1989 in film
See also: 1988 in film, other events of 1989, 1990 in film, list of 'years in film'.
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2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released |
Events
- Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. (Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp, in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the movie Boxing Helena.)
- Mike Myers and Rob Lowe join SNL
- February - Filming begins on Back to the Future Part II
- June - Filming of Back to the Future Part II is completed
- August - Filming begins on Back to the Future Part III
- September - Christina Applegate moves to college
- December - Filming of Back to the Future Part III is completed
Top Grossing Films of the Year
- Batman, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, starring Harrison Ford
- Lethal Weapon 2, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
- Look Who's Talking
- Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
- Back to the Future Part II, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
- Ghostbusters II, starring Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray
- The Little Mermaid
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Parenthood, starring Steve Martin
Births
- January 3 - Alex D. Linz
- March 5 - Jake Lloyd
- July 23 - Daniel Radcliffe
Deaths
- February 11 - George O'Hanlon, actor/director.
- February 27 - Konrad Lorenz
- April 26 - Lucille Ball, film and television actress
- June 28 - Joris Ivens, filmmaker
- July 10 - Mel Blanc, voice actor
- July 11 - Laurence Olivier, actor
- October 4 - Graham Chapman, comedian
- October 6 - Bette Davis, actress
Other Movies Released
- The Abyss
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Dance 'Til Dawn
- Dead Calm
- Dead Poets Society
- Do the Right Thing
- Field of Dreams
- Ghostbusters 2
- Going Overboard, starring Adam Sandler
- Great Balls of Fire the Jerry Lee Lewis Story
- Harlem Nights
- Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
- Mystery Train
- New York Stories
- Rattle and Hum
- Uncle Buck, starring John Candy
- The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Leningrad Cowboys
