| Month |
Day |
Event |
| January |
7 |
Due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scrap plans to hold its 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony and instead hold a press conference announcing the winners |
| 13 |
The 65th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced. |
| 16 |
The 61st BAFTA Awards nominations were announced with Atonement the leading film with 14 nominations closely followed by No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, both with 7 nominations |
| 17 - 27 |
The 26th Sundance Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin McDonagh's In Bruges and screens over 120 films. The Grand Jury and Audience Award prizes are awarded to Frozen River and The Wackness respectively. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Bernard Shakey's CSNY Déjà Vu |
| 22 |
The 80th Academy Awards nominations were announced with No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood the leading films with 8 nominations each, closely followed by Atonement and Michael Clayton, both with 7
The Oscar nominated actor Heath Ledger, 28, is found dead at his home in Manhattan, New York City, from an accidental prescription pills overdose
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| 23 - 3 |
The 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Lucía Cedrón's narrative feature-film debut Lamb of God (Cordero de Dios). |
| 26 |
The 60th Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles. The Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize is awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen |
| 27 |
The 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. |
| February |
7 - 17 |
The 58th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's Shine A Light and screens over 350 films. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to The Elite Squad. The Silver Bear prizes are awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director, Reza Naji, Best Actor and Sally Hawkins, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind |
| 8 |
The 35th Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The Best Animated Feature prize is awarded to Ratatouille |
| 9 |
The 60th Writers Guild of America Awards are announced in a brief statement. The Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay prizes are awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) and Diablo Cody (Juno), respectively |
| 10 |
The 61st BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. Sir Anthony Hopkins is honoured with the Academy Fellowship. |
| 12 |
The members of the WGA agree a three-year deal with the AMPTP and vote to end the 3-month 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike |
| 23 |
The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California.
The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards ceremony is broadcast. The Best Film award is given to Juno. The Best Actor and Best Actress awards are given to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ellen Page respectively
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| 24 |
The 80th Academy Awards ceremony is held in the Kodak Theater, Hollywood. |
| March |
3 |
28th Genie Awards |
| 13 - 21 |
7th Tiburon International Film Festival |
| April |
4 - 13 |
10th Sarasota Film Festival |
| 23 - 4 |
7th Tribeca Film Festival
- 2008 Best Narrative Feature Let the Right One In
- 2008 Best Documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell
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| 24 - 8 |
51st San Francisco International Film Festival |
| May |
? - ? |
8th Silver Lake Film Festival |
| 14 - 25 |
Entre les murs wins the Palme d'Or while Gomorra receives the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. |
| 22 - 15 |
34th Seattle International Film Festival |
| 26 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull earns $126 million in the United States and Canada, becoming the highest grossing debut of 2008 and the second highest for a Memorial Day weekend debut behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. |
| June |
1 |
17th MTV Awards
A massive fire destroys portions of facilities at Universal Studios in Universal City near Los Angeles, California.
|
| 14 - 22 |
11th Shanghai International Film Festival |
| 18 |
Iron Man becomes the first movie of 2008 to earn $300 million in the United States and Canada. |
| 18 - 29 |
62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. The festival launches a new sidebar celebrating the spirit of discovery, including selections Bigga Than Ben, Blood Car, Crack Willow, Spike, Strange Girls, and The Third Pint.[3] |
| July |
17 - 26 |
8th Era New Horizons Film Festival |
| August |
4 |
The Dark Knight reached $400 million in record time at 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days.[2] |
| 6 - 16 |
61st Locarno International Film Festival |
| 21 - 1 |
32nd Montreal World Film Festival |
| 27 - 6 |
65th Venice International Film Festival |
| September |
4 - 13 |
33rd Toronto International Film Festival |
| 15 -20 |
33rd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia |
| 18 - 27 |
56th San Sebastián International Film Festival |
| 23 -30 |
6th Bangkok International Film Festival |
| October |
1 - 12 |
16th Raindance Film Festival |
| 15 - 30 |
52nd London Film Festival |
| 18 - 26 |
21st Tokyo International Film Festival |
| November |
18 - 28 |
32nd Cairo International Film Festival |
| December |
5 - 14 |
10th Jakarta International Film Festival |
| 4 - 14 |
23rd Mar del Plata International Film Festival |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
J
A
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U
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4 |
One Missed Call |
Warner Bros. |
Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancón, Azura Skye, Ray Wise, Margaret Cho |
| 11 |
First Sunday |
Screen Gems |
Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall |
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale |
Freestyle Releasing |
Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, Ron Perlman, John Rhys-Davies, Claire Forlani, Matthew Lillard, Kristanna Loken, Brian J. White |
| The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie |
Universal Studios |
Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Cam Clarke, Yuri Lowenthal |
| 18 |
27 Dresses |
20th Century Fox |
Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Judy Greer, Edward Burns |
| Cloverfield |
Paramount Pictures |
Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas |
| Mad Money |
Yari Film Group |
Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Stephen Root, Christopher McDonald, Roger Cross |
| 25 |
How She Move |
Paramount Vantage |
Kevin Duhaney, Shawn Desman, Kardinal Offishall, Djanet Sears, Mýa |
| Meet the Spartans |
20th Century Fox |
Sean Maguire, Ken Davitian, Carmen Electra, Kevin Sorbo, Jareb Dauplaise, Travis Van Winkle, Diedrich Bader |
| Rambo |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Ken Howard, Jake La Botz |
| Untraceable |
Screen Gems |
Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Michael Cross, Mary Beth Hurt |
F
E
B
R
U
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R
Y |
1 |
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Kenny Ortega, Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Over Her Dead Body |
New Line Cinema |
Eva Longoria, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Lindsay Sloane, Jason Biggs |
| Strange Wilderness |
Paramount Pictures |
Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Kevin Heffernan, Ashley Scott, Peter Dante, Harry Hamlin, Robert Patrick |
| The Eye |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija |
| 8 |
Fool's Gold |
Warner Bros. |
Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Tiffany Grant |
| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins |
Universal Studios |
Martin Lawrence, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, Cedric the Entertainer, James Earl Jones |
| 14 |
Definitely, Maybe |
Universal Studios |
Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz |
| Jumper |
20th Century Fox |
Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell |
| Step Up 2 The Streets |
Touchstone Pictures |
Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Channing Tatum, Cassie |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles |
Paramount Pictures |
Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn |
| 22 |
Be Kind Rewind |
New Line Cinema |
Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz |
| Charlie Bartlett |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Robert Downey, Jr., Hope Davis, Anton Yelchin, Kat Dennings |
| U2 3D ‡ |
3ality Digital |
Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr. |
| Vantage Point |
Columbia Pictures |
Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Zoe Saldana |
| Witless Protection |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Milicevic, Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Jenny McCarthy, Yaphet Kotto |
| 29 |
Penelope |
Summit Entertainment |
Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Richard E. Grant |
| Semi-Pro |
New Line Cinema |
Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André 3000, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, David Koechner, Andrew Daly |
| The Other Boleyn Girl |
Columbia Pictures |
Natalie Portman, Scarlet Johannson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Kristin Scott Thomas |
M
A
R
C
H |
7 |
10,000 BC |
Warner Bros. |
Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis |
| College Road Trip |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Raven-Symoné, Martin Lawrence, Brenda Song, Donny Osmond |
| The Bank Job |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows |
| 14 |
Horton Hears a Who! |
20th Century Fox/Blue Sky |
Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Isla Fisher, Will Arnett, Dan Fogler, Jamie Pressly |
| Doomsday |
Universal Studios |
Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Rhona Mitra, Neil Marshall |
| Never Back Down |
Summit Entertainment |
Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Djimon Hounsou, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters |
| 21 |
Drillbit Taylor |
Paramount Pictures |
Owen Wilson, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, David Dorfman, Alex Frost, Josh Peck |
| Meet the Browns |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Sofía Vergara, David Mann, Tamela Mann |
| Shutter |
20th Century Fox |
Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, John Hensley |
| 28 |
21 |
Columbia Pictures |
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Aaron Yoo |
| Run Fatboy Run |
Picturehouse |
Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria |
| Stop-Loss |
Paramount Pictures |
Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
| Superhero Movie |
Dimension Films |
Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Hart, Christopher McDonald |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
A
P
R
I
L |
4 |
Leatherheads |
Universal Studios |
George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Price, Stephen Root |
| Nim's Island |
20th Century Fox |
Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler |
| The Ruins |
DreamWorks |
Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson |
| 11 |
Never Forever |
Arts Alliance America |
Vera Farmiga, Jung-woo Ha |
| Prom Night |
Screen Gems |
Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Johnathon Schaech, Idris Elba, Jessalyn Gilsig, Linden Ashby, Jessica Stroup |
| Smart People |
Miramax Films |
Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page |
| Street Kings |
Fox Searchlight |
Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Naomie Harris, The Game |
| The Visitor ‡ |
Overture Films |
Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass |
| 18 |
88 Minutes |
Columbia Pictures |
Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Benjamin McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman |
| Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed |
Rocky Mountain Pictures |
Ben Stein |
| The Forbidden Kingdom |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, Liu Yi Fei, Li Bingbing |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
Universal Studios |
Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz Cackowski, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd |
| 25 |
Baby Mama |
Universal Studios |
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Steve Martin, Sigourney Weaver, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor Will Forte |
| Deception |
20th Century Fox |
Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q |
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay |
New Line Cinema |
Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Paula Garces, Neil Patrick Harris, Ed Helms |
| Son of Rambow ‡ |
Freestyle Releasing |
Bill Milner, Will Poulter |
M
A
Y |
2 |
Iron Man |
Marvel Studios |
Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Leslie Bibb, Samuel L Jackson, Jon Favreau |
| Made of Honor |
Columbia Pictures |
Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Carlson |
| Redbelt ‡ |
Sony Classics |
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Tim Allen, Alice Braga, Joe Mantegna |
| 9 |
Speed Racer |
Warner Bros. |
Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox |
| What Happens in Vegas |
20th Century Fox |
Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Miller, Rob Corddry, Zach Galifianakis |
| The Fall |
Roadside Attractions |
Lee Pace, Justine Waddell |
| 16 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
Walden Media |
Andrew Adamson (d)Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Tilda Swinton, Eddie Izzard |
| 22 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
Paramount Pictures |
Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent |
| 30 |
Sex and the City |
New Line Cinema |
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Mario Cantone |
| The Strangers |
Rogue Pictures |
Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward |
J
U
N
E |
6 |
Kung Fu Panda |
DreamWorks |
Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane, David Cross, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim |
| You Don't Mess with the Zohan |
Columbia Pictures |
Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson |
| 13 |
The Happening |
20th Century Fox |
Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel |
| The Incredible Hulk |
Marvel Studios |
Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt |
| 20 |
Get Smart |
Warner Bros. |
Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Ken Davitian, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp, David Koechner, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Bill Murray, James Caan, Dalip Singh |
| The Love Guru |
Paramount Pictures |
Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley, John Oliver, Verne Troyer, Romany Malco |
| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ‡ |
Picturehouse |
Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond, Joan Cusack, Stanley Tucci, Jane Krakowski, Glenne Headley, Wallace Shawn, Max Thieriot, Willow Smith |
| 27 |
WALL-E |
Pixar |
Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, MacInTalk |
| Wanted |
Universal Studios |
Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Marc Warren, Chris Pratt |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
J
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2 |
Hancock |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman |
| 11 |
Garden Party |
Roadside Attractions |
Willa Holland, Vinessa Shaw |
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
Universal Studios |
Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Gross, Anna Walton, John Hurt |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth |
Walden Media |
Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem |
| Meet Dave |
20th Century Fox |
Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Banks |
| The Stone Angel |
Vivendi Entertainment |
Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Page, Cole Hauser, Christine Horne, Kevin Zegers, Dylan Baker |
| 18 |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts |
| Mamma Mia! |
Universal Studios |
Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård |
| Space Chimps |
20th Century Fox |
Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kenan Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Omid Abtahi, Kath Soucie |
| 23 |
Boy A |
The Weinstein Company |
Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Katie Lyons |
| 25 |
Brideshead Revisited ‡ |
Miramax Films |
Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw |
| Step Brothers |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen |
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe |
20th Century Fox |
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Mitch Pileggi, Xzibit, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley |
A
U
G
U
S
T |
1 |
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
Universal Studios |
Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Isabella Leong, Russell Wong |
| Swing Vote |
Touchstone Pictures |
Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane |
| 6 |
Pineapple Express |
Columbia Pictures |
Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R. McBride, Gary Cole, Craig Robinson, Kevin Corrigan, Rosie Perez, Amber Heard, Ed Begley, Jr., James Remar |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 |
Warner Bros. |
Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Jesse Williams, Kyle Schmid, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rachel Nichols |
| 8 |
Beer For My Horses |
Roadside Attractions |
Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, Ted Nugent, Tom Skerritt, Claire Forlani, Barry Corbin, Greg Serano, Willie Nelson, Gina Gershon |
| What We Do Is Secret |
Peace Arch Entertainment |
Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Rick Gonzalez, Noah Segan, Ray Park |
| 13 |
Tropic Thunder |
DreamWorks |
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Brandon T. Jackson, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel |
| 15 |
Fly Me to the Moon |
Summit Entertainment |
Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Patrick, Kelly Ripa, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Begley, Jr., Buzz Aldrin |
| Mirrors |
20th Century Fox |
Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars |
Warner Bros. |
Matt Lanter, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Ian Abercrombie, Nika Futterman, Matthew Wood, Kevin Michael Richardson |
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
The Weinstein Company |
Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Chris Messina, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn |
| 20 |
The Rocker |
20th Century Fox |
Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad, Will Arnett, Emma Stone, Jeff Garlin, Jane Lynch |
| 22 |
Death Race |
Universal Studios |
Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Vargas, Frederick Koehler, Robin Shou |
| The House Bunny |
Columbia Pictures |
Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Colin Hanks, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis, Kat Dennings, Beverly D'Angelo, Kiely Williams, Hugh Hefner |
| The Longshots |
Dimension Films |
Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Matt Craven |
| Hamlet 2 ‡ |
Focus Features |
Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Melonie Diaz |
| 27 |
Traitor |
Overture Films |
Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough |
| 29 |
Babylon A.D. |
20th Century Fox |
Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling |
| College |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, Ryan Pinkston, Kevin Covais, Nick Zano |
| Disaster Movie |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan |
| Goal! 2: Living the Dream |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela |
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5 |
Bangkok Dangerous |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnam, Charlie Yeung |
| 12 |
Burn After Reading |
Focus Features |
George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt |
| The Family That Preys |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, Kadee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Robin Givens, Kathy Bates |
| Proud American |
Slowhand Cinema |
Jonathan Banks, Dennis Haskins, Ken Howard, Marc McClure, Kimberlin Brown |
| Righteous Kill |
Overture Films |
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo |
| Towelhead ‡ |
Warner Independent |
Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Summer Bishil, Lynn Collins |
| The Women |
Picturehouse |
Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, Bette Midler |
| 13 |
Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers |
Shochiku |
Hiroshi Nagano, Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Jiro Dan, Keiji Takamine, Takeshi Tsuruno |
| 19 |
Appaloosa ‡ |
New Line Cinema |
Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen |
| The Duchess ‡ |
Paramount Vantage |
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell |
| Ghost Town |
DreamWorks |
Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Alan Ruck |
| Igor |
MGM/Weinstein Co. |
John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Dana Snyder, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, Christian Slater |
| Lakeview Terrace |
Screen Gems |
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Jay Hernandez |
| My Best Friend's Girl |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Lizzy Caplan, Alec Baldwin, Diora Baird |
| 26 |
Eagle Eye |
DreamWorks |
Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton |
| Fireproof |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea, Ken Bevel, Stephen Dervan, Jason McLeod, Alex Kendrick |
| Forever Strong |
Crane Movie Company |
Gary Cole, Sean Faris, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Sean Astin, Neal McDonough |
| Miracle at St. Anna |
Touchstone Pictures |
Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo |
| Nights in Rodanthe |
Warner Bros. |
Richard Gere, Diane Lane, James Franco, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Mae Whitman |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
O
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3 |
An American Carol |
Vivendi Entertainment |
Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, John Voight, Dennis Hopper, Leslie Nielsen, Jillian Murray |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo, Andy García, Plácido Domingo, Edward James Olmos, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin |
| Blindness |
Miramax Films |
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, Danny Glover |
| Flash of Genius |
Universal Studios |
Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney, Lauren Graham |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist |
Columbia Pictures |
Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron |
| Religulous ‡ |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Bill Maher |
| 8 |
RocknRolla ‡ |
Warner Bros. |
Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Ludacris |
| 10 |
Body of Lies |
Warner Bros. |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe |
| City of Ember |
20th Century Fox |
Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Harry Treadaway, Martin Landau |
| The Express |
Universal Studios |
Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Charles S. Dutton |
| Quarantine |
Screen Gems |
Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech |
| 17 |
Max Payne |
20th Century Fox |
Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Kate Burton, Donal Logue, Nelly Furtado, Amaury Nolasco, Chris O'Donnell, |
| The Secret Life of Bees |
Fox Searchlight |
Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Hilarie Burton |
| Sex Drive |
Summit Entertainment |
Josh Zuckerman, James Marsden, Seth Green, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew |
| W. |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Rob Corddry, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd, Scott Glenn |
| 24 |
Changeling ‡ |
Universal Studios |
Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Geoff Pierson, Jeffrey Donovan, Jason Butler Harner, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan |
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Chris Warren Jr., Ryne Sanborn, Kaycee Stroh, Alyson Reed |
| Pride and Glory |
New Line Cinema |
Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich |
| Saw V |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Julie Benz, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell |
| 31 |
The Haunting of Molly Hartley |
Freestyle Releasing |
Chace Crawford, Haley Bennett, AnnaLynne McCord, Shannon Marie Woodward |
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno |
The Weinstein Company |
Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Craig Robinson, Traci Lords, Brandon Routh |
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E
M
B
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7 |
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas ‡ |
Miramax Films |
Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa |
DreamWorks |
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, Alec Baldwin, will.i.am |
| Role Models |
Universal Studios |
Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch |
| Soul Men |
Dimension Films |
Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes, Sharon Leal, Jennifer Coolidge, Isaac Hayes |
| 12 |
Slumdog Millionaire ‡ |
Fox Searchlight Pictures / Warner Bros. |
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor |
| 14 |
Quantum of Solace |
Columbia Pictures |
Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini |
| 21 |
Bolt |
Walt Disney Pictures |
John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, Nick Swardson, Diedrich Bader, Chloe Moretz, Greg Germann, James Lipton, Randy Savage, Kari Wahlgren |
| Twilight |
Summit Entertainment |
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner |
| 26 |
Australia |
20th Century Fox |
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown |
| Four Christmases |
New Line Cinema |
Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Kristin Chenoweth, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Tim McGraw |
| Transporter 3 |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Jason Statham, François Berléand, Robert Knepper |
| Milk ‡ |
Universal Studios |
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Joseph Cross, Alison Pill, Diego Luna, Victor Garber |
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E
M
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5 |
Cadillac Records |
TriStar Pictures |
Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Beyoncé Knowles, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker |
| Frost/Nixon ‡ |
Universal Studios |
Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Toby Jones, Rebecca Hall, Patty McCormack, Andy Milder |
| Nobel Son |
Freestyle Releasing |
Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito, Ted Danson, Tracey Walter |
| Punisher: War Zone |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison |
| 10 |
The Reader ‡ |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara, Lena Olin |
| 12 |
Che ‡ |
IFC |
Benicio del Toro, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Franka Potente, Julia Ormond, Lou Diamond Phillips, Demián Bichir |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still |
20th Century Fox |
Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Kyle Chandler |
| Delgo |
Freestyle Releasing |
Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer, Malcolm McDowell, Louis Gossett, Jr., Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds |
| Doubt ‡ |
Miramax Films |
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis |
| Gran Torino ‡ |
Warner Bros. |
Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Anhey Her |
| Nothing Like the Holidays |
Overture Films |
John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Freddy Rodriguez, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez, Luis Guzmán |
| Adulthood ‡ |
Lionsgate |
Noel Clarke, Ben Drew, Danny Dyer |
| 17 |
The Wrestler |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Mickey Rourke, Ernest Miller, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Todd Barry |
| 19 |
Seven Pounds |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper |
| The Tale of Despereaux |
Universal Studios |
Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, William H. Macy, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Robbie Coltrane, Ciarán Hinds, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Shaughnessy, Sigourney Weaver |
| Yes Man |
Warner Bros. |
Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Terrence Stamp, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Darby, Danny Masterson |
| 25 |
Bedtime Stories |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Teresa Palmer, Courteney Cox, Lucy Lawless, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Aisha Tyler, Jonathan Pryce |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount Pictures |
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jared Harris, Phyllis Somerville, Elias Koteas |
| Last Chance Harvey ‡ |
Overture Films |
Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Richard Schiff, Liane Balaban |
| Marley & Me |
20th Century Fox |
Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Kathleen Turner |
| The Spirit |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria |
| Valkyrie |
United Artists |
Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Christian Berkel, Bill Nighy, David Schofield, Terence Stamp, Carice van Houten |
| 26 |
Revolutionary Road ‡ |
Paramount Vantage |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Richard Easton, Zoe Kazan, Jay O. Sanders |
| 31 |
Defiance ‡ |
Paramount Vantage |
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay, Alexa Davalos, Mia Wasikowska, Tomas Arana |
| Month |
Date |
Name |
Age |
Country |
Profession |
Notable films |
| January |
2 |
George M. Fraser |
82 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
Octopussy • The Three Musketeers • Red Sonja |
| 4 |
Edward Richardson |
63 |
USA |
Art Director |
Scarface • American Gigolo • Toys • Cat People |
| 10 |
Vampira |
86 |
Russia |
Actress |
Plan 9 from Outer Space • Sex Kittens Go to College |
| 15 |
Brad Renfro |
25 |
USA |
Actor |
Ghost World • The Client • Deuces Wild • The Jacket • Apt Pupil • The Cure |
| 19 |
Suzanne Pleshette |
70 |
USA |
Actress |
The Birds • Spirited Away • Support Your Local Gunfighter • Blackbeard's Ghost • The Shaggy D.A. |
| 22 |
Roberto Gari |
88 |
USA |
Actor |
Scent of a Woman • She-Devil |
| 22 |
Heath Ledger |
28 |
Australia |
Actor |
The Dark Knight • Brokeback Mountain • 10 Things I Hate About You • Casanova • The Patriot • A Knight's Tale • The Brothers Grimm • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus • Monster's Ball • The Four Feathers • I'm Not There • The Order |
| 25 |
Christopher Allport |
60 |
USA |
Actor |
To Live and Die in L.A. • The Lincoln Conspiracy • Invaders from Mars |
| February |
2 |
Barry Morse |
89 |
Canada |
Actor |
I Really Hate My Job • The Changeling • Asylum |
| 9 |
Robert DoQui |
73 |
USA |
Actor |
RoboCop • Coffy • Nashville • Cloak & Dagger |
| 10 |
Roy Scheider |
75 |
USA |
Actor |
Jaws • 2010 • Marathon Man • All That Jazz • The French Connection • Klute • The Rainmaker • The Punisher • Naked Lunch |
| 12 |
Oscar Brodney |
100 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
Harvey • The Glenn Miller Story • The Brass Bottle |
| 12 |
David Groh |
68 |
USA |
Actor |
The Return of Superfly • The Stoned Age • A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich |
| 13 |
Lionel Mark Smith |
62 |
USA |
Actor |
Magnolia • Spartan • The Postman Always Rings Twice • Homicide • Galaxina |
| 14 |
Perry Lopez |
76 |
USA |
Actor |
Chinatown • Kelly's Heroes • McLintock! |
| 19 |
David Watkin |
82 |
UK |
Cinematographer |
Out of Africa • Chariots of Fire • Moonstruck • Hamlet • Return to Oz • Help! • Jane Eyre |
| 22 |
Dennis Letts |
73 |
USA |
Actor |
Cast Away • A Perfect World • Infamous • Where the Heart Is • Secondhand Lions • Fire Down Below |
| 28 |
John Bliss |
77 |
USA |
Actor |
Intolerable Cruelty • Art School Confidential |
| March |
2 |
Jeff Healey |
41 |
Canada |
Singer, Actor |
Road House |
| 4 |
Leonard Rosenman |
83 |
USA |
Composer |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home • Barry Lyndon • Bound for Glory • RoboCop 2 • The Jazz Singer • Pork Chop Hill |
| 12 |
Erwin Geschonneck |
101 |
Germany |
Actor |
Jacob, the Liar |
| 16 |
Ivan Dixon |
76 |
USA |
Actor |
A Patch of Blue |
| 18 |
Anthony Minghella |
54 |
UK |
Director, Screenwriter |
The English Patient • The Talented Mr. Ripley • Cold Mountain • Nine • Michael Clayton |
| 19 |
Paul Scofield |
86 |
UK |
Actor |
A Man For All Seasons • Hamlet • The Crucible • Quiz Show • Serpico |
| 23 |
Chase Tatum |
34 |
USA |
Actor |
Who's Your Caddy? |
| 24 |
Richard Widmark |
93 |
USA |
Actor |
Kiss of Death • Night and the City • Panic in the Streets • How the West Was Won• The Swarm• Coma• To the Devil a Daughter• No way Out• Garden of Evil• The Cobweb• Run for the Sun• Rollercoaster |
| 25 |
Tony Church |
77 |
UK |
Actor |
Tess • Krull |
| 25 |
Abby Mann |
80 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
| 31 |
Jules Dassin |
96 |
USA |
Director |
The Naked City • Never on Sunday • Topkapi • The Canterville Ghost • The Naked City |
| April |
3 |
Frosty Freeze |
44 |
USA |
Singer, Actor |
Flashdance |
| 5 |
Charlton Heston |
84 |
USA |
Actor |
Ben-Hur • Planet of the Apes • Touch of Evil • The Ten Commandments • El Cid• The Greatest Show on Earth • Soylent Green • Airport 1975 • Omega Man • Earthquake • True Lies • Khartoum • Hamlet • Armageddon • Any Given Sunday • Midway • Two-Minute Warning • Major Dundee • Wayne's World 2 |
| 5 |
Alex Grasshoff |
79 |
USA |
Director |
Young Americans |
| 8 |
Stanley Kamel |
65 |
USA |
Actor |
Domino • Inland Empire • Corvette Summer |
| 9 |
Lloyd Lamble |
94 |
Australia |
Actor |
The Belles of St. Trinian's |
| 14 |
Ollie Johnston |
95 |
USA |
Animator |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • Fantasia • Bambi • Pinocchio |
| 14 |
June Travis |
93 |
USA |
Actress |
Ceiling Zero |
| 15 |
Hazel Court |
93 |
UK |
Actress |
The Raven • The Masque of the Red Death |
| 18 |
Joy Page |
83 |
USA |
Actress |
Casablanca • Bullfighter and the Lady |
| 20 |
Bebe Barron |
82 |
USA |
Music Composer |
Forbidden Planet |
| 24 |
Tristram Cary |
82 |
UK |
Composer |
The Ladykillers • Quatermass and the Pit • Blood from the Mummy's Tomb |
| 29 |
Julie Ege |
64 |
Norway |
Actress |
On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Up Pompeii |
| May |
1 |
Bernard Archard |
91 |
UK |
Actor |
Macbeth |
| 1 |
Elaine Dundy |
86 |
USA |
Actress |
|
| 4 |
Fred Haines |
72 |
USA |
Screenwriter, Director |
Ulysses • Steppenwolf |
| 13 |
Jill Adams |
77 |
UK |
Actress |
The Green Man • Private's Progress |
| 13 |
John Phillip Law |
70 |
USA |
Actor |
Barbarella • Danger: Diabolik • The Red Baron • The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming |
| 15 |
Alexander Courage |
88 |
USA |
Composer, Orchestrator |
My Fair Lady • Some Like It Hot • Jurassic Park • The Ghost and the Darkness • Rudy |
| 16 |
David Mitton |
69 |
UK |
Writer, Producer, Director |
Thomas and Friends • TUGS • Thomas and the Magic Railroad |
| 16 |
Sandy Howard |
80 |
USA |
Director, Producer |
Howdy Doody • Captain Kangaroo |
| 18 |
Irma Córdoba |
94 |
Argentina |
Actor |
Fuera de la ley • Atorrante |
| 18 |
Joseph Pevney |
96 |
USA |
Actor |
Female on the Beach • Tammy and the Bachelor • Man of a Thousand Faces |
| 19 |
Vijay Tendulkar |
80 |
India |
Screenwriter |
Nishant • Aakrosh • Ardh Satya |
| 22 |
Harry Lange |
77 |
Germany |
Production designer |
2001: A Space Odyssey • Moonraker • The Empire Strikes Back |
| 24 |
Tano Cimarosa |
86 |
Italy |
Actor |
Cinema Paradiso |
| 24 |
Rob Knox |
18 |
UK |
Actor |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| 24 |
Dick Martin |
86 |
USA |
Actor, Comedian |
Bartleby • Air Bud: Golden Receiver • Carbon Copy • The Glass Bottom Boat |
| 26 |
Sydney Pollack |
73 |
USA |
Actor, Director, Producer |
Out of Africa • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? • Tootsie • Breaking and Entering • Sliding Doors• The Firm • Havana • Three Days of the Condor • The Way We Were • Eyes Wide Shut |
| 28 |
Earle Hagen |
88 |
USA |
Composer, Orchestrator |
Call Me Madam • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| 29 |
Harvey Korman |
81 |
USA |
Actor |
Dracula: Dead and Loving It • Blazing Saddles • Herbie Goes Bananas• History of the World, Part I • High Anxiety• The Flintstones • Munchies |
| June |
1 |
Ted Manson |
81 |
USA |
Actor |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Fried Green Tomatoes • Runaway Jury • Gordy • Elizabethtown |
| 2 |
Mel Ferrer |
90 |
USA |
Actor, Director, Producer |
Scaramouche • Lili • The Sun Also Rises • A Time for Loving • Wait Until Dark • Lili Marleen |
| 6 |
Bobby Anderson |
75 |
USA |
Actor |
It's a Wonderful Life |
| 6 |
Rudy Fernandez |
56 |
Philippines |
Actor |
Atlantika |
| 11 |
Jean Desailly |
87 |
France |
Actor |
La Peau Douce • Le Professionnel |
| 13 |
Tim Russert |
58 |
USA |
Journalist |
|
| 15 |
Stan Winston |
62 |
USA |
Director, Makeup Artist |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day • Jurassic Park • Aliens |
| 17 |
Cyd Charisse |
86 |
USA |
Actress, Dancer |
The Band Wagon • Something's Got to Give • Singin' in the Rain • Brigadoon • Silk Stockings |
| 18 |
Jean Delannoy |
100 |
France |
Director |
La symphonie pastorale • Les amitiés particulières |
| 21 |
Kermit Love |
91 |
USA |
Puppeteer, Costume Designer |
The Muppet Movie |
| 22 |
George Carlin |
71 |
USA |
Actor, Comedian |
Outrageous Fortune • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure • Thomas and Friends • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back • Scary Movie 3 • Tarzan II • Cars • Happily N'Ever After |
| 22 |
Dody Goodman |
93 |
USA |
Actress |
Grease • Private Resort • Splash • The Chipmunk Adventure • Cool as Ice |
| 23 |
John Furlong |
75 |
USA |
Actor |
Blazing Saddles • All the President's Men • Wyatt Earp • The Gumball Rally |
| 24 |
William Vince |
45 |
Canada |
Producer |
The 4th Floor • Capote • Push |
| 29 |
Don S. Davis |
67 |
USA |
Actor |
The 6th Day • Con Air • A League of Their Own • Hook • Look Who's Talking |
| July |
2 |
Elizabeth Spriggs |
78 |
UK |
Actress |
Sense and Sensibility • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| 4 |
Evelyn Keyes |
91 |
USA |
Actress |
Gone with the Wind • Here Comes Mr. Jordan • The Jolson Story • The Seven Year Itch |
| 6 |
Nonna Mordyukova |
82 |
Russia |
Actress |
Commissar • The Diamond Arm |
| 7 |
Bruce Conner |
74 |
USA |
Director |
A Movie • Marilyn Times Five • Crossroads |
| 9 |
Charles H. Joffe |
78 |
USA |
Producer |
Annie Hall • Manhattan • Hannah and Her Sisters |
| 11 |
Breno Mello |
76 |
Brazil |
Actor |
Black Orpheus |
| 22 |
Estelle Getty |
84 |
USA |
Actress |
Stuart Little • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot • Mannequin |
| 25 |
Randy Pausch |
47 |
USA |
Author, Professor, Actor |
Star Trek |
| 25 |
Mikhail Pugovkin |
85 |
Russia |
Actor |
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures • The Twelve Chairs • Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future |
| 27 |
Youssef Chahine |
82 |
Egypt |
Director |
Sira` Fi al-Wadi • Le Chaos |
| 27 |
Marisa Merlini |
84 |
Italy |
Actress |
Pane, Amore e Fantasia • The Traffic Policeman |
| 29 |
Luther Davis |
91 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
Kiss Them for Me • Lady in a Cage • Across 110th Street |
| August |
7 |
Bernie Brillstein |
77 |
USA |
Producer |
The Blues Brothers • Ghostbusters • The Cable Guy • Happy Gilmore |
| 9 |
Bernie Mac |
50 |
USA |
Actor |
Ocean's Eleven • Transformers • Bad Santa • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa • Mr. 3000 • B* A* P* S • Transformers |
| 10 |
Isaac Hayes |
65 |
USA |
Actor, Singer
and Songwriter |
Dr. Dolittle 2 • Shaft • South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut• Robin Hood: Men in Tights • Escape from New York |
| 11 |
George Furth |
75 |
USA |
Actor |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Blazing Saddles • Bulworth • The Cannonball Run |
| 11 |
Terence Rigby |
71 |
UK |
Actor |
Get Carter • Tomorrow Never Dies • Elizabeth |
| 21 |
Fred Crane |
90 |
USA |
Actor |
Gone with the Wind |
| 25 |
Randa Chahal |
54 |
Lebanon |
Director |
The Kite |
| 25 |
Marpessa Dawn |
74 |
USA |
Actor |
Black Orpheus • Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel • Sweet Movie |
| 31 |
Jerry Reed |
71 |
USA |
Actor, Singer
and Songwriter |
Smokey and the Bandit • The Waterboy • Gator |
| September |
1 |
Don LaFontaine |
68 |
USA |
Voice actor |
Prolific and iconic voice-over actor featured in over 5,000 movie trailers |
| 1 |
Michael Pate |
88 |
Australia |
Actor, Director |
Thunder on the Hill • The Court Jester • Tim |
| 2 |
Bill Meléndez |
91 |
Mexico |
Animator, Director |
Bambi • Fantasia • A Boy Named Charlie Brown |
| 6 |
Anita Page |
98 |
USA |
Actress |
Our Dancing Daughters • The Broadway Melody • Skyscraper Souls |
| 17 |
Humberto Solás |
67 |
Cuba |
Director |
Lucía |
| 19 |
Jun Ichikawa |
59 |
Japan |
Director |
Tony Takitani |
| 19 |
David Jones |
74 |
UK |
Director |
Betrayal • 84 Charing Cross Road • Jacknife |
| 26 |
Paul Newman |
83 |
USA |
Actor, Director |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof • Somebody Up There Likes Me • The Hustler • Hud • Sweet Bird of Youth • Cool Hand Luke • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • The Sting • The Color of Money • The Verdict • Cars• The Towering Inferno • Slap Shot • Twilight • The Outrage • Road to Perdition |
| 27 |
Mahendra Kapoor |
74 |
India |
Playback Artist |
Upkar • Hamraaz • Gumnaam |
| October |
5 |
Ken Ogata |
71 |
Japan |
Actor |
The Pillow Book • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters • The Ballad of Narayama |
| 7 |
Peter Copley |
93 |
UK |
Actor |
The Sword and the Rose • Shout at the Devil • Empire of the Sun |
| 11 |
Mark Shivas |
70 |
UK |
Producer |
A Man of No Importance • Regeneration • Hideous Kinky |
| 13 |
Guillaume Depardieu |
37 |
France |
Actor |
Tous les matins du monde • Pola X • De la guerre |
| 15 |
Edie Adams |
81 |
USA |
Actress |
The Apartment • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Up in Smoke |
| 15 |
Nathan Davis |
91 |
USA |
Actor |
Thief• Risky Business • Code of Silence • Tough Guys• Flowers in the Attic • Chain Reaction• Holes |
| 18 |
Xie Jin |
84 |
China |
Director |
Woman Basketball Player No. 5 • Legend of Tianyun Mountain • The Opium War |
| 19 |
Rudy Ray Moore |
81 |
USA |
Actor |
Dolemite • The Human Tornado |
| 26 |
Delmar Watson |
82 |
USA |
Actor |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| 31 |
John Daly |
71 |
UK |
Producer |
The Terminator • Platoon • The Falcon and the Snowman • The Last Emperor • Hoosiers |
| November |
5 |
Michael Crichton |
66 |
USA |
Writer, Producer, Director |
Jurassic Park • Congo • Twister • The Andromeda Strain • The First Great Train Robbery • Westworld |
| 16 |
Reg Varney |
92 |
UK |
Actor |
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery • The Plank • On the Buses |
| 17 |
Ennio de Concini |
84 |
Italy |
Screenwriter |
War and Peace • Black Sunday • Divorce, Italian Style |
| 19 |
John Michael Hayes |
89 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
Rear Window • To Catch a Thief • Peyton Place |
| 26 |
De'Angelo Wilson |
29 |
USA |
Actor |
8 Mile • Antwone Fisher |
| December |
1 |
Paul Benedict |
70 |
USA |
Actor |
This Is Spinal Tap • Waiting for Guffman • The Goodbye Girl |
| 5 |
Nina Foch |
84 |
USA |
Actress |
An American in Paris • Scaramouche • Executive Suite |
| 8 |
Robert Prosky |
77 |
USA |
Actor |
Outrageous Fortune • Dead Man Walking • Christine • Rudy • Broadcast News |
| 12 |
Van Johnson |
92 |
USA |
Actor, Dancer |
A Guy Named Joe • Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo • In the Good Old Summertime • Plymouth Adventure • Brigadoon |
| 18 |
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry |
76 |
USA |
Actress |
Mommy • Star Trek • The Black Orchid |
| 20 |
Robert Mulligan |
83 |
USA |
Director |
Fear Strikes Out • To Kill a Mockingbird • Summer of '42 |
| 25 |
Eartha Kitt |
81 |
USA |
Actress, Singer |
The Emperor's New Groove • Holes • The Pink Chiquitas. |
