Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, the science-fiction film The Matrix, the animated works The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the Best Picture-winner American Beauty, and the well-received The Green Mile. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, David Fincher's Fight Club, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's Being John Malkovich. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999.

Highest-grossing filmsEdit

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Highest-grossing films of 1999
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $924,305,084
2 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista $672,806,292
3 Toy Story 2 $511,358,276
4 The Matrix Warner Bros. $465,974,198
5 Tarzan Buena Vista $448,191,819
6 The Mummy Universal $418,138,535
7 Notting Hill $363,889,678
8 The World Is Not Enough MGM / UIP $361,832,400
9 American Beauty DreamWorks $356,296,601
10 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me New Line $312,383,487

AwardsEdit

Category/Organization 57th Golden Globe Awards
January 23, 2000
5th Critics' Choice Awards
January 2000
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 72nd Academy Awards
March 26, 2000
53rd BAFTA Awards
April 9, 2000
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film American Beauty Toy Story 2 American Beauty
Best Director Sam Mendes
American Beauty
Pedro Almodóvar
All About My Mother
Best Actor Denzel Washington
The Hurricane
Jim Carrey
Man on the Moon
Russell Crowe
The Insider
Kevin Spacey
American Beauty
Best Actress Hilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
Janet McTeer
Tumbleweeds
Hilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
Annette Bening
American Beauty
Hilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
Annette Bening
American Beauty
Best Supporting Actor Tom Cruise
Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan
The Green Mile
Michael Caine
The Cider House Rules
Jude Law
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Best Supporting Actress Angelina Jolie
Girl, Interrupted
Maggie Smith
Tea with Mussolini
Best Screenplay, Adapted Alan Ball
American Beauty
Frank Darabont
The Green Mile
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Election
John Irving
The Cider House Rules
Neil Jordan
The End of the Affair
Best Screenplay, Original Alan Ball
American Beauty
Charlie Kaufman
Being John Malkovich
Best Animated Film Template:N/a Template:N/a Toy Story 2 Template:N/a Template:N/a Template:N/a
Best Original Score The Legend of 1900
Ennio Morricone
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Gabriel Yared
N/A The Red Violin
John Corigliano
American Beauty
Thomas Newman
Best Original Song "You'll Be in My Heart"
Tarzan
"Music of My Heart"
Music of the Heart
N/A "You'll Be in My Heart"
Tarzan
N/A
Best Foreign Language Film All About My Mother N/A All About My Mother

1999 filmsEdit

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Iron Eyes Cody 91 US Actor Template:Hlist
9 Harvey Miller 63 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor Template:Hlist
11 Robert Douglas 89 UK Actor, Director Template:Hlist
12 Betty Lou Gerson 84 US Actress Template:Hlist
13 Buzz Kulik 79 US Director Template:Hlist
14 Fred Myrow 59 US Composer Template:Hlist
15 John Bloom 54 US Actor Template:Hlist
15 Betty Box 83 UK Producer Template:Hlist
19 Michael White 36 UK Production Designer Template:Hlist
21 Leslie French 94 UK Actor Template:Hlist
21 Susan Strasberg 60 US Actress Template:Hlist
23 Joe D'Amato 62 Italy Director, Producer Template:Hlist
30 Huntz Hall 78 US Actor Template:Hlist
30 Ed Herlihy 89 US Actor Template:Hlist
February 6 Danny Dayton 75 US Actor Template:Hlist
7 William Ludwig 86 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
7 Bobby Troup 80 US Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
9 Mary LaRoche 78 US Actress Template:Hlist
9 Bryan Mosley 67 UK Actor Template:Hlist
10 Yuri Borienko 66 Russia Actor Template:Hlist
17 Sunshine Parker 71 US Actor Template:Hlist
17 Shirley Stoler 69 US Actress Template:Hlist
20 Gene Siskel 53 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for the Chicago Tribune
24 Derek Nimmo 68 UK Actor Template:Hlist
26 Madelon Baker 88 US Actress Template:Hlist
March 3 Lee Philips 72 US Actor, Director Template:Hlist
4 Del Close 64 US Actor Template:Hlist
4 Eddie Dean 91 US Singer, Actor Template:Hlist
5 Richard Kiley 76 US Actor Template:Hlist
6 Graham Armitage 62 UK Actor Template:Hlist
7 Stanley Kubrick 70 US Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
8 Peggy Cass 74 US Actress Template:Hlist
13 Garson Kanin 86 US Screenwriter, Director Template:Hlist
14 Kirk Alyn 88 US Actor Template:Hlist
17 Ernest Gold 77 Austria Composer Template:Hlist
20 Mickey S. Michaels 67 US Set Decorator Template:Hlist
22 David Strickland 29 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 Gil Perkins 91 Australia Actor Template:Hlist
April 4 Faith Domergue 74 US Actress Template:Hlist
4 Bob Peck 53 UK Actor Template:Hlist
9 Albert Popwell 72 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Don McGuire 80 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor Template:Hlist
14 Roy Chiao 72 China Actor Template:Hlist
14 Ellen Corby 87 US Actress Template:Hlist
14 Anthony Newley 67 UK Actor, Composer Template:Hlist
15 Yasmeen Khan c. 48 Pakistan Actress Template:Hlist
16 Rudi Fehr 87 Germany Film Editor Template:Hlist
16 Zoe Lund 37 US Actress Template:Hlist
21 Doreen Lang 84 New Zealand Actress Template:Hlist
21 Buddy Rogers 94 US Actor Template:Hlist
22 Bert Remsen 74 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 Rory Calhoun 76 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 John Stears 64 UK Special Effects Artist Template:Hlist
28 Donald E. Stewart 69 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
May 2 Augie Blunt 69 US Actor Template:Hlist
2 Oliver Reed 62 UK Actor Template:Hlist
8 Dirk Bogarde 78 UK Actor Template:Hlist
8 Ed Gilbert 67 US Voice Actor Template:Hlist
8 Sally Payne 86 US Actress Template:Hlist
8 Dana Plato 34 US Actress Template:Hlist
14 Jerry Wunderlich 73 US Set Decorator Template:Hlist
17 Henry Jones 86 US Actor Template:Hlist
19 Candy Candido 85 US Actor Template:Hlist
19 John McSweeney Jr. 83 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
19 Alister Williamson 80 Australia Actor Template:Hlist
21 Vanessa Brown 71 Austria Actress Template:Hlist
21 Norman Rossington 70 UK Actor Template:Hlist
25 Hillary Brooke 84 US Actress Template:Hlist
June 5 Mel Torme 73 US Singer, Actor Template:Hlist
9 Andrew L. Stone 96 US Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
11 DeForest Kelley 79 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Douglas Seale 85 UK Actor Template:Hlist
18 Aimée Delamain 93 UK Actress Template:Hlist
19 Mario Soldati 92 Italy Director Template:Hlist
24 Dorothy Lee 88 US Actress Template:Hlist
25 Frank Tarloff 83 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
27 Bobs Watson 68 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 John Woolf 86 UK Producer Template:Hlist
29 Allan Carr 62 US Producer Template:Hlist
29 Declan Mulholland 66 Ireland Actor Template:Hlist
30 Dean Fredericks 75 US Actor Template:Hlist
July 1 Edward Dmytryk 90 Canada Director, Film Editor Template:Hlist
1 Sylvia Sidney 88 US Actress Template:Hlist
2 Mario Puzo 78 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
4 Ronny Graham 79 US Screenwriter, Actor Template:Hlist
4 Jack Watson 84 UK Actor Template:Hlist
12 Bill Owen 85 UK Actor Template:Hlist
17 Donal McCann 58 Ireland Actor Template:Hlist
17 Patricia Zipprodt 74 US Costume Designer Template:Hlist
19 Yoko Tani 70 France Actress Template:Hlist
19 Jerold Wells 90 UK Actor Template:Hlist
20 Sandra Gould 82 US Actress Template:Hlist
August 4 Victor Mature 86 US Actor Template:Hlist
4 Carl Toms 72 UK Costume Designer Template:Hlist
7 Brion James 54 US Actor Template:Hlist
7 Kazuo Miyagawa 91 Japan Cinematographer Template:Hlist
9 Georg Marischka 77 Austria Actor, Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
12 Ross Elliott 82 US Actor Template:Hlist
16 David Allen 54 US Visual Effects Artist Template:Hlist
16 Nancy Guild 73 US Actress Template:Hlist
23 Norman Wexler 73 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
27 Harold Jack Bloom 75 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
31 Marguerite Chapman 81 US Actress Template:Hlist
September 9 Chili Bouchier 89 UK Actress Template:Hlist
9 Ruth Roman 76 US Actress Template:Hlist
12 Harry Crane 85 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
14 Charles Crichton 89 UK Director, Film Editor Template:Hlist
17 Riccardo Cucciolla 75 Italy Actor Template:Hlist
17 Joan Gardner 84 UK Actress Template:Hlist
17 Frankie Vaughan 71 UK Singer, Actor Template:Hlist
18 Harold F. Kress 86 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
22 George C. Scott 71 US Actor Template:Hlist
23 Ivan Goff 89 Australia Screenwriter Template:Hlist
26 Bernadette O'Farrell 75 Ireland Actress Template:Hlist
October 1 Noel Johnson 82 UK Actor Template:Hlist
2 Lee Richardson 73 US Actor Template:Hlist
5 Wilt Chamberlain 63 US Actor Template:Hlist
6 Maris Wrixon 82 US Actress Template:Hlist
7 Deryck Guyler 85 UK Actor Template:Hlist
7 Helen Vinson 92 US Actress Template:Hlist
12 Jacqueline Malouf 58 US Actress Template:Hlist
14 Richard B. Shull 70 US Actor Template:Hlist
16 Jean Shepherd 78 US Actor Template:Hlist
19 Paddi Edwards 67 UK Actress Template:Hlist
26 Hoyt Axton 61 US Singer, Actor Template:Hlist
26 Abraham Polonsky 88 US Screenwriter, Director Template:Hlist
26 Albert Whitlock 84 UK Visual Effects Artist Template:Hlist
27 Lois Collier 80 US Actress Template:Hlist
27 Frank De Vol 88 US Composer Template:Hlist
29 Cavan Kendall 57 UK Actor Template:Hlist
30 Grace McDonald 81 US Actress Template:Hlist
November 3 Ian Bannen 71 UK Actor Template:Hlist
4 David Shaber 70 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
5 James Goldstone 68 US Director Template:Hlist
9 Mabel King 66 US Actress Template:Hlist
11 Mary Kay Bergman 38 US Voice Actress Template:Hlist
14 Lucile Fairbanks 82 US Actress Template:Hlist
20 Adele Balkan 92 US Costume Designer Template:Hlist
21 Ralph Foody 71 US Actor Template:Hlist
24 Hilary Minster 55 UK Actor Template:Hlist
25 William 'Billy' Benedict 82 US Actor Template:Hlist
27 Robert F. Shugrue 62 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
28 Bethel Leslie 70 US Actress Template:Hlist
December 3 John Archer 84 US Actor Template:Hlist
3 Madeline Kahn 57 US Actress Template:Hlist
5 Masaru Sato 71 Japan Composer Template:Hlist
12 Joseph Heller 76 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
13 Daniel M. Angel 88 UK Producer Template:Hlist
14 Ernest Walter 80 UK Film Editor Template:Hlist
17 Rex Allen 78 US Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
18 Robert Bresson 98 France Director Template:Hlist
19 Desmond Llewelyn 85 UK Actor Template:Hlist
20 Irving Rapper 101 US Director Template:Hlist
21 John Arnatt 82 UK Actor Template:Hlist
21 Bill Edwards 81 US Actor Template:Hlist
21 Bernard Smith 92 US Producer Template:Hlist
21 Frank Stanley 77 US Cinematographer Template:Hlist
23 Lois Hamilton 56 US Actress Template:Hlist
25 Peter Jeffrey 70 UK Actor Template:Hlist
26 Pierre Clémenti 57 France Actor Template:Hlist
26 Curtis Mayfield 57 US Singer, Composer Template:Hlist
26 Michael McDowell 49 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
26 Dick Peabody 74 US Actor Template:Hlist
29 Clayton Moore 85 US Actor Template:Hlist
29 Harry Monty 95 US Actor, Stuntman Template:Hlist

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