2007 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was just marginally ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century.<ref name=DenofGeek2007>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=TasteofCinema2007>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was also the last year to never have a film gross $1 billion until 2020.

Evaluation of the yearEdit

In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of Den of Geek said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine of the day." He also emphasized, "If 2007 proves anything, it's that classic films aren't just a relic of ages past; they're being made all around us. I can't wait to see what we're watching in another ten years' time."<ref name=DenofGeek2007/>

Critic Craig Johnson from the film review and movie list website Taste of Cinema said in an article from December 16, 2014, "For one glorious year, it (2007) was like the 1970s all over again. Smart characters were using their brains as weapons. Movie stars were challenging themselves with tough roles. Punches were not pulled. Happy endings were not guaranteed. There was a parade of intelligent movies, seemingly made for adults to watch while the kids were watching Transformers".<ref name=TasteofCinema2007/>

Highest-grossing filmsEdit

Template:See also The top 10 films released in 2007 by worldwide gross are as follows:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Highest-grossing films of 2007
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Disney	$963,400,492
2	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	$941,676,843
3	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$895,871,626
4	Shrek the Third	Paramount	$813,367,380
5	Transformers	Paramount	$709,709,780
6	Ratatouille	Disney	$623,726,085
7	I Am Legend	Warner Bros.	$585,410,052
8	The Simpsons Movie	20th Century Fox	$536,414,270
9	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Disney	$459,242,249
10	300	Warner Bros.	$456,068,181

EventsEdit

Month	Day	Event
January	9	33rd People's Choice Awards: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest wins Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Drama, and Favorite On Screen Matchup for Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley. Depp also wins Favorite Male Action Star and Favorite Male Movie Star.
	13	64th Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include Dreamgirls and Babel.
	20	Little Miss Sunshine is chosen as best picture by the Producers Guild of America.
	22	The Golden Raspberry Awards announces picks for worst film achievement in 2007, with both Little Man and Basic Instinct 2 leading with seven nominations. Other nominees included Lady in the Water, RV, The Shaggy Dog, and Date Movie.
	23	79th Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are: 8: Dreamgirls 7: Babel 6: Pan's Labyrinth 6: The Queen 5: The Departed
	28	Screen Actors Guild Awards: Helen Mirren, for Best Female Actor, Forest Whitaker, for Best Male Actor, Eddie Murphy, for Best Male Supporting Actor, Jennifer Hudson, for Best Female Supporting Actor.
February	15	BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Helen Mirren, Best Actress and Forest Whitaker, Best Actor
	24	Basic Instinct 2 dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress (Sharon Stone). M. Night Shyamalan wins Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Lady in the Water. Other awards include Shawn and Marlon Wayans for Little Man and Carmen Electra for Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie.
	25	79th Academy Awards: The Departed wins picture and director (Martin Scorsese) and two other awards. Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) win top acting awards for leading roles, while Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) win top acting awards for supporting roles.
March	27	12th Empire Awards: Casino Royale wins the most awards with three including Best Film and Best Actor for Daniel Craig.
April	25	The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Spider-Man 3 and Surf's Up.
May	6	Spider-Man 3 finishes weekend with a total weekend gross of $151,116,516, breaking the previous record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
May	27	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a Romanian film by Cristian Mungiu wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. Paranoid Park, a film by Gus Van Sant wins the 60th Anniversary Prize.
June	20	The American Film Institute holds a revised edition of 100 Years...100 Movies. Citizen Kane retains its place as the greatest movie of the past century.
September	12	Producer Gil Cates elects Jon Stewart as MC for the 80th Academy Awards.
November	5	12,000 writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike affecting both motion picture and television production, including the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards in 2008.
December	13	Nomination for the 65th Golden Globe Awards are announced. Atonement earns the most entries with seven. Charlie Wilson's War follows with five.

AwardsEdit

Category/Organization	13th Critics' Choice Awards January 7, 2008	65th Golden Globe Awards January 13, 2008		Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards	61st BAFTA Awards February 10, 2008	80th Academy Awards February 24, 2008
Category/Organization	13th Critics' Choice Awards January 7, 2008	Drama	Musical or Comedy		61st BAFTA Awards February 10, 2008	80th Academy Awards February 24, 2008
Best Film	No Country for Old Men	Atonement	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	No Country for Old Men	Atonement	No Country for Old Men
Best Director	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men	Julian Schnabel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly		Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood		Johnny Depp Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood
Best Actress	Julie Christie Away From Her		Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose	Julie Christie Away From Her	Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor	Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress	Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone	Cate Blanchett I'm Not There		Ruby Dee American Gangster	Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Diablo Cody Juno	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men		Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men	Ronald Harwood The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Best Screenplay, Original	Diablo Cody Juno	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men		Diablo Cody Juno
Best Animated Film	Ratatouille
Best Original Score	There Will Be Blood Jonny Greenwood	Atonement Dario Marianelli		rowspan=3 Template:N/a	La Vie en Rose Christopher Gunning	Atonement Dario Marianelli
Best Original Song	"Falling Slowly" Once	"Guaranteed" Into the Wild		Template:N/a	"Falling Slowly" Once
Best Foreign Language Film	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly			The Lives of Others	The Counterfeiters

2007 filmsEdit

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BirthsEdit

January 28 – Alaya High, American actress and singer
January 30 – Braxton Alexander, American actor
February 16 – Choi Ro-woon, South Korean actor
March 1 – Miguel Cazarez Mora, American actor
March 4 – Miya Cech, American actress
March 5 – Roman Griffin Davis, British actor
March 25 – Cailey Fleming, American actress
May 11 – Samantha Lorraine, American actress
June 2 – Jacob Moran, American actor
June 6 – Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, American actress
June 12 – Jack Veal, English actor
June 14 – Lyon Daniels, American actor
June 16 - Billy Barratt, English actor
July 10 – Mason Thames, American actor
July 17 – Charlie Shotwell, American actor
July 18 – JD McCrary, American singer, dancer and actor
August 24 – Noah Cottrell, American actor
August 27 – Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
September 14 – Heo Jung-eun, South Korean actress
October 22 – Izaac Wang, American actor
November 3 – Ever Anderson, American actress and model
December 4 – Scarlett Estevez, American actress
December 27 – Faithe Herman, American actress

DeathsEdit

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	A. I. Bezzerides	98	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	4	Ben Gannon	54	Australia	Producer	Template:Hlist
	4	Christopher Greenbury	55	UK	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	8	Yvonne De Carlo	84	Canada	Actress	Template:Hlist
	8	Iwao Takamoto	81	US	Animator, Director	Template:Hlist
	10	Carlo Ponti	94	Italy	Producer	Template:Hlist
	11	Solveig Dommartin	45	Algeria	Actress	Template:Hlist
	11	Tudor Gates	77	UK	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	14	Harvey Cohen	55	US	Orchestrator	Template:Hlist
	16	Ron Carey	71	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	20	Brian Eatwell	67	UK	Production Designer	Template:Hlist
	21	Myrtle Devenish	94	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	22	Anna Cropper	68	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	23	David M. Ronne	63	US	Sound Engineer	Template:Hlist
	27	Tige Andrews	86	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	28	Teala Loring	84	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	30	Sidney Sheldon	89	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
February	1	George Robotham	86	US	Stuntman, Actor	Template:Hlist
	3	Donfeld	72	US	Costume Designer	Template:Hlist
	4	Barbara McNair	72	US	Actress, Singer	Template:Hlist
	6	Frankie Laine	93	US	Actor, Singer	Template:Hlist
	8	Anna Nicole Smith	39	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	9	Ian Richardson	72	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	Erik Schumann	82	Germany	Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Peter Ellenshaw	93	UK	Visual Effects Artist	Template:Hlist
	12	Randy Stone	48	US	Casting Director, Actor	Template:Hlist
	14	Ryan Larkin	63	Canada	Animator, Director	Template:Hlist
	14	Lee Patterson	77	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	15	Ray Evans	92	US	Lyricist	Template:Hlist
	19	Janet Blair	85	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	22	Fons Rademakers	86	Netherlands	Director, Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Bruce Bennett	100	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
March	1	Harold Michelson	87	US	Art Director, Production Designer	Template:Hlist
	7	Andy Sidaris	76	US	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	8	John Inman	71	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Richard Jeni	49	US	Comedian, Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Betty Hutton	86	US	Actress, Singer	Template:Hlist
	13	Herbert Fux	79	Austria	Actor	Template:Hlist
	15	Alice Backes	83	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	15	Stuart Rosenberg	79	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	17	Freddie Francis	89	UK	Cinematographer, Director	Template:Hlist
	18	William N. Panzer	64	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	19	Calvert DeForest	85	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	20	John P. Ryan	70	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	22	Bradley Lavelle	48	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	25	Lynn Merrick	87	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	26	Bill Capizzi	70	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	John Gill	94	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Howard Goorney	85	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Calvin Lockhart	72	Bahamas	Actor	Template:Hlist
April	1	George Sewell	82	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	4	Bob Clark	67	US	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	4	John Flynn	75	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	6	Luigi Comencini	90	Italy	Director	Template:Hlist
	6	George Jenkins	98	US	Production Designer	Template:Hlist
	7	Barry Nelson	89	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	8	Roscoe Lee Browne	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Jack Williams	85	US	Stuntman	Template:Hlist
	12	James Lyons	46	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	16	Giuseppe Ruzzolini	76	Italy	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	17	Kitty Carlisle	96	US	Actress, Singer	Template:Hlist
	19	Jean-Pierre Cassel	74	France	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Roy Jenson	80	Canada	Actor, Stuntman	Template:Hlist
	27	Al Hunter Ashton	49	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	28	Dabbs Greer	90	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Tom Poston	85	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Gordon Scott	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
May	6	Curtis Harrington	80	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	7	Nicholas Worth	69	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	8	Mark Burns	71	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	Bernard Gordon	88	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	15	Yolanda King	51	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	16	C. Timothy O'Meara	64	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	21	Bruno Mattei	75	Italy	Director	Template:Hlist
	21	Bud Molin	81	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	22	Art Stevens	92	US	Animator, Director	Template:Hlist
	25	Lee Frost	71	US	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	25	Charles Nelson Reilly	76	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Norman Kaye	80	Australia	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Jean-Claude Brialy	74	France	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Nick Ramus	77	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
June	2	Charles Evans	81	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	9	Alma Beltran	87	Mexico	Actress	Template:Hlist
	9	Christina Kokubo	56	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	9	Beverly Michaels	79	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	9	Ousmane Sembène	84	Senegal	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	11	Mala Powers	75	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	14	Alex Thomson	78	UK	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	22	Willy Holt	85	US	Production Designer	Template:Hlist
	28	Leo Burmester	63	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Edward Yang	59	Taiwan	Director	Template:Hlist
July	5	Kerwin Mathews	81	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	Charles Lane	102	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	Richard Franklin	58	Australia	Director	Template:Hlist
	12	Marc Behm	82	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	13	Michael Reardon	42	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	15	Kieron Moore	82	Ireland	Actor	Template:Hlist
	19	Laura Devon	76	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	22	Laszlo Kovacs	74	Hungary	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	23	Joan O'Hara	76	Ireland	Actress	Template:Hlist
	24	Chaney Kley	34	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	26	John Normington	70	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	27	William J. Tuttle	95	US	Makeup Artist	Template:Hlist
	29	Michel Serrault	79	France	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Michelangelo Antonioni	94	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	30	Ingmar Bergman	89	Sweden	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
August	2	Frank Rosenfelt	85	US	Studio Executive
	3	James T. Callahan	76	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	5	Peter Graham Scott	82	UK	Director	Template:Hlist
	8	Melville Shavelson	90	US	Screenwriter, Director	Template:Hlist
	12	Merv Griffin	82	US	Producer, Actor	Template:Hlist
	22	Keith Knight	51	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	23	Robert Symonds	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Aaron Russo	80	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	25	Elizabeth Inglis	94	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	27	Richard T. Heffron	76	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	28	Miyoshi Umeki	78	Japan	Actress	Template:Hlist
	30	José Luis de Vilallonga	87	Spain	Actor	Template:Hlist
September	2	Marcia Mae Jones	83	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	3	Steve Ryan	60	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	4	Michael Evans	87	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	5	Nikos Nikolaidis	67	Greece	Director	Template:Hlist
	5	Charlotte Zucker	86	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	6	Percy Rodriguez	89	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Jane Wyman	90	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	14	Emilio Ruiz del Río	84	Spain	Special Effects Artist	Template:Hlist
	21	Alice Ghostley	81	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	22	Karl Hardman	80	US	Actor, Producer	Template:Hlist
	22	Marcel Marceau	84	France	Actor	Template:Hlist
	28	Charles B. Griffith	77	US	Screenwriter, Director	Template:Hlist
	28	Martin Manulis	92	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	29	Lois Maxwell	80	Canada	Actress	Template:Hlist
October	1	Peggy Maley	84	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	2	George Grizzard	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	6	Bud Ekins	77	US	Stuntman	Template:Hlist
	9	Carol Bruce	87	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Lonny Chapman	87	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	14	Sigrid Valdis	79	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	16	Deborah Kerr	86	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	17	Joey Bishop	89	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	17	Harry Kleiner	91	Russia	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	20	Arlene Francis	93	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	21	Don Fellows	84	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	21	Vic Ramos	77	US	Casting Director	Template:Hlist
	24	Masakazu Yoshizawa	57	Japan	Musician	Template:Hlist
	26	Bernard L. Kowalski	78	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	27	Moira Lister	84	South Africa	Actress	Template:Hlist
	29	David Morris	83	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Robert Goulet	73	US	Singer, Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Yisrael Poliakov	66	Israel	Comedian, Actor	Template:Hlist
November	1	Sonny Bupp	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	2	Henry Cele	58	South Africa	Actor	Template:Hlist
	4	Peter Viertel	86	Germany	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	6	Peter Handford	88	UK	Sound Engineer	Template:Hlist
	10	Jack Bear	87	US	Costume Designer	Template:Hlist
	10	Laraine Day	87	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	10	Norman Mailer	84	US	Screenwriter, Director, Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	Delbert Mann	89	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	12	Al Mancini	74	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	13	Monty Westmore	84	US	Makeup Artist	Template:Hlist
	13	Peter Zinner	88	Austria	Film Editor, Director	Template:Hlist
	14	Michael Blodgett	87	US	Actor, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	14	Ronnie Burns	72	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	22	Verity Lambert	71	UK	Producer	Template:Hlist
	22	Reg Park	79	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	26	Marit Allen	66	UK	Costume Designer	Template:Hlist
	28	Jeanne Bates	89	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	28	Mali Finn	69	US	Casting Director	Template:Hlist
	30	Evel Knievel	69	US	Daredevil, Actor	Template:Hlist
December	1	Gary Epper	62	US	Stuntman, Actor	Template:Hlist
	1	Anton Rodgers	74	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	2	Eleonora Rossi Drago	82	Italy	Actress	Template:Hlist
	4	Melvin Shapiro	82	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	5	Joe Brooks	83	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	5	Tony Tenser	87	UK	Producer	Template:Hlist
	8	Donald Burton	73	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Ashleigh Aston Moore	26	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	11	Freddie Fields	84	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	13	Floyd Red Crow Westerman	71	US	Actor, Singer	Template:Hlist
	19	Frank Capra, Jr.	73	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	19	James Costigan	81	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	20	Jeanne Carmen	77	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	21	John McPherson	65	US	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	23	Michael Kidd	92	US	Actor, Choreographer	Template:Hlist
	28	Tab Thacker	45	US	Actor	Template:Hlist

Film debutsEdit

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