Film dalam tahun 1959 melibatkan beberapa peristiwa yang signifikan, dengan Ben-Hur memenangkan rekor 11 Academy Awards.
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| Seni . Arkeologi . Arsitektur . Sastra . Musik . Filsafat . Ilmu +... |
Penghargaan sunting
- 4 Juni - The Three Stooges merilis film pendek ke-190 dan terakhir mereka, Sappy Bull Fighters.
- 18 September - Zeppo Marx dari The Marx Brothers menikahi istri keduanya, Barbara Blakely.
- 30 September - Film Mise Éire, yang dibuat oleh George Morrison untuk Gael Linn, tayang perdana untuk penutupan Festival Film Cork, film berbahasa Irlandia berjangka fitur pertama.
- 18 November - Film William Wyler Ben-Hur tayang perdana di Loews Theater di New York City.
- Sammy Davis, Jr. dan May Britt mulai berkencan.
Film dengan keuntungan tertinggi (A.S.) sunting
| # | Film | Studio | Aktor | Keuntungan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ben-Hur | MGM | Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins | $36.992 m |
| 2. | Sleeping Beauty* | Disney | Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Bill Shirley, Verna Felton | $21.998 m |
| 3. | North by Northwest | MGM | Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason | $12.703 m |
| 4. | Some Like It Hot | United Artists | Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon | $10.128 m |
| 5. | Pillow Talk | Universal | Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall | $9.670 m |
| 6. | Imitation of Life | Universal | Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee | $9.618 m |
| 7. | Suddenly, Last Summer | Columbia | Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn | $6.375 m |
| 8. | The Nun's Story | Warner Bros. | Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch | $5.750 m |
| 9. | Rio Bravo | Warner Bros. | John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson | $5.650 m |
| 10. | Anatomy of a Murder | Columbia | James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara | $5.500 m |
| 11. | On the Beach | United Artists | Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire | $4.803 m |
| 12. | Operation Petticoat | Universal | Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill | $3.950 m |
(*) Setelah penayangan ulang di bioskop
Debut film sunting
- James Coburn - Ride Lonesome
- Mia Farrow - John Paul Jones
- Richard Harris - Shake Hands with the Devil
- Martin Landau - Pork Chop Hill
- Martin Scorsese - Vesuvius VI
- George C. Scott - The Hanging Tree
- Steven Spielberg - The Lost Guy
Referensi sunting
- Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. hlm. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.