2006 In Film

Events

Festivals

Cannes

• The ^59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May and was chaired by Wong Kar-wai with Vincent Cassel to emcee.

Main article: 2006 Cannes Film Festival

Other festivals

• from 12 to Jan. 22 : ^12thWeek of British cinema of Abbeville.
• from 19 to Jan. 29 : Sundance Film Festival.
• from 25 to 29 January : ^13thFantastic'Arts Gerardmer chaired by Hideo Nakata.
• from 9 to Feb. 19 : ^56thInternational Film Festival of Berlin chaired by Charlotte Rampling.
• from 8 to March 12 ^: 8th Asian Film Festival of Deauville.
• of 10 to March 19 : ^28thInternational Festival of Women Crteil.
• from 6 to 9 April : ^24thFestival of Cognac thriller.
• of 5 to June 10 : ^30thInternational Festival of Animated Film in Annecy.
• from June 27 to July 11 : ^4thFestival Paris Cinema
• from ¹ to Sept. 10 : ^32ndAmerican Film Festival of Deauville.
• from August 30 to September 9 : ^63rdVenice Film Festival.

Awards

Oscar

• The ^78th ceremony of the Oscars take place on March 5. The evening is hosted by Jon Stewart.

Caesars

• The ^31st ceremony of Caesars takes place on February 25. The evening is hosted by Valerie Lemercier.

Main article: Caesars Film 2006

Italy

David di Donatello Awards

• Best Picture: The Caiman (Il Caimano) by Nanni Moretti
• Best Director: Nanni Moretti for The Caiman (Il Caimano)

Silver Ribbon

• Best Picture: Romanzo Criminale of Michele Placido

Jutra

• ^The 8th ceremony Jutra takes place March 19. The evening is hosted by Normand Brathwaite.

• • Best Quebec film CRAZY of Jean-Marc Vallee (who also gets the Golden Ticket of the most popular film)
  • Best Director Jean-Marc Valle for CRAZY
  • Actress Elise Guilbault in La Novena
  • Actor Marc-Andre Grondin in CRAZY

Other awards

Box Office

France

Main article: Box-office France 2006

Class.	Title	Country	Director	Box Office France	Weeks
1.	The Bronzs 3 - Friends Forever		Patrice Leconte	10,355,928 entries	15 weeks (end)
2.	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest		Gore Verbinski	6,655,663 entries	19 wk (end)
3.	Ice Age 2		Carlos Saldanha	6,642,528 entries	22 weeks (end)
4.	Arthur and the Invisibles		Luc Besson	6,396,989 entries	24 weeks (end)
5.	Camping		Fabien Onteniente	5,489,008 entries	24 weeks (end)
Source: cbo-boxoffice.com

United States - Canada

Class.	Title	Country	Director	Box Office Us	Release Date
1.	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl		Gore Verbinski	423,315,812	07/07 / 2006
2.	Night at the Museum		Shawn Levy	250,863,268	22 / 12 / 2006
3.	Cars		John Lasseter	244,082,982	05/05 / 2006
4.	X-Men: The Last Stand		Brett Ratner	234,362,462	26.5 / 2006
5.	Da Vinci Code		Ron Howard	217,536,138	19.5 / 2006
6.	Superman Returns		Bryan Singer	200,081,192	28.6 / 2006
7.	Happy Feet		George Miller	198,000,317	17 / 11 / 2006
8.	Ice Age 2		Carlos Saldanha	195,330,621	31.3 / 2006
9.	Casino Royale		Martin Campbell	167,445,960	17 / 11 / 2006
10.	The Pursuit of Happiness		Gabriele Muccino	163,566,459	15 / 12 / 2006
11.	Our neighbors, men		Tim Johnson , Karey Kirkpatrick	155,019,340	19.5 / 2006
12.	Talladega Nights		Adam McKay	148,213,377	04/08 / 2006
13.	Click: Remote control your life		Frank Coraci	137,355,633	23.6 / 2006
14.	Mission: Impossible 3		JJ Abrams	134,029,801	05/05 / 2006
15.	The Departed		Martin Scorsese	132,384,315	10.6 / 2006
16.	Borat		Larry Charles	128,505,958	11.3 / 2006
17.	The Devil Wears Prada		David Frankel	124,740,460	30.6 / 2006
18.	Fracture		Peyton Reed	118,703,275	06/02 / 2006
19.	Dreamgirls		Bill Condon	118,703,275	15 / 12 / 2006
Box Office Us 2006 - Movies exceed 100 million
Source: boxofficemojo.com

Major theatrical releases in France

First quarter

Output in Paris	Title	Country	Director	Distribution
January 4	Good Night, and Good Luck.		George Clooney	David Strathairn , George Clooney
January 4	Lord of War		Andrew Niccol	Nicolas Cage , Ethan Hawke , Jared Leto
January 4	An Unfinished Life (An Unfinished Life)		Lasse Hallstrm	Jennifer Lopez , Robert Redford , Josh Lucas
January 4	Bad News Bears		Richard Linklater	Billy Bob Thornton , Greg Kinnear
January 4	Basketball Academy (Rebound)		Steve Carr	Martin Lawrence , Wendy Raquel Robinson
January 4	Call Me Kubrick (Color Me Kubrick)		Brian W. Cook	John Malkovich , Marc Warren
January 4	A Night (Yek Shab)		Niki Karimi	Hanieh Tavassoli , Nader Torkaman
January 11	Rumor Has It (Rumor Has It ...)		Rob Reiner	Jennifer Aniston , Shirley MacLaine , Mark Ruffalo
January 11	I find you very beautiful		Isabelle Mergault	Michel Blanc , Medeea Marinescu
January 11	Jarhead, The End of Innocence (Jarhead)		Sam Mendes	Jake Gyllenhaal , Jamie Foxx , Peter Sarsgaard
January 11	Mrs Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents)		Stephen Frears	Judi Dench , Bob Hoskins
January 11	The Boss (The Man)		Les Mayfield	Samuel L. Jackson , Eugene Levy
January 11	Crypt (The Cave)		Bruce Hunt	Cole Hauser , Morris Chestnut
January 18	Bandidas		a href = "Joachim_Roenning" class = "new" title = "Joachim Roenning (non-existent page)"> Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg	Salma Hayek , Penelope Cruz , Steve Zahn
January 18	A ticket to space		Eric Lartey	Kad Merad , Olivier Barroux , Marina Fos
January 18	Brokeback Mountain (Brokeback Mountain)		Ang Lee	Jake Gyllenhaal , Heath Ledger , Michelle Williams
January 18	Pom Poko (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pom Poko)		Isao Takahata
January 18	It's not quite the life I dreamed		Michel Piccoli	Roger Jendly , Michle Gleizer , Elizabeth Margoni
January 25	Rochester, The Libertine		Laurence Dunmore	Johnny Depp , John Malkovich , Samantha Morton
January 25	South		Laurent Cantet	Charlotte Rampling , Karen Young , Louise Portal
1, February	The Bronzs 3 - Friends Forever		Patrice Leconte	Josiane Balasko , Michel Blanc , Marie-Anne Chazel , Christian Clavier , Gerard Jugnot , Thierry Lhermitte
1, February	Bambi 2		Brian Pimental
February 8	Aeon Flux		Karyn Kusama	Charlize Theron , Marton Csokas
February 8	Uncontrollable		Raffy Shart	Michal Youn , Hlne de Fougerolles , Hippolyte Girardot
February 8	Nanny McPhee		Kirk Jones	Emma Thompson , Colin Firth
February 8	All the beauty of the world		Marc Esposito	Marc Lavoine , Zoe Felix
February 15	Orchestra Seats		Danile Thompson	Cecile de France , Valerie Lemercier , Albert Dupontel , Claude Brasseur
February 15	The New World		Terrence Malick	Colin Farrell , Christopher Plummer , Christian Bale
February 15	Walk the Line		James Mangold	Joaquin Phoenix , Reese Witherspoon
February 22	Dick and Jane (Fun with Dick and Jane)		Dean Parisot	Jim Carrey , Tea Leoni
February 22	The Comedy of Power		Claude Chabrol	Isabelle Huppert , Franois Berland , Patrick Bruel
February 22	Get Rich or die (Get Rich or Die Tryin)		Jim Sheridan	50 cent
February 22	Syriana		Stephen Gaghan	George Clooney , Matt Damon , Jeffrey Wright
March 1	Memoirs of a Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)		Rob Marshall	Zhang Ziyi
March 8	Derailed (Derailed ')		Mikael Hafstrom	Clive Owen , Jennifer Aniston , Vincent Cassel
March 8	The Pink Panther (The Pink Panther)		Shawn Levy	Steve Martin , Kevin Kline , Jean Reno
March 8	Truman Capote (Capote)		Bennett Miller	Philip Seymour Hoffman
March 8	Underworld 2 - Evolution (Underworld: Evolution)		Len Wiseman	Kate Beckinsale
March 15	Overnight		Philippe Le Guay	Benoit Poelvoorde
March 15	Try Me		Pierre-Franois Martin Laval	Pierre-Franois Martin Laval , Julie Depardieu , Pierre Richard
March 22	Big Momma's House 2		John Whitesell	Martin Lawrence , Elton LeBlanc
March 22	Conversacin con Mama		Carlos Santiago Oves	China Zorrilla
March 22	Final Destination 3		James Wong	Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Ryan Merriman
March 22	The White Planet		Thierry Piantanida , Thierry Ragobert
March 22	The Passenger		Eric Caravaca	Yann Goven , Julie Depardieu
March 22	Romanzo Criminale		Michele Placido	Kim Rossi Stuart , Stefano Accorsi
March 29	Basic Instinct 2		Michael Caton-Jones	Sharon Stone , David Morrissey , Charlotte Rampling
March 29	The Valet		Francis Veber	Gad Elmaleh , Alice Taglioni , Daniel Auteuil
Release dates are subject to change

Second quarter

Output in Paris	Title	Country	Director	Distribution
April 5	Locked Out		Albert Dupontel	Claude Perron , Albert Dupontel , Nicolas Marie
April 5	Jean-Philippe		Laurent Tuel	Johnny Hallyday , Fabrice Luchini
April 5	Ice Age 2		Carlos Saldanha
April 12	Asterix and the Vikings		Jesper Moller , Stefan Fjeldmark
April 12	Inside Man		Spike Lee	Denzel Washington , Clive Owen , Jodie Foster
April 12	The Tiger Brigades		Jerome Cornuau	Clovis Cornillac , Diane Kruger , Edouard Baer
April 19	OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies		Michel Hazanavicius	Jean Dujardin , Berenice Bejo , Aure Atika
April 19	V for Vendetta		James McTeigue	Natalie Portman , Hugo Weaving
April 26	Camping		Fabien Onteniente	Grard Lanvin , Mathilde Seigner , Franck Dubosc
April 26	Silent Hill		Christophe Gans	Radha Mitchell , Laurie Holden , Sean Bean
May 3	Mission: Impossible 3		JJ Abrams	Tom Cruise , Ving Rhames , Laurence Fishburne , Philip Seymour Hoffman
May 3	Four stars		Christian Vincent	Jos Garcia , Isabelle Carr , Franois Cluzet
May 17	Da Vinci Code		Ron Howard	Tom Hanks , Audrey Tautou , Jean Reno
May 19	Volver		Pedro Almodvar	Penlope Cruz , Carmen Maura , Lola Duenas
May 22	The Caiman		Nanni Moretti	Silvio Orlando , Margherita Buy , Jasmine Trinca
May 24	Marie Antoinette		Sofia Coppola	Kirsten Dunst , Jason Schwartzman
May 24	X-Men: The Last Stand		Brett Ratner	Hugh Jackman , Halle Berry , Patrick Stewart
June 7	American Dreamz		Paul Weitz	Hugh Grant , Dennis Quaid
June 7	Passengers of the summer		Florence Moncorg-Gabin	Catherine Frot , Laura Smet , Grigory Drangre , Franois Berland , Mathilde Seigner
June 14	Cars		John Lasseter
June 14	We will love		Ivan Calbrac	Julien Boisselier , Alexandra Lamy , Doutey , Gilles Lellouche
June 14	Poseidon		Wolfgang Petersen	Josh Lucas , Kurt Russell
June 21	The Entente Cordiale		Vincent de Brus	Christian Clavier , Daniel Auteuil
June 21	Fracture		Peyton Reed	Jennifer Aniston , Vince Vaughn
June 21	Scary Movie 4		David Zucker	Anna Faris , Regina Hall , Leslie Nielsen , Shaquille O'Neal
June 21	The Hills Have Eyes		Alexandre Aja	Aaron Stanford , Ted Levine , Kathleen Quinlan , Vinessa Shaw , Emilie de Ravin , Dan Byrd
June 21	My friends		Sylvie Ayme	Stephanie Sokolinski , Djena Tsimba , Anne-Sophie Franck , La Seydoux
June 28	Tideland		Terry Gilliam	Jodelle Ferland , Jeff Bridges , Jennifer Tilly
Release dates are subject to change

Third quarter

Output in Paris	Title	Country	Director	Distribution
July 5	Our Hedge (Over the Hedge)		Tim Johnson	Voices: Bruce Willis , Garry Shandling
July 12	Superman Returns		Bryan Singer	Brandon Routh , Kate Bosworth
July 12	Flight 93		Paul Greengrass
July 12	Jungle		Matthieu Delaporte	Patrick Mille , Guillaume Gallienne
July 19	Garfield 2		Tim Hill	Bob Hoskins , Jennifer Love Hewitt
July 26	Stay		Marc Forster	Ewan McGregor , Naomi Watts , Bob Hoskins
July 26	Between two shores		Alejandro Agresti	Keanu Reeves , Sandra Bullock
August 2	a href = "% C3% Pirates_des_Cara AFbes_: _Le_Secret_du_coffre_maudit"> Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest		Gore Verbinski	Johnny Depp , Orlando Bloom
August 9	Into the Blue		John Stockwell	Paul Walker , Jessica Alba
August 9	The Page Turner		Denis Dercourt	Catherine Frot , Deborah Francois , Pascal Greggory
August 9	The Ant Bully him (Ant Bully)		John A. Davis	Voice: Nicolas Cage , Julia Roberts , Meryl Streep
August 16	It burns		Claire Simon	Camille Varenne , Gilbert Melki
August 16	I invent nothing		Michel Leclerc	Kad Merad , Elsa Zylberstein , Claude Brasseur , Patrick Chesnais
August 16	The Science of Sleep		Michel Gondry	Gael Garca Bernal , Alain Chabat , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Miou-Miou
August 16	Lassie		Charles Sturridge	Peter O'Toole , Samantha Morton
August 16	Miami Vice		Michael Mann	Colin Farrell , Jamie Foxx
August 23	Lady in the Water		M. Night Shyamalan	Paul Giamatti , Bryce Dallas Howard
August 23	Monster House		Gil Kenan
August 23	Charlie		Nicole Garcia	Benot Magimel , Vincent Lindon
August 30	Snakes on a plane		David R. Ellis	Samuel L. Jackson
August 30	The Premonition		Jean-Pierre Darroussin	Jean-Pierre Darroussin , Didier Bezace
August 30	The Sentinel		Clark Johnson	Michael Douglas , Kiefer Sutherland , Kim Basinger , Eva Longoria
September 13	My Super Ex		Ivan Reitman	Uma Thurman , Luke Wilson
September 13	Singer		Giannoli	Gerard Depardieu , Cecile de France
September 20	President		Lionel Delplanque	Albert Dupontel , Doutey , Jeremie Renier
September 20	World Trade Center		Oliver Stone	Nicolas Cage
September 27	Native		Bouchareb	Jamel Debbouze , Samy Naceri , Roschdy Zem
Release dates are subject to change

Fourth quarter

Output in Paris	Title	Country	Director	Distribution
October 4	Click: Remote control your life		Frank Coraci	Adam Sandler , Kate Beckinsale , Christopher Walken
October 4	Le Grand Meaulnes		Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe	Nicolas Duvauchelle , Jean-Baptiste Maunier , Clemence Poesy
October 4	Perfume, Story of a Murderer		Tom Tykwer	Ben Whishaw , Dustin Hoffman , Alan Rickman
October 11	Friends with Money		Nicole Holofcener	Jennifer Aniston , Frances McDormand , Joan Cusack
October 11	The Man of My Life		Zabou Breitman	Bernard Campan , Charles Berling , Lea Drucker
October 18	The Open Season		Anthony Stacchi , Jill Culton , Roger Allers
October 18	O Jerusalem		Elie Chouraqui	Sad Taghmaoui , JJ Feild , Patrick Bruel
October 25	Azur and Asmar		Michel Ocelot
October 25	Flags of Our Fathers		Clint Eastwood	Ryan Phillippe , Jesse Bradford , Adam Beach
October 25	Poltergay		Eric Lavaine	Clovis Cornillac , Julie Depardieu , Michel Duchaussoy
November 1	Pan's Labyrinth		Guillermo Del Toro	Sergi Lopez , Doug Jones
November 1	Do not tell anyone		Guillaume Canet	Francois Cluzet , Marie-Josee Croze , Guillaume Canet , Nathalie Baye , Franois Berland
November 1	Lend me your hand		Eric Lartey	Alain Chabat , Charlotte Gainsbourg
November 1	Scoop		Woody Allen	Woody Allen , Scarlett Johansson
November 8	Perfect disagreement		Antoine de Caunes	Jean Rochefort , Charlotte Rampling , Isabelle Nanty
November 8	The Black Dahlia		Brian de Palma	Josh Hartnett , Scarlett Johansson
November 15	Babel		Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu	Brad Pitt , Cate Blanchett , Gael Garcia Bernal
November 15	Borat		Larry Charles	Sacha Baron Cohen
November 15	The Stone Council		Guillaume Nicloux	Monica Bellucci , Catherine Deneuve , Elsa Zylberstein
November 15	The Prestige		Christopher Nolan	Hugh Jackman , Christian Bale , Scarlett Johansson
November 22	Casino Royale		Martin Campbell	Daniel Craig , Judi Dench , Eva Green
November 22	Hearts		Alain Resnais	Sabine Azema , Pierre Arditi , Andr Dussolier
November 22	Saw III		Darren Lynn Bousman	Tobin Bell , Shawnee Smith , Dina Meyer
November 29	Flushed Away		David Bowers , Henry Anderson , Sam Fell
November 29	The Departed		Martin Scorsese	Leonardo DiCaprio , Matt Damon , Mark Wahlberg
December 6	Happy Feet		George Miller	Voices: Elijah Wood , Nicole Kidman
December 6	The Last Show		Robert Altman	Garrison Keillor , Meryl Streep , Lily Tomlin , Lindsay Lohan
December 6	Madame Irma		Didier Bourdon	Didier Bourdon , Pascal Lgitimus , Emmanuelle Bart , Miou-Miou
December 6	Bad Faith		Roschdy Zem	Roschdy Zem , Cecile de France , Pascal Elbe
December 13	Arthur and the Invisibles		Luc Besson
December 13	Dj vu		Tony Scott	Denzel Washington
December 13	Priceless		Pierre Salvadori	Audrey Tautou , Gad Elmaleh , Julie Gayet
December 20	Eragon		Stefen Fangmeier	Jeremy Irons , John Malkovich
December 20	The Family Hero		Thierry Klifa	Grard Lanvin , Catherine Deneuve , Emmanuelle Bart , Miou-Miou
December 20	My best friend		Patrice Leconte	Daniel Auteuil , Dany Boon , Julie Gayet
December 27	The Grudge 2		Takashi Shimizu
December 27	The Fountain		Darren Aronofsky	Hugh Jackman , Rachel Weisz
December 27	The Holiday		Nancy Meyers	Cameron Diaz , Kate Winslet , Jude Law , Jack Black
Release dates are subject to change

Main deaths

First quarter

• January 13 : Joan Root , director UK.
• January 14 : Henri Colpi , director and screenwriter Switzerland ( 1921 ).
• January 14: Shelley Winters , actress, American (b. 1920 ).
• January 19 : Anthony Franciosa , American actor (b. 1928 ).
• January 24 : Chris Penn , American actor, brother of Sean Penn (b. 1965 ).
• January 25 : Anna Malle , American pornographic actress (b. 1967 ). Died of an accident.
• February 3 : Walerian Borowczyk , director and screenwriter Polish ( 1923 ).
• February 8 : Thierry Fortineau , actor French ( 1953 ).
• February 9 : Phil Brown , American actor (b. 1916 ).
• February 13 : Andreas Katsulas , American actor (b. 1946 ). Died of lung cancer.
• February 14 : Darry Cowl , actor and musician French. ( 1925 ). Died of lung cancer.
• February 17 : Pierre Jallaud , French filmmaker (b. 1922 )
• February 20 : Catherine Binet , French director and screenwriter (b. 1945 )
• Feb. 20: Lou Gigha , British actress (b. 1967 )
• February 24 : Dennis Weaver , American actor (b. 1924 )
• February 24: Don Knotts , American actor (b. 1924 )
• February 25 : Darren McGavin , American actor (b. 1922 )
• March 23 : Pierre Fabre , French screenwriter and actor (b. 1933 )

Second quarter

• April 4 : Frdrique Huydts , actress German
• April 4: Gary Gray , American actor
• April 11 : Daniel Rialet , French actor
• April 11: Shin Sang-ok , director and producer of South Korea
• April 12 : Kazuo Kuroki , director of Japan
• April 16 : Philippe Castelli , French actor
• April 16: Adam Francisco , actor Portuguese
• April 17 : Scott Brazil , U.S. director
• April 18 : Henri Duparc , director Ivorian
• April 20 : Sylvia de Leur , actress Dutch
• May 30 : Shohei Imamura , director of Japan

Third quarter

• July 8 : June Allyson , American actress
• July 20 : Gerard Oury , French filmmaker
• August 30 : Glenn Ford , American actor

Fourth quarter

• October 12 : Gillo Pontecorvo , Italian film director.
• November 10 : Alvina Anick , French actress (b. 1953 )
• November 20 : Robert Altman , American film director (b. 1925 )
• November 23 : Philippe Noiret , French actor (b. 1930 )
• December ¹ : Claude Jade , French actress (b. 1948 )
• December 12 : Peter Boyle , American actor (b. 1935 )

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