2005 in film
Overview of the events of 2005 in film
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2005 by worldwide gross are as follows:[ 1]
Highest-grossing films of 2005
Rank
Title
Distributor
Worldwide gross
1
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros.
$895,921,036
2
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox
$868,352,530
3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Buena Vista
$745,013,115
4
War of the Worlds Paramount / DreamWorks
$603,873,119
5
King Kong Universal
$562,363,449
6
Madagascar DreamWorks
$542,063,846
7
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 20th Century Fox
$487,287,646
8
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Warner Bros.
$474,968,763
9
Batman Begins $371,853,783
10
Hitch Sony Pictures / Columbia
$371,594,210
Events
Month Day Event
January
6
The Directors Guild of America nominates directors Martin Scorsese (The Aviator Marc Forster (Finding Neverland Taylor Hackford (Ray Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby Alexander Payne (Sideways Directors Guild Awards .
8
The National Society of Film Critics awards go to Million Dollar Baby Zhang Yimou (director, for: House of Flying Daggers Imelda Staunton and Hilary Swank (tied for best actress), Jamie Foxx (actor), Thomas Haden Church (supporting actor) and Virginia Madsen (supporting actress).
9
The People's Choice Awards go to Fahrenheit 9/11 The Passion of the Christ Shrek 2 Eddie Murphy as "donkey", and movie villain: Jennifer Saunders as "Fairy Godmother").
16
Golden Globes awards film winners included three for The Aviator Sideways Million Dollar Baby Closer Clive Owen and Natalie Portman ).
22
The Producers Guild of America picks The Aviator
24
The Golden Raspberry Awards picks for worst film achievement in 2004 had Catwoman Alexander Fahrenheit 9/11 White Chicks Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
25
The Academy Awards picks for best film achievement in 2004 had The Aviator Million Dollar Baby Finding Neverland Ray Sideways
February
2
Pierce Brosnan officially announces that he will be resigning from the role of James Bond . Brosnan last appeared as Bond in Die Another Day 2002 ).
12
BAFTA Awards : Major winners include Imelda Staunton , Best Actress, Jamie Foxx , Best Actor and The Aviator
26
Catwoman Fahrenheit 9/11 Golden Raspberry Awards , walking away with 4 awards each, even though the latter wasn't nominated for worst picture. Four special awards were also handed out to commemorate the Razzies' 25th anniversary. Arnold Schwarzenegger was named the biggest loser of the previous 25 years, Battlefield Earth Gigli From Justin to Kelly
27
77th Academy Awards : Million Dollar Baby Best Picture and Best Director .
March
13
10th Empire Awards : The Bourne Supremacy Best Film and Best Actor for Matt Damon .
May
19
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Spider-Man 2 's top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2 's top single day record of $44.8 million.[ 2]
22
The Golden Palm in the 58th Edition of the Cannes Film Festival is awarded to L'enfant Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne . The Grand Prix is awarded to Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch , while the prize for best director is awarded to Michael Haneke for Caché
June
4
The 2005 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.
15
After an 8-year absence from cinema screens, the Batman films are rebooted with Batman Begins Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman.
21
The American Film Institute holds its 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes . The greatest film quote is "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" from Gone with the Wind
August
11
Roger Ebert publishes the list of his most hated films, distilled down from reviews he has written which date back to the 1960s. The list includes 2005 releases such as Constantine Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo A Lot like Love
October
14
It is announced that Daniel Craig will be the new James Bond in the forthcoming Casino Royale
December
10
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee . Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman . Best actress went to Vera Farmiga for Down to the Bone
11
The Boston Society of Film Critics gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee . Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman . Best actress went to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
The American Film Institute gives its picks for the ten most outstanding motion pictures of 2005, which are Brokeback Mountain Capote Crash The 40-Year-Old Virgin Good Night, and Good Luck A History of Violence King Kong Munich The Squid and the Whale Syriana
12
The New York Film Critics Circle gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee and best actor for Heath Ledger . Best actress went to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
13
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominations for the Golden Globe Awards included Brokeback Mountain The Constant Gardener Good Night, and Good Luck A History of Violence Match Point
Awards
2005 films
Births
January 4 – Dafne Keen , Spanish-English actress
January 25 – Avantika Vandanapu , American actress
February 23 – Arica Himmel , American actress
February 25 – Noah Jupe , English actor
April 13 – Brandon Severs, American actor
April 29 – Shahadi Wright Joseph , American actress, singer and dancer
May 3 – Maxwell Jenkins , American actor
May 13 – Tristan Pravong, American actor
June 6 – Soma Santoki , Japanese actor
July 20 – Alison Fernandez , American actress
July 25 – Pierce Gagnon , American actor
August 10 – Sunny Suljic , American actor
August 18 – Brady Hepner, American actor
August 30 – Sophia Valverde , Brazilian actress
September 20 – Jason Drucker , American actor
October 1 – Rosalie Chiang , American actress
October 7 – Lulu Wilson , American actress
October 31 - Dixie Egerickx , English actress
November 18 – Lia McHugh , American actress
December 16 – Owen Vaccaro , American actor
December 30 – Brady Noon , American actor
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January 2 C. M. Pennington-Richards 93
UK
Producer
5 Gabrielle Daye 93
UK
Actress
8 Badja Djola 56
US
Actor
9 Gonzalo Gavira 79
Mexico
Sound Engineer
10 Erwin Hillier 93
Germany
Cinematographer
11 Thelma White 94
US
Actress
12 Amrish Puri 72
India
Actor
15 Dan Lee 35
Canada
Animator
15 Ruth Warrick 88
US
Actress
17 Virginia Mayo 84
US
Actress
21 Steve Susskind 62
US
Actor
22 Patsy Rowlands 74
UK
Actress
26 Josie MacAvin 85-86
Ireland
Set Decorator
February 1 John Vernon 72
Canada
Actor
2 Goffredo Lombardo 84
Italy
Producer
4 Ossie Davis [ 3] 87
US
Actor, Director
10 Arthur Miller [ 4] 89
US
Screenwriter
10 Leonard Trolley 87
UK
Actor
12 Brian Kelly 73
US
Actor, Producer
13 Harry Baird 73
Guyana
Actor
14 Otto Plaschkes 75
Austria
Producer
16 Nicole DeHuff 30
US
Actress
17 Peter Foy 79
UK
Special Effects Artist
17 Dan O'Herlihy [ 5] 85
Ireland
Actor
20 Sandra Dee [ 6] 62
US
Actress
22 Simone Simon [ 7] 94
France
Actress
March 3 Guylaine St-Onge 39
Canada
Actress
5 Morris Engel 84
US
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
6 Teresa Wright 86
US
Actress
7 John Box 85
UK
Production Designer, Art Director
7 Debra Hill 54
US
Screenwriter, Producer
9 Sheila Gish 62
UK
Actress
13 Jason Evers 83
US
Actor
21 Gemini Ganesan [ 8] 84
India
Actor
21 Barney Martin 82
US
Actor
25 Paul Henning 93
US
Screenwriter
29 Mitch Hedberg [ 9] 37
US
Actor, Comedian
April 5 Debralee Scott 52
US
Actress
8 Onna White 83
Canada
Choreographer
11 John Bennett 76
UK
Actor
15 Margaretta Scott 93
UK
Actress
16 Kay Walsh 94
UK
Actress
19 George P. Cosmatos 64
Italy
Director
19 Ruth Hussey 90
US
Actress
22 Norman Bird 80
UK
Actor
23 Robert Farnon 87
Canada
Composer
23 John Mills [ 10] 97
UK
Actor
26 Mason Adams 86
US
Actor
26 Michael Coles 68
UK
Actor
26 Maria Schell 79
Austria
Actress
26 Robert Schiffer
88
US
Makeup Artist
May 4 Edward McAvoy
55
US
Production Designer
5 Elisabeth Fraser 85
US
Actress
5 June MacCloy 95
US
Actress
16 Joe Grant 96
US
Animator, Screenwriter
16 June Lang 88
US
Actress
17 Frank Gorshin 72
US
Actor
19 Henry Corden 85
Canada
Actor
20 J. D. Cannon 83
US
Actor
21 Stephen Elliott 86
US
Actor
21 Howard Morris 85
US
Actor, Director
22 Thurl Ravenscroft 91
US
Singer, Voice Actor
25 Graham Kennedy 71
Australia
Actor
25 Ismail Merchant 68
India
Producer
26 Eddie Albert 99
US
Actor
June 1 Fernando Ghia 69
Italy
Producer
1 Geoffrey Toone 94
Ireland
Actor
2 Vittorio Duse 89
Italy
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
3 Leon Askin 97
Austria
Actor
3 Michael Billington 63
UK
Actor
3 Harrison Young 75
US
Actor
4 Lorna Thayer 86
US
Actor
6 Anne Bancroft 73
US
Actress
6 Dana Elcar 77
US
Actor
8 Ed Bishop 72
US
Actor
11 Lon McCallister 82
US
Actor
11 Ron Randell 86
Australia
Actor
13 Jonathan Adams 69
UK
Actor
13 Lane Smith 69
US
Actor
15 Suzanne Flon 87
France
Actress
24 Paul Winchell 82
US
Actor
25 John Fiedler 80
US
Actor
29 Bruce Malmuth 71
US
Director, Actor
July 2 Ernest Lehman 89
US
Screenwriter
3 Alberto Lattuada 90
Italy
Director
3 Charles Okun 80
US
Producer
4 June Haver 79
US
Actress, Singer
7 Jocelyn Rickards 80
Australia
Costume Designer
10 Freddy Soto 35
US
Actor, Comedian
11 Frances Langford 92
US
Singer, Actress
17 Geraldine Fitzgerald 91
Ireland
Actress
17 Gavin Lambert 80
UK
Screenwriter
19 Edward Bunker 71
US
Actor, Screenwriter
20 James Doohan 85
Canada
Actor
22 George D. Wallace 88
US
Actor
25 Alf Joint 77
UK
Stuntman, Actor
25 Ford Rainey 96
US
Actor
25 David Jackson 71
UK
Actor
26 Alexander Golitzen 87
Russia
Art Director, Production Designer
29 Pat McCormick 78
US
Actor
August 1 Donald Brooks 77
US
Costume Designer
4 Ileen Getz 43
US
Actress
8 Barbara Bel Geddes 82
US
Actress
9 Dorris Bowdon 90
US
Actress
9 Stanley DeSantis 51
US
Actor
9 Matthew McGrory 32
US
Actor
11 James Booth 77
UK
Actor
15 Herta Ware 88
US
Actress
16 Tonino Delli Colli 81
Italy
Cinematographer
16 Joe Ranft 45
US
Animator, Voice Actor, Screenwriter
16 Eva Renzi 60
Germany
Actress
19 Mel Welles 81
US
Actor
23 Brock Peters 78
US
Actor
25 Terence Morgan 83
UK
Actor
31 Michael Sheard 67
UK
Actor
September 2 Bob Denver 70
US
Actor
12 Ronald Leigh-Hunt 84
UK
Actor
14 Robert Wise 91
US
Director, Film Editor
15 Guy Green 91
UK
Director, Cinematographer
15 Josephine Griffin 76
UK
Actress
15 Sidney Luft 89
US
Producer
16 Constance Moore 84
US
Actress
17 Joel Hirschhorn 67
US
Songwriter
19 John Bromfield 83
US
Actor
20 Gordon Carroll 77
US
Producer
22 Joseph Wolf
78
US
Producer
23 John Brabourne 80
UK
Producer
23 Roger Brierley 70
UK
Actor
25 Don Adams 82
US
Actor
25 Jerry Juhl 67
US
Screenwriter
October 2 Hamilton Camp 70
UK
Actor
2 Nipsey Russell 87
US
Actor
3 Ronnie Barker 76
UK
Actor, Screenwriter
3 Louis A. Garfinkle 77
US
Screenwriter
7 Charles Rocket 56
US
Actor
9 Louis Nye 92
US
Actor
11 Sergio Citti 72
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
15 Mildred Shay 94
US
Actress
16 Ursula Howells 83
UK
Actress
16 John Larch 91
US
Actor
18 John Hollis 77
UK
Actor
19 Wolf Rilla 85
Germany
Director, Screenwriter
22 Tony Adams 52
Ireland
Producer
23 William Hootkins 57
US
Actor
28 Barbara Keogh 76
UK
Actress
29 Lloyd Bochner 81
Canada
Actor
November 2 Jean Carson 82
US
Actress
3 Geoffrey Keen 89
UK
Actor
4 Sheree North 85
US
Actress
6 Stevan Larner 75
US
Cinematographer
11 Moustapha Akkad 75
Syria
Producer, Director
11 Keith Andes 89
US
Actor
11 Pamela Duncan 80
US
Actress
15 Agenore Incrocci 86
Italy
Screenwriter
18 Harold J. Stone 94
US
Actor
20 Nora Denney 78
US
Actress
23 Constance Cummings 95
US
Actress
23 Beverly Tyler 78
US
Actress
24 Pat Morita 73
US
Actor
27 Jocelyn Brando 86
US
Actress
27 Marc Lawrence 95
US
Actor
29 Joseph Fürst 89
Austria
Actor
29 Macon McCalman 72
US
Actor
29 Wendie Jo Sperber 47
US
Actress
30 Jean Parker 90
US
Actress
30 Herbert L. Strock 87
US
Director
December 1 Jack Colvin 71
US
Actor
4 Gregg Hoffman 42
US
Producer
7 Adrian Biddle 53
UK
Cinematographer
10 Mary Jackson 95
US
Actress
10 Richard Pryor 65
US
Actor, Comedian
12 Robert Newmyer 49
US
Producer
12 Annette Stroyberg 69
Denmark
Actress
15 Giuseppe Patroni Griffi 84
Italy
Director
16 John Spencer 58
US
Actor
18 Belita 82
UK
Actress
19 Don McKillop 77
UK
Actor
20 Argentina Brunetti 98
Argentina
Actress
22 Aurora Miranda 90
Brazil
Singer, Actress
25 Roy Stuart 78
US
Actor
26 Vincent Schiavelli 57
US
Actor
28 Patrick Cranshaw 86
US
Actor
Film debuts
References
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