1991 in film
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[edit] Events
- April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan O'Keefe in New York
- Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is made.
[edit] Top grossing films
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman
- The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
- City Slickers, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby
- Hook, starring Robin Williams,Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts
- The Addams Family, starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston
- Sleeping with the Enemy, starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin
- Father of the Bride, starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson
- Beauty and the Beast
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs - Orion Pictures Corp.
- Best Director: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance - City Slickers
- Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King
- Best Foreign Language Film: Mediterraneo, directed by Gabriele Salvatores, Italy
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Bugsy
- Best Actor: Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
- <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
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