1991 in film

<u>Musical or Comedy:

Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - The Fisher King

Best Actress: Bette Midler - For the Boys

<u>Other

Best Director: Oliver Stone - JFK

Best Foreign Language Film: Europa Europa, Germany

PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):

Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States

GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):

Close To Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR

GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):

La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy

[edit] Films released in 1991

• 29th Street
• The Addams Family
• Backdraft
• Barton Fink - Palm d'Or award
• Beauty and the Beast - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Brother Future
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
• Blue Desert
• Boyz N the Hood
• Bugsy - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
• The Butcher's Wife
• Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese
• Captain America
• Child's Play 3
• City Slickers
• Close To Eden (Urga) - Golden Lion award
• Days of Being Wild
• Delicatessen
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
• Father of the Bride
• The Five Heartbeats
• The Fisher King
• Frankie and Johnny
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
• Grand Canyon - Golden Bear award (for 1992)
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
• Hook
• Hudson Hawk
• If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent
• The Indian Runner
• JFK
• The Last Boy Scout
• Mediterraneo - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
• Night on Earth
• One Good Cop
• Other People's Money
• Paradise
• Poison
• The Prince of Tides
• Problem Child 2
• Raise the Red Lantern
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• Run
• Rush
• Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D.
• The Silence of the Lambs - Academy Award for Best Picture
• Sleeping with the Enemy
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Thelma & Louise
• Toy Soldiers
• What About Bob?

[edit] Births

• Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
• Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
• Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
• Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress
• Katie Callahan, July 29, actress, singer, dancer
• Ziggy Rizzler, September 25, actor
• Jessie Phillips, December 3, model

[edit] Deaths

• January 18 - Leo Hurwitz, documentary film producer
• January 19 - John Russell, actor
• February 1 - Carol Dempster, actress
• February 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian
• March 18 - Vilma Bánky, actress
• March 27 - Aldo Ray, actor
• April 10 - Natalie Schafer, actress
• May 1 - Richard Thorpe, director
• June 3 - Eva LeGallienne, actress
• June 14 - Peggy Ashcroft, actress
• June 19 - Jean Arthur, actress
• July 1 - Michael Landon, actor
• July 2 - Lee Remick, actress
• July 8 - James Franciscus, actor
• August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst, actress
• September 3 - Frank Capra, director
• September 8 - Brad Davis, actor
• September 24 - Dr. Seuss, writer
• September 25 - Viviane Romance, actress
• November 2 - Irwin Allen, producer, director
• November 5 - Fred MacMurray, actor
• November 6 - Gene Tierney, actress
• November 9 - Yves Montand, actor
• November 29 - Ralph Bellamy, actor
• December 12 - Eleanor Boardman, actress
• December 28 - Cassandra Harris, actressde:Filmjahr 1991