1993 in film
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[edit] Events
- March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
- April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
- April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California
- Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge orders her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the movie Boxing Helena. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp.
[edit] Top grossing films
- Jurassic Park
- Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan
- The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford
- The Firm, starring Tom Cruise
- Sleepless in Seattle, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rosie O'Donnell
- Indecent Proposal, starring Demi Moore, Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson
- In the Line of Fire, starring Clint Eastwood
- The Pelican Brief, starring Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington
- Schindler's List
- Cliffhanger, starring Sylvester Stallone
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Schindler's List - Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures.
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter - The Piano
- Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive
- Best Supporting Actress: Anna Paquin - The Piano
- Best Foreign Language Film: Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty), directed by Fernando Trueba, Spain
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Schindler's List
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter - The Piano
- <u>Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: Mrs. Doubtfire
- Best Actor: Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire
- Best Actress: Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do with It?
- <u>Other
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List
- Best Foreign Language Film: Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji), China / Hong Kong
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬, Ba wang bie ji), directed by Chen Kaige, China / Hong Kong
- The Piano, directed by Jane Campion, New Zealand
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):
- Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman, United States
- Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu), directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / U.K.
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xian hun nu), directed by Xie Fei, China
- The Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen), directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan / U.S.A.
[edit] Films released in 1993
- Addams Family Values
- The Age of Innocence, directed by Martin Scorsese
- Amos & Andrew
- Arizona Dream
- Army of Darkness, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie and Bridget Fonda
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- Beethoven's 2nd
- Benny & Joon
- Cliffhanger
- Coneheads
- Dave
- Dazed and Confused
- Dennis the Menace
- Falling Down
- Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Palm d'Or award
- The Firm
- Flesh and Bone
- A Foreign Field
- The Fugitive
- Ghost in the Machine, director Rachel Talalay, starring Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux, Wil Horneff, Jessica Walter, Brandon Quintin Adams, Rick Ducommun, Nancy Fish, Jack Laufer
- Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II
- Groundhog Day
- Grumpy Old Men
- Heaven & Earth
- The House of the Spirits
- In the Line of Fire
- In the Name of the Father - Golden Bear award (for 1994)
- Indecent Proposal
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- Jurassic Park
- Kalifornia
- Last Action Hero
- Leprechaun
- Life with Mikey
- Little Corey Gorey
- Look Who's Talking Now
- Malice
- Manhattan Murder Mystery
- Married to It
- Menace II Society
- Mrs. Doubtfire - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- My Life
- Naked
- National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
- The Nightmare Before Christmas, produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick
- The Pelican Brief
- Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
- The Piano - Palm d'Or award
- Point of No Return
- Public Access
- The Real McCoy
- Return of the Living Dead 3
- Rising Sun
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- Rookie of the Year
- Romeo Is Bleeding
- Ruby in Paradise
- The Sandlot
- Schindler's List - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- The Secret Garden
- Short Cuts - Golden Lion award
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Sliver
- Super Mario Bros.
- Striking Distance
- Surf Ninjas
- Swing Kids
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
- Three Colors: Blue - 1st of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Juliette Binoche - Golden Lion award
- The Three Musketeers
- Tombstone
- True Romance
- Untamed Heart
- Wayne's World 2
- The Wedding Banquet - Golden Bear award
- What's Love Got to Do With It
- The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xian hun nu) - Golden Bear award
[edit] Births
- January 11 - Flora Cross, actress
- January 18 - Morgan York, actress
- January 19 - Gus Lewis, actor
- January 26 - Cameron Bright, actor
- February 7 - David Dorfman, actor
- February 16 - Mike Weinberg, actor
- February 19 - Victoria Justice, actress
- February 26 - Taylor Dooley, actress
- March 4 - Jenna Boyd, actress
- March 4 - Alice Jones, actress
- March 4 - Abigail Mavity, actress
- March 17 - Julia Winter, actress
- March 28 - Naoki Takeshi, actor
- April 5 - Nick Price, actor
- April 14 - Vivien Cardone, actress
- May 14 - Miranda Cosgrove, actress
- May 24 - Oliver Davis, actor
- June 7 - Jordan Fry, actor
- June 9 - Danielle Chuchran, actress
- June 25 - Barney Clark, actor
- July 6 - Jeremy Suarez, voice actor
- July 9 - Emily Hirst, actress
- July 26 - Taylor Momsen, actress
- July 31 - Christian Byers, actor
- August 2 - Ryan and Kyle Pepi, actors
- August 5 - Suzuka Ohgo, actress
- August 7 - Francesca Fisher-Eastwood, actress
- August 11 - Alyson Stoner, actress
- August 12 - Imani Hakim, actress
- August 16 - Cameron Monaghan, actor
- August 20 - Brianna and Brittany McConnell, actresses
- August 26 - Keke Palmer, actress
- September 9 - Charlie Stewart, actor
- September 12 - Jacob and Zachary Handy, actors
- September 22 - Chase Ellison, actor
- October 8 - Angus T. Jones, actor
- December 8 - AnnaSophia Robb, actress
- December 22 - Ali Lohan, actress
[edit] Deaths
- January 20 - Audrey Hepburn, actress
- February 6 - Joseph Mankiewicz, director, producer, writer
- February 11 - Joy Garrett, actress
- February 27 - Lillian Gish, actress
- February 28 - Ruby Keeler, singer, actress
- March 17 - Helen Hayes, actress
- March 31 - Brandon Lee, actor, son of actor Bruce Lee
- April 5 - Divya Bharti, Bollywood actress
- June 9 - Alexis Smith, actress
- July 2 - Fred Gwynne, actor, "The Munsters" and numerous films
- July 9 - Will Rogers Jr., actor
- June 30 - George "Spanky" McFarland, actor
- August 16 - Stewart Granger, actor
- September 12 - Raymond Burr, actor
- October 10 - John Bindon, actor, bodyguard
- October 25 - Vincent Price, actor
- October 31 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director
- October 31 - River Phoenix, actor
- November 15 - Fritz Feld, actor
- December 4 - Frank Zappa, songwriter/performer
- December 6 - Don Ameche, actor
- December 14 - Myrna Loy, actress
- December 18 - Sam Wanamaker, director/actor, father of actress Zoë Wanamakerde:Filmjahr 1993
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