1995 in film

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This is a list of film-related events in 1995.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Academy Awards 4 Deaths 5 Other movies released

Events

• March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation
• November - After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye.
• November 21 - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
• November 22 - Casino is released, starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci, directed by Martin Scorsese.

Top grossing films

1. Toy Story (Disney)
2. Alacoha (1995 film)
3. Batman Forever (Warner), starring Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell
4. Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise
5. Pocahontas
6. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, starring Jim Carrey
7. GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan
8. Casper, starring Christina Ricci, Catherine Moriaty
9. Jumanji, starring Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier
10. Se7en, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman
11. Die Hard With a Vengeance, starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Braveheart - 20th Century Fox, B. H. Finance C. V., Icon Entertainment International, Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company
• Best Director: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
• Best Actor: Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
• Best Actress: Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking

Deaths

• February 2 - Donald Pleasance, actor
• March 12 - Juanin Clay, actress
• March 16 - Albert Hackett, screenwriter
• April 4 - Priscilla Lane, actress
• April 14 - Burl Ives, actor, singer
• April 24 - Sammy Jackson, actor, disc jockey
• April 25 - Ginger Rogers, actress
• May 16 – Lola Flores, Spanish actress
• May 18 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress
• May 18 - Elisha Cook Jr, actor
• May 18 - Alexander Godunov, dancer, actor
• May 26 - Friz Freleng, animator
• June 29 - Lana Turner, actress
• July 4 - Eva Gabor, actress
• August 3 - Ida Lupino, actress,director
• October 21 - Maxene Andrews, member of The Andrews Sisters
• October 22 - Mary Wickes, actress
• October 25 - Viveca Lindfors, actress
• November 21 - Peter Grant, actor and manager
• November 23 - Louis Malle, director
• November 24 - Jeffrey Lynn, actor
• December 9 - Vivian Blaine, actress
• December 22 - Butterfly McQueen, actress
• December 25 - Dean Martin, singer,actor

Other movies released

• Angus
• Babe
• Bad Boys
• Batman Forever
• Billy Madison
• Casino
• Congo
• Desperado
• Die Hard With a Vengeance
• Empire Records
• Escape to Witch Mountain
• Fair Game
• Fluke
• Friday
• Get Shorty
• Ghost in the Shell
• GoldenEye
• A Goofy Movie, starring Jason Marsden
• Heat
• It Takes Two
• Jerky Boys: The Movie
• Kids
• Kiss of death
• Land and Freedom
• A Little Princess
• Losing Isaiah
• Mallrats
• Margaret's Museum
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
• Napoleon
• Nine Months
• The Scarlet Letter
• Three Wishes
• Tommy Boy, starring Chris Farley, David Spade and Rob Lowe
• Top Dog
• From the Journals of Jean Seberg - a documentary directed by Mark Rappaport