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1999 in film - Definition and Overview |
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See also:
1998 in film,
other events of 1999,
2000 in film,
list of 'years in film'.
Events
Top grossing films
- Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace: $431,088,297
- The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment: $293,506,292
- Toy Story 2: $245,852,179
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, starring Mike Myers: $206,040,086
- The Matrix: $171,479,930
- Tarzan: $171,091,819
- Big Daddy: $163,479,795
- The Mummy: $155,385,488
- Runaway Bride, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts: $152,257,509
- The Blair Witch Project: $140,539,099
- Stuart Little: $140,035,367
- The Green Mile: $136,801,374
- American Beauty: $130,096,601
- The World Is Not Enough: $126,943,684
- Double Jeopardy: $116,741,558
21 movies in 1999 grossed over $100 million.
Births
Deaths
- February 20 - Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert
- March 7 - Stanley Kubrick, film director
- March 13 - Garson Kanin, writer/director
- April 14 - Ellen Corby, actress, Grandma Walton in "The Waltons"
- April 21 - Buddy Rogers, actor, husband of Mary Pickford
- April 28 - Rory Calhoun, actor
- May 2 - Oliver Reed, actor
- May 8 - Dirk Bogarde, actor/author
- May 21 - Vanessa Brown, actress
- June 11 - DeForest Kelley, actor best known for "Star Trek"
- June 29 - Allan Carr, movie producer
- July 1 - Sylvia Sidney, actress
- July 2 - Mario Puzo, writer/author, "The Godfather"
- August 4 - Victor Mature, actor
- September 9 - Ruth Roman, actress
- September 22 - George C Scott, Oscar winning actor
- December 3 - Madeline Kahn, actress
- December 17 Rex Allen, cowboy actor, singer
- December 19 - Desmond Llewelyn, actor, "Q" in James Bond films
- December 23 - Lois Hamilton, actress, artist, model
Other movies released
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Example Usage of 1999 |
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paulaberg: @WhitneyE let's also party like it's 1999. |
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RedRoomWolf: RT @jayweinbergdrum: Finality. (btw, is this the arena where the cup was stolen from the sabres in 1999? interesting) http://twitpic.com ... |
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