1996 with the cinema
Events
- X
Principal films of the year
- Heart of dragon : fantastic American of Rob Cohen with Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis
- '' Fargo '' of Joel Coen
- Forgotten silver : New Zealand medium-length film of Peter Jackson and Costa Club-footed.
- Men, women, directions for use of Claude Lelouch with Fabrice Luchini, Bernard Tapie
- Joe' S Apartment : American comedy of John Payson with Jerry O' Connell, Megan Ward, Jim Sterling
- the apartment : drama free-hispano-Italian of Gilles Mimouni with Romance Bohringer, Monica Belluci, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Sandrine Kiberlain
- Our funeral of Abel Ferrara
- Tesis : Spanish suspense of Alejandro Amenabar with Anna Torrent, Blowpipe Martinez, Eduardo Noriega.
- a very discrete hero of Jacques Audiard according to Jean-François Deniau with Mathieu Kassovitz
- Mission: Impossible of Brian De Palma, with Tom Cruise, Jean Reno, Emmanuelle Béart
- Seven : thriller American of David Fincher.
- the Army of the twelve monkeys : American science fiction of Terry Gilliam with Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe and Christopher Plummer. According to the Pier of Chris Marker.
- Casino : film of American gangster of Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone.
- Camp-site Cosmos : Film worship of Jan Bucquoy with Milk Ferrari, No5el Godin and Arno (Belgian singer).
Festivals
Cannes
- Secret and lies of Mike Leigh receives the Palme of gold.
Other festivals
- X: 2nd Week of the British cinema of Abbeville: X
- X: Sundance Film Festival: X
- X: 2nd Fantastic' Arts of Gerardmer: X
- X: 46e International festival of film of Berlin: X
- X: 16th International film festival of women of Creteil: X
- X: 23e Festival of film of Paris: X
- X: 14th Festival of police Cognac film: X
- X: 20th International festival of cartoon film of Annecy: X
- X: 53e Mostra of Venice: X
- X: 22e Festival of the American cinema of Deauville: X
Rewards
Oscars
- the English Patient of Anthony Minghella gains the Oscar of best film.
- Better actress: Frances McDormand, Fargo
- Better actor: Geoffrey Rush, Shine
- female Best supporting role: Juliette Binoche, the English patient (The English Patient)
- male Best supporting role: Cuba Gooding Jr. Jerry Maguire
- Better realizer: Anthony Minghella, the English patient (The English Patient)
- Better foreign film: Kolya (Czech Republic), Jan Sverak
Césars
- Better film: the Hatred of Mathieu Kassovitz
- Better realizer: Claude Sautet for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
- Better actor: Michel Serrault in Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
- Better actress: Isabelle Huppert in the Ceremony
- male Best supporting role: Eddy Mitchell in happiness is in the pre
- female Best supporting role: Annie Girardot in the poor wretches
- Better foreign film: Land and Freedom of Ken Loach
Other rewards
- Louis-Delluc Price: Y will it have snow with Christmas? of Sandrine Veysset
Boxoffice
France
See also: Boxoffice France 1996
the United States
- 1. Independence Day
- 2. Twister
- 3. Mission: Impossible
Births
Principal deaths
First quarter
- February 2nd: Gene Kelly, actor
- February 6th: Guy Madison, actor
- February 11th: Phil Regan, singer and actor
- February 13rd: Martin Balsam, actor
- February 15th: Tommy Rettig, actor
- February 17th: Evelyn Bush hammer, actress
- February 25th: Haing S. Ngor, actor
- March 2nd: Lyle Talbot, actor
- March 13rd: Krzysztof Kieślowski, realizer
- March 17th: Rene Clement, realizer
Second quarters
- April 6th: Greer Garson, actress
- April 16th: Lucille Bremer, actress
- May 20th: Jon Pertwee, actor
- June 10th: OJ Van Fleet, actress
- June 11th: Brigitte Helm, actress
Third quarters
- July 2nd: Margaux Hemingway, actress
- July 30th: Claudette Colbert, actress
- September 7th: Bibi Besch, actress
- September 10th: Thick Joanne, actress
- September 13rd: Tupac Shakur, singer and actor
- September 14th: Juliet Prowse, dancer and actress
- September 18th: Annabella, actress
- September 22nd: Dorothy Lamour, actress
Fourth quarters
- October 14th: Laura the Plant, actress
- October 31st: Flesh-colored Marcel, realizer
- November 14th: Virginia Cherrill, actress
- November 19th: Véra Korène, actress
- December 8th: Howard E. Rollins Jr, actor
- December 19th: Marcello Mastroianni, actor
- December 30th: Lew Ayres, actor
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