2007 in film

The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was just marginally ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. [1][2][3]

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Evaluation of the year

In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of Den of Geek said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine of the day." He also emphasized, "If 2007 proves anything, it's that classic films aren't just a relic of ages past; they're being made all around us. I can't wait to see what we're watching in another ten years' time."[1]

Critic Craig Johnson from the film review and movie list website Taste of Cinema said in an article from December 16, 2014, "For one glorious year, it (2007) was like the 1970s all over again. Smart characters were using their brains as weapons. Movie stars were challenging themselves with tough roles. Punches were not pulled. Happy endings were not guaranteed. There was a parade of intelligent movies, seemingly made for adults to watch while the kids were watching Transformers".[2]

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2007 by worldwide gross are as follows:[4]

Highest-grossing films of 2007
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista $963,400,492
2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $941,676,843
3 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures / Columbia $894,983,373
4 Shrek the Third Paramount $813,367,380
5 Transformers $709,709,780
6 Ratatouille Buena Vista $623,726,085
7 I Am Legend Warner Bros. $585,410,052
8 The Simpsons Movie 20th Century $536,414,270
9 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Buena Vista $459,242,249
10 300 Warner Bros. $456,068,181

Events

MonthDayEvent
January 933rd People's Choice Awards: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest wins Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Drama, and Favorite On Screen Matchup for Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley. Depp also wins Favorite Male Action Star and Favorite Male Movie Star.
1364th Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include Dreamgirls and Babel.
20Little Miss Sunshine is chosen as best picture by the Producers Guild of America.
22The Golden Raspberry Awards announces picks for worst film achievement in 2007, with both Little Man and Basic Instinct 2 leading with seven nominations. Other nominees included Lady in the Water, RV, The Shaggy Dog, and Date Movie.
2379th Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are:
28Screen Actors Guild Awards: Helen Mirren, for Best Female Actor, Forest Whitaker, for Best Male Actor, Eddie Murphy, for Best Male Supporting Actor, Jennifer Hudson, for Best Female Supporting Actor.
February 15BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Helen Mirren, Best Actress and Forest Whitaker, Best Actor
24Basic Instinct 2 dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress (Sharon Stone). M. Night Shyamalan wins Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Lady in the Water. Other awards include Shawn and Marlon Wayans for Little Man and Carmen Electra for Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie.
2579th Academy Awards: The Departed wins picture and director (Martin Scorsese) and two other awards. Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) win top acting awards for leading roles, while Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) win top acting awards for supporting roles.
March2712th Empire Awards: Casino Royale wins the most awards with three including Best Film and Best Actor for Daniel Craig.
April25The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Spider-Man 3 and Surf's Up.
May 6Spider-Man 3 finishes weekend with a total weekend gross of $151,116,516, breaking the previous record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
274 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a Romanian film by Cristian Mungiu wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. Paranoid Park, a film by Gus Van Sant wins the 60th Anniversary Prize.
June20The American Film Institute holds a revised edition of 100 Years...100 Movies. Citizen Kane retains its place as the greatest movie of the past century.
September12Producer Gil Cates elects Jon Stewart as MC for the 80th Academy Awards.
November512,000 writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike affecting both motion picture and television production, including the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards in 2008.
December13Nomination for the 65th Golden Globe Awards are announced. Atonement earns the most entries with seven. Charlie Wilson's War follows with five.

Awards

Category/Organization13th Critics' Choice Awards
January 7, 2008
65th Golden Globe Awards
January 13, 2008
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards61st BAFTA Awards
February 10, 2008
80th Academy Awards
February 24, 2008
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmNo Country for Old MenAtonementSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetNo Country for Old MenAtonementNo Country for Old Men
Best DirectorJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Best ActorDaniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Best ActressJulie Christie
Away From Her
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
Julie Christie
Away From Her
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting ActorJavier Bardem
No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting ActressAmy Ryan
Gone Baby Gone
Cate Blanchett
I'm Not There
Ruby Dee
American Gangster
Tilda Swinton
Michael Clayton
Best Screenplay, AdaptedDiablo Cody
Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Ronald Harwood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Best Screenplay, OriginalDiablo Cody
Juno
Best Animated FilmRatatouille
Best Original ScoreThere Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood
Atonement
Dario Marianelli
N/ALa Vie en Rose
Christopher Gunning
Atonement
Dario Marianelli
Best Original Song"Falling Slowly"
Once
"Guaranteed"
Into the Wild
N/AN/A"Falling Slowly"
Once
Best Foreign Language FilmThe Diving Bell and the ButterflyN/AThe Lives of OthersThe Counterfeiters

2007 films

The list of films released in 2007, arranged by country, are as follows:

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1A. I. Bezzerides98USScreenwriter
4Ben Gannon54AustraliaProducer
4Christopher Greenbury55UKFilm Editor
8Yvonne De Carlo84CanadaActress
8Iwao Takamoto81USAnimator, Director
10Carlo Ponti94ItalyProducer
11Tudor Gates77UKScreenwriter
14Harvey Cohen55USOrchestrator
16Ron Carey71USActor
20Brian Eatwell67UKProduction Designer
21Myrtle Devenish94UKActress
22Anna Cropper68UKActress
23David M. Ronne63USSound Engineer
27Tige Andrews86USActor
28Teala Loring84USActress
30Sidney Sheldon89USScreenwriter
February 1George Robotham86USStuntman, Actor
3Donfeld72USCostume Designer
4Barbara McNair72USActress, Singer
6Frankie Laine93USActor, Singer
8Anna Nicole Smith39USActress
9Ian Richardson72UKActor
9Erik Schumann82GermanyActor
12Peter Ellenshaw93UKVisual Effects Artist
12Randy Stone48USCasting Director, Actor
14Ryan Larkin63CanadaAnimator, Director
14Lee Patterson77CanadaActor
15Ray Evans92USLyricist
19Janet Blair85USActress
24Bruce Bennett100USActor
March 1Harold Michelson87USArt Director, Production Designer
7Andy Sidaris76USDirector, Screenwriter
8John Inman71UKActor
10Richard Jeni49USComedian, Actor
12Betty Hutton86USActress, Singer
13Herbert Fux79AustriaActor
15Alice Backes83USActress
15Stuart Rosenberg79USDirector
17Freddie Francis89UKCinematographer, Director
18William N. Panzer64USProducer
19Calvert DeForest85USActor
20John P. Ryan70USActor
22Bradley Lavelle48CanadaActor
25Lynn Merrick87USActress
26Bill Capizzi70USActor
29Howard Goorney85UKActor
29Calvin Lockhart72BahamasActor
April 1George Sewell82UKActor
4Bob Clark67USDirector, Screenwriter
4John Flynn75USDirector
6Luigi Comencini90ItalyDirector
6George Jenkins98USProduction Designer
7Barry Nelson89USActor
8Roscoe Lee Browne79USActor
10Jack Williams85USStuntman
12James Lyons46USFilm Editor
16Giuseppe Ruzzolini76ItalyCinematographer
17Kitty Carlisle96USActress, Singer
19Jean-Pierre Cassel74FranceActor
24Roy Jenson80CanadaActor, Stuntman
27Al Hunter Ashton49UKActor
28Dabbs Greer90USActor
30Tom Poston85USActor
30Gordon Scott80USActor
May 6Curtis Harrington80USDirector
7Mark Burns71UKActor
7Nicholas Worth69USActor
11Bernard Gordon88USScreenwriter
15Yolanda King51USActress
16C. Timothy O'Meara64USFilm Editor
21Bruno Mattei75ItalyDirector
21Bud Molin81USFilm Editor
22Art Stevens92USAnimator, Director
25Charles Nelson Reilly76USActor
29Norman Kaye80AustraliaActor
30Jean-Claude Brialy74FranceActor
30Nick Ramus77USActor
June 2Charles Evans81USProducer
9Alma Beltran87MexicoActress
9Ousmane Sembène84SenegalDirector, Screenwriter
11Mala Powers75USActress
14Alex Thomson78UKCinematographer
28Leo Burmester63USActor
29Edward Yang59TaiwanDirector
July 5Kerwin Mathews81UKActor
9Charles Lane102USActor
11Richard Franklin58AustraliaDirector
13Michael Reardon42USActor
15Kieron Moore82IrelandActor
19Laura Devon76USActress
22Laszlo Kovacs74HungaryCinematographer
23Joan O'Hara76IrelandActress
24Chaney Kley34USActor
26John Normington70UKActor
27William J. Tuttle95USMakeup Artist
29Michel Serrault79FranceActor
30Michelangelo Antonioni94ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
30Ingmar Bergman89SwedenDirector, Screenwriter
August 2Frank Rosenfelt85USStudio Executive
3James T. Callahan76USActor
5Peter Graham Scott82UKDirector
8Melville Shavelson90USScreenwriter, Director
12Merv Griffin82USProducer, Actor
13Geoffrey Wilkinson64UKActor
22Keith Knight51CanadaActor
23Robert Symonds80USActor
24Aaron Russo80USProducer
25Elizabeth Inglis94UKActress
27Richard T. Heffron76USDirector
28Miyoshi Umeki78JapanActress
30José Luis de Vilallonga87SpainActor
September 2Marcia Mae Jones83USActress
3Steve Ryan60USActor
4Michael Evans87UKActor
5Nikos Nikolaidis67GreeceDirector
5Charlotte Zucker86USActress
6Percy Rodriguez89CanadaActor
10Jane Wyman90USActress
14Emilio Ruiz del Río84SpainSpecial Effects Artist
21Alice Ghostley81USActress
22Karl Hardman80USActor, Producer
22Marcel Marceau84FranceActor
28Charles B. Griffith77USScreenwriter, Director
28Martin Manulis92USProducer
29Lois Maxwell80CanadaActress
October 1Peggy Maley84USActress
2George Grizzard79USActor
6Bud Ekins77USStuntman
9Carol Bruce87USActor
12Lonny Chapman87USActor
14Sigrid Valdis79USActress
16Deborah Kerr86UKActress
17Joey Bishop89USActor
17Harry Kleiner91RussiaScreenwriter
20Arlene Francis93USActress
21Don Fellows84USActor
21Vic Ramos77USCasting Director
24Masakazu Yoshizawa57JapanMusician
26Bernard L. Kowalski78USDirector
27Moira Lister84South AfricaActress
29David Morris83UKActor
30Robert Goulet73USSinger, Actor
30Yisrael Poliakov66IsraelComedian, Actor
November 1Sonny Bupp79USActor
2Henry Cele58South AfricaActor
4Peter Viertel86GermanyScreenwriter
6Hilda Braid78UKActress
6Peter Handford88UKSound Engineer
10Jack Bear87USCostume Designer
10Laraine Day87USActress
10Norman Mailer84USScreenwriter, Director, Actor
11Delbert Mann89USDirector
12Al Mancini74USActor
13Monty Westmore84USMakeup Artist
13Peter Zinner88AustriaFilm Editor, Director
14Michael Blodgett87USActor, Screenwriter
14Ronnie Burns72USActor
22Verity Lambert71UKProducer
26Marit Allen66UKCostume Designer
28Jeanne Bates89USActress
28Mali Finn69USCasting Director
30Evel Knievel69USDaredevil, Actor
December 1Gary Epper62USStuntman, Actor
1Anton Rodgers74UKActor
2Eleonora Rossi Drago82ItalyActress
4Melvin Shapiro82USFilm Editor
5Joe Brooks83USActor
5Tony Tenser87UKProducer
8Donald Burton73UKActor
10Ashleigh Aston Moore26USActress
11Freddie Fields84USProducer
13Floyd Red Crow Westerman71USActor, Singer
19Frank Capra, Jr.73USProducer
19James Costigan81USScreenwriter
20Jeanne Carmen77USActress
21John McPherson65USCinematographer
23Michael Kidd92USActor, Choreographer
28Tab Thacker45USActor

Film debuts

References

  1. Mark Allison (18 April 2017). "Why 2007 was a great year for film". Den of Geek!. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. Craig Johnson (16 December 2014). "20 Movies That Prove 2007 Is The Best Film Year of The 21st Century (So Far)". Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. Patrick Ryan (31 August 2017). "10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century". USA Today. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. "2007 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
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