2003 in film Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Events

• February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography).
• November 17: Russell Crowe attended the London premiere of his movie Master and Commander. [1]
• November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California.
• December 22: Both of the movies from the Matrix series released in 2003 were shut out of visual effects Oscar consideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
• December 31 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003 as eligible for Oscar consideration.

Movies reaching blockbuster motion picture status were led by New Line's , which topped $1 billion in box office receipts worldwide. Other major films included Disney's Finding Nemo. These are the worldwide top 10 grossing films as of June 3, 2004:

Worldwide, 52 films grossed more than $100 million, achieving blockbuster status, of those, 21 films grossed more than $200 million, nine films grossed more than $400 million, four films more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million, two films more than $800 million and one film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King passed $1.1 billion, becoming the second-highest grossing film in history.

For a complete list of 2003's top-grossing films, follow this link:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2003&p=.htm

Academy Awards

• Best Picture:
• Best Actor: Sean Penn - Mystic River
• Best Actress: Charlize Theron - Monster

• January 4 Conrad Hall, Hollywood cinematographer, a two-time Academy Award-winner
• January 8 Ron Goodwin, British film music composer and conductor
• January 11 Maurice Pialat, French movie director
• January 11 Anthony Havelock-Allan, British screenwriter
• January 12 Maurice Gibb, of the Bee Gees, singer, composer, actor
• January 13 Norman Panama, screenwriter and director
• January 18 Richard Crenna, actor
• January 23 Nell Carter, singer, actress
• January 25 Robert Rockwell, actor
• January 29 Peter Shaw, producer; husband of actress Angela Lansbury
• February 9 Vera Hruba Ralston, actress
• February 18 Jack Brodsky, movie producer and publicist
• February 22 Daniel Taradash, former president of AMPAS; Oscar-winning screenwriter of "From Here to Eternity"
• February 25 Alberto Sordi, Italian comedy film legend
• March 3 Horst Buchholz, German actor
• March 8 Karen Morley, actress
• March 8 Adam Faith, British singer and actor
• March 9 Stan Brakhage, filmmaker
• March 12 Lynne Thigpen, actor
• March 15 Dame Thora Hird, veteran British actress
• March 24 Philip Yordan, screenwriter; won Oscar for "Broken Lance"
• March 31 Michael Jeter, actor
• April 1 Leslie Cheung, actor and singer
• April 2 Michael Wayne, film producer; eldest son of John Wayne
• April 12 Sydney Lassick, actor, best known playing asylum resident Cheswick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• April 21 Nina Simone, jazz singer, "High Priestess of Soul"
• April 26 Peter Stone, Oscar-and-(3-time)Tony-winning writer
• April 27 Elaine Steinbeck, actress
• May 3 Suzy Parker, actress, model
• May 14 Dame Wendy Hiller, actress
• May 14 Robert Stack, actor
• May 28 Martha Scott, actress
• June 2 Richard Cusack, 77, ad executive turned actor/screenwriter
• June 7 Trevor Goddard, actor
• June 7 Tony McAuley BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster & film-maker associated with traditional Irish music and arts
• June 12 Gregory Peck, actor
• June 15 Hume Cronyn, actor
• June 29 Katharine Hepburn, actress
• June 30 Buddy Hackett, comic, actor
• July 1 N!xau, Namibian actor
• July 6 Buddy Ebsen, actor
• July 25 John Schlesinger, director
• July 27 Bob Hope, comedian, actor
• August 1 Marie Trintignant, French actress and daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant.
• August 2 Don Estelle, actor
• August 9 Gregory Hines, actor, dancer.
• August 30 Charles Bronson, actor
• September 8 Leni Riefenstahl, German filmmaker
• September 9 Larry Hovis, actor, played Carter on "Hogan's Heroes"
• September 10 Harry Goz, cartoon voice actor.
• September 11 John Ritter, American actor, played Jack Tripper on Three's Company
• September 12 Johnny Cash, American country singer
• September 16 Erich Hallhuber, Bavarian actor.
• September 22 Gordon Jump, American actor.
• September 27 Donald O'Connor, entertainer, actor
• September 28 Elia Kazan, director
• October 2 Gunther Philipp, Austrian actor
• October 3 William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek
• October 5 Denis Quilley, British actor
• October 20 Jack Elam, American actor, 84 years
• October 21 Fred Berry, American actor,
• October 23 Tony Capstick, British actor, comedian, musician and broadcaster
• November 4 Ken Gampu, South African actor
• November 6 Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (41 years)
• November 9 Art Carney, The Honeymooners actor (85 years)
• November 12 Jonathan Brandis, actor, reportedly suicide (27 years)
• November 12 Penny Singleton, actress (95 years)
• November 13 Kellie Waymire, actress (35 years)
• November 14 Gene Anthony Ray, actor and dancer
• November 15 Dorothy Loudon, actress
• November 18 Michael Kamen, composer
• November 20 Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (58 years)
• November 20 Robert Addie, British actor (43 years)
• November 27 Will Quadflieg, German actor
• December 3 David Hemmings, actor
• December 12 Keiko, orca of Reino Aventura and Free Willy fame (27 years)
• December 14 Jeanne Crain, Oscar-nominated actress (78 years)
• December 17 Ed Devereaux, Australian actor
• December 19 Hope Lange, actress in Peyton Place
• December 27 Sir Alan Bates, British actor
• December 30 Anita Mui, 40, Hong Kong actress
• December 30 John Gregory Dunne, 71, screenwriter

Other Movies Released in 2003

• 21 Grams, starring Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro
• Alien (re-release, was released in 1979)
• Blizzard
• The Brown Bunny
• Calendar Girls, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters
• The Company, starring Neve Campbell
• The Cooler, starring William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin
• Elephant
• Final Destination 2
• Foolproof, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kristin Booth
• Gerry
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth
• Good bye, Lenin, a German comedy, released internationally
• The Gospel of John, starring Henry Ian Cusick
• Grand Theft Parsons, starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate
• The Guru, starring Jimi Mistry and Heather Graham
• House of Sand and Fog, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley
• The Human Stain, starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman
• In America
• In the Cut, starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo
• Irréversible
• Kart Racer
• Les Invasions barbares (Barbarian Invasions) written and directed by Denys Arcand
• L'homme du train (The Man on the Train) - directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Jean Rochefort and Johnny Hallyday
• Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson
• Millennium Actress (USA release date, was released in Japan in 2001)
• Monster, starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci
• My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley
• Prey for Rock & Roll;
• Shattered Glass, starring Hayden Christensen
• Southlander, by Steven Hanft and Ross Harris; cast includes Rory Cochrane, Beck, and Beth Orton
• Spider
• The Station Agent, starring Peter Dinklage
• The Statement, starring Michael Caine
• The Triplets of Belleville (originally released in France)
• , starring Tupac Shakur
• Veronica Guerin, starring Cate Blanchett
• Whale Rider, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes
• Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer
• Young Black Stallion

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