1997 in film

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This is a list of film-related events in 1997.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other movies released

Events

• Summer - Production begins on Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
• Star Wars Special Editions are released

Top grossing films

1. Titanic, starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet, Frances Fisher, Kathy Bates, Billy Zane, Eric Braeden
2. Men in Black, starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
4. Liar Liar, starring Jim Carrey, Jennifer Tilly
5. Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford
6. As Good as It Gets, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
7. Good Will Hunting, starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
8. My Best Friend's Wedding, starring Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
9. Tomorrow Never Dies, starring Pierce Brosnan, Teri Hatcher
10. Face/Off, starring Nicholas Cage, John Travolta
11. Expainious Acdermed (1997 film)

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Titanic - 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
• Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets
• Best Actress: Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets

Births

Deaths

• January 10 - Sheldon Leonard, producer, actor, director
• January 18 - Diana Lewis, actress
• February 11 - Don Porter, actor
• March 15 - Gail Davis, actress
• May 5 - Walter Gotell, actor (b. 1924)
• June 14 - Richard Jaeckel, actor
• July 1 - Robert Mitchum, actor
• July 2 - James Stewart, actor
• August 27 - Brandon Tartikoff, studio executive
• September 9 - Burgess Meredith, actor
• September 17 - Red Skelton, actor
• September 21 - Jennifer Holt, actress
• October 12- John Denver, singer, actor
• December 18 - Chris Farley, comedian, actor
• December 24 - Toshiro Mifune, actor
• December 31 - Billie Dove, actress

Other movies released

• Amistad
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• Batman & Robin
• Boogie Nights
• Dante's Peak
• Home Alone 3
• L.A. Confidential
• Gattaca
• Power Rangers Turbo: The Movie
• The Fifth Element
• The Full Monty
• The Ice Storm
• Into Thin Air
• Mononoke Hime (July 12 - Japan)
• The Rainmaker
• Suicide Kings
• The Sweet Hereafter
• Volcano starring Tommy Lee Jones (April 25)