking Poses
Jay Baruchel − Running Home
Adam Brody − Random Acts of Violence
Daniel Brühl − Paradise Mall
Justin Chambers- Liberty Heights
Paddy Considine – A Room for Romeo Brass
Émilie Dequenne − Rosetta
Zooey Deschanel − Mumford
Garret Dillahunt − Last Call
Omid Djalili − The Mummy
Rachel Dratch − Serious Business
Kevin Durand – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Idris Elba − Belle maman
Juan Fernández − Alone
James Franco − Never Been Kissed
Elia Galera − The Ugliest Woman in the World
Zach Galifianakis − Flushed
Kathryn Hahn – Flushed
Tony Hale − Raging Hormones
Regina Hall − The Best Man
Andrew Howard – Shades
Hugh Jackman − Paperback Hero
Dakota Johnson − Crazy in Alabama
Michael B. Jordan − Black and White
Shakib Khan − Ananta Bhalobasha
Chris Klein − Election
Ashton Kutcher − Coming Soon
Brie Larson − Special Delivery
Ali Larter − Varsity Blues
Mélanie Laurent − The Bridge
Justin Long − Galaxy Quest
Carmen Machi − Shacky Carmine
Taryn Manning − Speedway Junky
Kate Mara − Random Hearts
Melissa McCarthy − Go
Bobby Moynihan − Nine the Hard Way
Tamar Novas − Butterfly’s Tongue
Joe Nunez – Serious Business
Rubén Ochandiano − Flowers from Another World
Kip Pardue − But I’m a Cheerleader
Simon Pegg − Tube Tales
Kal Penn − Freshman
Piper Perabo − Whiteboyz
Alysia Reiner – The Stand-In
Seann William Scott − American Pie
Peter Serafinowicz − Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Alia Shawkat − Three Kings
Audrey Tautou − Venus Beauty Institute
Gabrielle Union − She’s All That
Karine Vanasse − Set Me Free