JANUARY 1990
Liam Aiken
January 7, 1990
Liam Hemsworth
January 13, 1990
Shaunette Renée Wilson
January 19, 1990
Jake Thomas
January 30, 1990
| DATE | TITLE | STUDIO | DIRECTED BY | MAJOR STARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1990 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Greycat | John McNaughton | Michael Rooker |
| Jan 12, 1990 | Downtown | 20th Century Fox | Richard Benjamin | Forest Whitaker |
| Jan 12, 1990 | Internal Affairs | Paramount | Mike Figgis | Richard Gere ◦ Andy García |
| Jan 12, 1990 | Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | New Line | Jeff Burr | Viggo Mortensen |
| Jan 12, 1990 | The Match Factory Girl | Finnkino | Aki Kaurismäki | Kati Outinen |
| Jan 12, 1990 | Ski Patrol | Epic | Richard Correll | Roger Rose ◦ Paul Feig |
| Jan 19, 1990 | Brain Dead | Concorde | Adam Simon | Bill Pullman ◦ Bill Paxton |
| Jan 19, 1990 | Everybody Wins | Orion | Karel Reisz | Debra Winger ◦ Nick Nolte |
George Lopez
“Ski Patrol”
(debut)
Tremors
January 19th, 1990
Universal Pictures
Directed by Ron Underwood
Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and Reba McEntire
Opening Weekend Box Office: $3,731,520
—
Description: Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.
TREMORS 6-MOVIE COLLECTION
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| Jan 21, 1990 | Denial | — | Erin Dignam | Robin Wright ◦ Jason Patric ◦ David Duchovny |
| Jan 22, 1990 | Treasure Island | Turner | Fraser Clarke Heston | Charlton Heston ◦ Christian Bale ◦ Christopher Lee |
| Jan 24, 1990 | Milou in May | TF1 | Louis Malle | Miou-Miou |
| Jan 25, 1990 | No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers | Imperial | Lucas Lowe | Aasif Mandvi (debut) |
| Jan 25, 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Taurus | George Romero & Dario Argento | Harvey Keitel ◦ Julie Benz |
| Jan 27, 1990 | Uchū no hōsoku | — | Kazuyuki Izutsu | Masato Furuoya |
Julie Benz
“Two Evil Eyes”
(debut)
Alan Hale Jr. (68)
March 8, 1921 –
January 2, 1990
“Gilligan’s Island”
Actor
(deceased)
Arthur Kennedy (75)
February 17, 1914 –
January 5, 1990
“Trial”
Academy Award Nominee
Actor
(deceased)
Lyle R. Wheeler (84)
February 2, 1905 –
January 10, 1990
“Gone with the Wind”
Academy Award Winner
Art Director
(deceased)
Barbara Stanwyck (82)
July 16, 1907 –
January 20, 1990
“Double Indemnity”
Academy Award Nominee
Actress
(deceased)
Ava Gardner (67)
December 24, 1922 –
January 25, 1990
“The Night of the Iguana”
Academy Award Nominee
Actress
(deceased)
FEBRUARY 1990
Will Denton
February 4, 1990
Callum Turner
February 15, 1990
Georgina Leonidas
February 28, 1990
| Feb 1, 1990 | Close-Up | Celluloid | Abbas Kiarostami | Hossain Sabzian ◦ Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| Feb 2, 1990 | Flashback | Paramount | Franco Amurri | Dennis Hopper ◦ Kiefer Sutherland |
| Feb 2, 1990 | Heart Condition | New Line | James D. Parriott | Bob Hoskins ◦ Denzel Washington |
| Feb 2, 1990 | Mack the Knife | 21st Century | Menahem Golan | Raúl Juliá ◦ Richard Harris |
| Feb 2, 1990 | A Man Called Sarge | Cannon Group | Stuart Gillard | Gary Kroeger ◦ Natasha Lyonne |
| Feb 2, 1990 | Men Don’t Leave | Warner Bros | Paul Brickman | Jessica Lange ◦ Joan Cusack ◦ Kathy Bates |
| Feb 2, 1990 | Nobody’s Perfect | Moviestore | Robert Kaylor | Chad Lowe ◦ Gail O’Grady |
| Feb 2, 1990 | Stella | Touchstone | John Erman | Bette Midler ◦ John Goodman ◦ Ben Stiller |
| Feb 8, 1990 | Memories of a River | Quartet | Judit Elek | Sándor Gáspár |
| Feb 9, 1990 | Hard to Kill | Warner Bros | Bruce Malmuth | Steven Seagal |
Loose Cannons
February 9th, 1990
TriStar Pictures
Directed by Bob Clark (“Black Christmas,” “Porky’s,” & “A Christmas Story”)
Starring Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, and Reg E. Cathey
Opening Weekend Box Office: $2,239,830
—
Description: An unconventional cop who doesn’t take any bull, is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals but the cop soon realizes that his by the book partner has split personality disorder.
| Feb 9, 1990 | Stanley & Iris | MGM | Martin Ritt | Jane Fonda ◦ Robert De Niro |
| Feb 15, 1990 | The Nasty Girl | Miramax | Michael Verhoeven | Lena Stolze |
| Feb 16, 1990 | Courage Mountain | Triumph | Christopher Leitch | Charlie Sheen |
| Feb 16, 1990 | Madhouse | Orion | Tom Ropelewski | John Larroquette ◦ Kirstie Alley |
| Feb 21, 1990 | La Femme Nikita | Gaumont | Luc Besson | Anne Parillaud ◦ Jean Reno |
| Feb 23, 1990 | Angel Town | Imperial | Olivier Gruner | Olivier Gruner ◦ Theresa Saldana |
| Feb 23, 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | TriStar | Bob Rafelson | Iain Glen ◦ Richard E. Grant |
| Feb 23, 1990 | Nightbreed | 20th Century Fox | Clive Barker | Craig Sheffer |
| Feb 23, 1990 | Rockula | Cannon | Luca Bercovici | Dean Cameron ◦ Toni Basil ◦ Thomas Dolby |
| Feb 23, 1990 | Where the Heart Is | Touchstone | John Boorman | Dabney Coleman ◦ Uma Thurman |
La Femme Nikita
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Nightbreed
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Revenge
February 23rd, 1990
Columbia Pictures
Directed by Tony Scott (“Top Gun” & “Beverly Hills Cop II”)
Starring Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, and John Leguizamo
Opening Weekend Box Office: $6,086,672
—
Description: A retired US Navy pilot comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen.
Jimmy Van Heusen (77)
January 26, 1913 –
February 6, 1990
“Going My Way”
Academy Award Winner
Songwriter
(deceased)
Frank Ross (85)
August 4, 1904 –
February 8, 1990
“The More the Merrier”
Academy Award Winner
Producer
(deceased)
Ken Lynch (79)
July 15, 1910 –
February 13, 1990
“North by Northwest”
Actor
(deceased)
Michael Powell (84)
September 30, 1905 –
February 13, 1990
“The Red Shoes”
Academy Award Nominee
Director
(deceased)
Fabia Drake (86)
January 30, 1904 –
February 28, 1990
“A Room With A View”
Actress
(deceased)
MARCH 1990
Keisha Castle-Hughes
March 24, 1990
Choi Woo-shik
March 26, 1990
Laura Harrier
March 28, 1990
Chelsea Harris
March 30, 1990
The Hunt for Red October
March 2nd, 1990
Paramount Pictures
Directed by John McTiernan (“Predator” & “Die Hard”)
Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, Stellan Skarsgård, Courtney B. Vance, and Shane Black
Opening Weekend Box Office: $17,161,835
—
Description: In November 1984, the Soviet Union’s best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Cecelia Hall and George Watters II) — WINNER
Best Sound (Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, and Don J. Bassman) — Nominee
Best Film Editing (Dennis Virkler and John Wright) — Nominee
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
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| Mar 9, 1990 | Bad Influence | Triumph | Curtis Hanson | Rob Lowe ◦ James Spader ◦ David Duchovny |
| Mar 9, 1990 | Coupe de Ville | Universal | Joe Roth | Patrick Dempsey ◦ Daniel Stern ◦ Alan Arkin |
| Mar 9, 1990 | The Handmaid’s Tale | MGM | Volker Schlöndorff | Natasha Richardson ◦ Faye Dunaway ◦ Robert Duvall |
| Mar 9, 1990 | House Party | New Line | Reginald Hudlin | Christopher “Kid” Reid ◦ Martin Lawrence |
| Mar 9, 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Warner Bros | John Patrick Shanley | Tom Hanks ◦ Meg Ryan ◦ Nathan Lane |
| Mar 9, 1990 | Last of the Finest | Orion | John Mackenzie | Brian Dennehy ◦ Joe Pantoliano ◦ Bill Paxton |
| Mar 9, 1990 | Love at Large | Orion | Alan Rudolph | Tom Berenger ◦ Elizabeth Perkins |
| Mar 16, 1990 | Blind Fury | TriStar | Phillip Noyce | Rutger Hauer |
| Mar 16, 1990 | Blue Steel | MGM | Kathryn Bigelow | Jamie Lee Curtis ◦ Richard Jenkins ◦ Clancy Brown |
| Mar 16, 1990 | The Forbidden Dance | Columbia | Greydon Clark | Laura Harring |
| Mar 16, 1990 | Lambada | Cannon | Joel Silberg | J. Eddie Peck |
| Mar 16, 1990 | Lord of the Flies | Columbia | Harry Hook | Balthazar Getty (debut) ◦ James Badge Dale |
| Mar 16, 1990 | Nuns on the Run | 20th Century Fox | Jonathan Lynn | Eric Idle ◦ Robbie Coltrane |
| Mar 18, 1990 | Gunsmoke: The Last Apache | CBS | Charles Correll | James Arness |
BLIND FURY
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Pretty Woman
March 23rd, 1990
Touchstone Pictures
Directed by Garry Marshall (“Overboard” & “Beaches”)
Starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander, and Hank Azaria
Opening Weekend Box Office: $11,280,591
—
Description: A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets… only to fall in love.
⍟ 63RD Academy Award Nominee ⍟
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Julia Roberts)
⍟ 3RD highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$463,406,268
Hank Azaria
“Pretty Woman”
(debut)
| Mar 23, 1990 | The Fourth War | Cannon | John Frankenheimer | Roy Schneider ◦ Jürgen Prochnow |
| Mar 23, 1990 | A Shock to the System | Corsair | Jan Egleson | Michael Caine ◦ Will Patton ◦ Samuel L. Jackson |
| Mar 30, 1990 | Opportunity Knocks | Universal | Donald Petrie | Dana Carvey |
| Mar 30, 1990 | Side Out | TriStar | Peter Israelson | C. Thomas Howell |
SIDE OUT
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
March 30th, 1990
New Line Cinema
Directed by Steve Barron (“Superman”)
Starring Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, and Corey Feldman
Opening Weekend Box Office: $25,398,367
—
Description: Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.
⍟ 9TH highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$202,084,756
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Gary Merrill (74)
August 2, 1915 –
March 5, 1990
“All About Eve”
Actor
(deceased)
Capucine (62)
January 6, 1928 –
March 17, 1990
“The Pink Panther”
Actress
(deceased)
APRIL 1990
Kristen Stewart
April 9, 1990
Emma Watson
April 15, 1990
Britt Robertson
April 18, 1990
Dev Patel
April 23, 1990
| Apr 3, 1990 | Catchfire | Vestron | Dennis Hopper | Jodie Foster ◦ Dennis Hopper |
| Apr 6, 1990 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Miramax | Peter Greenaway | Richard Bohringer ◦ Helen Mirren |
| Apr 6, 1990 | Ernest Goes to Jail | Touchstone | John R. Cherry III | Jim Varney |
| Apr 6, 1990 | The First Power | Orion | Robert Resnikoff | Lou Diamond Phillips |
| Apr 6, 1990 | I Love You to Death | TriStar | Lawrence Kasdan | Kevin Kline ◦ Tracey Ullman ◦ Keanu Reeves |
| Apr 6, 1990 | Impulse | Warner Bros | Sondra Locke | Theresa Russell ◦ Jeff Fahey |
| Apr 6, 1990 | In the Spirit | Academy | Sandra Seacat | Jeannie Berlin ◦ Olympia Dukakis |
Cry-Baby
April 6th, 1990
Universal Pictures
Directed by John Waters (“Polyester” & “Hairspray”)
Starring Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, and Willem Dafoe
Opening Weekend Box Office: $3,004,905
—
Description: In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.
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GRETA GARBO (84)
September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990
“Ninotchka” | “Romance”
Academy Award Winner (4-Time Nominee)
Actress
(deceased)
| Apr 11, 1990 | Les 1001 Nuits | General Union | Philippe de Broca | Catherine Zeta-Jones (debut) |
| Apr 13, 1990 | Crazy People | Paramount | Tony Bill | Dudley Moore ◦ Daryl Hannah |
| Apr 13, 1990 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Columbia | Jamie Uys | N!xau ◦ Lena Farugia |
| Apr 13, 1990 | Vital Signs | 20th Century Fox | Marisa Silver | Adrian Pasdar ◦ Diane Lane |
| Apr 14, 1990 | Ultra Q The Movie | Tsuburaya | Akio Jissôji | Toshio Shiba |
| Apr 20, 1990 | Chattahoochee | Hemdale | Mick Jackson | Gary Oldman ◦ Dennis Hopper ◦ Frances McDormand |
| Apr 20, 1990 | Lisa | MGM | Gary Sherman | Cheryl Ladd ◦ D. W. Moffett |
| Apr 20, 1990 | Martians Go Home | Taurus | David Odell | Randy Quaid ◦ Rob Schneider (debut) |
| Apr 20, 1990 | Miami Blues | Orion | George Armitage | Alec Baldwin ◦ Fred Ward ◦ Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| Apr 25, 1990 | Bad Jim | Delaware | Clyde Ware | James Brolin ◦ Richard Roundtree ◦ John Clark Gable |
| Apr 27, 1990 | The Guardian | Universal | William Friedkin | Jenny Seagrove |
| Apr 27, 1990 | Q&A | TriStar | Sidney Lumet | Nick Nolte ◦ Timothy Hutton |
| Apr 27, 1990 | Spaced Invaders | Touchstone | Patrick Read Johnson | Douglas Barr |
| Apr 27, 1990 | Wild Orchid | Triumph | Zalman King | Mickey Rourke ◦ Jacqueline Bisset |
Catherine Zeta-Jones
“Les 1001 Nuits”
(debut)
MIAMI BLUES
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Robert D. Webb (87)
January 8, 1903 –
April 18, 1990
“In Old Chicago”
Academy Award Winner
Director
(deceased)
Paulette Goddard (79)
June 3, 1910 –
April 23, 1990
“So Proudly We Hail!”
Academy Award Nominee
Actress
(deceased)
Dexter Gordon (67)
February 27, 1923 –
April 25, 1990
“‘Round Midnight”
Academy Award Nominee
Actor
(deceased)
MAY 1990
Caitlin Stasey
May 1, 1990
Sasha Spielberg
May 14, 1990
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
May 16, 1990
Chris Colfer
May 27, 1990
| May 4, 1990 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Cinecom | Uli Edel | Stephen Lang ◦ Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| May 4, 1990 | Short Time | 20th Century Fox | Gregg Champion | Dabney Coleman ◦ Matt Frewer |
| May 4, 1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Paramount | John Harrison | Deborah Harry ◦ Christian Slater |
| May 4, 1990 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Lauren | Pedro Almodóvar | Victoria Abril ◦ Antonio Banderas |
| May 4, 1990 | Without You I’m Nothing | New Line | John Boskovich | Sandra Bernhard ◦ John Doe ◦ Djimon Hounsou (debut) |
| May 11, 1990 | The Big Bang | Triton | James Toback | James Toback ◦ Anne Marie Keyes |
| May 11, 1990 | Class of 1999 | Lightning | Mark L. Lester | Malcolm McDowell ◦ Stacy Keach |
| May 11, 1990 | Dreams | Warner Bros | Akira Kurosawa | Martin Scorsese |
| May 11, 1990 | Far Out Man | New Line | Tommy Chong | Tommy Chong |
| May 11, 1990 | Longtime Companion | Samuel Goldwyn | Norman René | Campbell Scott |
| May 11, 1990 | A Show of Force | Paramount | Bruno Barreto | Amy Irving ◦ Andy García ◦ Lou Diamond Phillips ◦ Robert Duvall ◦ Kevin Spacey |
Rose McGowan
“Class of 1999”
(debut)
Julianne Moore
“Tales from the Darkside: The Movie”
(debut)
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
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JIM HENSON (53)
September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990
“The Dark Crystal” | “Labyrinth”
Creator of The Muppets & Fraggle Rock
Director | Puppeteer
(deceased)
| May 18, 1990 | Bird on a Wire | Universal | John Badham | Mel Gibson ◦ Goldie Hawn |
| May 18, 1990 | Cadillac Man | Orion | Roger Donaldson | Robin Williams ◦ Tim Robbins |
| May 22, 1990 | The Swordsman | Film Workshop | King Hu | Sam Hui ◦ Cecilia Yip |
| May 25, 1990 | Fire Birds | Touchstone | David Green | Nicolas Cage ◦ Tommy Lee Jones |
Back to the Future Part III
May 25th, 1990
Universal Pictures
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Lea Thompson, and Elisabeth Shue
Opening Weekend Box Office: $19,089,645
—
Description: Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murdered.
⍟ 6TH highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$244,527,583
BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY
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David Rappaport (38)
November 23, 1951 –
May 2, 1990
“Time Bandits”
Actor
(deceased)
Susan Oliver (58)
February 13, 1932 –
May 10, 1990
“Star Trek”
Actress
(deceased)
Sammy Davis Jr. (64)
December 8, 1925 –
May 16, 1990
“Ocean’s 11”
Actor & Singer
(deceased)
JUNE 1990
Jack Lowden
June 2, 1990
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
June 13, 1990
Monica Barbaro
June 17, 1990
Total Recall
June 1st, 1990
TriStar Pictures
Directed by Paul Verhoeven (“RoboCop”)
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, and Dean Norris
Opening Weekend Box Office: $25,533,700
—
Description: When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real – or is he?
⍟ 5TH highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$261,317,921
TOTAL RECALL
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| Jun 1, 1990 | Frankenhooker | Shapiro-Glickenhaus | Frank Henenlotter | Patty Mullen |
| Jun 4, 1990 | Crash and Burn | Paramount | Charles Band | Paul Ganus ◦ Megan Ward ◦ Jack McGee ◦ Eva LaRue |
| Jun 8, 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. | Paramount | Walter Hill | Eddie Murphy ◦ Nick Nolte |
| Jun 14, 1990 | Bright Angel | Hemdale | Michael Fields | Dermot Mulroney ◦ Lili Taylor ◦ Bill Pullman ◦ Burt Young ◦ Sam Shepard ◦ Will Patton ◦ Benjamin Bratt (debut) |
| Jun 15, 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Warner Bros | Joe Dante | Zach Galligan ◦ Phoebe Cates ◦ Christopher Lee |
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Dick Tracy
June 15th, 1990
Touchstone Pictures
Directed by Warren Beatty (“Heaven Can Wait” & “Reds”)
Starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Glenne Headly, Dick Van Dyke, Kathy Bates, Dustin Hoffman, William Forsythe, Paul Sorvino, James Caan, and Catherine O’Hara
Opening Weekend Box Office: $22,543,911
—
Description: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice’s united mob.
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Al Pacino) — Nominee
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Richard Sylbert & Rick Simpson) — WINNER
Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro) — Nominee
Best Costume Design (Milena Canonero) — Nominee
Best Makeup (John Caglione Jr. & Doug Drexler) — WINNER
Best Music, Original Song (Stephen Sondheim)— WINNER
Best Sound (Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, & Doug Hemphill) — Nominee
| Jun 22, 1990 | Betsy’s Wedding | Touchstone | Alan Alda | Alan Alda ◦ Molly Ringwald ◦ Joe Pesci |
| Jun 22, 1990 | Felix the Cat: The Movie | New World | Tibor Hernádi | Chris Phillips ◦ Alice Playten |
| Jun 22, 1990 | RoboCop 2 | Orion | Irvin Kershner | Peter Weller ◦ Nancy Allen |
| Jun 23, 1990 | Heaven and Earth | Toei | Haruki Kadokawa | Takaaki Enoki |
| Jun 29, 1990 | Ghost Dad | Universal | Sidney Poitier | Bill Cosby |
ROBOCOP 2
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Days of Thunder
June 27th, 1990
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Tony Scott (“Top Gun” & “Beverly Hills Cop II”)
Starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Nicole Kidman, Cary Elwes, Michael Rooker, and John C. Reilly
Opening Weekend Box Office: $15,490,445
—
Description: A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
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“Days Of Thunder”
(debut)
“Days Of Thunder”
(debut)
“Days Of Thunder”
(debut)
Rex Harrison (82)
March 5, 1908 –
June 2, 1990
“My Fair Lady”
Academy Award Winner
Actor
(deceased)
Jack Gilford (81)
July 25, 1908 –
June 4, 1990
“Save the Tiger”
Academy Award Nominee
Actor
(deceased)
David Rappaport (82)
April 4, 1908 –
June 25, 1990
“The Atomic City”
Academy Award Nominee
Screenwriter
(deceased)
JULY 1990
Margot Robbie
July 2, 1990
Melissa Barrera
July 4, 1990
Rachel Brosnahan
July 12, 1990
Daveigh Chase
July 24, 1990
Die Hard 2
July 4th, 1990
20th Century Fox
Directed by Renny Harlin (“A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master”)
Starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, and Reginald VelJohnson
Opening Weekend Box Office: $21,744,661
—
Description: John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
⍟ 7TH highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$240,031,094
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| Jul 6, 1990 | Jetsons: The Movie | Universal | William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | George O’Hanlon ◦ Penny Singleton ◦ Brad Garrett (debut) |
| Jul 10, 1990 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | 20th Century Fox | Renny Harlin | Jennifer Rubin ◦ Andrew Dice Clay |
| Jul 13, 1990 | The Invisible Maniac | Republic | Adam Rifkin | Andrew Dice Clay ◦ Wayne Newton ◦ Priscilla Presley |
| Jul 13, 1990 | The Jungle Book (re-release) | Walt Disney | Wolfgang Reitherman | Phil Harris ◦ Sebastian Cabot |
| Jul 13, 1990 | Quick Change | Warner Bros | Howard Franklin & Bill Murray | Bill Murray ◦ Geena Davis ◦ Randy Quaid |
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Ghost
July 13th, 1990
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Jerry Zucker (“Airplane!” & “Top Secret!”)
Starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg
Opening Weekend Box Office: $12,191,540
—
Description: After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
⍟ highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$505,702,588
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Picture (Lisa Weinstein) — Nominee
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Bruce Joel Rubin) — WINNER
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Whoopi Goldberg) — WINNER
Best Film Editing (Walter Murch) — Nominee
Best Music, Original Score (Maurice Jarre) — Nominee
GHOST
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| Jul 18, 1990 | Arachnophobia | Hollywood | Frank Marshall | Jeff Daniels ◦ John Goodman |
| Jul 20, 1990 | The Freshman | TriStar | Andrew Bergman | Marlon Brando ◦ Matthew Broderick |
| Jul 20, 1990 | Midnight Ride | Cannon | Bob Bralver | Mark Hamill |
| Jul 20, 1990 | Navy SEALs | Orion | Lewis Teague | Charlie Sheen ◦ Michael Biehn |
| Jul 22, 1990 | El Diablo | HBO | Peter Markle | Anthony Edwards ◦ Louis Gossett Jr. ◦ Don Collier |
| Jul 26, 1990 | Blood Oath | Roadshow | Stephen Wallace | Bryan Brown ◦ George Takei ◦ Russell Crowe |
| Jul 27, 1990 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | New Line | Bernard Rose | Kiefer Sutherland |
Russell Crowe
“Blood Oath”
(debut)
THE FRESHMAN
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Presumed Innocent
July 27th, 1990
Warner Bros Pictures
Directed by Alan J. Pakula (“Sophie’s Choice”)
Starring Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi, Jeffrey Wright (debut)
Opening Weekend Box Office: $11,718,981
—
Description: As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.
⍟ 10TH highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$201,957,688
Jeffrey Wright
“Presumed Innocent”
(debut)
Problem Child
July 27th, 1990
Universal Pictures
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Starring John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck, and Michael Richards
Opening Weekend Box Office: $7,058,333
—
Description: A dim-witted teenager and his new coworker try to save the old burger joint they work for from failing after the opening of a brand new burger restaurant across the street, which’s planning to put them out of business.
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Margaret Lockwood (73)
September 15, 1916 –
July 15, 1990
“The Lady Vanishes”
Actress
(deceased)
Stanley Shapiro (65)
July 16, 1925 –
July 21, 1990
“Pillow Talk”
Academy Award Winner
Screenwriter
(deceased)
AUGUST 1990
Jack O’Connell
August 1, 1990
Bill Skarsgård
August 9, 1990
Jennifer Lawrence
August 15, 1990
Elizabeth Debicki
August 24, 1990
| Aug 1, 1990 | Lionheart | Universal | Sheldon Lettich | Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| Aug 1, 1990 | Young Guns II | 20th Century Fox | Geoff Murphy | Emilio Estevez ◦ Kiefer Sutherland ◦ Lou Diamond Phillips |
| Aug 3, 1990 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Walt Disney | Bob Hathcock | Alan Young |
| Aug 3, 1990 | Metropolitan | New Line | Whit Stillman | Carolyn Farina |
| Aug 3, 1990 | Mo’ Better Blues | Universal | Spike Lee | Denzel Washington ◦ Spike Lee ◦ Wesley Snipes |
| Aug 10, 1990 | Air America | TriStar | Roger Spottiswoode | Mel Gibson ◦ Robert Downey Jr. |
| Aug 10, 1990 | The Two Jakes | Paramount | Jack Nicholson | Jack Nicholson ◦ Harvey Keitel |
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Flatliners
August 10th, 1990
Columbia Pictures
Directed by Joel Schumacher (“The Lost Boys”)
Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon, & Julie Warner (debut)
Opening Weekend Box Office: $10,034,685
—
Description: Five medical students experiment with “near death” experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Hope Davis
“Flatliners”
(debut)
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| Aug 11, 1990 | Childhood Days | Toho | Masahiro Shinoda | Tetsuya Fujita ◦ Yuji Horioka |
| Aug 11, 1990 | Journey of Hope | Columbus | Xavier Koller | 63rd Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film |
| Aug 17, 1990 | The Exorcist III | 20th Century Fox | William Peter Blatty | George C. Scott |
| Aug 17, 1990 | My Blue Heaven | Warner Bros | Herbert Ross | Steve Martin ◦ Rick Moranis |
| Aug 17, 1990 | Taking Care of Business | Hollywood | Arthur Hiller | James Belushi |
| Aug 17, 1990 | Wild at Heart | Samuel Goldwyn | David Lynch | Nicolas Cage ◦ Laura Dern ◦ Willem Dafoe |
| Aug 22, 1990 | Pump Up the Volume | New Line Cinema | Allan Moyle | Christian Slater ◦ Samantha Mathis |
| Aug 24, 1990 | After Dark, My Sweet | Avenue | James Foley | Jason Patric ◦ Bruce Dern ◦ Rachel Ward |
| Aug 24, 1990 | Darkman | Universal | Sam Raimi | Liam Neeson ◦ Frances McDormand ◦ Neal McDonough (debut) |
| Aug 24, 1990 | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Cannon | Aaron Norris | Chuck Norris |
| Aug 24, 1990 | Men at Work | Triumph | Emilio Estevez | Charlie Sheen ◦ Emilio Estevez |
| Aug 31, 1990 | The Big Man | Miramax | David Leland | Liam Neeson ◦ Joanne Whalley ◦ Billy Connolly |
| Aug 31, 1990 | The Lemon Sisters | Miramax | Joyce Chopra | Diane Keaton ◦ Carol Kane |
| Aug 31, 1990 | Mirror, Mirror | New City | Marina Sargenti | Rainbow Harvest ◦ Karen Black |
Samantha Mathis
“Pump Up the Volume”
(debut)
WILD AT HEART
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The Witches
August 24th, 1990
Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by Nicolas Roeg (“Don’t Look Now”)
Starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, and Rowan Atkinson
Opening Weekend Box Office: $2,221,402
—
Description: A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.
Edmund H. North (79)
March 12, 1911 –
August 28, 1990
“Patton”
Academy Award Winner
Screenwriter
(deceased)
SEPTEMBER 1990
Matt Shively
September 15, 1990
Christian Serratos
September 21, 1990
| Sep 5, 1990 | An Angel at My Table | Artificial Eye | Jane Campion | Kerry Fox (debut) |
| Sep 6, 1990 | Romeo.Juliet | Moonseed | Armondo Linus Acosta | John Hurt ◦ Maggie Smith ◦ Ben Kingsley ◦ Vanessa Redgrave |
| Sep 8, 1990 | Bride of Re-Animator | 50th Street | Brian Yuzna | Jeffrey Combs ◦ Bruce Abbott ◦ Claude Earl Jones ◦ Fabiana Udenio |
| Sep 12, 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Columbia | Mike Nichols | Meryl Streep ◦ Shirley MacLaine ◦ Dennis Quaid ◦ Gene Hackman ◦ Richard Dreyfuss |
| Sep 13, 1990 | Singapore Sling | Greek | Nikos Nikolaidis | Meredyth Herold |
| Sep 14, 1990 | Death Warrant | MGM | Deran Sarafian | Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| Sep 14, 1990 | Hardware | Miramax | Richard Stanley | Dylan McDermott |
| Sep 14, 1990 | Repossessed | Seven Arts | Bob Logan | Leslie Nielsen ◦ Linda Blair ◦ Ned Beatty |
| Sep 14, 1990 | State of Grace | Orion | Phil Joanou | Sean Penn ◦ Ed Harris ◦ Gary Oldman ◦ Robin Wright |
| Sep 14, 1990 | White Hunter Black Heart | Warner Bros | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood |
| Sep 15, 1990 | Boiling Point | Bandai / Shochiku Fuji | Takeshi Kitano | Takeshi Ono ◦ Masahiko Ono ◦ Yuriko Ishida ◦ Hisashi Igawa |
Goodfellas
September 19th, 1990
Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by Martin Scorsese (“The Last Temptation of Christ”)
Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and Paul Sorvino
Opening Weekend Box Office: $6,368,901
—
Description: The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Picture (Irwin Winkler) — Nominee
Best Director (Martin Scorsese) — Nominee
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese) — Nominee
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joe Pesci) — WINNER
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lorraine Bracco) — Nominee
Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker) — Nominee
Debi Mazar
“Goodfellas”
(debut)
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The Field
September 21st, 1990
Avenue Pictures
Directed by Jim Sheridan (“My Left Foot”)
Starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker and Tom Berenger
Opening Weekend Box Office: $27,948
—
Description: When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
⍟ 63rd Academy Award Nominee ⍟
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Harris)
| Sep 20, 1990 | The Big Steal | Umbrella | Nadia Tass | Ben Mendelsohn ◦ Claudia Karvan ◦ Steve Bisley |
| Sep 21, 1990 | Don’t Tell Her It’s Me | MGM | Malcolm Mowbray | Steve Guttenberg ◦ Jami Gertz |
| Sep 21, 1990 | Funny About Love | Paramount | Leonard Nimoy | Gene Wilder ◦ Christine Lahti |
| Sep 21, 1990 | Narrow Margin | TriStar | Peter Hyams | Gene Hackman ◦ Anne Archer |
| Sep 22, 1990 | Ju Dou | Miramax | Zhang Yimou & Yang Fengliang | 63rd Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film nominee |
| Sep 24, 1990 | Tilaï | New Yorker | Idrissa Ouédraogo | Rasmane Ouedraogo |
| Sep 28, 1990 | I Come in Peace | Triumph | Craig R. Baxley | Dolph Lundgren |
| Sep 28, 1990 | King of New York | Seven Arts | Abel Ferrara | Christopher Walken ◦ Wesley Snipes ◦ Laurence Fishburne |
| Sep 28, 1990 | Pacific Heights | 20th Century Fox | John Schlesinger | Melanie Griffith ◦ Matthew Modine ◦ Michael Keaton ◦ Laurie Metcalf |
| Sep 28, 1990 | Texasville | Columbia | Peter Bogdanovich | Jeff Bridges ◦ Cybill Shepherd |
Irene Dunne (91)
December 20, 1898 –
September 4, 1990
“The Awful Truth”
Academy Award Nominee
Actress
(deceased)
Jackie Moran (67)
January 26, 1923 –
September 20, 1990
“Gone With The Wind”
Actor
(deceased)
OCTOBER 1990
Taylour Paige
October 5, 1990
Scarlett Byrne
October 6, 1990
Florian Munteanu
October 13, 1990
Himesh Patel
October 13, 1990
| Oct 3, 1990 | Buried Alive | 21st Century | Gérard Kikoïne | Donald Pleasence |
| Oct 5, 1990 | Avalon | TriStar | Barry Levinson | Elizabeth Perkins ◦ Elijah Wood |
| Oct 5, 1990 | Desperate Hours | MGM | Michael Cimino | Mickey Rourke ◦ Anthony Hopkins |
| Oct 5, 1990 | Fantasia (re-release) | Walt Disney | Various | — |
| Oct 5, 1990 | Henry & June | Universal | Philip Kaufman | Fred Ward ◦ Uma Thurman ◦ Kevin Spacey |
| Oct 5, 1990 | Marked for Death | 20th Century Fox | Dwight H. Little | Steven Seagal ◦ Keith David |
| Oct 5, 1990 | Shakma | Castle Hill | Hugh Parks & Tom Logan | Christopher Atkins |
Nia Long
“Buried Alive”
(debut)
DESPERATE HOURS
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Miller’s Crossing
October 5th, 1990
20th Century Fox
Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, Albert Finney, Steve Buscemi, John McConnell (debut), Mike Starr, Al Mancini, and Olek Krupa
Opening Weekend Box Office: $28,202
—
Description: Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Marcia Gay Harden
“Miller’s Crossing”
(debut)
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| Oct 10, 1990 | Too Much Sun | CineTel | Robert Downey Sr. | Robert Downey Jr. ◦ Eric Idle |
| Oct 12, 1990 | Memphis Belle | Warner Bros | Michael Caton-Jones | Matthew Modine ◦ Billy Zane ◦ Sean Astin ◦ John Lithgow |
| Oct 12, 1990 | Mr. Destiny | Touchstone | James Orr | James Belushi ◦ Linda Hamilton ◦ Michael Caine |
| Oct 12, 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Samuel Goldwyn | Charles Burnett | Danny Glover |
| Oct 12, 1990 | Troll 2 | MGM | Claudio Fragasso | Michael Stephenson |
| Oct 12, 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Paramount | Jim Abrahams | Winona Ryder ◦ Jeff Daniels |
| Oct 17, 1990 | Cadence | New Line | Martin Sheen | Charlie Sheen ◦ Martin Sheen |
| Oct 19, 1990 | The Ambulance | Triumph | Larry Cohen | Eric Roberts ◦ James Earl Jones |
| Oct 19, 1990 | Night of the Living Dead | Columbia | Tom Savini | Tony Todd |
| Oct 19, 1990 | Quigley Down Under | MGM | Simon Wincer | Tom Selleck ◦ Alan Rickman ◦ Ben Mendelsohn |
| Oct 19, 1990 | Silent Scream | BFI Production | David Hayman | Robert Carlyle (debut) ◦ Iain Glen |
| Oct 19, 1990 | White Palace | Universal | Luis Mandoki | Susan Sarandon ◦ James Spader ◦ Jason Alexander ◦ Kathy Bates |
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Reversal of Fortune
October 19th, 1990
Warner Bros Pictures
Directed by Barbet Schroeder (“Barfly”)
Starring Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Ron Silver
Opening Weekend Box Office: $176,985
—
Description: Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he’s innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Director (Barbet Schroeder) — Nominee
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jeremy Irons) — WINNER
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Nicolas Kazan) — Nominee
Graveyard Shift
October 26th, 1990
Columbia Pictures
Directed by Ralph S. Singleton
Starring David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff, Vic Polizos, Brad Dourif, Robert Alan Beuth, Ilona Margolis, Jimmy Woodard, Jonathan Emerson, Minor Rootes, Kelly L. Goodman, Susan Lowden, Joe Perham, Dana Packard, Frank Welker
Opening Weekend Box Office: $5,082,300
—
Description: In a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.
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| Oct 24, 1990 | Harbour Beat | Network 7 | David Elfick | John Hannah (debut) |
| Oct 26, 1990 | The Hot Spot | Orion | Dennis Hopper | Don Johnson ◦ Virginia Madsen ◦ Jennifer Connelly |
| Oct 26, 1990 | Sibling Rivalry | Columbia | Carl Reiner | Kirstie Alley ◦ Sam Elliott ◦ Jami Gertz ◦ Bill Pullman ◦ Carrie Fisher |
| Oct 26, 1990 | Soultaker | AIP | Michael Rissi | Joe Estevez |
| Oct 26, 1990 | Tune in Tomorrow | Cinecom | Jon Amiel | Barbara Hershey ◦ Keanu Reeves |
Jill Bennett (82)
April 30, 1908 –
October 4, 1990
“For Your Eyes Only”
Actress
(deceased)
Delphine Seyrig (74)
September 13, 1916 –
October 15, 1990
“Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”
Actress
(deceased)
Joel McCrea (94)
May 3, 1896 –
October 20, 1990
“Sullivan’s Travels”
Actor
(deceased)
Jacques Demy (74)
April 4, 1916 –
October 27, 1990
“The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
Academy Award Nominee
Director
(deceased)
NOVEMBER 1990
Bowen Yang
November 6, 1990
Rita Ora
November 26, 1990
| Nov 2, 1990 | China Cry | Parakletus | James F. Collier | Julia Nickson |
| Nov 2, 1990 | Frankenstein Unbound | 20th Century Fox | Roger Corman | John Hurt ◦ Bridget Fonda |
| Nov 2, 1990 | Graffiti Bridge | Warner Bros | Prince | Prince |
| Nov 2, 1990 | Jacob’s Ladder | TriStar | Adrian Lyne | Tim Robbins ◦ Jason Alexander ◦ Scott Cohen (debut) |
| Nov 2, 1990 | Vincent & Theo | Belbo | Robert Altman | Tim Roth ◦ Paul Rhys |
Child’s Play 2
November 2nd, 1990
Universal Pictures
Directed by John Lafia (“The Blue Iguana”)
Starring Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, and Brad Dourif
Opening Weekend Box Office: $10,718,520
—
Description: While Andy’s mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy’s soul, is not far behind.
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| Nov 9, 1990 | Guns | Malibu Bay | Andy Sidaris | Erik Estrada ◦ Danny Trejo |
| Nov 9, 1990 | The Krays | Rank Film | Peter Medak | Martin Kemp ◦ Gary Kemp ◦ Billie Whitelaw |
| Nov 10, 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Showtime | Mick Garris | Anthony Perkins ◦ John Landis |
| Nov 10, 1990 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Samuel Goldwyn | Anthony Minghella | Alan Rickman ◦ Juliet Stevenson |
| Nov 11, 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | NBC Productions | Larry Elikann | Joanna Kerns |
| Nov 14, 1990 | Europa Europa | Orion Pictures | Agnieszka Holland | Marco Hofschneider ◦ Julie Delpy |
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Home Alone
November 16th, 1990
20th Century Fox
Directed by Chris Columbus (“Adventures in Babysitting”)
Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O’Hara
Opening Weekend Box Office: $17,081,997
—
Description: An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas eve.
⍟ 2ND highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
highest-grossing comedy of all-time
$476,684,675
Kristin Minter
“Home Alone”
(debut)
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The Rescuers Down Under
November 16th, 1990
Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by Hendel Butoy & Mike Gabriel
Starring Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, and George C. Scott
Opening Weekend Box Office: $3,499,819
—
Description: R.A.S. agents Miss Bianca and Bernard race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.
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Rocky V
November 16th, 1990
United Artists
Directed by John G. Avildsen (“Rocky” & “The Karate Kid”)
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Tommy Morrison, & Burgess Meredith
Opening Weekend Box Office: $14,073,170
—
Description: Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey’s gym and agrees to train a young protégé who’s hungry for success.
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Stephen King’s It
November 18th, 1990
ABC / Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace (“Miracle on 34th Street”)
Starring Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, Annette O’Toole, Tim Reid, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, and Tim Curry
—
Description: In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
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Dances with Wolves
November 21st, 1990
Orion Pictures
Directed by Kevin Costner
Starring Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, and Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Opening Weekend Box Office: $598,257
—
Description: Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Native Americans, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
⍟ 4TH highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$424,208,848
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Picture (Jim Wilson & Kevin Costner) — WINNER
Best Director (Kevin Costner) — WINNER
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Michael Blake) — WINNER
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kevin Costner) — Nominee
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Graham Greene) — Nominee
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary McDonnell) — Nominee
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Jeffrey Beecroft & Lisa Dean) — Nominee
Best Cinematography (Dean Semler) — WINNER
Best Costume Design (Elsa Zamparelli) — Nominee
Best Film Editing (Neil Travis) — WINNER
Best Music, Original Score (John Barry) — WINNER
Best Sound (Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, & Gregory H. Watkins)— WINNER
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| Nov 21, 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Hemdale | Ken Loach | Frances McDormand ◦ Brian Cox ◦ Brad Dourif |
| Nov 21, 1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Warner Bros | Paul Schibli | Kiefer Sutherland ◦ Peter O’Toole |
| Nov 21, 1990 | Robot Jox | Empire Int’l | Stuart Gordon | Gary Graham |
| Nov 21, 1990 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation | LIVE | Brian Yuzna | Clint Howard ◦ Neith Hunter |
| Nov 21, 1990 | Three Men and a Little Lady | Touchstone | Emile Ardolino | Tom Selleck ◦ Steve Guttenberg ◦ Ted Danson |
| Nov 22, 1990 | Heaven Tonight | Boulevard | Pino Amenta | John Waters ◦ Guy Pearce (debut) |
| Nov 22, 1990 | Life Is Sweet | Palace | Mike Leigh | Jim Broadbent |
| Nov 23, 1990 | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge | Miramax | James Ivory | Paul Newman ◦ Joanne Woodward ◦ Kyra Sedgwick |
| Nov 23, 1990 | Tekken | Genjiro Arato | Junji Sakamoto | Takeshi Yamato |
Guy Pearce
“Heaven Tonight”
(debut)
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Predator 2
November 21st, 1990
20th Century Fox
Directed by Stephen Hopkins (“A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child”)
Starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, María Conchita Alonso, and Bill Paxton
Opening Weekend Box Office: $8,784,943
—
Description: The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.
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Misery
November 30th, 1990
Columbia Pictures
Directed by Rob Reiner (“Stand By Me”)
Starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen
Opening Weekend Box Office: $10,076,834
—
Description: After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kathy Bates) — WINNER
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Eve Arden (82)
April 30, 1908 –
November 12, 1990
“Mildred Pierce”
Academy Award Nominee
Actress
(deceased)
Roald Dahl (74)
September 13, 1916 –
November 23, 1990
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
Author
(deceased)
Dodie Smith (94)
May 3, 1896 –
November 24, 1990
“One Hundred and One Dalmatians”
Writer
(deceased)
David White (74)
April 4, 1916 –
November 27, 1990
“The Apartment”
Actor
(deceased)
DECEMBER 1990
Jojo
December 20, 1990
Cyrano de Bergerac
December 1st, 1990
Orion Pictures
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (“Tout feu tout flamme”)
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet and Vincent Perez
—
Description: Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Academy Award Winner
63RD ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gérard Depardieu) — Nominee
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Ezio Frigerio & Jacques Rouxel) — Nominee
Best Costume Design (Franca Squarciapino) — WINNER
Best Makeup (Michèle Burke & Jean-Pierre Eychenne) — Nominee
Best Foreign Language Film (France) — Nominee
The Grifters
December 5th, 1990
Miramax
Directed by Stephen Frears (“Dangerous Liaisons”)
Starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Andy Dick (debut)
—
Description: Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
⍟ 63rd Academy Award Nominee ⍟
Best Director (Stephen Frears)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Anjelica Huston)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Annette Bening)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Donald E. Westlake)
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| Dec 3, 1990 | The Ages of Lulu | Umbrella | Bigas Luna | Javier Bardem |
| Dec 7, 1990 | The Rookie | Warner Bros | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood ◦ Charlie Sheen |
| Dec 10, 1990 | The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story | NBC | Jack Bender | John Ritter ◦ Annette O’Toole |
| Dec 12, 1990 | Havana | Universal | Sydney Pollack | Robert Redford |
| Dec 12, 1990 | The Sheltering Sky | Warner Bros | Bernardo Bertolucci | Debra Winger ◦ John Malkovich |
| Dec 13, 1990 | Vincent and Me | Radio Canada | Michael Rubbo | Nina Petronzio |
Javier Bardem
“The Ages of Lulu”
(debut)
Edward Scissorhands
December 14th, 1990
20th Century Fox
Directed by Tim Burton (“Beetlejuice” & “Batman”)
Starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, and Alan Arkin
Opening Weekend Box Office: $159,622
—
Description: The solitary life of an artificial man – who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands – is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.
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| Dec 14, 1990 | Captain America | Columbia TriStar | Albert Pyun | Matt Salinger |
| Dec 14, 1990 | Look Who’s Talking Too | TriStar | Amy Heckerling | John Travolta ◦ Kirstie Alley ◦ Gilbert Gottfried |
| Dec 14, 1990 | Mermaids | Orion | Richard Benjamin | Cher ◦ Bob Hoskins ◦ Winona Ryder ◦ Christina Ricci (debut) |
| Dec 15, 1990 | Days of Being Wild | In-Gear | Wong Kar-wai | Leslie Cheung ◦ Maggie Cheung ◦ Andy Lau |
| Dec 16, 1990 | The End of Innocence | Skouras | Dyan Cannon | John Heard ◦ Todd Field |
| Dec 19, 1990 | Almost an Angel | Paramount | John Cornell | Paul Hogan ◦ Elias Koteas |
| Dec 19, 1990 | Awakenings | Columbia | Penny Marshall | Robert De Niro ◦ Robin Williams ◦ John Heard |
Awakenings
December 19th, 1990
Columbia Pictures
Directed by Penny Marshall (“Big”)
Starring Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Stormare, Vin Diesel (debut) and Max von Sydow
Opening Weekend Box Office: $417,076
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Description: Dr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson’s Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic state.
⍟ 63rd Academy Award Nominee ⍟
Best Picture (Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robert De Niro)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Steven Zaillian)
Vin Diesel
“Awakenings”
(debut)
| Dec 19, 1990 | Hamlet | Warner Bros | Franco Zeffirelli | Mel Gibson ◦ Glenn Close ◦ Helena Bonham Carter |
| Dec 19, 1990 | The Russia House | MGM | Fred Schepisi | Sean Connery ◦ Michelle Pfeiffer |
| Dec 21, 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Warner Bros | Brian De Palma | Tom Hanks ◦ Bruce Willis ◦ Melanie Griffith ◦ Morgan Freeman |
| Dec 21, 1990 | Kiki’s Delivery Service | Streamline | Greg Snegoff | Lisa Michelson |
| Dec 21, 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Miramax | Richard Pearce | Sissy Spacek ◦ Whoopi Goldberg ◦ Ving Rhames |
Christina Ricci
“Mermaids”
(debut)
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Kindergarten Cop
December 21st, 1990
Universal Pictures
Directed by Ivan Reitman (“Ghostbusters” & “Ghostbusters II”)
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Angela Bassett, and Odette Yustman
Opening Weekend Box Office: $7,918,560
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Description: A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal’s ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.
⍟ 10TH highest-grossing film of 1990 ⍟
$201,957,688
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| Dec 23, 1990 | Come See the Paradise | 20th Century Fox | Alan Parker | Dennis Quaid |
| Dec 25, 1990 | Alice | Orion | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow ◦ Joe Mantegna ◦ William Hurt ◦ June Squibb (debut) |
| Dec 25, 1990 | Green Card | Touchstone | Peter Weir | Gérard Depardieu ◦ Andie MacDowell |
The Godfather Part III
December 25th, 1990
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather” & “The Godfather Part II)
Starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, and Sofia Coppola
Opening Weekend Box Office: $6,387,271
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Description: Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
⍟ 63RD Academy Award Nominee ⍟
Best Picture (Francis Ford Coppola)
Best Director (Francis Ford Coppola)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Andy Garcia)
Best Cinematography (Gordon Willis)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Dean Tavoularis & Gary Fettis)
Best Film Editing (Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch)
Best Music, Original Song (for “Promise Me You’ll Remember”) (Carmine Coppola (music) & John Bettis (lyrics))
The Godfather Part III
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Sergio Corbucci (64)
December 6, 1926 –
December 1, 1990
“Django”
Director & Screenwriter
(deceased)
Robert Cummings (80)
June 9, 1910 –
December 2, 1990
“Saboteur”
Actor
(deceased)
Edward Binns (74)
September 12, 1916 –
December 4, 1990
“12 Angry Men”
Actor
(deceased)
Joan Bennett (80)
February 27, 1910 –
December 7, 1990
“Suspiria”
Actress
(deceased)
Martin Ritt (76)
March 2, 1914 –
December 8, 1990
“Hud”
Academy Award Nominee
Director
(deceased)
Anne Revere (87)
June 25, 1903 –
January 15, 1992
“National Velvet”
Academy Award Winner
Actress
(deceased)
