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The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies".^[1] Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep Canvas-pioneering Tarzan, Best Picture-winner American Beauty, critically acclaimed animated works The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2 and South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut, Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's breakout film Being John Malkovich, M. Night Shyamalan's breakout hit The Sixth Sense, the controversial Fight Club, and the first installment of George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy were released this year.

Events

• April 17 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
• November 24 - Toy Story 2, a sequel to the 1995 film Toy Story, is released in theaters across the United States, and becomes an even bigger hit than the original. The movie is released in the United Kingdom in February 2000.

Top grossing films

Following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1999; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 1999 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:

1999 Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Gross	U.S/Canada Gross	U.K. Gross	Australia Gross
1.	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	Fox/Lucasfilm	$924,317,558	$431,088,301	£50,734,924	$38,828,310
2.	The Sixth Sense	Hollywood	$672,806,292	$293,506,292	£25,407,279	$29,298,667
3.	Toy Story 2	Disney/Pixar	$485,015,179	$245,852,179	£43,294,228	$20,131,422
4.	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	$460,379,930	$171,479,930	£25,918,842	$23,160,219
5.	Tarzan	Disney	$448,191,819	$171,091,819	£17,694,331	$11,399,994
6.	The Mummy	Universal	$415,933,406	$155,385,488	£17,362,781	$18,107,396
7.	Notting Hill	Polygram	$363,889,678	$116,089,678	£30,403,825	$20,831,399
8.	The World Is Not Enough	MGM	$361,832,400	$126,943,684	£28,367,515	$14,168,737
9.	American Beauty	DreamWorks	$356,296,601	$130,096,601	£21,261,601	$19,016,237
10.	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	$312,016,858	$206,040,086	£25,635,589	$22,380,168

As of December 9, 2008, forty films released in 1999 have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Six films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster motion picture" status. One film (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) has grossed more than $900 million, making it the 12th highest grossing film in history. And it was the first time that over five films released in one year reached IBMP status (Only 4 films released in 1990 made IBMP status).

For a complete list of 1999's top-grossing films, follow these links:

• • Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1999&p=.htm
  • U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1999&p=.htm
  • United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
  • Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/

Awards

Category/Organization	57th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 2000		53rd BAFTA Awards April 9, 2000	72nd Academy Awards March 26, 2000
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	American Beauty	Toy Story 2	American Beauty	American Beauty
Best Director	Sam Mendes American Beauty		Pedro Almodóvar All About My Mother	Sam Mendes American Beauty
Best Actor	Denzel Washington The Hurricane	Jim Carrey Man on the Moon	Kevin Spacey American Beauty	Kevin Spacey American Beauty
Best Actress	Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry	Janet McTeer Tumbleweeds	Annette Bening American Beauty	Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry
Best Supporting Actor	Tom Cruise Magnolia		Jude Law The Talented Mr. Ripley	Michael Caine The Cider House Rules
Best Supporting Actress	Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted		Maggie Smith Tea with Mussolini	Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted
Best Screenplay, Adapted	American Beauty Alan Ball		The End of the Affair Neil Jordan	The Cider House Rules John Irving
Best Screenplay, Original			Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman	American Beauty Alan Ball
Best Score	The Legend of 1900 Ennio Morricone		American Beauty Thomas Newman	The Red Violin John Corigliano
Best Foreign Language Film	All About My Mother		All About My Mother	All About My Mother

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Rosetta, directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, France / Belgium

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao), directed by Zhang Yimou, China

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, Canada / U.S.A.

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• 8mm, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini
• 10 Things I Hate About You, directed by Gil Junger, starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles
• The 13th Warrior, directed by John McTiernan, starring Antonio Banderas
• 200 Cigarettes, starring Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Kate Hudson, Paul Rudd

A

• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
• After Stonewall
• All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodóvar - winner of Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for best foreign film
• American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Annette Bening, Kevin Spacey, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper
• American Pie, directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy
• An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
• Analyze This, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal
• Angela's Ashes
• Angel's Dance
• Anna and the King, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat
• Annie, starring Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, Alan Cumming
• Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid
• Anywhere but Here, starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman
• Arlington Road, starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack
• Ashes to Ashes
• The Astronaut's Wife, starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron
• At First Sight, starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino
• Attack the Gas Station
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, directed by Jay Roach and starring Mike Myers and Heather Graham

B

• Babar: King of the Elephants
• Baby Geniuses, starring Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd
• The Bachelor, starring Chris O'Donnell and Renee Zellweger
• Bangkok Dangerous, directed by the Pang Brothers
• Bats
• Beau Travail
• Beautiful People
• Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze, starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
• Beowulf
• The Best Man
• Best Laid Plans, starring Reese Witherspoon
• Better Than Chocolate
• Beyond the Mat
• Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt
• Big Daddy, directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse
• The Big Kahuna, starring Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito
• Black and White, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
• The Blair Witch Project
• Blast from the Past, starring Brendan Fraser
• Blue Streak, starring Martin Lawrence
• The Bone Collector, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie
• The Boondock Saints, starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Willem Dafoe
• Bowfinger, starring Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy
• Boys Don't Cry, directed by Kimberly Peirce, starring Hilary Swank
• Breakfast of Champions, starring Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney, Barbara Hershey
• Bringing Out the Dead, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Nicolas Cage
• Buena Vista Social Club, a musical documentary directed by Wim Wenders
• But I'm a Cheerleader

C

• Chill Factor
• Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000, directed by David Orr
• Chutney Popcorn
• The Cider House Rules, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine
• The Color of Paradise (Rang-e Khoda), directed by Majid Majidi
• Coming Soon
• The Corruptor, starring Chow Yun-fat and Mark Wahlberg
• Cradle Will Rock, directed by Tim Robbins, starring Hank Azaria, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson
• Crazy in Alabama, directed by Antonio Banderas, starring Melanie Griffith
• The Criminal
• The Crimson Code, starring Patrick Muldoon, C. Thomas Howell, Cathy Moriarty
• Cruel Intentions, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair
• The Cup

D

• The Debt Collector
• Deep Blue Sea, directed by Renny Harlin
• The Deep End of the Ocean, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, starring Rob Schneider
• Deveeri, directed by Kavitha Lankesh
• Detroit Rock City
• Dick, starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams
• Dill Scallion
• A Dog of Flanders
• Dogma, directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, George Carlin
• The Dogwalker
• Don't Look Back
• Double Jeopardy, starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones
• Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Kirstie Alley
• Dudley Do-Right, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Brendan Fraser, narrated by Corey Burton
• The Duke

E

• East is East, starring Om Puri
• EDtv, directed by Ron Howard, starring Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Jenna Elfman, Elizabeth Hurley, Ellen DeGeneres
• Election, starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon
• El Intruso
• The End of the Affair, starring Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore
• End of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Entrapment, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Entropy
• eXistenZ
• Eye of the Beholder, starring Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd
• Eyes Wide Shut, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

F

• Faeries
• Fantasia 2000
• Felicia's Journey, starring Bob Hoskins
• Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton
• The Five Senses
• Flawless, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman
• The Florentine, starring Virginia Madsen, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Hal Holbrook
• A Force More Powerful
• For Love of the Game, starring Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Brian Cox, Vin Scully
• Forces of Nature, starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock
• Friends & Lovers

G

• Galaxy Quest, starring Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Alan Rickman
• Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
• Garage Olimpo
• The General's Daughter, starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, Timothy Hutton, James Woods
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Forest Whitaker
• Ghost in Love
• Girl, Interrupted, directed by James Mangold, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie
• Girl on the Bridge (La fille sur le pont), directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis
• Gloria, starring Sharon Stone
• Go, directed by Doug Liman, starring Katie Holmes
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium
• The Green Mile, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan
• Gregory's Two Girls
• Grey Owl
• Guinevere

H

• The Harmonium in My Memory
• The Haunting, directed by Jan de Bont and starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor and Owen Wilson
• Heaven or Vegas
• Held Up
• Herod's Law (La ley de Herodes), starring Damián Alcázar and Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
• The Hi-Line
• Holy Smoke!
• House on Haunted Hill, starring Geoffrey Rush
• The Hurricane, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Denzel Washington -- a biopic of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

I-K

• Idle Hands
• In Dreams, starring Annette Bening and Robert Downey, Jr.
• The Insider, directed by Michael Mann, starring Russell Crowe and Al Pacino
• Inspector Gadget, directed by David Kellogg, starring Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Dabney Coleman
• Instinct, starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding, Jr.
• In Too Deep, starring Omar Epps and LL Cool J
• The Iron Giant, directed by Brad Bird, voices by Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald,
• Jakob the Liar, starring Robin Williams
• Jawbreaker
• Jesus' Son
• Joan of Arc, directed by Luc Besson, starring Milla Jovovich and John Malkovich
• Joe the King, starring Val Kilmer
• Just a Little Harmless Sex
• Just the Ticket, starring Andy García
• K-911
• The King and I
• Kiss the Sky, starring William Petersen, Sheryl Lee, Gary Cole
• Kiss Toledo Goodbye, starring Christopher Walken

L

• Lake Placid, starring Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White
• Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed
• Liberty Heights, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna
• Life, starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence
• Light It Up
• The Limey, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda
• The Loss of Sexual Innocence
• Lost & Found, starring David Spade and Sophie Marceau
• Love Stinks
• Lovers Lane
• Lycanthrope

M

• Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Robards
• Man of the Century
• Man on the Moon, directed by Milos Forman, starring Jim Carrey, Courtney Love, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti
• Mansfield Park
• A Map of the World, starring Sigourney Weaver
• The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
• The Matrix, directed by the Wachowski brothers, starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne
• Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich
• Mickey Blue Eyes, starring Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett
• Miss Julie
• The Mod Squad, starring Claire Danes, Omar Epps, Giovanni Ribisi
• Mumford, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Jason Lee
• The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz
• Muppets from Space
• The Muse, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Sharon Stone and Andie MacDowell
• Music of the Heart, starring Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan
• My Favorite Martian, starring Christopher Lloyd
• My Life So Far
• My Voyage to Italy (documentary)
• Mystery Alaska, starring Russell Crowe and Burt Reynolds
• Mystery Men, starring Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria

N-O

• Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore
• New Waterford Girl
• The Ninth Gate, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Johnny Depp and Frank Langella
• Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao)
• Notting Hill, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant
• October Sky, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Laura Dern
• Office Space, directed by Mike Judge, starring Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston
• The Omega Code, starring Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside, Catherine Oxenberg
• One Man's Hero
• The Other Sister, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Juliette Lewis and Diane Keaton
• Our Friend, Martin

P-Q

• Payback, starring Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, William Devane, James Coburn, Lucy Liu
• Pitch People
• Play It to the Bone, starring Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu
• Pokémon: The First Movie
• Pola X
• Propaganda
• P.U.N.K.S.
• Pushing Tin, starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton

R

• The Rage: Carrie 2
• Random Hearts, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas
• Ratcatcher
• Ravenous
• Retro Puppet Master
• Rites of Passage
• Rogue Trader
• Rosetta
• Runaway Bride, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
• The Runner

S

• She's All That, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.
• Shiri
• Shower (Xizao)
• Simon Sez
• Simply Irresistible
• The Sixth Sense directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment
• Sleeping Beauties
• Sleepy Hollow, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci
• A Slipping-Down Life
• Snow Falling on Cedars
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Speedway Junky
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace directed by George Lucas, starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman
• Stigmata, starring Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne
• Stir of Echoes, starring Kevin Bacon
• The Story of Us, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer
• The Straight Story, directed by David Lynch, starring Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek
• Stuart Little, starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki
• Summer of Sam, directed by Spike Lee, starring John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody and Mira Sorvino
• Superstar
• Sweet and Lowdown, directed by Woody Allen, starring Sean Penn, Uma Thurman and Samantha Morton

T

• The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law
• Tarzan, directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck, voices by Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henriksen and Rosie O'Donnell
• Tea with Mussolini
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle, starring Helen Mirren
• That Championship Season, starring Paul Sorvino, Vincent D'Onofrio and Gary Sinise
• The Thirteenth Floor
• The Thirteenth Year
• The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by John McTiernan, starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo
• Three Kings, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube
• Three Seasons
• Three to Tango
• Titus
• Topsy-Turvy
• Toy Story 2
• Trick
• Trippin'
• True Crime, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
• Tube Tales
• Tumbleweeds, starring Janet McTeer
• Twin Falls Idaho, directorial and screenwriting debut for The Polish brothers

U-V

• Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: Battle in Hyperspace
• Undercover Angel
• Universal Soldier: The Return
• Varsity Blues, starring James Van Der Beek and Jon Voight
• The Virgin Suicides
• Virus

W-Z

• Wakko's Wish
• Walking Across Egypt
• The War Zone
• Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
• Why Not Me? (Pourquoi pas moi?)
• Wild Wild West, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, and Salma Hayek
• Wing Commander
• The Winslow Boy
• The Wood
• The World Is Not Enough, starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards and Robert Carlyle
• Yellow Hair

Wide-release movies

January - March

January

• January 8 - A Civil Action
• January 15 - At First Sight, Affliction, Hilary and Jackie, The Thin Red Line
• January 22 - Gloria, Still Crazy
• January 29 - A Cool, Dry Place, She's All That

February

• February 5 - Payback, Rushmore, Simply Irresistible
• February 12 - Blast from the Past, Message in a Bottle, My Favorite Martian
• February 19 - Jawbreaker, October Sky, Office Space
• February 26 - 20 Dates, 200 Cigarettes, The Breaks, The Other Sister

March

• March 5 - Analyze This, The Corruptor, Cruel Intentions
• March 12 - The Deep End of the Ocean, The Rage: Carrie 2
• March 19 - True Crime
• March 26 - Doug's 1st Movie, EDtv, The Mod Squad
• March 31 - The Matrix

April - June

April 1999

• April 2 - Cookie's Fortune, The Out-of-Towners, A Walk on the Moon
• April 9 - Go, Never Been Kissed
• April 16 - All About My Mother, Goodbye Lover, Life, Friends & Lovers
• April 23 - Lost & Found, Pushing Tin
• April 30 - Idle Hands

May 1999

• May 7 - The Mummy, Election
• May 12 - Trippin'
• May 14 - Endurance, A Midsummer Night's Dream
• May 18 - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
• May 19 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• May 21 - The Love Letter, The Straight Story
• May 28 - Notting Hill, The Thirteenth Floor

June 1999

• June 4 - Instinct
• June 11 - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
• June 18 - The General's Daughter, An Ideal Husband, Tarzan
• June 25 - Big Daddy
• June 30 - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Wild Wild West

July - September

July 1999

• July 2 - Summer of Sam
• July 9 - American Pie, Arlington Road
• July 14 - Muppets From Space
• July 16 - Eyes Wide Shut, Lake Placid, The Wood
• July 23 - Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Haunting, Inspector Gadget
• July 28 - Deep Blue Sea
• July 30 - The Blair Witch Project, Runaway Bride

August 1999

• August 4 - Dick
• August 6 - The Iron Giant, Mystery Men, The Sixth Sense, The Thomas Crown Affair
• August 13 - Bowfinger, Brokedown Palace, Detroit Rock City
• August 20 - Mickey Blue Eyes, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Universal Soldier: The Return
• August 25 - In Too Deep
• August 27 - The 13th Warrior, The Astronaut's Wife, Dudley Do-Right, The Muse

September 1999

• September 1 - Chill Factor, Outside Providence
• September 10 - Love Stinks, Stigmata, Stir of Echoes
• September 17 - Blue Streak, For Love of the Game
• September 24 - Double Jeopardy, Jakob the Liar

October - December

October 1999

• October 1 - The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, American Beauty, Mystery, Alaska, The Minus Man, Three Kings
• October 8 - Random Hearts, Boys Don't Cry, Superstar
• October 15 - Fight Club, The Story of Us, The Omega Code
• October 22 - Bats, Bringing Out the Dead, Crazy in Alabama, The Best Man, Three to Tango
• October 29 - House on Haunted Hill, Music of the Heart

November 1999

• November 5 - The Bachelor, The Bone Collector, The Insider
• November 10 - Pokémon: The First Movie
• November 12 - Anywhere but Here, Dogma, Light It Up, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
• November 19 - Liberty Heights, Sleepy Hollow, The World Is Not Enough
• November 24 - End of Days, Felicia's Journey, Flawless, Mansfield Park, Toy Story 2

December 1999

• December 11 - The Cider House Rules, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Green Mile, Ride with the Devil
• December 17 - Anna and the King, Bicentennial Man, Stuart Little
• December 21 - Wakko's Wish
• December 22 - Any Given Sunday, Man on the Moon
• December 25 - Galaxy Quest, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley
• December 29 - Fantasia 2000, The Hurricane

Births

October 15: Bailee Madison, actress

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	4	Iron Eyes Cody	91	USA	Actor	Ernest Goes to Camp • A Man Called Horse • Son of Paleface • Grayeagle
	12	Betty Lou Gerson	84	USA	Actress	One Hundred and One Dalmatians • The Fly • Cats Don't Dance • The Red Menace
	22	John Bloom	54	UK	Actor	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country • The Great Outdoors • Dracula vs. Frankenstein • Bachelor Party • Harry and the Hendersons • Runaway Train • The Hills Have Eyes Part II
	30	Ed Herlihy	89	USA	Actor	Who Framed Roger Rabbit • The King of Comedy • Pee-wee's Big Adventure • Malcolm X • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
February	6	Danny Dayton	75	USA	Actor	Ed Wood • The Sting II • Love at First Bite • Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever • Guys and Dolls
	7	Bobby Troup	80	USA	Actor, Singer	MASH • The Five Pennies • The Gene Krupa Story
	17	Sunshine Parker	71	USA	Actress	Tremors • Road House • Oh, God! Book II • Love at Large
March	4	Del Close	64	USA	Actor	Ferris Bueller's Day Off • The Untouchables • American Graffiti • Next of Kin • The Blob
	5	Richard Kiley	76	USA	Actor	Patch Adams • Howard the Duck • Phenomenon • Looking for Mr. Goodbar
	7	Stanley Kubrick	70	USA	Director, Screenwriter	2001: A Space Odyssey • Full Metal Jacket • Dr. Strangelove • A Clockwork Orange • Spartacus • The Shining • Lolita • Eyes Wide Shut • Barry Lyndon
	13	Garson Kanin	86	USA	Actor	Adam's Rib • Pat and Mike • Born Yesterday
	17	Ernest Gold	77	Austria	Composer, Conductor	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Judgment at Nuremberg • Exodus • Fun with Dick and Jane • Safari 3000 • Cross of Iron
	20	Mickey S. Michaels	67	USA	Set Decorator	The Hunt for Red October • Clear and Present Danger • The Naked Gun 2 1/2 • Psycho III • Crimson Tide
	22	David Strickland	29	USA	Actor	Forces of Nature • Object of Obsession
	28	Gil Perkins	91	Australia	Actor	Batman • Raging Bull • Walking Tall • The Alamo
April	4	Bob Peck	53	UK	Actor	Jurassic Park • Lord of the Flies • Slipstream • The Kitchen Toto • FairyTale: A True Story • Surviving Picasso
	9	Albert Popwell	72	USA	Actor	Sudden Impact • The Enforcer • Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
	13	Don McGuire	80	USA	Actor, Screenwriter	Tootsie • Congo Bill • Johnny Concho • Dial 1119
	14	Roy Chiao	72	China	Actor	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • Bloodsport • Dragons Forever
	14	Ellen Corby	87	USA	Actress	Vertigo • Shane • Sabrina • The Glass Bottom Boat • Visit to a Small Planet • The Seventh Sin
	16	Rudi Fehr	87	Germany	Film Editor	Dial M for Murder • Prizzi's Honor • Key Largo • House of Wax
	16	Zoe Lund	37	USA	Actress	Bad Lieutenant • Special Effects
	22	Bert Remsen	74	USA	Actor	The Bodyguard • Nashville • Maverick • Dick Tracy • Places in the Heart • Pork Chop Hill
May	2	Augie Blunt	69	USA	Actor	Ghost • Life • The American President
	2	Oliver Reed	62	UK	Actor	Oliver! • Gladiator • Tommy • Funny Bones • The Three Musketeers • The Hunting Party
	8	Ed Gilbert	67	USA	Voice Actor	The Little Mermaid • Batman: Mask of the Phantasm • The Pagemaster • The Transformers: The Movie
	8	Dana Plato	34	USA	Actress	California Suite • Exorcist II: The Heretic
	14	Jerry Wunderlich	73	USA	Set Decorator	The Exorcist • Wargames • Ordinary People • The Goodbye Girl
	21	Norman Rossington	70	UK	Actor	A Hard Day's Night • The Longest Day
June	11	DeForest Kelley	79	USA	Actor	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek: The Motion Picture • Waco • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home • Warlock
	13	Douglas Seale	85	UK	Actor	Aladdin • Amadeus • Ernest Saves Christmas • Ghostbusters II • The Rescuers Down Under
	27	Bobs Watson	68	USA	Actor	Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? • Boys Town • Grand Theft Auto • Kentucky
	28	John Stears	64	UK	Special Effects Artist	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Goldfinger • The Mask of Zorro • From Russia with Love • Hopscotch
	29	Allan Carr	62	USA	Producer	Grease • Can't Stop the Music • Cloak & Dagger
July	1	Sylvia Sidney	88	USA	Actress	Cinderella • Mars Attacks! • Blood on the Sun • Beetlejuice • You Only Live Once • Fury • Damien: Omen II
	2	Mario Puzo	78	USA	Author, Screenwriter	The Godfather • Superman • Earthquake
	4	Ronny Graham	79	USA	Screenwriter, Actor	Spaceballs • To Be or Not to Be • History of the World: Part I • Life Stinks
	17	Patricia Zipprodt	74	USA	Costume Designer	The Graduate • 1776 • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
August	7	Brion James	54	USA	Actor	Blade Runner • The Fifth Element • 48 Hrs. • Tango & Cash • Red Heat • Steel Dawn • Bound for Glory • The Jazz Singer • Corvette Summer
	23	Norman Wexler	73	USA	Screenwriter	Saturday Night Fever • Serpico • Raw Deal • Staying Alive • Joe
September	9	Ruth Roman	76	USA	Actress	Strangers on a Train • The Far Country • Champion • Day of the Animals
	14	Charles Crichton	89	USA	Director, Film Editor	A Fish Called Wanda • The Third Secret • The Lavender Hill Mob
	18	Harold F. Kress	86	USA	Film Editor	The Towering Inferno • The Poseidon Adventure • How the West Was Won • Gator • Luv • Mrs. Miniver
	22	George C. Scott	71	USA	Actor	Patton • Dr. Strangelove • The Hustler • The Exorcist III • Taps • Firestarter • The Changeling • The Hindenburg • The Yellow Rolls-Royce
October	5	Wilt Chamberlain	63	USA	Actor	Conan the Destroyer • Any Given Sunday
	14	Richard B. Shull	70	USA	Actor	Klute • Splash • Trapped in Paradise • Seize the Day • Private Parts • HouseSitter
	16	Jean Shepherd	78	USA	Actor	A Christmas Story • It Runs in the Family
	19	Paddi Edwards	67	USA	Actress	The Little Mermaid • Hercules • Ghostbusters • Halloween III: Season of the Witch
	22	Jan Davis	58	USA	Stuntman	Waterworld • Space Cowboys • Point Break • Congo
	26	Hoyt Axton	61	USA	Singer, Actor	Gremlins • Liar's Moon • The Black Stallion • We're No Angels • Deadline Auto Theft
November	3	Ian Bannen	71	UK	Actor	Braveheart • Gandhi • Waking Ned • Ghost Dad
	4	David Shaber	70	USA	Screenwriter	The Warriors • Nighthawks • Flight of the Intruder • Rollover • Those Lips, Those Eyes
	9	Mabel King	66	USA	Actress	The Jerk • Scrooged • The Wiz • What's Happening!! • The Gong Show Movie • Ganja & Hess
	11	Mary Kay Bergman	38	USA	Actress, Voice Actress	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut • Beauty and the Beast • The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Hercules
	21	Ralph Foody	71	USA	Actor	Home Alone • The Blues Brothers • Code of Silence • Raw Deal
December	3	Madeline Kahn	57	USA	Actress	Blazing Saddles • Paper Moon • Young Frankenstein • A Bug's Life • Clue • An American Tail • The Muppet Movie • Nixon • City Heat • Mixed Nuts
	19	Desmond Llewelyn	85	UK	Actor	Goldeneye • Thunderball • Tomorrow Never Dies • Licence to Kill • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Goldfinger • From Russia with Love • The World Is Not Enough
	21	Frank Stanley	77	USA	Cinematographer	Magnum Force • 10 • Grease 2 • Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
	23	Lois Hamilton	56	USA	Actress	Stripes • The Cannonball Run • Summer Rental
	25	Peter Jeffrey	70	UK	Actor	Midnight Express • The Return of the Pink Panther • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen • The Abominable Dr. Phibes • Britannia Hospital
	26	Curtis Mayfield	57	USA	Singer, Composer, Actor	Super Fly • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
	27	Michael McDowell	49	USA	Screenwriter	Beetlejuice • The Nightmare Before Christmas • Thinner • Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Film debuts

• Amy Adams
• Angus T. Jones
• Masiela Lusha
• Leighton Meester
• Kristen Stewart
• Zooey Deschanel
• Hugh Jackman
• James Franco
• Amy Poehler
• Justin Long
• Ashton Kutcher
• Emily Osment

References

1. ^ Entertainment Weekly, Nov 26, 1999

External links

• 1999: The Year That Changed Movies