1988 in film

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1988 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Michael Jackson's first film was Moonwalker

[edit] Top grossing films

1. Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins
3. Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy
4. Big, starring Tom Hanks
5. Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
6. Crocodile Dundee II
7. Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis
8. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, starring Leslie Nielsen
9. Cocktail, starring Tom Cruise
10. Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton

[edit] Awards

ACADEMY AWARDS:

Best Picture: Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists

Best Director: Barry Levinson - Rain Man

Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man

Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Accused

Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda

Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis - The Accidental Tourist

Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:

Drama:

Best Picture: Rain Man

Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man

Best Actress (tie): Jodie Foster - The Accused

Best Actress (tie): Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist

Musical or Comedy:

Best Picture: Working Girl

Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Big

Best Actress: Melanie Griffith - Working Girl

Other

Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Bird

Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark

PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):

Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark

GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):

La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy / France

GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):

Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Yimou Zhang, China

[edit] Films released in 1988

• 18 Again!
• The Accidental Tourist
• The Accused
• Action Jackson
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Alice (Něco z Alenky)
• Alien Nation
• Amsterdamned
• And God Created Woman
• Another Woman
• Arthur 2:On The Rocks
• Bat 21
• Beaches
• The Beast
• Beetlejuice
• Betrayed
• Big
• The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson
• Big Business
• Big Time
• Big Top Pee-wee
• Biloxi Blues -(film only mentioned in article)
• Bird
• Black Eagle
• The Blob
• Bloodsport
• La Boheme, by Luigi Comencini (see disambiguation)
• Burning Secret
• Buster
• Caddyshack II
• Call Me
• Camille Claudel
• Child's Play
• Chocolat
• The Chocolate War -(film mentioned in article)
• Clara's Heart
• Clean and Sober
• Cocktail
• Cocoon: The Return
• Colors
• Coming to America
• Consuming Passions
• The Couch Trip
• The Courier
• Crocodile Dundee II
• Crossing Delancey
• A Cry in the Dark
• Da
• Dangerous Liaisons
• The Deceivers
• The Dead Pool
• Dead Ringers
• Die Hard
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Distant Thunder
• Distant Voices, Still Lives
• D.O.A.
• Doin' Time On Planet Earth
• Dream Demon
• Drowning By Numbers
• Earth Girls Are Easy
• Eight Men Out
• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
• Ernest Saves Christmas
• The Everlasting Secret Family
• Everybody's All-American
• Far North
• Feds
• A Fish Called Wanda
• Five Corners
• Frantic
• Fresh Horses
• Fright Night II
• The Fruit Machine
• Full Moon In Blue Water
• Ghost Town
• Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
• Gotham (aka) The Dead Can't Lie
• The Good Mother
• Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
• Hairspray
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• Hanna's War
• Hanussen
• Haunted Summer
• Hawks, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards
• Heartbreak Hotel
• Hellbound: Hellraiser II
• High Hopes
• High Spirits, directed by Neil Jordan
• Hot to Trot
• Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times
• The House on Carroll Street
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
• It Couldn't Happen Here
• Iron Eagle II
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• The Land Before Time
• The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese
• La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore (The Legend Of The Holy Drinker) - Golden Lion award
• The Little Devil (Il Piccolo Diavolo), starring Walter Matthau, Roberto Benigni (also director)
• Mac and Me
• Midnight Run
• Mississippi Burning
• Moonwalker
• The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
• Oliver and Company
• Paperhouse
• Patty Hearst*La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles) - Golden Bear award
• Punchline
• Pushpak
• Quelques Jours avec Moi (A Few Days with Me)
• Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture and Golden Bear (for 1989)
• Rattle and Hum
• Scrooged
• Shakedown aka Blue Jean Cop
• She's Having a Baby
• Shoot to Kill aka Deadly Pursuit
• A Short Film About Love by Krzysztof Kieslowski
• Stand and Deliver
• They Live, starring Roddy Piper
• Twins
• Vibes
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being, according to a book by Milan Kundera
• Waxwork
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• A World Apart, starring Barbara Hershey and Jodhi May

[edit] Births

• April 10 - Haley Joel Osment
• May 1 - Jacobo León
• August 24 - Rupert Grint
• November 15 - Zena Grey

[edit] Deaths

• January 7 - Michel Auclair, actor (b. 1922)
• January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
• February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, actress
• January 25 - Colleen Moore, actress
• March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress
• May 30 - Ella Raines, actress
• July 25 - Judith Barsi, actress
• August 4 - Florence Eldridge, actress
• September 5 - Gert Fröbe, actor
• October 1 - Lucien Ballard, cinematographer
• December 23 – Frederick W. Elvidge, actor