2006 in film
Overview of the events of 2006 in film
The following is an overview of events in 2006 , including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Pixar celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 with the release of its 7th film, Cars
Evaluation of the year
Philip French of The Guardian Michael Winterbottom 's A Cock and Bull Story Ken Loach 's Palme d'Or winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley Christopher Nolan 's The Prestige Stephen Frears 's The Queen Paul Greengrass 's United 93 Nicholas Hytner 's The History Boys Andrea Arnold 's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller Children of Men M. Night Shyamalan of The Sixth Sense Lady in the Water Martin Scorsese 's The Departed Jack Nicholson at last. Apart from that, the best American films were political (Syriana Good Night, and Good Luck The New World Little Miss Sunshine Little Children The Squid and the Whale Oliver Stone 's 9/11 picture World Trade Center The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Michael Haneke 's Caché Last Year at Marienbad Ang Lee 's Brokeback Mountain Gore Vidal claims that there's a gay subtext to every western. However, the year's most extraordinary event, or conjunction, was the almost simultaneous release of Tommy Lee Jones 's directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Al Gore 's documentary An Inconvenient Truth Erich Segal as joint models for Oliver Barrett IV in Love Story [ 1]
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2006 by worldwide gross are as follows:[ 2]
Highest-grossing films of 2006
Rank
Title
Distributor(s)
Worldwide gross
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista
$1,066,179,725
2
The Da Vinci Code Sony
$760,006,945
3
Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox
$660,998,756
4
Casino Royale Sony
$606,099,584
5
Night at the Museum 20th Century Fox
$574,480,841
6
Cars Buena Vista
$461,983,149
7
X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox
$460,435,291
8
Mission: Impossible III Paramount
$398,479,497
9
Superman Returns Warner Bros.
$391,081,192
10
Happy Feet $384,335,608
Box office records
Events
Month Day Event
January
4
The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain Capote Crash Good Night, and Good Luck Walk the Line Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate The 40-Year-Old Virgin I Tried Crash Good Night, and Good Luck The Squid and the Whale Brokeback Mountain Capote The Constant Gardener A History of Violence Syriana
5
Jon Stewart is named host of the 78th Academy Awards .
9
The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics' Choice Awards for the best films of 2005 live on The WB network in the United States. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee and ties for best supporting actress for Michelle Williams . Philip Seymour Hoffman is named best actor for Capote Reese Witherspoon is awarded best actress for Walk the Line
16
The winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain
19
The 2006 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah .
24
Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar
28
The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best film director of 2005 for Brokeback Mountain Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man Clint Eastwood .
29
The Screen Actors Guild names Philip Seymour Hoffman outstanding male movie actor for Capote Reese Witherspoon as outstanding female lead movie actor for Walk the Line Rachel Weisz as outstanding female actor in a supporting role for The Constant Gardener Paul Giamatti as outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Cinderella Man Crash Shirley Temple Black is given a life achievement award.
30
The 26th Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Dirty Love The Dukes of Hazzard House of Wax Son of the Mask Tom Cruise , Will Ferrell , Jamie Kennedy , The Rock and Rob Schneider for worst actor; and Jessica Alba , Hilary Duff , Jennifer Lopez , Jenny McCarthy and Tara Reid for worst actress.
31
The Academy Awards for best film achievement in 2005 had nominated primarily independent films. Brokeback Mountain Crash Good Night, and Good Luck Memoirs of a Geisha
February
5
The 33rd annual Annie Award - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Family Guy Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch Ultimate Spider-Man
6
Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal , in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football
March
4
Dirty Love 26th Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny McCarthy . Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax
5
78th Academy Awards : Crash Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain Memoirs of a Geisha King Kong Oscars each. Favorite March of the Penguins Documentary Feature . South Africa wins its first motion picture Oscar with the Best Foreign Film award for Tsotsi Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Animated feature film .
Major awards as follows:
13
11th Empire Awards : Pride & Prejudice Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
April
18
Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri .
25
The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Mission: Impossible III United 93
28
TV double act Ant & Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy
May
17
The 2006 Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France . It continued until May 28. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel . Films in competition included Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu , Fast Food Nation Richard Linklater , Iklimler Nuri Bilge Ceylan , El Laberinto del Fauno Guillermo del Toro , Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola , Southland Tales Richard Kelly , Volver Pedro Almodóvar , and The Wind That Shakes the Barley Ken Loach
27
Brad Pitt and Oscar -winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia .
June
3
The 2006 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.
14
The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 100 Years... series , AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers recognizing 100 films as the most "inspirational" in cinema history. Frank Capra 's It's a Wonderful Life is named the most "inspirational" film of all time.
July
7
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Spider-Man
28
Actor and Oscar -winning director producer Mel Gibson is arrested after speeding on Pacific Coast Highway due to a DUI . Police reports later reveal stinging anti-Semitic comments made to the officer (a Jew). Gibson checked into rehab and issued several statements apologizing for his rude comments. See Mel Gibson DUI incident for more details.
September
7
Ellen DeGeneres is named host of the 79th Academy Awards .
7-16
The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival takes place.
December
7
64th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel
Awards
Category/Organization
64th Golden Globe Awards 12th Critics' Choice Awards Producers , Directors , Screen Actors , and Writers Guild Awards 60th BAFTA Awards 79th Academy Awards
Drama
Musical or Comedy
Best Film
Babel Dreamgirls The Departed Little Miss Sunshine The Queen The Departed
Best Director
Martin Scorsese The Departed Paul Greengrass United 93 Martin Scorsese The Departed
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland Sacha Baron Cohen Borat Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
Helen Mirren The Queen Meryl Streep The Devil Wears Prada Helen Mirren The Queen
Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Peter Morgan The Queen Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine William Monahan The Departed Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan The Last King of Scotland William Monahan The Departed
Best Screenplay, Original
Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine
Best Animated Film
Cars Happy Feet
Best Original Score
The Painted Veil Alexandre Desplat The Illusionist Philip Glass N/A Babel Gustavo Santaolalla
Best Original Song
"The Song of the Heart "Happy Feet
"Listen "Dreamgirls
N/A N/A "I Need to Wake Up "An Inconvenient Truth
Best Foreign Language Film
Letters from Iwo Jima N/A Pan's Labyrinth The Lives of Others
2006 films
Births
March 1 - Julian Grey , American actor
April 20 - Kailia Posey , American actress and reality television show contestant (died 2022)
April 22 - Nathanael Saleh , English actor
April 28 - Kiawentiio , Canadian-American actress
April 29 - Xochitl Gomez , American actress
May 6 - Aryan Simhadri , American actor
May 22 - Mattea Conforti , American actress
June 25 – Mckenna Grace , American actress
June 29 - Sam Lavagnino , American voice actor and YouTuber
July 8 – Isabella Sermon , English actress
July 12 – Kevin Vechiatto , Brazilian actor
July 19 - Beau Gadsdon , British actress
August 5 - Elle McKinnon, Canadian actress
September 7 - Ian Chen , American actor
September 12 - Alexander Molony , British actor
September 17 - Ella Jay Basco , American actress
October 1 - Priah Ferguson , American actress
October 5 – Jacob Tremblay , Canadian actor
December 6 - Millie Davis , Canadian actress
December 9 - Pixie Davies , English actress
December 18 - Malia Baker , Canadian actress
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January 2 Osa Massen 91
Denmark
Actress
2 John Woodnutt 81
UK
Actor
5 Mark Roberts 84
US
Actor
7 Jim Zulevic 40
US
Actor
12 Stu Linder 74
US
Film Editor
12 Norris Spencer
62
UK
Production Designer
14 Shelley Winters 85
US
Actress
19 Anthony Franciosa 77
US
Actor
21 Robert Knudson 80
US
Sound Engineer
23 Joseph M. Newman 96
US
Director
24 Fayard Nicholas 91
US
Actor, Dancer, Choreographer
24 Chris Penn 40
US
Actor
25 Moss Mabry 87
US
Costume Designer
27 Paul Valentine 86
US
Actor
28 Henry McGee 77
UK
Actor
31 Moira Shearer 80
UK
Actress, Dancer
February 1 Roy Alon 63
UK
Stuntman
3 Walerian Borowczyk 82
Poland
Director, Screenwriter
3 Jean Byron 80
US
Actress
3 Al Lewis 82
US
Actor
5 Franklin Cover 77
US
Actor
6 Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez 80
US
Actor
8 Akira Ifukube 91
Japan
Composer
9 Phil Brown 89
US
Actor
13 Andreas Katsulas 59
US
Actor
14 Darry Cowl 80
France
Actor
18 Richard Bright 64
US
Actor
19 Erna Lazarus 102
US
Screenwriter
21 Richard Snell 50
US
Makeup Artist
24 Don Knotts 81
US
Actor
24 Dennis Weaver 81
US
Actor
25 Darren McGavin 83
US
Actor
March 1 Peter Sykes 66
Australia
Director
1 Jack Wild 53
UK
Actor
2 Phyllis Huffman 61
US
Casting Director
7 John Junkin 76
UK
Actor
7 Gordon Parks 93
US
Director
12 Joseph Bova 81
US
Actor
13 Maureen Stapleton 80
US
Actress
16 Moira Redmond 77
UK
Actress
17 Bob Papenbrook
50
US
Voice Actor
18 Michael Attwell 63
UK
Actor
25 Richard Fleischer 89
US
Director
29 Henry Farrell 85
US
Screenwriter
29 Gretchen Rau 66
US
Set Decorator, Art Director
31 Candice Rialson 54
US
Actress
April 4 Gary Gray 69
US
Actor
9 Vilgot Sjöman 82
Sweden
Director
13 Jacques Maumont 81
France
Sound Engineer
17 Henderson Forsythe 88
US
Actor
22 Alida Valli 84
Italy
Actress
23 Susan Browning 65
US
Actress
23 Jennifer Jayne 74
UK
Actress, Screenwriter
29 Alberta Nelson 68
US
Actress
May 1 Jay Presson Allen 84
US
Screenwriter
1 Betsy Jones-Moreland 76
US
Actress
4 Michael Taliferro 44
US
Actor
7 Tanis Chandler 81
France
Actress
10 Val Guest 94
UK
Director, Screenwriter
14 Paul Marco 78
US
Actor
21 Katherine Dunham 96
US
Dancer
24 Henry Bumstead 91
US
Art Director, Production Designer
27 Barbara Cohen
53
US
Casting Director
27 Paul Gleason 67
US
Actor
29 Katarína Kolníková 85
Slovakia
Actress
30 Shōhei Imamura 79
Japan
Director, Screenwriter
30 Robert Sterling 88
US
Actor
June 8 Robert Donner 75
US
Actor
10 Gerald James 88
UK
Actor
12 Hugh Latimer 75
UK
Actor
10 Monty Berman 92
UK
Producer, Director, Cinematographer
16 Arthur Franz 86
US
Actor
18 Vincent Sherman 99
US
Director
18 Richard Stahl 74
US
Actor
23 Aaron Spelling 83
US
Producer, Actor
25 Kenneth Griffith 84
UK
Actor
July 2 Jan Murray 89
US
Actor
3 Jack Smith 92
US
Actor
5 Amzie Strickland 87
US
Actress
6 Kasey Rogers 80
US
Actress
8 June Allyson 88
US
Actress
9 Chris Drake 82
US
Actor
11 Barnard Hughes 90
US
Actor
12 Kurt Kreuger 89
Germany
Actor
12 Loredana Nusciak 64
Italy
Actress
13 Red Buttons 87
US
Actor
19 Pascal Renwick [fr ] 51
FR
French voice actor
19 Jack Warden 85
US
Actor
20 Robert Cornthwaite 89
US
Actor
21 Mako 72
Japan
Actor
27 Johnny Weissmuller Jr. 65
US
Actor
28 Patrick Allen 79
Malawi
Actor
August 4 John Alderson 90
UK
Actor
7 Lois January 92
US
Actress
13 Tony Jay 73
UK
Voice Actor, Actor
14 Bruno Kirby 57
US
Actor
16 Alan Vint 61
US
Actor
19 Sig Shore 87
US
Producer, Director
25 Ann Richards 88
Australia
Actress
25 Joseph Stefano 84
US
Screenwriter
29 Bill Stewart 63
UK
Actor
30 Glenn Ford 90
Canada
Actor
31 William Aldrich
61
US
Producer, Actor
September 4 Steve Irwin 44
Australia
Wildlife Expert, Actor
4 Fernando Siro 74
Argentina
Actor, Director
5 Hilary Mason 89
UK
Actress
7 Robert Earl Jones 96
US
Actor
8 Frank Middlemass 87
UK
Actor
9 Gérard Brach 79
France
Director, Screenwriter
9 Herbert Rudley 96
US
Actor
11 Pat Corley 76
US
Actor
14 Mickey Hargitay 80
Hungary
Actor
14 Johnny Sekka 72
Senegal
Actor
14 Virginia Vale 86
US
Actress
19 Elizabeth Allen 77
US
Actress
20 Sven Nykvist 83
Sweden
Cinematographer
22 Edward Albert 55
US
Actor
23 Malcolm Arnold 84
UK
Composer
24 Sally Gray 91
UK
Actress
24 Tetsurō Tamba 84
Japan
Actor
26 Lionel Murton 91
UK
Actor
28 Hy Pyke 70
US
Actor
October 2 Frances Bergen 84
US
Actress
2 Tamara Dobson 59
US
Actress
4 Tom Bell 73
UK
Actor
9 Danièle Huillet 70
France
Director
10 Jerry Belson 68
US
Screenwriter, Producer
12 Gillo Pontecorvo 86
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
15 Derek Bond 86
UK
Actor
16 Jack DeLeon 81
US
Actor
16 Tommy Johnson 71
US
Musician
19 James Glennon 64
US
Cinematographer
19 Phyllis Kirk 79
US
Actress
20 Jane Wyatt 96
US
Actress
21 Peter Barkworth 77
UK
Actor
21 Daryl Duke 77
Canada
Director
21 Milton Selzer 87
US
Actor
22 Arthur Hill 84
Canada
Actor
22 Richard Mayes 83
UK
Actor
29 Roy Barnes
70
US
Set Designer, Art Director
29 Nigel Kneale 84
UK
Screenwriter
31 William Franklyn 81
UK
Actor
November 1 Adrienne Shelly 40
US
Actress, Director
2 Leonard Schrader 62
US
Screenwriter
2 Milly Vitale 73
Italy
Actress
8 Basil Poledouris 61
US
Composer
9 Wayne Artman 69
US
Sound Engineer
9 Marian Marsh 93
Trinidad
Actress
10 Diana Coupland 74
UK
Actress
10 Jack Palance 87
US
Actor
11 Ronnie Stevens 81
UK
Actor
14 John Hallam 65
UK
Actor
16 Ernest Day 79
UK
Cinematographer, Director
16 Eustace Lycett 91
UK
Special Effects Artist
19 Jeremy Slate 80
US
Actor
20 Robert Altman 81
US
Director, Screenwriter
20 Kevin McClory 80
Ireland
Producer
23 Betty Comden 89
US
Screenwriter, Lyricist
23 Philippe Noiret 76
France
Actor
24 Phyllis Cerf 90
US
Actress
27 Alan Freeman 79
Australia
Actor
30 Shirley Walker 61
US
Composer, Orchestrator
December 1 Sid Raymond 97
US
Actor, Voice Actor
4 Adam Williams 84
US
Actor
5 Michael Gilden 44
US
Actor
5 Gerry Humphreys 74
UK
Sound Engineer
5 Van Smith 61
US
Costume Designer, Makeup Artist
8 Martha Tilton 91
US
Singer, Actress
9 Russell Wade 89
US
Actor
12 Ivor Barry 87
UK
Actor
12 Peter Boyle 71
US
Actor
14 Hallie D'Amore 64
US
Makeup Artist
18 Joseph Barbera 95
US
Animator, Director, Producer
20 John Bishop 77
US
Screenwriter
21 Lois Hall 80
US
Actress
22 Philip Pine 86
US
Actor
23 Charlie Drake 81
UK
Actor
25 James Brown 73
US
Singer, Actor
30 Frank Campanella 87
US
Actor
Film debuts
References
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