1988 In Film

EVENTS

Michael Jackson 's first film was '' Moonwalker ''

TOP GROSSING FILMS

# '' Rain Man '', starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
# '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit '', starring Bob Hoskins
# '' Coming To America '', starring Eddie Murphy
# '' Big '', starring Tom Hanks
# '' Twins '', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
# '' Crocodile Dundee II ''
# '' Die Hard '', starring Bruce Willis
# '''', starring Leslie Nielsen
# '' Cocktail '', starring Tom Cruise
# '' Beetlejuice '', starring Michael Keaton

AWARDS

Academy Awards :

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Golden Globe Awards :

:Drama:
: Best Picture : ''Rain Man''
: Best Actor : Dustin Hoffman - ''Rain Man''
: Best Actress (tie): Jodie Foster - ''The Accused''

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:Musical or comedy:

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:Other
: - '' Bird ''
: Best Foreign Language Film : ''Pelle the Conqueror'', Denmark

Palme 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

FILMS RELEASED IN 1988

'' 18 Again! ''

'' 1969

'' 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

'' Celia ''

'' Child's Play ''

'' Chocolat ''

'' The Chocolate War '' -(film mentioned in article)

'' A Chorus Of Disapproval ''

'' Clara's Heart ''

'' Clean And Sober ''

'' Cocktail ''

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'' Colors ''

'' Coming To America ''

'' Consuming Passions ''

'' The Couch Trip ''

'' The Courier ''

'' Crocodile Dundee II ''

'' Crossing Delancey ''

'' A Cry In The Dark ''

'' Da ''

'' Daffy Duck's Quackbusters ''

'' 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 ''

'' Frantic ''

'' Fresh Horses ''

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'' Fright Night II ''

'' The Fruit Machine ''

'' Full Moon In Blue Water ''

'' Fun Down There ''

'' Ghost Town ''

'' Ghosts... Of The Civil Dead ''

'' Gotham '' (aka) ''The Dead Can't Lie''

'' The Good Mother ''

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'' Hairspray ''

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'' Hanna's War ''

'' Hanussen ''

'' Haunted Summer ''

'' Hawks '', starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards

'' Heartbreak Hotel ''

'' High Hopes ''

'' High Spirits '', directed by Neil Jordan

'' Hot To Trot ''

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'' 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

'' License To Drive ''

'' The Little Devil '' (''Il Piccolo Diavolo''), starring Walter Matthau , Roberto Benigni (also director)

'' Mac And Me ''

'' Midnight Run ''

'' Mississippi Burning ''

'' Moonwalker ''

'' My Neighbour Totoro ''

'' The New Adventures Of Pippi Longstocking ''

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'' 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 ''

'' Red Heat ''

'' 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 ''

'' Story Of Women ''

'' They Live '', starring Roddy Piper

'' Twins ''

'' Vibes ''

'' The Unbearable Lightness Of Being , according to a book by Milan Kundera

'' Waxwork ''

'' Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''

'' Willow

'' Working Girl '', starring Harrison Ford - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

'' A World Apart '', starring Barbara Hershey and Jodhi May

BIRTHS

April 10 - Haley Joel Osment

April 25 - Sara Paxton , American singer/actress

May 1 - Jacobo León

August 24 - Rupert Grint , British actor

November 15 - Zena Grey

June 8 - Chris Green

December - Bonnie Boulware

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

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