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The year 1990 in film involved some significant events. Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1990 5 Wide-release movies 5.1 January-March 5.2 April-June 5.3 July-September 5.4 October-December 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Debuts Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall (1990). The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2. The use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture is performed, in RoboCop 2. Future movie stars Chris Rock and Adam Sandler join SNL. February 4 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers divorce. December 24 - Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman marry. Top grossing films Rank Title Studio Actors Director Gross 1. Ghost Paramount Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg Jerry Zucker $505,702,588 2. Home Alone Fox Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara and John Heard Chris Columbus $476,684,675 3. Pretty Woman Touchstone Richard Gere and Julia Roberts Garry Marshall $463,406,268 4. Jetsons: The Movie Universal/Hanna-Barbera George O'Hanlon, Mel Blanc, Penny Singleton, Tiffany, Patric Zimmerman, Don Messick and Jean Vander Pyl William Hanna and Joseph Barbera $424,208,848 5. Total Recall TriStar Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside and Ronny Cox Paul Verhoeven $261,299,840 6. Back to the Future Part III Universal Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen and Thomas F. Wilson Robert Zemeckis $244,527,583 7. Die Hard 2: Die Harder Fox Bruce Willis Renny Harlin $240,031,094 8. Presumed Innocent Warner Bros. Harrison Ford, John Spencer, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield and Greta Scacchi Alan J. Pakula $221,303,188 9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line Cinema Judith Hoag and Elias Koteas Steve Barron $201,965,915 10 Kindergarten Cop Universal Arnold Schwarzenegger Ivan Reitman $201,957,688 Awards

Academy Awards: Best Picture: Dances with Wolves - Tig Productions, Majestic Films International Best Director: Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune Best Actress: Kathy Bates - Misery Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci - Goodfellas Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost Best Foreign Language Film: Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung), directed by Xavier Koller, Switzerland Golden Globe Awards: Drama: Best Picture: Dances With Wolves Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune Best Actress: Kathy Bates - Misery Musical or comedy: Best Picture: Green Card Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu - Green Card Best Actress: Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman Other Best Director: Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves Best Foreign Language Film: Cyrano de Bergerac, France Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Wild at Heart, directed by David Lynch, United States Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, directed by Tom Stoppard, U.K. / U.S.A. Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Music Box, directed by Costa Gavras, United States Larks on a String (Skrivánci na niti), directed by Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia Films released in 1990 A The Adventures of Ford Fairlane After Dark, My Sweet Air America, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr. Alice, directed by Woody Allen The Ambulance American Ninja 4: The Annihilation Angel Town Another 48 Hrs., starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte Arachnophobia, starring Jeff Daniels Avalon, directed by Barry Levinson Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro B Back to the Future Part III, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Mary Steenburgen Bad Influence Betsy's Wedding, starring Molly Ringwald Bird on a Wire, starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn Blind Fury Blue Steel, starring Jamie Lee Curtis Boiling Point, directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Beat Takeshi The Bonfire of the Vanities, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith Bride of Re-Animator C Cadence, starring Charlie Sheen Cadillac Man, starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins Captain America Childhood Days - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Child's Play 2 China Cry City Hunter: Bay City Wars Class of 1999 Close-Up Coins in the Fountain, starring Loni Anderson Come See the Paradise, starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita The Comfort of Strangers Crash and Burn Cry-Baby, starring Johnny Depp Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gerard Depardieu - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film D Dances with Wolves, directed by and starring Kevin Costner - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture Darkman, starring Liam Neeson Days of Being Wild, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Andy Lau Days of Thunder, starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall and Nicole Kidman Death Warrant Dei tau lung (Dragon Fighter) Delta Force II: The Columbia Connection Denial Desperate Hours, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mickey Rourke Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly and Al Pacino Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis Downtown, starring Anthony Edwards and Forest Whitaker Dreams, directed by Akira Kurosawa DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp E Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Dianne Wiest The End of Innocence Ernest Goes to Jail Europa Europa - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1991) The Exorcist III, starring George C. Scott F Fantasia (restored version) La Femme Nikita, directed by Luc Besson The Field Fire Birds, starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones The First Power Flashback, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper Flatliners, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon Fourth War, The, starring Roy Schneider and Jurgen Prochnow Frankenstein Unbound The Freshman, starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick Funny About Love directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Gene Wilder and Christine Lahti G Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg The Godfather Part III, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García and Sofia Coppola Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino Graffiti Bridge, directed by and starring Prince Green Card, starring Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) Gremlins 2: The New Batch The Grifters, starring Anjelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening The Guardian The Guyver H Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close and Helena Bonham Carter The Handmaid's Tale, directed by Volker Schlondorff, starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall Hard to Kill starring Steven Segal Havana, starring Robert Redford, Lena Olin and Alan Arkin Heart Condition, starring Bob Hoskins, and Denzel Washington Heaven and Earth Henry & June, starring Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros and Uma Thurman Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Hidden Agenda, directed by Ken Loach, starring Frances McDormand Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern The Hot Spot House Party The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) I I Come in Peace I Love You to Death Internal Affairs, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Richard Gere and Andy García J Jacob's Ladder, starring Tim Robbins, directed by Adrian Lyne Jetsons: The Movie Joe Versus the Volcano, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan John & Brandy Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Ju Dou, directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, starring Gong Li K Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger King of New York, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken and Laurence Fishburne The Krays, directed by Peter Medak, starring Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp and Billie Whitelaw L Larks on a String (Skrivánci na niti) - Golden Bear award Last of the Finest Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III The Lemon Sisters Life Is Sweet Lionheart Longtime Companion The Long Walk Home Look Who's Talking Too, starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley Loose Cannons Lord of the Flies Love at Large M Mack the Knife A Man Called Sarge, starring Gary Kroeger and Marc Singer Marked for Death, starring Steven Seagal The Match Factory Girl Memories of a River Memphis Belle, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Matthew Modine Men at Work Mermaids, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci Metropolitan Miami Blues starring Fred Ward and Alec Baldwin Midnight Ride Miller's Crossing, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney and Marcia Gay Harden Milou in May Misery, directed by Rob Reiner, starring James Caan and Kathy Bates Mo' Better Blues, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jackson Mountains of the Moon, directed by Bob Rafelson Movie... In Your Face Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Mr. Destiny My Blue Heaven, starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis My Mother's Castle (Le Château de ma mère), directed by Yves Robert, Golden Space Needle award (for 1991) - see novel Le Château de ma mère N Narrow Margin The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen) Navy SEALs, starring Charlie Sheen The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter Nightbreed Nuns on the Run The Nutcracker Prince P Pacific Heights, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine Piece of Cake, directed by Jay Sandrich, starring T.K. Carter, Cleavant Derricks, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Tonya Lee Williams Postcards from the Edge, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine and Dennis Quaid Predator 2, starring Danny Glover Presumed Innocent, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere Problem Child Pump Up the Volume, directed by Allan Moyle, Golden Space Needle award Q Q&A, starring Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton Quick Change, starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck R The Reflecting Skin Repossessed, a parody of The Exorcist The Rescuers Down Under Revenge, starring Kevin Costner Reversal of Fortune, starring Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close and Ron Silver RoboCop 2, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen Robot Jox Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever Rockula Rocky V, starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith Romeo-Juliet The Rookie, starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Golden Lion award The Russia House, starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer S The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich Shipwrecked Short Time A Show of Force Shreck Sibling Rivalry Side Out, starring Courtney Thorne-Smith Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation Silent Scream Spaced Invaders, directed by Patrick Read Johnson, starring Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards and J. J. Anderson Stanley & Iris, starring Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda State of Grace, starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Gary Oldman Stella T Taking Care of Business, starring James Belushi Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Tatie Danielle, starring Tsilla Chelton Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, directed by Steve Barron Tekken Texasville, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms and Cybill Shepherd Three Men and a Little Lady, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, directed by Pedro Almodovar, starring Antonio Banderas Tilaï Total Recall, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone Treasure Island Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward Truly, Madly, Deeply, directed by Anthony Minghella The Two Jakes, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson U Uchū no hōsoku Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars V Vincent & Me Vincent & Theo W Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Where the Heart Is White Hunter, Black Heart, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood White Palace, starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader Wild at Heart, directed by David Lynch, starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern and Diane Ladd Wild Orchid The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Anjelica Huston Y Young Guns II, starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater and William Petersen Wide-release movies January-March January 1990 "Leatherface:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III" January 19 - Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward February 1990 February 9 - Hard to Kill starring Steven Segal February 16 - Revenge, starring Kevin Costner March 1990 March 2 - The Hunt for Red October March 9 - Joe Versus the Volcano, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan March 23 - Pretty Woman March 30 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles April-June April 1990 April 6 - Cry-Baby, starring Johnny Depp April 27 - Spaced Invaders, directed by Patrick Read Johnson, starring Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards and J. J. Anderson May 1990 May 4 - Short Time May 25 Back to the Future Part III Fire Birds, starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones June 1990 June 1 - Total Recall

June 8 "Another 48 Hrs" June 15 Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly and Al Pacino Gremlins 2: The New Batch June 22 - RoboCop 2, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen June 27 - Days of Thunder July-September July 1990 July 4 - Die Hard 2: Die Harder July 13 - Ghost July 18 - Arachnophobia July 27 Presumed Innocent, starring Harrison Ford Problem Child August 1990 August 10 - Air America, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr. "Darkman" Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand August 17 - "The Exorcist III" starring George C. Scott September 1990 September 14 - Death Warrant September 19 - Goodfellas September 28 - Pacific Heights, starring Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine October-December October 1990 "Marked for Death" Steven Seagal November 1990 November 9 - Child's Play 2 November 16 Home Alone Rocky V November 21 Dances with Wolves Predator 2 Three Men and a Little Lady December 1990 December 6 - The End of Innocence, starring Rebecca Schaeffer, Dyan Cannon and John Heard December 7 - The Rookie, starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen December 14 - Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder December 20 - Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro December 21 The Bonfire of the Vanities, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith Kindergarten Cop December 25 - The Godfather Part III Births February 7 - Mustafa Ali, actor, scientist March 24 - Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress April 9 - Kristen Stewart, actress April 15 - Emma Watson, actress, model May 14 - Sasha Spielberg, actress, daughter of producer/director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw July 24 - Daveigh Chase, actress October 22 - Jonathan Lipnicki, actor December 20 - JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress Deaths January 5 - Arthur Kennedy, actor January 6 - Ian Charleson, actor January 8 - Terry-Thomas, actor, comedian January 15 - Gordon Jackson, actor January 20 - Barbara Stanwyck, actress January 24 - Madge Bellamy, actress January 25 - Ava Gardner, actress February 19 - Michael Powell, director March 5 - Gary Merrill, actor March 17 - Capucine, actress April 15 - Greta Garbo, actress April 23 - Paulette Goddard, actress May 6 - Charles Farrell, actor May 10 - Susan Oliver, actress, pilot May 16 - Sammy Davis Jr, actor, singer May 16 - Jim Henson, creator of Muppets May 18 - Jill Ireland, actress June 2 - Rex Harrison, actor July 8 - Howard Duff, actor July 15 - Margaret Lockwood, actress July 19 - Eddie Quillan, actor September 4 - Irene Dunne, actress September 19 - Hermes Pan, choreographer October 15 - Delphine Seyrig, French actress October 20 - Joel McCrea, actor November 3 - Mary Martin, actress November 12 - Eve Arden, actress December 2 - Robert Cummings, actor December 7 - Joan Bennett, actress December 8 - Martin Ritt, director December 9 - Mike Mazurki, actor Debuts Russell Crowe