1982 in film
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[edit] Events
- January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
- July 23 - During filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie 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
[edit] Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1982; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year.
- USA
| 1982 Rank |
Title | Studio | Box Office Gross |
| 1. | Tootsie | Columbia Pictures | $177,200,000 |
| 2. | Rocky III | Columbia Pictures | $125,049,125 |
| 3. | Porky's | Twentieth Century Fox | $105,500,000 |
| 4. | An Officer and a Gentleman | Paramount Pictures | $87,056,969 |
| 5. | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Paramount Pictures | $78,633,541 |
| 6. | Poltergeist | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $76,600,000 |
| 7. | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Universal Studios | $69,701,637 |
| 8. | Annie | Columbia Pictures | $57,059,003 |
| 9. | The Verdict | Twentieth Century Fox | $54,000,000 |
| 10. | The Toy | Columbia Pictures | $50,400,000 |
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Films released in 1982
- 48 Hours, starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte
- 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, directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- First Blood
- Frances
- Friday the 13th Part 3
- Gandhi
- Grease 2
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- Hanky Panky
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Inchon!
- Let's Spend the Night Together documentary on Rolling Stones' concert
- Love Child
- The Man from Snowy River (a)
- Making Love
- The Marathon Family
- Megaforce directed by Hal Needham
- Missing, Palme d'Or winner
- The Missionary
- Monkey Grip (a) (film only mentioned in article)
- 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
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Starstruck (a)
- The State of Things, Golden Lion winner, by director Wim Wenders
- Street Music, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- Tempest, directed by Paul Mazursky
- Tenebrae, directed by Dario Argento
- Tex, starring Matt Dillon
- That Night in Varennes
- The Thing, directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon and Keith David
- Things Are Tough All Over, starring Cheech and Chong
- Time Stands Still
- Tootsie, starring Dustin Hoffman
- 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 (film only mentioned in article)
- The Year of Living Dangerously
- Yol, Palme d'Or winner
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
