Tarek Abdell - Film History Timeline
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Updated: 11 Dec 2017
Film during the course of my life.
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Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemeteryGrease - grosses $159,978,870 in domestic box officePhilips introduced the video laser disc (aka laserdisc and LD) -- the first optical disc storage media for the consumer marketThe Deer Hunter - Best PictureKramer vs. Kramer - Best Picture and highest
domestic gross box office, at $106,260,000Multi-plex theaters - the proliferation of multi-screen chain theaters in suburban areas, replaced the big movie palaces.
More movies were able to be shown to smaller audiences.
The world's largest cineplex (with 18 theaters) opened in Toronto in 1979.Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, tops home domestic box office gross, at $209,398,025Ordinary People - Best PictureNovember 19 – Heaven's Gate becomes one of the biggest box office bombs of all-time and its colossal failure bankrupts United Artists.
Domestic Box Office: $3.5 million
Budget: $44 million36 year old Sherry Lansing was named president of production at 20th Century Fox in 1980 - and became the first female to hold this position and head a major studio
She resigned in 1982 to become an independent producer - she would go on to produce many major films.Pioneer began selling home LaserDisc playersRaiders of the Lost Ark - tops domestic gross box office with $212,222,025Chariots of Fire - Best PictureMTV began broadcasting on August 1st at 12:01 am - the first music video that was aired was Video Killed the Radio Star - the debut single of the British duo - the BugglesE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - top domestic gross at $359,197,037MGM Acquires United Artists, after its major failure with the movie Heaven's GateGandhi - Best PictureTRON (1982) from writer/director Steven Lisberger used cutting-edge computer graphics combined with live actionStar Wars: Return of the Jedi - top domestic gross: $252,583,617Terms of Endearment - Best PictureBeverly Hills Cop - top domestic gross of $234,760,478The Motion Picture Association of America institutes the PG-13 rating, as a response to violent horror movies such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.George Lucas' THX sound system made its debut - the first movie to be shown in a THX-certified auditorium was Return of the Jedi (1983)Amadeus - Best PictureBack to the Future - tops domestic box office gross at $210,609,762Out of Africa - Best PictureWalt Disney Productions remained as one of the few studio-era survivors, with Michael Eisner as chairman and CEO beginning in 1984; it set up Touchstone Pictures in 1984 to make feature films that appealed to adult audiences; Buena Vista was Disney's distributor20th Century Fox enters into a 50% shared ownership with Australian publisher Robert Murdoch in 1985, becoming part of Fox, Inc.5 disgruntled executives from United Artists formed Orion PicturesHarvey and Bob Weinstein form MiramaxColumbia Pictures was purchased by the Coca-Cola Company in 1982; Tri-Star Pictures was also created - a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS1985, Robert Redford's Sundance Institute (established in 1980) took over the Utah/US Film Festival and later renamed it the Sundance Film Festival (held annually in January)Top Gun - tops domestic box office gross at $176,781,728Platoon - Best PictureVHS wins out over Betamax as preferred video recording formatTELEVISION TAPING AT HOME IS UPHELD BY SUPREME COURTFirst episode of Oprah aires, making her the African-American woman to have her own syndicated daytime talk show.Three Men and a Baby - top domestic gross: $167,780,960The Last Emperor - Best Picture1987, when VHS commanded 95% market share, Sony finally began to abandon BetamaxRainman - Best Picture
Top grossing domestic box office film - $172,825,435...to illustrate the burgeoning video industry over the next few years, 1988 sales of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) surpassed 15 million!Driving Miss Daisy - Best PictureBatman - highest domestic gross with $251,188,924Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications, becoming the major media giant Time-WarnerDances with Wolves - Best PictureHome Alone - highest grossing domestic box office with $285,761,2431990 MGM was purchased by Sony Entertainment of Japan - home to both Columbia Pictures and TriStar PicturesTerminator 2: Judgment Day - highest domestic gross of $204,843,345The Silence of the Lambs - Best PictureMCA/Universal were acquired by Matsushita Electrical Industrial, Co. in 1991Unforgiven - Best PictureAladdin - highest grossing domestic box office - $217,350,219In 1992, a new technology dubbed Dolby Digital was introduced to movie-goers in Batman Returns (1992), and then DTS Digital Sound made its debut in Jurassic Park (1993).Schindler's List - Best PictureJurassic Park - top domestic gross box office with $357,067,947Forrest Gump - Best Picture
#1 Domestic Box Office with $329,694,499Paramount merged with Viacom InternationalBraveheart - Best PictureToy Story - grosses $191,796,233; leading in domestic box officeDreamWorks (SKG), was formed in October 1994 as the brainchild of director-producer Steven Spielberg, ex-Disney executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, and film producer/music industry giant David Geffen.Seagram bought MCA/Universal from Matsushita for $5.7 billion and renamed it Universal Studios.The English Patient - Best PictureIndependence Day - tops domestic box office with $306,169,268Time/Warner acquired Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), including its cable TV stations and its extensive film library.Best Picture
Titanic - highest domestic box office with $600,788,1881997, the first DVDs (digital video discs) had emerged in stores, featuring sharper resolution pictures, better quality and durability than videotape, interactive extras, and more secure copy-protection. In just a few years, sales of DVD players and the shiny discs proliferated and would surpass the sale of VCRs and videotapes.1985, the first bricks-and-mortal Blockbuster video rental store opened in Dallas, TX and became a major alternative to small, local operations with limited video rental selections. It grew to become a major nationwide chain of storesShakespeare In Love - Best PictureSaving Private Ryan - captures highest domestic gross with $216,540,909Netflix began offering its website subscribers postal shipping of rented DVDs in 1998American Beauty - Best PictureStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, grosses $431,088,295 in domestic box office1999 was the debut year of the popular TiVo device, a personal digital video recorder (PVR or DVR) — also dubbed a hard-disc recorder (HDR)Gladiator - Best PictureDr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - steals domestic box office with $260,044,825A Beautiful Mind - Best PictureSpider-Man - highest domestic gross with $403,706,375Chicago - Best PictureThe much anticipated online movies-on-demand venture formed by five major Hollywood studios
(Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros.) was launched with the establishment of MovieLink.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Best Film and highest domestic gross, with $377,027,325By mid-March, DVD rentals first topped those of VHS videotape rental revenuesMillion Dollar Baby - Best PictureShrek 2 takes domestic box office growth with $441,226,247Facebook launchedCrash - Best PictureStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - highest domestic box office growth with $380,270,577The first YouTube video was uploaded to YouTube.com in late spring, but the site didn't officially launch until November 2005.The Departed - Best PicturePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - highest domestic gross with $423,315,812The social networking and blogging site Twitter was founded and debuted.No Country for Old Men - Best PictureThe Dark Knight - takes domestic box office with $533,345,358Slumdog Millionaire - Best Picture2008: The video website Hulu launched.The Hurt Locker - Best FilmThe first broadband movie ever distributed by a major studio was Paramount's prankster sequel Jackass 2.5For the first time since 2002, domestic movie ticket sales surpassed revenue from the purchase of DVDs.Format Wars: Sony's Blu Ray technology eventually bests HD DVDAvatar - top domestic box office growth with $749,766,139The King's Speech - Best PictureToy Story 3 - top domestic gross with $415,004,880Hollywood studios were now selling distribution rights for their films and TV programs to Internet companies, as opposed to traditional TV channels, in a move to make more revenue.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - leads in domestic box office with $381,011,219Due to a rapid 40% decline in home entertainment revenue, Hollywood's business model was poised to make a revolutionary shift. The newest switch would be to on-demand services and the acceleration of the delivery of movies over the Internet.The Artist - Best PictureArgo - Best PictureMarvel's The Avengers - highest domestic box office with $623,357,91012 Years a Slave - Best PictureThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire - top domestic box office with $424,668,047Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Best PictureAmerican Sniper - highest domestic box office gross with $350,126,372Spotlight - Best PictureStar Wars: The Force Awakens - top domestic gross with $936,662,225Moonlight - Best PictureRogue One: A Star Wars Story - top domestic box office with $532,177,324Allegations against media mogul Harvey Weinstein - bring to the public consciousness the realities of sexual misconduct not just in show business, but across all industries - ushering in the #Me Too movement.Allegations about Bill Cosby's history of sexual assault are surfacing. New York Magazine, publishes a cover with 35 women alleging to have been assaulted by Cosby.Periods
New Independent Studios
Blockbusters, Teen Angst, Young Upwardly-Mobile Professionals, and the Dawn of the Sequel:
The average film budget by 1978 was about $5 million - increasing dramatically to $11 million by 1980 due to inflation and rising costs. A movie ticket at a first-run theater cost around $2.50
By the end of the 80's, the average film budget was over $18 million. The price of a movie ticket had gone from $3 to $4 during the course of the decade.A few independent film companies, such as New Line Cinema and Miramax, began to make more experimental and offbeat films to fill the gaps provided by the major studios.
The Decade of Money, Mega-Spending and Special Effects:
High-Cost Demanding Stars:
The Digital Age and Home Viewing:The New Millennium, an Age of Advanced Special Effects (CGI and Performance Capture) and the Era of Franchise Films2007-2008: The Writer's Guild of America (WGA) went on strike in early November after a stalemate in negotiations occurred with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).Attendance was down at movie complexes in 2010
Fantasy Films Mostly Nixed in Favor of Real-Life Non-Fiction Stories
Poor Response to High-Profile Sequels
A Decline in the Cult of Major Film Celebrities and Stars
The Hype of 3-DCULTURAL SHIFT: Sexual misconduct allegations against powerful men in the media and politics spur on #Me Too movement, resulting in their firings and resignations. Names continue to surface...Grouping
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