1999 in film

Events

• April 7 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace, a film that will not be opening for another six weeks.
• May 3 - A Durham, North Carolina woman named Jennifer Briggs changes her name to Obi-Wan Kenobi Briggs[?] in honor of the Star Wars character. Ms. Briggs wins $1000 from a local radio station for changing her name.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace
2. The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment[?]
3. Toy Story 2[?]
4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me[?], starring Mike Myers
5. The Matrix
6. Tarzan
7. The Mummy
8. Runaway Bride[?], starring Richard Gerre[?] and Julia Roberts
9. The Blair Witch Project
10. Stuart Little

Births

Deaths

• February 20 - Gene Siskel[?], film critic, Siskel and Ebert

Other Movies Released

• American Beauty
• American Pie
• An Extremely Goofy Movie, starring Jason Marsden
• Big Daddy, starring Adam Sandler
• Bowfinger[?], starring Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin
• Dudley Do-Right
• Galaxy Quest
• The Green Mile, starring Tom Hanks
• The Haunting[?]
• Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy[?] (DVD Release)
• Tarzan
• The World Is Not Enough