1989 in film
Overview of the events of 1989 in film
The year 1989 involved many significant films.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:[ 1]
Highest-grossing films of 1989[ 2]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Worldwide gross
1
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount
$474,171,806
2
Batman Warner Bros.
$411,569,241
3
Back to the Future Part II Universal
$332,950,002
4
Look Who's Talking TriStar
$297,999,813
5
Dead Poets Society Disney
$235,860,116
6
Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros.
$227,853,986
7
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Disney
$222,724,172
8
Ghostbusters II Columbia
$215,394,738
9
The Little Mermaid Disney
$184,155,863[ 3]
10
Born on the Fourth of July Universal
$162,001,698
Events
Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia , for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago -based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena
A director's cut of Lawrence of Arabia Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean .
April 23 – Field of Dreams Kevin Costner , James Earl Jones , and Burt Lancaster , is released.
May 24 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones series.
June 13 – The James Bond film Licence to Kill GoldenEye
June 16 – Ghostbusters II
June 23
June 30 – Do the Right Thing National Film Registry in 1999.
July 7 – Lethal Weapon 2
July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend Laurence Olivier died peacefully in his home in England, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem
August 2 – Ron Howard 's family comedy Parenthood Steve Martin , Tom Hulce , and Rick Moranis , is released.
September 28 – Sony announce its intention to buy Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures . The deal is completed in November for a total cost of nearly $5 billion. They appoint Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairman, in a further deal that cost up to $1 billion, after settling a lawsuit with Warner Bros.
November 7 – Andrew G. Vajna agrees to sell his stake in Carolco Pictures to his co-chairman and co-founder Mario Kassar for $106 million.
November 17 – The Little Mermaid Walt Disney Feature Animation . The Little Mermaid also reinvigorated public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company , which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
November 22 – Back to the Future Part II
Awards
1989 films
Births
January 1 – Adele Haenel , French actress
January 3 – Alex D. Linz , American actor
January 8 – Karan Soni , Indian-American actor
January 9 – Nina Dobrev , Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
January 13 – Andy Allo , Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter and actress
January 14 – Emma Greenwell , American-born English actress
January 16
January 17 – Kelly Marie Tran , American actress
January 23 – April Pearson , English actress
January 20 – Piret Krumm , Estonian actress
January 26 – Hannah Arterton , American actress
January 29 – Kaspar Velberg , Estonian actor
January 30
February 1 – Marco Pigossi , Brazilian actor
February 3 – Ryne Sanborn , American former actor
February 4
February 5 – Jeremy Sumpter , American actor
February 10 – Olga Korsak , Latvian actress
February 12 – Odelya Halevi , Israeli actress
February 13
February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen , American actress
February 21
February 24 – Daniel Kaluuya , English actor
February 28 – Angelababy , Hong Kong actress and singer
March 1 – Daniella Monet , American actress and singer
March 2 – Nathalie Emmanuel , English actress and model
March 3 – Andrea Brooks , Canadian actress and model
March 5
March 11
March 15
March 17
March 18 – Lily Collins , English-American actress
March 20 – Xavier Dolan , Canadian actor and director
March 21 – Takeru Sato , Japanese actor
March 23 – Ayesha Curry , Canadian-American actress
March 25
April 2 – Liis Lass , Estonian actress
April 5
April 8 – Gabriella Wilde , English model and actress
April 12 – Yoshi Sudarso , Indonesian-born American actor
April 18 – Alia Shawkat , American actress
April 19 – Simu Liu , Canadian actor, writer, producer and stuntman
April 26 – Luke Bracey , Australian actor
April 29
May 5 – Larissa Wilson , English actress
May 10 – Lindsey Shaw , American actress
May 12 – Mimi Gianopulos , American actress
May 16 – Pääru Oja , Estonian actor
May 18 – Jona Xiao , American actress
May 21 - Emily Robins , New Zealand actress
May 23 – Alberto Frezza , Italian–American actor
May 24
May 29
May 30 – Kevin Covais , American actor and singer-songwriter
June 3
June 12
June 14
June 18 – Renee Olstead , American actress and singer
June 19 – Giacomo Gianniotti , Italian-Canadian actor
June 20 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse , American actor
June 21 – Jascha Washington , American actor
June 23 – Marielle Jaffe , American actress, singer and model
June 25
Edgar Morais , Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriterRafael Morais , Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
June 26 – Carlos Lopez , American stunt performer (died 2014)
June 27
July 1
July 3 – Kento Kaku , Japanese actor
July 11
July 12 – Phoebe Tonkin , Australian actress and model
July 14 – Alisha Wainwright , American actress
July 16 – Kim Woo-bin , South Korean actor
July 19 – James Austin Johnson , American comedian and actor
July 21
July 23 – Daniel Radcliffe , English actor[ 4]
July 25 – Andrew Caldwell , American actor
July 27 – Charlotte Arnold , Canadian actress
July 31
August 1 – Landry Allbright , American actress, writer and editor
August 2 – Priscilla Betti , French actress
August 10 – Brenton Thwaites , Australian actor
August 14 – Artyom Bogucharsky , Russian actor
August 15
August 18 – Anna Akana , American filmmaker, actress, comedian, musician and YouTuber
August 21
September 5
September 7
September 8 – Domee Shi , Canadian filmmaker
September 14
September 17 – Danielle Brooks , American actress and singer
September 19 – Lorenza Izzo , Chilean actress and model
September 22 – Sofía Espinosa , Mexican actress, writer and director
September 26 – Emma Rigby , English actress
October 1 – Brie Larson , American actress
October 4 – Dakota Johnson , American actress
October 10 – Aimee Teegarden , American actress, model and producer
October 14 – Mia Wasikowska , Australian actress
October 24 – Shenae Grimes , Canadian actress
October 30 – Dustin Ybarra , American stand-up comedian and actor
November 3 – Elliott Tittensor , English actor
November 8 – Nia DaCosta , American filmmaker
November 10
November 18 – Stephanie Nogueras , American actress
November 20
November 22 – Alden Ehrenreich , American actor
November 26 – Katie Sagona , American former child actress
December 2 – Cassie Steele , Canadian actress and singer
December 4 – Nafessa Williams , American actress
December 7
December 13 – Taylor Swift , American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
December 15 – Nichole Sakura , American actress
December 18 – Ashley Benson , American actress and model
December 24 – Daniel Durant , American actor
December 28 – Jessie Buckley , Irish actress and singer
December 29
December 30 – Letícia Colin , Brazilian actress
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January 3 Nell O'Day 79
US
Actress
3 Jean Willes 65
US
Actress
8 Kenneth McMillan 56
US
Actor
15 Helen Logan 82
US
Screenwriter
15 Joe Spinell 52
US
Actor
16 Prem Nazir 62
India
Actor
16 Trey Wilson 40
US
Actor
19 Norma Varden 90
UK
Actress
20 Beatrice Lillie 94
Canada
Actress
23 Arthur Lonergan 83
US
Art Director
26 Morton DaCosta 74
US
Director
February 2 Walter M. Scott 82
US
Set Decorator
3 John Cassavetes 59
US
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
3 Lionel Newman 73
US
Composer
3 Paul Carson
54
US
Actor
4 Ferris Webster 76
US
Film Editor
5 Emrys James 60
UK
Actor
11 T. E. B. Clarke 81
UK
Screenwriter
11 Roland Gross 80
US
Film Editor
11 George O'Hanlon 76
US
Actor
17 Marguerite Roberts 83
US
Screenwriter
22 Roxanne Arlen 58
US
Actress
22 Joan Woodbury 73
US
Actress
March 6 Harry Andrews 77
UK
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
10 Maurizio Merli 49
Italy
Actor
12 Maurice Evans 87
UK
Actor
17 Merritt Butrick 29
US
Actor
19 Valérie Quennessen 31
France
Actress
21 Milton Frome 80
US
Actor
25 Reginald Le Borg 89
Austria
Director
27 May Allison 98
US
Actress
27 Jack Starrett 52
US
Actor, Director
28 Robert J. Wilke 74
US
Actor
29 Bernard Blier 73
France
Actor
30 Reg Allen 71
UK
Set Decorator
April 8 Mario Chiari 79
Italy
Production Designer
12 Gerald Flood 61
UK
Actor
15 Charles Vanel 96
France
Actor, Director
16 John Dighton 79
UK
Screenwriter
24 Clyde Geronimi 87
US
Animator, Director
25 George Coulouris 85
UK
Actor
26 Lucille Ball 77
US
Actress
28 Jack Cummings 84
US
Producer, Director
30 Sergio Leone 60
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
30 Guy Williams 65
US
Actor
May 2 James Crabe 57
US
Cinematographer
3 William Squire 71
UK
Actor
15 Johnny Green 80
US
Composer
19 Anton Diffring 72
Germany
Actor
19 Robert Webber 64
US
Actor
20 Lyn Murray 79
UK
Composer, Conductor
20 Gilda Radner 42
US
Actress
22 Gerd Oswald 69
Germany
Director
25 Brigid Bazlen 44
US
Actress
26 Albert Woodbury 79
US
Composer, Orchestrator
June 10 Richard Quine 68
US
Director
15 Victor French 54
US
Actor
15 Ray McAnally 63
Ireland
Actor
17 John Matuszak 38
US
Actor
20 Dona Drake 74
US
Actress
27 Jack Buetel 73
US
Actor
28 Joris Ivens 90
Netherlands
Director, Documentarian
July 2 Franklin J. Schaffner 79
US
Director
2 Ben Wright 74
UK
Actor
3 Jim Backus 76
US
Actor
10 Mel Blanc 81
US
Voice Actor
11 Laurence Olivier 82
UK
Actor, Director
18 Rebecca Schaeffer 21
US
Actress
20 Mary Treen 82
US
Actress
27 Warren Low 83
US
Film Editor
28 Jeff Richards 64
US
Actor
August 4 Maurice Colbourne 49
UK
Actor
11 John Meillon 55
Australia
Actor
16 Amanda Blake 60
US
Actress
20 Joseph LaShelle 89
US
Cinematographer
18 Robert Buckner 83
US
Screenwriter
30 Joe De Santis 80
US
Actor
31 Claire Luce 85
US
Actress
September 10 Gordon McCallum 70
US
Sound Engineer
14 John Bright 81
US
Screenwriter
15 Michael Klinger 68
UK
Producer
19 Philip Sayer 42
UK
Actor
21 Ertem Eğilmez 60
Turkey
Producer, Director
21 Corrado Gaipa 65
Italy
Actor
22 Irving Berlin 101
US
Composer
23 Angelo Ross 78
US
Film Editor
October 2 Vittorio Caprioli 68
Italy
Actor, Director
4 Graham Chapman 48
UK
Actor, Screenwriter
4 Betsy King Ross 68
US
Actress
5 Paul Lerpae 89
US
Special Effects Artist
5 Noël-Noël 92
France
Actor, Screenwriter
6 Bette Davis 81
US
Actress
8 Onest Conley 82
US
Actor
11 Paul Shenar 53
US
Actor
13 Cesare Zavattini 87
Italy
Screenwriter
14 Michael Carmine 30
US
Actor
15 James Lee Barrett 59
US
Screenwriter
16 Cornel Wilde 77
US
Actor, Director
20 Anthony Quayle 76
UK
Actor
21 Jean Image 78
Hungary
Director
22 Roland Winters 84
US
Actor
23 Armida 78
Mexico
Actress, Singer
29 Roland Anderson 85
US
Art Director
31 Monica Collingwood 81
US
Film Editor
November 1 Peter Childs 50
UK
Actor
6 Margit Makay 98
Hungary
Actress
6 Yūsaku Matsuda 40
Japan
Actor
7 Brunello Rondi 64
Italy
Screenwriter, Director
11 Roger Heman Jr 57
US
Sound Engineer
17 Billy Lee 60
US
Actor
20 Lynn Bari 75
US
Actress
21 Harvey Hart 61
Canada
Director
December 6 Frances Bavier 86
US
Actress
6 Sammy Fain 87
US
Composer
6 John Payne 77
US
Actor
11 Howard Lang 78
UK
Actor
15 Ben Barzman 79
Canada
Screenwriter
15 Emile de Antonio 70
US
Director
15 Jock Mahoney 70
US
Actor, Stuntman
15 Edward Underdown 81
UK
Actor
16 Aileen Pringle 94
US
Actress
16 Lee Van Cleef 64
US
Actor
16 Silvana Mangano 59
Italy
Actress
17 Luciano Salce 67
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
19 Audrey Christie 77
US
Actress
25 Betty Garde 84
US
Actress
25 Robert Pirosh 79
US
Director, Screenwriter
Film debuts
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