The year
2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.
Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English-language
film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008. The top ten films of
2008, by worldwide gross in
$USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| 2008 Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide Gross | US/Canada Gross | UK Gross | Australia Gross
|
| 1
| The Dark Knight
| Warner Bros.
| $1,001,921,825
| $533,345,358
| $89,066,002
| $39,880,001
|
| 2
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
| Paramount
| $786,636,033
| $317,101,110
| $79,283,312
| $27,981,873
|
| 3
| Kung Fu Panda
| DreamWorks
| $631,737,680
| $215,434,591
| $39,405,501
| $24,764,811
|
| 4
| Hancock
| Columbia
| $624,386,746
| $227,946,274
| $49,170,891
| $19,636,856
|
| 5
| Mamma Mia!
| Universal
| $609,827,661
| $144,130,063
| $132,342,643
| $29,287,466
|
| 6
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
| DreamWorks
| $603,900,309
| $180,010,950
| $35,471,617
| $15,093,421
|
| 7
| Quantum of Solace
| MGM / Columbia
| $586,090,727
| $168,368,427
| $80,805,643
| $20,645,336
|
| 8
| Iron Man
| Paramount
| $585,133,287
| $318,412,101
| $33,822,889
| $18,880,106
|
| 9
| WALL-E
| Disney/Pixar
| $534,767,889
| $223,808,164
| $41,215,600
| $14,165,390
|
| 10
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
| Disney/Walden Media
| $419,651,413
| $141,621,490
| $21,581,030
| $13,181,570
|
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These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their "Yearly Box Office Results". has grossed more than $1 billion, making it
the fourth highest grossing film in history. On August 4,
The Dark Knight reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 18 days. The previous record was held by
Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days.
On August 31, after 45 days in release,
The Dark Knight reached $500 million domestically, becoming only the second film in history after
Titanic to cross the half-billion-dollar domestic milestone, as well as the only film of the 2000s decade. For 2008, the top ten films consisted of 3
superhero films, 3
animated films, 3
action films and 1
musical film.
Mamma Mia! became the highest grossing film in UK history. In the domestic box office, 2008 came very close in passing 2007 as the highest grossing year, falling short by just $30 million.
Events
Yearsinfilm
Drama
Musical or Comedy
| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 27 | The 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. Major winners announced include:
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 10 | The 61st BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. Sir Anthony Hopkins is honoured with the Academy Fellowship. Major winners include:
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| 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
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| 23 | The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California. The Worst Picture award is given to I Know Who Killed Me. The Worst Actor and Worst Actress awards are given to Eddie Murphy and Lindsay Lohan, respectively
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. Major winners include:
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| March
| 3 | 28th Genie Awards
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| 13 - 21 | 7th Tiburon International Film Festival
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| April
| 4 - 13 | 10th Sarasota Film Festival
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| 23 - 4 | 7th Tribeca Film Festival
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| 24 - 8 | 51st San Francisco International Film Festival
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| May
| ? - ? | 8th Silver Lake Film Festival
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| 14 - 25 | Entre les murs wins the Palme d'Or while Gomorra receives the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
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| 22 - 15 | 34th Seattle International Film Festival
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| 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.
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| June
| 1 | 17th MTV Movie Awards
A massive fire destroys portions of facilities at Universal Studios in Universal City near Los Angeles, California.
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| 14 - 22 | 11th Shanghai International Film Festival
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| 18 | Iron Man becomes the first movie of 2008 to earn $300 million in the United States and Canada.
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| 18 - 29 | 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival
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| August
| 4 | The Dark Knight reached $400 million in record time at 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, who reached it in 43 days. |
| 6 - 16 | 61st Locarno International Film Festival
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| 21 - 1 | 32nd Montreal World Film Festival
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| 27 - 6 | 65th Venice International Film Festival
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| September
| 4 - 13 | 33rd Toronto International Film Festival
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| 15 -20 | 33rd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
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| 18 - 27 | 56th San Sebastián International Film Festival
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| 23 -30 | 6th Bangkok International Film Festival
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| October
| 1 - 12 | 16th Raindance Film Festival
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| 15 - 30 | 52nd London Film Festival
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| 18 - 26 | 21st Tokyo International Film Festival
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| November
| 18 - 28 | 32nd Cairo International Film Festival
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| December
| 5 - 14 | 10th Jakarta International Film Festival
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| 4 - 14 | 23rd Mar del Plata International Film Festival
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Awards
Academy Awards
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Sean Penn - Milk
Best Actress: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Golden Globe Awards
Drama
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Best Actress: Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Musical or Comedy
Best Picture: Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Actor: Colin Farrell - In Bruges
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Class (Entre les murs), directed by Laurent Cantet, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite), directed by José Padilha, Brazil
Wide-release films
January – March
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| One Missed Call | Warner Bros. | Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancón, Azura Skye, Ray Wise
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| 11
| First Sunday | Screen Gems | Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Chi McBride
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| 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, Tania Saulnier, Brian J. White
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| The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie | Universal Studios | Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Cam Clarke, Yuri Lowenthal
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| 18
| 27 Dresses | 20th Century Fox | Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Judy Greer, Edward Burns
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| Cloverfield | Paramount Pictures | Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas
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| Mad Money | Yari Film Group | Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Stephen Root, Christopher McDonald, Roger Cross
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| 25
| How She Move | Paramount Vantage | Kevin Duhaney, Shawn Desman, Daniel Morrison, Kardinal Offishall, Djanet Sears, Mya
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| Meet the Spartans | 20th Century Fox | Sean Maguire, Ken Davitian, Carmen Electra, Kevin Sorbo, Jareb Dauplaise, Travis Van Winkle, Diedrich Bader
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| Rambo | Lions Gate Entertainment | Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Ken Howard, Jake La Botz
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| Untraceable | Screen Gems | Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Michael Cross, Mary Beth Hurt
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| Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert | Walt Disney Pictures | Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Kenny Ortega, Billy Ray Cyrus
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| Over Her Dead Body | New Line Cinema | Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Lindsay Sloane, Jason Biggs
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| Strange Wilderness | Paramount Pictures | Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Kevin Heffernan, Ashley Scott, Peter Dante, Harry Hamlin, Robert Patrick, Joe Don Baker, Justin Long
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| The Eye | Lions Gate Entertainment | Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija
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| 8
| Fool's Gold | Warner Bros. | Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Tiffany Grant
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| 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
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| 14
| Definitely, Maybe | Universal Studios | Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz
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| Jumper | 20th Century Fox | Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell
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| Step Up 2 The Streets | Touchstone Pictures | Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Channing Tatum, Cassie
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| The Spiderwick Chronicles | Paramount Pictures | Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn
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| 22
| Be Kind Rewind | New Line Cinema | Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz
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| Charlie Bartlett | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Robert Downey, Jr., Hope Davis, Anton Yelchin, Kat Dennings
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| Vantage Point | Columbia Pictures | Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt
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| Witless Protection | Lions Gate Entertainment | Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Milicevic, Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Jenny McCarthy
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| 29
| Penelope | Summit Entertainment | Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Richard E. Grant
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| Semi-Pro | New Line Cinema | Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André 3000, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, David Koechner, Andrew Daly
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| The Other Boleyn Girl | Columbia Pictures | Natalie Portman, Scarlet Johannson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Kristin Scott Thomas
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| 10,000 BC | Warner Bros. | Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis
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| College Road Trip | Walt Disney Pictures | Raven-Symoné, Martin Lawrence, Brenda Song, Donny Osmond
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| The Bank Job | Lions Gate Entertainment | Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows
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| 14
| Horton Hears a Who! | 20th Century Fox | Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Isla Fisher, Will Arnett, Dan Fogler, Jamie Pressly, Charles Osgood
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| Doomsday | Universal Studios | Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Rhona Mitra, Neil Marshall
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| Never Back Down | Summit Entertainment | Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Djimon Hounsou, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters
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| 21
| Drillbit Taylor | Paramount Pictures | Owen Wilson, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, David Dorfman, Alex Frost, Josh Peck
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| Meet the Browns | Lions Gate Entertainment | Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Sofia Vergara, David Mann, Tamela Mann
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| Shutter | 20th Century Fox | Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor
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| 28
| 21 | Columbia Pictures | Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne
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| Run Fatboy Run | Picturehouse | Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria
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| Stop-Loss | Paramount Pictures | Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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| Superhero Movie | Dimension Films | Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Hart, Christopher McDonald
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April – June
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| Opening
| Title
| Studio
| Cast & Crew
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| Leatherheads | Universal Studios | George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Price, Stephen Root
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| Nim's Island | 20th Century Fox | Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler
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| The Ruins | DreamWorks | Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson
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| 11
| Never Forever | Arts Alliance America | Vera Farmiga
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| Prom Night | Screen Gems | Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Johnathon Schaech, Idris Elba
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| Smart People | Miramax Films | Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page
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| Street Kings | Fox Searchlight | Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Naomie Harris, The Game
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| The Visitor ‡ | Overture Films | Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass
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| 18
| 88 Minutes | Columbia Pictures | Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Benjamin McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough
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| Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed | Rocky Mountain Pictures | Ben Stein
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| The Forbidden Kingdom | Lions Gate Entertainment | Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, Liu Yi Fei, Li Bingbing
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| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Universal Studios | Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz Cackowski, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Jack McBrayer
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| 25
| Baby Mama | Universal Studios | Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear
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| Deception | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q
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| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | New Line Cinema | Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Paula Garces, Neil Patrick Harris
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| A Plumm Summer ‡ | Freestyle Releasing | William Baldwin, Henry Winkler, Brenda Strong
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| Iron Man | Marvel Studios | Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges
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| Made of Honor | Columbia Pictures | Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack
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| Redbelt ‡ | Sony Classics | Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Tim Allen, Alice Braga
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| 9
| Speed Racer | Warner Bros. | Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox
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| What Happens in Vegas... | 20th Century Fox | Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz
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| The Fall | Roadside Attractions | Lee Pace, Justine Waddell
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| 16
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Walden Media | Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes
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| 22
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount Pictures | Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt
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| 30
| Sex and the City | New Line Cinema | Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Mario Cantone
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| The Strangers | Rogue Pictures | Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman
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| Kung Fu Panda | DreamWorks | Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Dan Fogler
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| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Columbia Pictures | Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson
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| 13
| The Happening | 20th Century Fox | Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel
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| The Incredible Hulk | Marvel Studios | Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
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| 20
| Get Smart | Warner Bros. | Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Ken Davitian, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp, David Koechner, Terry Crews, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Bill Murray, Patrick Warburton, James Caan, Dalip Singh
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| The Love Guru | Paramount Pictures | Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley, John Oliver, Verne Troyer, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Telma Hopkins
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| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ‡ | Picturehouse | Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond, Joan Cusack, Stanley Tucci
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| 27
| WALL-E | Pixar | Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, MacInTalk
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| Wanted | Universal Studios | Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Marc Warren, Chris Pratt, Kristen Hager
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July – September
"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
| Opening
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| Hancock | Columbia Pictures | Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
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| 11
| Garden Party | Roadside Attractions | Willa Holland, Vinessa Shaw
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| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Universal Studios | Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Gross, Anna Walton, John Hurt
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| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Walden Media | Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem
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| Meet Dave | 20th Century Fox | Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Banks
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| The Stone Angel | Vivendi Entertainment | Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Page, Cole Hauser, Christine Horne, Kevin Zegers, Dylan Baker
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| 18
| The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts
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| Mamma Mia! | Universal Studios | Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård
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| Space Chimps | 20th Century Fox | Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kenan Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Omid Abtahi, Patrick Breen, Jane Lynch, Kath Soucie, Carlos Alazraqui, Zack Shada
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| 23
| Boy A | The Weinstein Company | Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Katie Lyons
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| 25
| Brideshead Revisited ‡ | Miramax Films | Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw
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| Step Brothers | Columbia Pictures | Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen
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| 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
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| 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
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| Swing Vote | Touchstone Pictures | Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane
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| 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., Bill Hader, James Remar
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| 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
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| 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
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| What We Do Is Secret | Peace Arch Entertainment | Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Rick Gonzalez, Noah Segan, Ray Park
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| 13
| Tropic Thunder | DreamWorks | Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Brandon T. Jackson
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| 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, Philip Bolden
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| Mirrors | 20th Century Fox | Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton
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| 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, Corey Burton, Catherine Taber, David Acord
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| Vicky Cristina Barcelona | The Weinstein Company | Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Chris Messina, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn
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| 20
| The Rocker | 20th Century Fox | Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad, Will Arnett, Emma Stone
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| 22
| Death Race | Universal Studios | Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson
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| The House Bunny | Columbia Pictures | Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Colin Hanks, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis, Kat Dennings, Beverly D'Angelo, Kiely Williams
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| The Longshots | Dimension Films | Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Matt Craven
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| Hamlet 2 ‡ | Focus Features | Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Melonie Diaz
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| 27
| Traitor | Overture Films | Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough
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| 29
| Babylon A.D. | 20th Century Fox | Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling
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| College | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, Ryan Pinkston, Kevin Covais, Nick Zano
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| Disaster Movie | Lions Gate Entertainment | Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Ike Barinholtz
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| Goal! 2: Living the Dream... | Walt Disney Pictures | Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela
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| Bangkok Dangerous | Lions Gate Entertainment | Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnam, Charlie Yeung
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| 12
| Burn After Reading | Focus Features | George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt
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| The Family That Preys | Lions Gate Entertainment | Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, Kadee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Taraji P. Henson, Robin Givens, Tyler Perry, Kathy Bates
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| Proud American | Slowhand Cinema | Jonathan Banks, Dennis Haskins, Ken Howard, Marc McClure, Kimberlin Brown
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| Righteous Kill | Overture Films | Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo
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| Towelhead ‡ | Warner Independent | Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Summer Bishil, Lynn Collins
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| The Women | Picturehouse | Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, Bette Midler
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| Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers | Shochiku | Hiroshi Nagano, Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Jiro Dan, Keiji Takamine, Takeshi Tsuruno, Takeshi Yoshioka, Shunji Igarashi
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| Appaloosa ‡ | New Line Cinema | Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen
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| The Duchess ‡ | Paramount Vantage | Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell
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| Ghost Town | DreamWorks | Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Alan Ruck
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| Igor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, Christian Slater
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| Lakeview Terrace | Screen Gems | Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Jay Hernandez
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| My Best Friend's Girl | Lions Gate Entertainment | Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Lizzy Caplan, Alec Baldwin, Diora Baird
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| Eagle Eye | DreamWorks | Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton
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| Fireproof | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea, Ken Bevel, Stephen Dervan, Jason McLeod, Alex Kendrick
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| Forever Strong | Crane Movie Company | Gary Cole, Sean Faris, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Sean Astin, Neal McDonough
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| Miracle at St. Anna | Touchstone Pictures | Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, Omari Hardwick
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| Nights in Rodanthe | Warner Bros. | Richard Gere, Diane Lane, James Franco, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Mae Whitman, Pablo Schreiber
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October – December
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| An American Carol | Vivendi Entertainment | Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, John Voight, Dennis Hopper, Leslie Nielsen, Jillian Murray
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| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Walt Disney Pictures | Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo, Andy García, Plácido Domingo, Edward James Olmos, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin
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| Blindness | Miramax Films | Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Mitchell Nye, Danny Glover
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| Flash of Genius | Universal Studios | Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney, Lauren Graham
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| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson
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| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Columbia Pictures | Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron
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| Religulous ‡ | Lions Gate Entertainment | Bill Maher
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| RocknRolla ‡ | Warner Bros. | Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Ludacris
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| Body of Lies | Warner Bros. | Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice van Houten
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| City of Ember | 20th Century Fox | Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Harry Treadaway, Martin Landau
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| The Express | Universal Studios | Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Charles S. Dutton
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| Quarantine | Screen Gems | Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech
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| Max Payne | 20th Century Fox | Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Kate Burton, Donal Logue, Nelly Furtado, Amaury Nolasco, Chris O'Donnell, Kevin Corrigan
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| The Secret Life of Bees | Fox Searchlight | Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Hilarie Burton
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| Sex Drive | Summit Entertainment | Josh Zuckerman, James Marsden, Seth Green, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew
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| W. | Lions Gate Entertainment | Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Rob Corddry, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd, Scott Glenn
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| Changeling ‡ | Universal Studios | Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Geoff Pierson, Jeffrey Donovan, Jason Butler Harner, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Michael Kelly
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| 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, Jemma McKenzie-Brown, Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, Alyson Reed, Bart Johnson, Leslie Wing Pomeroy, Socorro Herrera, Robert Curtis Brown, Jessica Tuck
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| Pride and Glory | New Line Cinema | Edward Norton, Colin Farrell
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| Saw V | Lions Gate Entertainment | Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Julie Benz, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell
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| 31
| The Haunting of Molly Hartley | Freestyle Releasing | Chace Crawford, Haley Bennett, AnnaLynne McCord, Shannon Marie Woodward
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| Zack and Miri Make a Porno | The Weinstein Company | Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Craig Robinson
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| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas ‡ | Miramax Films | Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon
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| 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
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| Role Models | Universal Studios | Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch, Bobb'e J. Thompson
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| Soul Men | Dimension Films | Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes, Sharon Leal, Jennifer Coolidge, Isaac Hayes
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| 12
| Slumdog Millionaire ‡ | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor
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| Quantum of Solace | Columbia Pictures | Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini
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| 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, Grey DeLisle
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| Twilight | Summit Entertainment | Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
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| Australia | 20th Century Fox | Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown
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| Four Christmases | New Line Cinema | Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Kristin Chenoweth, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Tim McGraw
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| Transporter 3 | Lions Gate Entertainment | Jason Statham, Francois Berleand, Robert Knepper
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| Milk ‡ | Focus Features | Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Joseph Cross, Alison Pill, Diego Luna, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare
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| Cadillac Records | TriStar Pictures | Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Beyoncé Knowles, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui
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| Frost/Nixon ‡ | Universal Studios | Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Toby Jones, Rebecca Hall, Patty McCormack, Andy Milder
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| Nobel Son | Freestyle Releasing | Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito, Ted Danson, Tracey Walter
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| Punisher: War Zone | Lions Gate Entertainment | Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison, T. J. Storm, Mark Camacho
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| 10
| The Reader ‡ | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara, Lena Olin
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| 12
| Che ‡ | IFC | Benicio del Toro, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Franka Potente, Julia Ormond, Lou Diamond Phillips, Demián Bichir
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| The Day the Earth Stood Still | 20th Century Fox | Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Kyle Chandler, James Hong
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| 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, Kelly Ripa, Burt Reynolds
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| Doubt ‡ | Miramax Films | Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
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| Gran Torino ‡ | Warner Bros. | Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Anhey Her
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| Nothing Like the Holidays | Overture Films | John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Freddy Rodriguez, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez, Luis Guzman, Melonie Diaz, Vanessa Ferlito
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| What Doesn't Kill You ‡ | Yari Film Group | Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg
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| 17
| The Wrestler | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Mickey Rourke, Ernest Miller, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Todd Barry
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| 19
| Seven Pounds | Columbia Pictures | Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper
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| The Tale of Despereaux | Universal Studios | Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, William H. Macy, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Robbie Coltrane, Ciaran Hinds, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Shaughnessy, Sigourney Weaver
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| Yes Man | Warner Bros. | Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Terrence Stamp, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Darby, Danny Masterson
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| 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
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| 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
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| Last Chance Harvey ‡ | Overture Films | Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Richard Schiff, Liane Balaban
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| Marley & Me | 20th Century Fox | Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson
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| The Spirit | Lions Gate Entertainment | Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Stana Katic, Johnny Simmons
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| Valkyrie | United Artists | Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Christian Berkel, Bill Nighy, David Schofield, Terence Stamp, Kevin McNally, Carice van Houten, Jamie Parker
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| Revolutionary Road ‡ | Paramount Vantage | Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Richard Easton, Zoe Kazan, Jay O. Sanders
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| Defiance ‡ | Paramount Vantage | Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay, Alexa Davalos, Tomas Arana
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Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films
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| January
| 1 | Irena Górska-Damięcka | 97 | | Actress |
|
| 2 | Brice Mack | 90 | | Background Artist | Fantasia • Peter Pan
|
| 5 | Edward Kłosiński | 65 | | Cinematographer | The Promised Land
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| 10 | Maila Nurmi | 85 | | Actress | Plan 9 from Outer Space
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| 11 | Murray Cohl | 78 | | Producer
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| 15 | Brad Renfro | 25 | | Actor | Tom and Huck • The Client • Sleepers • Bully • The Job • The Informers • American Girl • The Jacket
|
| 17 | Allan Melvin | 84 | | Actor
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| 18 | Ugo Pirro | 87 | | Screenwriter | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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| 19 | Suzanne Pleshette | 70 | | Actress | The Birds • Spirited Away
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| 20 | Kevin Stoney | 86 | | Actor
|
| 22 | Roberto Gari | 88 | | Actor
|
| 22 | Heath Ledger | 28 | | Actor | 10 Things I Hate About You • The Patriot • A Knight's Tale • Brokeback Mountain • The Dark Knight• Monster's Ball • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus • Casanova • I'm Not There • Two Hands•Candy• Ned Kelly• The Four Feathers
|
| February
| 2 | Barry Morse | 89 | | Actor | The Fugitive (TV series)
|
| 8 | Eva Dahlbeck | 87 | | Actress | Secrets of Women • A Lesson in Love • Smiles of a Summer Night
|
| 10 | Roy Scheider | 75 | | Actor | Jaws • 2010 • Marathon Man • All That Jazz• The French Connection
|
| 11 | James Quinn | 88 | | Producer, Administrator | Herostratus • Overlord
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| 13 | Kon Ichikawa | 92 | | Director | The Burmese Harp • Tokyo Olympiad • The Makioka Sisters
|
| 14 | Perry Lopez | 76 | | Actor | Chinatown
|
| 18 | Alain Robbe-Grillet | 85 | | Screenwriter, Director | Last Year at Marienbad
|
| 19 | David Watkin | 82 | | Cinematographer | Out of Africa • Chariots of Fire
|
| 21 | Ben Chapman | 79 | | Actor | Creature from the Black Lagoon
|
| March
| 4 | Leonard Rosenman | 83 | | Composer | Barry Lyndon • Bound for Glory • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
|
| 6 | Gustaw Holoubek | 84 | | Actor |
|
| 11 | Dave Stevens | 52 | | Illustrator, Producer | The Rocketeer
|
| 12 | Erwin Geschonneck | 101 | | Actor | Jacob, the Liar
|
| 16 | Ivan Dixon | 76 | | Actor | Hogan's Heroes
|
| 18 | Anthony Minghella | 54 | | Director, Screenwriter | The English Patient • The Talented Mr. Ripley • Cold Mountain
|
| 19 | Paul Scofield | 86 | | Actor | A Man For All Seasons • Hamlet • The Crucible
|
| 24 | Rafael Azcona | 81 | | Screenwriter | Belle Époque
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| 24 | Richard Widmark | 93 | | 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 | | Actor | Tess • Krull
|
| 25 | Abby Mann | 80 | | Screenwriter | Judgment at Nuremberg
|
| 31 | Jules Dassin | 96 | | Director | The Naked City • Never On Sunday • Topkapi
|
| April
| 5 | Charlton Heston | 84 | | 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• Hercules•True Lies• Khartoum• Hamlet• Armageddon• Any Given Sunday• Midway• Diamond Head Two-Minute Warning• Major Dundee• The Awakening• In the Mouth of Madness
|
| 5 | Alex Grasshoff | 79 | | Director | Young Americans
|
| 8 | Stanley Kamel | 65 | | Actor | Monk (TV series)
|
| 9 | Lloyd Lamble | 94 | | Actor | The Belles of St. Trinian's
|
| 14 | Ollie Johnston | 95 | | Animator | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • Fantasia • Bambi • Pinocchio
|
| 14 | June Travis | 93 | | Actress | Ceiling Zero
|
| 15 | Hazel Court | 93 | | Actress | The Raven • The Masque of the Red Death
|
| 18 | Joy Page | 83 | | Actress | Casablanca
|
| 20 | Bebe Barron | 82 | | Music Composer | Forbidden Planet
|
| 24 | Tristram Cary | 82 | | Composer | The Ladykillers • Quatermass and the Pit • Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
|
| 29 | Julie Ege | 64 | | Actress | On Her Majesty's Secret Service
|
| May
| 1 | Bernard Archard | 91 | | Actor | Macbeth
|
| 1 | Elaine Dundy | 86 | | Actress |
|
| 4 | Fred Haines | 72 | | Screenwriter, Director | Ulysses • Steppenwolf
|
| 13 | Jill Adams | 77 | | Actress | The Green Man • Private's Progress
|
| 13 | John Phillip Law | 70 | | Actor | Barbarella • Danger: Diabolik
|
| 15 | Alexander Courage | 88 | | Composer, Orchestrator | My Fair Lady • Some Like It Hot • Jurassic Park
|
| 15 | Youssef Idilbi | 32 | | Actor |
|
| 16 | David Mitton | 69 | | Writer, Producer, Director | Thomas and Friends • TUGS • Thomas and the Magic Railroad
|
| 16 | Sandy Howard | 80 | | Director, Producer | Howdy Doody • Captain Kangaroo
|
| 18 | Irma Córdoba | 94 | | Actor | Fuera de la ley • Atorrante
|
| 18 | Joseph Pevney | 96 | | Actor | Female on the Beach • Tammy and the Bachelor • Man of a Thousand Faces
|
| 19 | Vijay Tendulkar | 80 | | Screenwriter | Nishant • Aakrosh • Ardh Satya
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| 22 | Harry Lange | 77 | | Production designer | 2001: A Space Odyssey • Moonraker • The Empire Strikes Back
|
| 24 | Tano Cimarosa | 86 | | Actor | Cinema Paradiso
|
| 24 | Rob Knox | 18 | | Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
| 26 | Sydney Pollack | 73 | | Actor, Director, Producer | Out of Africa • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? • Tootsie • Breaking and Entering • Sliding Doors• The Firm • Havana
|
| 28 | Earle Hagen | 88 | | Composer, Orchestrator | Call Me Madam • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
|
| 29 | Harvey Korman | 81 | | Actor | Dracula: Dead and Loving It • Blazing Saddles • Herbie Goes Bananas• History of the World, Part I • High Anxiety• The Flintstones • Munchies
|
| June
| 2 | Mel Ferrer | 90 | | Actor, Director, Producer | Scaramouche • Lili • Wait Until Dark
|
| 6 | Bobby Anderson | 75 | | Actor | It's a Wonderful Life
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| 6 | Rudy Fernandez | 56 | | Actor | Atlantika
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| 7 | Dino Risi | 91 | | Director | Poveri ma belli • Profumo di donna
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| 11 | Jean Desailly | 87 | | Actor | La Peau Douce • Le Professionnel
|
| 13 | Tim Russert | 58 | | Journalist |
|
| 15 | Stan Winston | 62 | | Director, Makeup Artist | Terminator 2: Judgment Day • Jurassic Park • Aliens
|
| 17 | Cyd Charisse | 86 | | Actress, Dancer | The Band Wagon • Something's Got to Give • Singin' in the Rain • Brigadoon
|
| 18 | Jean Delannoy | 100 | | Director | La symphonie pastorale • Les amitiés particulières
|
| 21 | Kermit Love | 91 | | Puppeteer, Costume Designer | The Muppet Movie • Sesame Street
|
| 22 | George Carlin | 71 | | 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 | | Actress | Grease • Grease 2 • Alvin and the Chipmunks • Splash • The Chipmunk Adventure • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
|
| 23 | John Furlong | 75 | | Actor | Blazing Saddles • All the President's Men
|
| 24 | William Vince | 45 | | Producer | The 4th Floor • Capote
|
| July
| 2 | Elizabeth Spriggs | 78 | | Actress | Sense and Sensibility • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
|
| 4 | Evelyn Keyes | 91 | | Actress | Gone with the Wind • Here Comes Mr. Jordan • The Jolson Story • The Seven Year Itch
|
| 6 | Nonna Mordyukova | 82 | | Actress | Commissar • The Diamond Arm
|
| 7 | Bruce Conner | 74 | | Director | A Movie • Marilyn Times Five • Crossroads
|
| 9 | Charles H. Joffe | 78 | | Producer | Annie Hall • Manhattan • Hannah and Her Sisters
|
| 14 | Breno Mello | 76 | | Actor | Black Orpheus
|
| 18 | Khosrow Shakibai | 62 | | Actor | Hamoun • Sara • Pari
|
| 22 | Estelle Getty | 84 | | Actress | The Golden Girls • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot • Mannequin
|
| 25 | Mikhail Pugovkin | 85 | | Actor | Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures • The Twelve Chairs • Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future
|
| 27 | Youssef Chahine | 82 | | Director | Sira` Fi al-Wadi • Le Chaos
|
| 27 | Marisa Merlini | 84 | | Actress | Pane, Amore e Fantasia • The Traffic Policeman
|
| 29 | Luther Davis | 91 | | Screenwriter | Kiss Them for Me • Lady in a Cage • Across 110th Street
|
| August
| 7 | Bernie Brillstein | 77 | | Producer | The Blues Brothers • Ghostbusters • The Cable Guy
|
| 9 | Bernie Mac | 50 | | Actor | Ocean's Eleven • Ocean's Twelve •Ocean's Thirteen •Bad Santa•Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa•Mr. 3000•B*A*P*S•Transformers
|
| 10 | Isaac Hayes | 65 | | 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 | | Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Blazing Saddles
|
| 11 | Terence Rigby | 71 | | Actor | Get Carter • Tomorrow Never Dies • Elizabeth
|
| 21 | Fred Crane | 90 | | Actor | Gone with the Wind
|
| 25 | Randa Chahal | 54 | | Director | The Kite
|
| 25 | Marpessa Dawn | 74 | | Actor | Black Orpheus • Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel • Sweet Movie
|
| 31 | Jerry Reed | 71 | | Actor, Singer
and Songwriter | Smokey and the Bandit • The Waterboy
|
| September
| 1 | Don LaFontaine | 68 | | Voice actor | Prolific and iconic voice-over actor featured in over 5,000 movie trailers
|
| 1 | Michael Pate | 88 | | Actor, Director | Thunder on the Hill • The Court Jester • Tim
|
| 2 | Bill Meléndez | 91 | | Animator, Director | Bambi • Fantasia • A Boy Named Charlie Brown
|
| 6 | Anita Page | 98 | | Actress | Our Dancing Daughters • The Broadway Melody • Skyscraper Souls
|
| 17 | Humberto Solás | 67 | | Director | Lucía
|
| 19 | Jun Ichikawa | 59 | | Director | Tony Takitani
|
| 19 | David Jones | 74 | | Director | Betrayal • 84 Charing Cross Road • Jacknife
|
| 26 | Paul Newman | 83 | | Actor, Director | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof • The Hustler • Hud • Cool Hand Luke • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • The Sting • The Color of Money • Cars• The Towering Inferno • Slap Shot • Twilight • The Outrage
|
| 27 | Mahendra Kapoor | 74 | | Playback Artist | Upkar • Hamraaz • Gumnaam
|
| October
| 5 | Ken Ogata | 71 | | Actor | The Pillow Book • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters • The Ballad of Narayama
|
| 7 | Peter Copley | 93 | | Actor | The Sword and the Rose • Shout at the Devil • Empire of the Sun
|
| 8 | Eileen Herlie | 90 | | Actress | Hamlet • Richard Burton's Hamlet
|
| 11 | Mark Shivas | 70 | | Producer | A Man of No Importance • Regeneration • Hideous Kinky
|
| 13 | Guillaume Depardieu | 37 | | Actor | Tous les matins du monde • Pola X • De la guerre
|
| 15 | Edie Adams | 81 | | Actress | The Apartment • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Up in Smoke
|
| 15 | Nathan Davis | 91 | | Actor | Thief• Risky Business • Code of Silence • Tough Guys• Flowers in the Attic • Poltergeist III• Chain Reaction• Holes
|
| 18 | Xie Jin | 84 | | Director | Woman Basketball Player No. 5 • Legend of Tianyun Mountain • The Opium War
|
| 19 | Rudy Ray Moore | 81 | | Actor | Dolemite • The Human Tornado
|
| 31 | John Daly | 71 | | Producer | The Terminator • Platoon • The Falcon and the Snowman • The Last Emperor
|
| November
| 5 | Michael Crichton | 66 | | Writer, Producer, Director | Jurassic Park • Congo • Twister • The Andromeda Strain • The First Great Train Robbery • Westworld
|
| 16 | Reg Varney | 92 | | Actor | The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery • The Plank • On the Buses
|
| 17 | Ennio de Concini | 84 | | Screenwriter | War and Peace • Black Sunday • Divorce, Italian Style
|
| 19 | John Michael Hayes | 89 | | Screenwriter | Rear Window • To Catch a Thief • Peyton Place
|
| 26 | De'Angelo Wilson | 29 | | Actor | 8 Mile • Antwone Fisher
|
| December | 1 | Paul Benedict | 70 | | Actor | This Is Spinal Tap • Waiting for Guffman • The Goodbye Girl
|
| 8 | Robert Prosky | 77 | | Actor | Outrageous Fortune • Dead Man Walking • Christine • Rudy • Broadcast News
|
| 12 | Van Johnson | 92 | | Actor, Dancer | A Guy Named Joe • Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo • In the Good Old Summertime • Plymouth Adventure • Brigadoon
|
| 18 | Majel Barrett-Roddenberry | 76 | | Actress | Star Trek
|
| 20 | Robert Mulligan | 83 | | Director | Fear Strikes Out • To Kill a Mockingbird • Summer of '42
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| 25 | Eartha Kitt | 81 | | Actress, Singer | The Emperor's New Groove • Santa Baby • Boomerang • The Pink Chiquitas • Holes• Fatal Instinct
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See also
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