1991 in film

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The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films (U.S.) 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1991 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 References

Events

• April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan O'Keefe in New York

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	Terminator 2 : Judgement Day	TriStar	$204,843,345
2.	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Warner Bros.	$165,493,908
3.	Beauty and the Beast	Disney	$145,863,363
4.	The Silence of the Lambs	Orion	$130,742,922
5.	City Slickers	Columbia	$124,033,791
6.	Hook	TriStar	$119,654,823
7.	The Addams Family	Paramount	$113,502,426
8.	Sleeping with the Enemy	Fox	$101,599,005
9.	Father of the Bride	Touchstone	$89,325,780
10.	The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear	Paramount	$86,930,411

source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1991&p=.htm

Awards

Academy 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

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:JFK

Best Picture: Bugsy

Best Actor: Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides

Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - The Fisher King

Best Actress: Bette Midler - For the Boys

Other

Best Director: Oliver Stone - JFK

Best Foreign Language Film: Europa Europa, Germany

Palme 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

Films released in 1991

A

• A Scene At The Sea
• The Addams Family
• The Adjuster
• All I Want For Christmas
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord

B

• Backdraft
• Barton Fink - Palme d'Or award
• Beauty and the Beast
• Brother Future
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
• Billy Bathgate
• Blue Desert
• The Borrower, directed by John McNaughton, starring Rae Dawn Chong and Don Gordon
• Boyz N the Hood
• Bugsy - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
• The Butcher's Wife

C

• Cape Fear
• Captain America
• Career Opportunities
• Cast A Deadly Spell
• Child's Play 3
• City of Hope
• City Slickers
• Class Action
• Close To Eden (Urga)
• Closet Land
• The Commitments
• Curly Sue

D

• The Dark Wind
• Days of Being Wild
• Dead Again
• Deceived
• Defending Your Life
• Delicatessen
• Delirious, starring John Candy
• Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox
• The Doctor, starring William Hurt
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
• The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone
• Double Impact
• Dutch
• Dying Young

E

• Ernest Scared Stupid

F

• Father of the Bride
• La Femme Nikita (U.S. release)
• The Fisher King
• Flight of the Intruder
• For The Boys, starring Bette Midler
• Frankie and Johnny
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• F/X2

G

• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
• Grand Canyon^[1]
• Guilty by Suspicion

H

• The Hard Way
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
• He Said, She Said
• Heaven and Earth (U.S. release)
• Highlander II: The Quickening
• Hook
• Hot Shots!
• The Hours and Times
• Hudson Hawk

I

• If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent
• The Indian Runner

J

• JFK
• Jungle Fever, directed by Spike Lee
• King Ralph
• A Kiss Before Dying
• Knight Rider 2000

L

• L.A. Story
• The Last Boy Scout
• Lies Of The Twins
• Life Stinks, starring and directed by Mel Brooks
• The Linguini Incident
• Lionheart (U.S. release)
• Little Man Tate, starring and directed by Jodie Foster

M

• Married to It
• The Marrying Man
• McBain
• Mediterraneo
• Meet the Applegates
• Men of Respect
• Mississippi Masala
• Mobsters
• Mortal Thoughts
• My Girl
• Mystery Date
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
• Naked Lunch
• Necessary Roughness
• New Jack City
• Night on Earth
• Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field
• Nothing But Trouble
• Once A Thief, directed by John Woo
• Once Around
• One Good Cop
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (re-released)
• Only The Lonely
• Oscar
• Other People's Money
• Out for Justice
• Pappa ante Portas
• Paradise
• Pastime, a baseball film starring William Russ (Sundance Film Festival award winner)
• The People Under the Stairs, directed by Wes Craven
• The Perfect Weapon
• Point Break
• Poison
• The Prince of Tides
• Problem Child 2
• Pure Luck
• A Rage in Harlem
• Rambling Rose
• Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford
• Return to the Blue Lagoon, starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause
• Ricochet, starring Denzel Washington
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• The Rocketeer
• Rover Dangerfield
• Run
• The Revolution Dog
• Rush
• Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission
• Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
• Shakes the Clown
• Shattered
• Shout
• Showdown in Little Tokyo
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Sleeping with the Enemy
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Stone Cold
• Strictly Business
• Suburban Commando
• The Super, starring Joe Pesci
• Switched
• The Taking of Beverly Hills
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Thelma & Louise
• 35 Up
• Together Alone
• Toy Soldiers
• 29th Street
• What About Bob?
• White Fang
• Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
• Year of the Gun
• Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

Births

• Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
• Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
• Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
• Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress

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 14 - Howard Ashman, playwright, lyricist
• 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 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 23 - Klaus Kinski, actor
• November 29 - Ralph Bellamy, actor
• December 12 - Eleanor Boardman, actress
• December 28 - Cassandra Harris, actress

References

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