1982 IN FILM

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1982

Births

Deaths

Events

★ This is the year of film ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', which will become the highest grossing movie for almost 15 years (until ''Titanic''), earning double or triple against any major film of the 1980s.

★ July 23 - During filming of actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed during a scene involving an operating helicopter. The accident led to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws.

★ The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters.

★ Hugh Grant makes his film debut.

★ Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father, Jon Voight, in ''Lookin' to Get Out''. She next appeared on film as an adult 11 years later in ''Cyborg 2''.

★ The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''
# ''Rocky III'', starring Sylvester Stallone
# ''On Golden Pond''
# ''Porky's''
# ''An Officer and a Gentleman''
# ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas''
# ''
# ''Poltergeist''
# ''Annie''
# ''This Is Elvis''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Gandhi''' - Indo-British Films, Columbia
:Best Director: 'Richard Attenborough' - ''Gandhi''
:Best Actor: 'Ben Kingsley' - ''Gandhi''
:Best Actress: 'Meryl Streep' - ''Sophie's Choice''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Louis Gossett, Jr.' - ''An Officer and a Gentleman''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Jessica Lange' - ''Tootsie''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Volver a empezar''' (''Begin the Beguine''), directed by José Luis Garci, Spain

'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'''
:Best Actor: 'Ben Kingsley' - ''Gandhi''
:Best Actress: 'Meryl Streep' - ''Sophie's Choice''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''Tootsie'''
:Best Actor: 'Dustin Hoffman' - ''Tootsie''
:Best Actress: 'Julie Andrews' - ''Victor/Victoria''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Richard Attenborough' - ''Gandhi''
:Best Foreign Film: '''Gandhi''', India
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''Missing''', directed by Costa Gavras, United States
:'''Yol''' (''The Way''), directed by Yilmaz Güney, Turkey
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''The State of Things''' (''Der Stand der Dinge''), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / USA
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss''' (''Veronika Voss''), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

Films released in 1982

★ ''48 Hours''

★ ''Android''

★ ''Annie''

★ ''Arth'', directed by Mahesh Bhatt, Silver Lotus Award for best Indian actress Shabana Azmi

★ ''The Beehive'', (''La Colmena'') Golden Bear (award) winner 1982

★ ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas''

★ ''Blade Runner''

★ ''Conan the Barbarian''

★ ''The Dark Crystal''

★ ''Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid''

★ ''Death Wish II''

★ ''Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder''

★ ''Eating Raoul''

★ ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''

★ ''L'étoile du nord''

★ ''Fanny and Alexander''

★ ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High''

★ ''First Blood''

★ ''Frances''

★ ''Friday the 13th Part 3''

★ ''Gandhi''

★ ''Grease 2''

★ ''

★ ''Hanky Panky

★ ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''

★ ''Inchon!''

★ ''Let's Spend the Night Together'' (Rolling Stones' concert film)

★ ''Love Child''

★ ''The Man from Snowy River'' (a)

★ ''Making Love''

★ ''The Marathon Family''

★ ''Megaforce''

★ ''Missing'', Palme d'Or winner

★ ''The Missionary''

★ ''Monkey Grip''

★ ''Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl''

★ ''Moonlighting''

★ ''My Favorite Year''

★ ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'', by Paolo Emilio Taviani

★ ''An Officer and a Gentleman''

★ ''Partners''

★ ''Personal Best''

★ ''Pink Floyd The Wall''

★ ''Poltergeist''

★ ''Porky's''

★ ''Purple Haze'', Sundance Grand Jury Prize

★ ''Querelle''

★ ''Quest for Fire''

★ ''The Return of Martin Guerre''

★ ''Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip''

★ ''Rocky III''

★ ''The Secret of NIMH''

★ ''Sophie's Choice''

★ ''Soup For One''

★ ''

★ ''Starstruck'' (a)

★ ''The State of Things'', Golden Lion winner, by director Wim Wenders

★ ''Street Music'', Sundance Grand Jury Prize

★ ''Tempest''

★ ''Tenebrae''

★ ''Tex''

★ ''That Night in Varennes''

★ ''This Is Elvis''

★ ''The Thing''

★ ''Things Are Tough All Over''

★ ''Time Stands Still''

★ ''Tootsie''

★ ''Tron''

★ ''The Verdict''

★ ''Veronika Voss'', Golden Bear award winner

★ ''Victor/Victoria''

★ ''Volver a empezar'' Academy Award for Foreign language film

★ ''War and Peace''

★ ''The World According to Garp''

★ ''The Year of Living Dangerously''

★ ''Yol'', Palme d'Or winner

Births

★ January 1 - Anusha Dhandekar, Indian actress

★ March 11 - Thora Birch, American actress

★ April 1 - Sam Huntington, American actor

★ April 30 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress

★ July 24 - Anna Paquin, Canadian actress

★ September 30 - Lacey Chabert, American actress

★ November 12 - Anne Hathaway, American actress

★ November 30 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress

★ December 17 - Leander Suleiman, American actress

Deaths

★ January 30 - Stanley Holloway, actor

★ March 5 - John Belushi, actor

★ March 6 - Ayn Rand, writer

★ May 29 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress

★ June 10 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director

★ June 18 - Curt Jurgens, Austrian actor

★ June 29 - Henry King, actor, director

★ August 7 - Jill Banner, actress

★ August 12 - Henry Fonda, actor

★ August 29 - Ingrid Bergman, actress

★ September 14 - Grace Kelly, actress

★ November 4 - Dominique Dunne , actress

★ November 5 - Jacques Tati - French director, actor

★ November 21 - Lee Patrick, actress