Movies - 1982 in film

Events

• January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
• The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters.
• Hugh Grant
  makes his film debut.
• The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures

Top grossing films

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Gandhi
  - Indo-British Films, Columbia
• Best Actor
  : Ben Kingsley
  - Gandhi
• Best Actress
  : Meryl Streep
  - Sophie's Choice

Births

• March 11 - Thora Birch
  , American actress
• April 1 - Sam Huntington
  , American actor
• April 30 - Kirsten Dunst
  , American actress
• July 24 - Anna Paquin
  , Canadian actress
• September 30 - Lacey Chabert
  , American actress

Deaths

• March 5 - John Belushi
  , actor
• March 6 - Ayn Rand, writer
• May 29 - Romy Schneider
  , austrian actress
• June 10 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  , director
• June 18 - Curt Jurgens, Austrian actor
• June 29 - Henry King, actor, director
• August 12 - Henry Fonda
  , actor
• August 29 - Ingrid Bergman
  , actress
• September 14 - Grace Kelly
  , actress
• November 5 - Jacques Tati
  - french director, actor
• November 21 - Lee Patrick
  , actress

Other movies released

• 48 Hours, starring Eddie Murphy
  and Nick Nolte
• Blade Runner
• Christ Stopped at Eboli by Francesco Rossi
• Conan the Barbarian
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
• Death Wish II
• Fanny and Alexander
  , directed by Ingmar Bergman
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• First Blood
• Frances
• Friday the 13th Part 3
• Gandhi
• Grease 2
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Inchon! with Laurence Olivier
• Lola
  , a German film
• Love Child
• Mad Max 2 (a)
• Megaforce directed by Hal Needham
• Missing, Palme d'Or winner
• Monkey Grip (a)
• My Favorite Year
• Pink Floyd The Wall
• Quest for Fire
• The Road Warrior
• Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip
• The Secret of NIMH
• Sophie's Choice
• Soup For One
• Starstruck (a)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• The Man From Snowy River (films)
  (a)
• The State of Things, Golden Lion winner, by director Wim Wenders
• Street Music, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
• Things Are Tough All Over
  , starring Cheech and Chong
• Time Stands Still
• Tootsie
  , starring Dustin Hoffman
• Tron
• The Verdict
• Veronika Voss
  , Golden Bear winner
• Victor/Victoria
• Volver a Empezar Academy Award for Foreign language film
• The World According to Garp
• Yol
  , Palme d'Or winner

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