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The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
[edit]The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return of the Jedi | 20th Century Fox | $252,583,617 |
| 2 | Terms of Endearment | Paramount | $108,423,489 |
| 3 | Flashdance | $92,921,203 | |
| 4 | Trading Places | $90,404,800 | |
| 5 | WarGames | United Artists | $79,567,667 |
| 6 | Octopussy | $67,893,619 | |
| 7 | Sudden Impact | Warner Bros. | $67,642,693 |
| 8 | Staying Alive | Paramount | $64,892,670 |
| 9 | Mr. Mom | 20th Century Fox | $64,783,827 |
| 10 | Risky Business | Warner Bros. | $63,541,777 |
Events
[edit]- February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York City.
- May 25 - Return of the Jedi, the final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year.
- Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut in the Australian movie Bush Christmas.
- Brainstorm, the final film of screen star Natalie Wood, is released, 2 years after her death.
- October - Frank Price resigns as president of Columbia Pictures and is replaced by Guy McElwaine.
- November 18 - A Christmas Story released to theaters to moderate success, earning about $2 million in its first weekend. By Christmas 1983, the film is no longer playing at most venues but remains in about a hundred theatres until January 1984.[2] Gross earnings were just over $19.2 million.[3] Over the years, the film's critical reputation would grow considerably and it is now regarded by some as one of the best films of 1983.[4] By the late 1980s, it was already considered a classic.[5][6][7]
Awards
[edit]Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushiko), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
- The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain
1983 films
[edit]By country/region
[edit]- List of American films of 1983
- List of Argentine films of 1983
- List of Australian films of 1983
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1983
- List of British films of 1983
- List of Canadian films of 1983
- List of French films of 1983
- List of Hong Kong films of 1983
- List of Indian films of 1983
- List of Japanese films of 1983
- List of Mexican films of 1983
- List of Pakistani films of 1983
- List of South Korean films of 1983
- List of Soviet films of 1983
- List of Spanish films of 1983
By genre/medium
[edit]Deaths
[edit]| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | Gale Page | 69 | US | Actress | |
| 15 | Shepperd Strudwick | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Robert Carson | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | George Cukor | 83 | US | Director | ||
| 27 | Louis de Funès | 68 | France | Actor, Director | ||
| 28 | Billy Fury | 42 | UK | Singer, Actor | ||
| 30 | Joan Valerie | 71 | US | Actress | ||
| February | 10 | Eduard Franz | 80 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | Marian Nixon | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Charles Bluhdorn | 56 | Austria | Studio Executive | ||
| 19 | Alice White | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Marie Mosquini | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Tennessee Williams | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Ruth Dunning | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
| March | 7 | Robert Bray | 65 | US | Actor | |
| 8 | William Walton | 80 | UK | Composer | ||
| 9 | Faye Emerson | 65 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Maurice Ronet | 55 | France | Actor | ||
| 16 | Arthur Godfrey | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | James Hayter | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Walter Reisch | 79 | Austria | Screenwriter | ||
| April | 4 | Buster Crabbe | 75 | US | Actor | |
| 4 | Gloria Swanson | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Bronisław Kaper | 81 | Poland | Composer | ||
| 11 | Dolores del Río | 77 | Mexico | Actress | ||
| 15 | Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. | 67 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 21 | Walter Slezak | 80 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 23 | Selena Royle | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Shirley Deane | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Vaughn Taylor | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| May | 1 | Joseph Ruttenberg | 93 | Ukraine | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | John Williams | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Fay Spain | 50 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Art Cruickshank | 68 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 23 | George Bruns | 68 | US | Composer | ||
| 23 | Eve Gray | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
| 25 | Sydney Box | 78 | UK | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | John C. Howard | 52 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 30 | Burnett Guffey | 78 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| June | 12 | Norma Shearer | 80 | Canada | Actress | |
| 22 | David MacDonald | 79 | UK | Director | ||
| 23 | Jonathan Latimer | 76 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Herbert Baker | 62 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| July | 1 | Charles G. Clarke | 84 | US | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | Harry James | 67 | US | Musician, Actor | ||
| 7 | Alexander Fu Sheng | 28 | Hong Kong | Actor, Martial Artist | Chinatown Kid | |
| 9 | Robert Dawn | 61 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
| 15 | Eddie Foy Jr. | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Samson Raphaelson | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Byron Kennedy | 33 | Australia | Producer | ||
| 20 | E. Preston Ames | 77 | US | Art Director | ||
| 23 | Georges Auric | 84 | France | Composer | ||
| 25 | Jerome Moross | 69 | US | Composer | ||
| 29 | Luis Buñuel | 83 | Spain | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | ||
| 29 | Raymond Massey | 86 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 29 | David Niven | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Lynn Fontanne | 95 | UK | Actress | ||
| August | 1 | Peter Arne | 64 | UK | Actor | |
| 3 | Carolyn Jones | 53 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Judy Canova | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Mike Kellin | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Jan Clayton | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | Simon Oakland | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 15 | LeRoy Prinz | 88 | US | Choreographer, Director | |
| 16 | Henry Grace | 76 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 27 | Ben Carruthers | 47 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | William Elliott | 49 | US | Actor | ||
| October | 5 | Rafael Bertrand | 66 | Cuba | Actor | |
| 8 | Joan Hackett | 49 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Ralph Richardson | 80 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
| 11 | William Hornbeck | 82 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 14 | Paul Fix | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Pat O'Brien | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Vittorio Nino Novarese | 76 | Italy | Costume Designer | ||
| 18 | Barbara Karinska | 97 | Ukraine | Costume Designer | ||
| 22 | Paul Hardwick | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| November | ? | Eleanore Whitney | 66 | US | Actress | |
| 8 | Robert Agnew | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | John Le Mesurier | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Marcel Dalio | 83 | France | Actor | ||
| 22 | Michael Conrad | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Johnnie Davis | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Christopher George | 52 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 2 | Fifi D'Orsay | 79 | Canada | Actress | |
| 5 | Robert Aldrich | 65 | US | Director | ||
| 8 | Slim Pickens | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Leora Dana | 60 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Hal Pereira | 78 | US | Art Director | ||
| 21 | Rod Cameron | 73 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 22 | Charles Lloyd-Pack | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | William Demarest | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Janet Webb | 52 | UK | Actress |
Film debuts
[edit]- Curtis Armstrong – Risky Business
- Rowan Atkinson – Never Say Never Again
- Kathy Baker – The Right Stuff
- Steven Bauer – Scarface
- Luc Besson (director) – Le Dernier Combat
- Juliette Binoche – Liberty Belle
- Alan Blumenfeld – WarGames
- Lothaire Bluteau – Just a Game
- Eric Bogosian – Born in Flames
- Mark Boone Junior – Variety
- Matthew Broderick – Max Dugan Returns
- Clancy Brown – Bad Boys
- Ron Canada – The Man Who Wasn't There
- Jim Carrey – All in Good Taste
- Wendy Crewson – Skullduggery
- John Cusack – Class
- Lolita Davidovich – Class
- Warwick Davis – Return of the Jedi
- William B. Davis – The Dead Zone
- Vincent D'Onofrio – The First Turn-On!
- James Eckhouse – Trading Places
- Chris Elliott – Lianna
- Frances Fisher – Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
- Matt Frewer – The Lords of Discipline
- Andy García – Blue Skies Again
- Jeff Garlin – Spring Break
- Mary Pat Gleason – Easy Money
- Crispin Glover – My Tutor
- Valeria Golino – A Joke of Destiny
- John Goodman – Eddie Macon's Run
- Kelsey Grammer – WarGames
- Graham Greene – Running Brave
- David Alan Grier – Streamers
- Lukas Haas – Testament
- Tess Harper – Tender Mercies
- Arliss Howard – The Prodigal
- James Newton Howard (film composer) – Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Jack Kehler – Strange Invaders
- Nicole Kidman – Bush Christmas
- Jane Krakowski – National Lampoon's Vacation
- Maurice LaMarche – Rock & Rule
- Al Leong – Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Ray Liotta – The Lonely Lady
- John Bedford Lloyd – Trading Places
- Rob Lowe – The Outsiders
- Virginia Madsen – Class
- Camryn Manheim – Sudden Impact
- Andrew McCarthy – Class
- Kelly McGillis – Reuben, Reuben
- Peter McRobbie – Zelig
- Julio Oscar Mechoso – Guaguasi
- Fred Melamed – Lovesick
- Matthew Modine – Baby It's You
- Rick Moranis – Strange Brew
- Megan Mullally – Risky Business
- Judd Nelson – Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
- Afemo Omilami – Trading Places
- Chazz Palminteri – Home Free All
- Michael Paré – Eddie and the Cruisers
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Somewhere Tomorrow
- Alexandra Paul – American Nightmare
- Bruce Payne – Privates on Parade
- Bronson Pinchot – Risky Business
- Larry Poindexter – Going Berserk
- Kevin Pollak – The Right Stuff
- Melvil Poupaud – City of Pirates
- Kelly Preston – 10 to Midnight
- Paul Rodriguez – D.C. Cab
- Mimi Rogers – Blue Skies Again
- Felissa Rose – Sleepaway Camp
- Alan Ruck – Bad Boys
- Julian Sands – Privates on Parade
- Ally Sheedy – Bad Boys
- Elisabeth Shue – Somewhere Tomorrow
- Kiefer Sutherland – Max Dugan Returns
- Lea Thompson – Jaws 3-D
- Lenny Von Dohlen – Tender Mercies
- J. T. Walsh – Eddie Macon's Run
- Julie Walters – Educating Rita
- Zack Ward – A Christmas Story
- Lynn Whitfield – Doctor Detroit
- Kathleen Wilhoite – Private School
- Karen Young – Handgun
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ↑ "1983 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ Clark, Bob; Billingsley, Peter (2003). Audio Commentary: A Christmas Story (DVD special feature). MGM.
- ↑ "Box Office Information for A Christmas Story". Box Office Mojo.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
- ↑ "The Best Movies of 1983 by Rank". Films101.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Bud (November 18, 1987). "Larry King sounds bored; 'Miami Vice' turns boring". The Arizona Republic. p. 18. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Clip and save this guide to holiday television viewing (Dec. 16)". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 29, 1987. p. 65. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hughes, Mike (December 4, 1987). "Tis the season for classics on television this Christmas". Chronicle Tribune. p. 19. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.