(Wednesday, May 6, 1992) — Marlene Dietrich, the seductive actress and entertainer whose sultry, distinctive face graced motion picture screens during Hollywood’s two most glamorous decades, died today of renal failure in the Right Bank apartment in Paris where she had lived as a fashionable recluse the past several years. She was 90.
Category Archives: movies 1990s
‘The Silence of the Lambs’ scores surprise sweep at Oscars 20 years ago tonight (1992)
(Monday, March 30, 1992) — The politically incorrected The Silence of the Lambs re-wrote Academy Award history tonight as the grisly drama about an FBI rookie and a flesh-eating killer swept the top five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Demme) Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress (Jodie Foster) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally) at the 64th Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles and hosted by Billy Crystal. Continue reading ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ scores surprise sweep at Oscars 20 years ago tonight (1992)
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‘Howards End’ opens in U.S. 20 years ago today (1992)
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(Friday, March 13, 1992) — Howards End, a film about class relations in turn-of-the-20th-century England, opened today in U.S. theaters, including the Fine Arts in New York.
Directed by James Ivory, the film starred Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson. It would go on to receive nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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‘Reservoir Dogs’ debuts at Sundance 20 years ago today (1992)
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(Tuesday, January 21, 1992) — Reservoir Dogs, a crime film marking debut of director and writer Quentin Tarantino, premiered today at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Salt Lake City. Continue reading ‘Reservoir Dogs’ debuts at Sundance 20 years ago today (1992)
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‘Beauty And The Beast’ premieres in USA 20 years ago today (1991)
(Wednesday, November 13, 1991) — Beauty and the Beast, the thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, premiered in the U.S. today. Continue reading ‘Beauty And The Beast’ premieres in USA 20 years ago today (1991)
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‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ premieres in California
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(Monday, July 1, 1991) — Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a science fiction action film directed, co-written, and co-produced by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick, premiered today in Century City, California.
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‘Thelma & Louise’ opens in U.S.
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(Friday, May 24, 1991) — Thelma & Louise, a film about Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise’s (Susan Sarandon) escape from their troubled and caged lives, opened today in the U.S.
