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1999 in film
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 The Sixth Sense Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment : $293,506,292
Toy Story 2 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Mike Myers : $206,040,086
The Matrix Keanu Reeves : $171,479,930
Tarzan Big Daddy The Mummy Runaway Bride , starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts : $152,257,509
The Blair Witch Project Stuart Little The Green Mile American Beauty The World Is Not Enough Double Jeopardy 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
