1998
From The Film Guide
This is a list of film-related events in 1998.
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[edit] Events
- February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein
- November 1 - FilmFour launches as a subscription service costing £5.99 a month.
- Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.
[edit] Top grossing films
- Saving Private Ryan, starring Tom Hanks
- Armageddon
- There's Something About Mary, starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz
- A Bug's Life
- The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler
- Doctor Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy
- Rush Hour
- Deep Impact
- Godzilla
- Patch Adams, starring Robin Williams
[edit] Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love - Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures
- Best Actor: Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
- Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Mae Questel, actress, voice of animated character Betty Boop
- January 5 - Sonny Bono, singer, actor, United States Representative
- February 27 - J. T. Walsh, actor
- March 10 - Lloyd Bridges, actor
- March 25 - Daniel Massey, actor
- May 9 - Alice Faye, actress
- May 14 - Frank Sinatra, singer, actor
- June 23 - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress
- July 6 - Roy Rogers, singer, actor
- July 21 - Robert Young, actor
- July 27 - Binnie Barnes, actress
- August 24 - E. G. Marshall, actor
- September 6 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director
- September 11 - Dane Clark, actor
- October 2 - Gene Autry, actor
- October 3 - Roddy McDowall, actor
- October 17 - Joan Hickson, actress
- October 23 - Christopher Gable, dancer, actor
- November 13 - Edwige Feuillère, actress
- November 13 - Valerie Hobson, actress
- November 19 - Alan J. Pakula, producer, director, writer
- December 14 - Lew Grade, producer
- December 23 - David Manners, actor
[edit] Other movies released
- Antz
- The Big Lebowski
- Blade
- Can't Hardly Wait
- Celebrity
- Chairman of the Board
- Dark City
- Dead Man on Campus
- Elizabeth
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Gods and Monsters
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- Head On
- Human Remains
- Hurlyburly
- Lost in Space
- The Mask of Zorro
- The Negotiator
- Pi
- Pleasantville
- The Prince of Egypt
- Rushmore
- Shakespeare in Love
- Six Days Seven Nights
- Small Soldiers
- Stepmom
- Still Crazy
- The Thin Red Line
- U.S. Marshals
- Urban Legend
- Very Bad Things
- The Waterboy
- The Wedding Singer
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